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1 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | Morant61 | 102151 | ||
Greetings John! We agree that God is not surprised by anything. :-) But, if we start making words not mean what they mean, then language becomes meaningless. :-) For instance, in the Jer. 18 passage. God doesn't say, if a nation repents, I will go ahead and do what I planned all along anyway. God says, "...then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned." I note two things in this passage. One that God does in fact change his intention. The word 'relent' is the word 'repent'. Secondly, that the judgement was not hypothetical, but God had 'planned' it. Where I think Packer is wrong in connection with this passage is that many of God's plans are conditional. When God gives options, then God's plan is flexible, not set in stone (at least from our temporal perspective). But, I don't see any justification for making the clear statements that God changed His plan mean something other than what they say. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aspiring Overseer | 102237 | ||
Gentlemen, Just a note on whether God is surprised by anything: Jer 19:3-5 4"Because they have forsaken Me and have made this an alien place and have burned sacrifices in it to other gods that neither they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and because they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent 5and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, a thing which I never commanded or spoke of, nor did it ever enter My mind; NAS Some things God never conceived, because of the gross immorality involved. It “never entered (His) mind”. AO |
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3 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | cajam | 102240 | ||
The word "mind" as it is used here mean, " inclination, determination (of will). It does not mean "knowledge or thinking". Don't forget that God dwells in eternity and not time. He is not caught off guard by anything. | ||||||
4 | Is God subject to change? | Bible general Archive 2 | John Reformed | 102273 | ||
Amen! John |
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