Bible Question: I need to know if...it's possible for human being to stop the will of God... |
Bible Answer: Dear Silasfirst, Those were some interesting answers indeed indeed! Quote; Theology of Prayer, 202P Final, by Tamara Brewington, pg.1,2; The Lord is immutable, He does not change, He is omnipresent, He is omniscient and is in control of whether or not things will change. "If God cannot change, then why should we pray?" (SYSTEMATIC THEOLGOY, by Norman D. Geisler, pg. 85, par.6). "God is omniscient and an all knowing being cannot change His mind" (SYSTEMATIC THEOLGOY, Norman D. Geisler). God allows what He has ordained as a means of accomplishing His purposes, and God has forordained everything that happens because He has complete control of everything that could ever happen, or does happen. "Prayer is not a means of getting our will done in heaven, but a means of God getting His will done on earth" (SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY, Norman D. Geisler, pg. 86, par. 1). Some would arugue that there are instances where God, "changed His mind" as if He decided that something He did not intend was now something He did not intend simply because man imprecated on Him and then saw a change. That change, however, had to have always been in God's plan, or else God is not perfect in character and omniscient. God never decides that His own will is wrong; even when God stated that He repented when He made man in Genesis 6:6 His omnipotencce must factor in. God always knew man would sin and He always knew that He would be sorry He made man, or else God is not omniscient and omnipotent. God was never out of control of man, He has always had the power to effect His will over man, it was never possible that man could do something to make God change His actions because God is omnipresent, omnipotent, every where at all times and all powerfull. The only possibility that remains is that we are unable to see what the will of God is in our sinfull state and that our cirucumstances are subjective to a relative finite exsitence. Our existence in the universe is finite and only relative to the will of God, we live in a subjective reality under the sovereignty of an omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent Holy God who exists in an objective reality in an infinite realm both inside and outside this finite univers. His existence is eternal, immutable and His will is unchangeable, therefor there is no such thing as our prayers actually changing anything as the popular saying goes; we are only ever able to finally be in a position with Him to grasp His Holy will, pray it and receive what appears to be change. God only appears to change His mind from our relative subjective fallen understanding of God's will in events. God is the same, yesterday, today and tomorrow and He does not change... God's Day To You, Tamara |