God Knows it All
The Bible reveals God’s nature and character. Omniscience is one of his divine attributes. His infinite knowledge of things past, present, and future is evidenced in the story of redemption. For God, there are no boundaries of time nor boundaries of knowledge; He is all-knowing, eternal, unchangeable, and sovereign. Nothing is hidden from Him.
In the incarnation, Jesus’s disciples witnessed God’s omniscience. In John 1:43-48, Philip tells Nathanael that the Messiah is here. Nathanael goes to meet Jesus and is surprised that Jesus seems to know who he is, prompting him to ask, “How do you know me?” Jesus responds, telling Nathanael that before Philip told him about the Messiah, He saw him under the fig tree, revealing God’s omniscient character.
In the story of Nathanael, we see God’s surpassing knowledge revealed. But there are two additional stories that reveal to us that Jesus’s omniscient attribute is more than knowing a person by name; he knows man’s heart. In Mark 2:8, when Jesus confronts the scribes, we see Him know the questions in the hearts of the scribes without them speaking those questions. Another example is John 6:61 when Jesus knows of the grumbling in the hearts of his disciples. These are some examples that reveal the difference between our limited knowledge and God’s omniscience. God knows the inner heart of man.
David knew of this characteristic very well. In Psalm 139, he calls out to the Lord to search him because he knows him; even before he speaks, God already knows it “altogether.”
Throughout the Bible, we see God’s omniscient character in action, revealing to us that nothing is hidden from Him. Our thoughts and the secrets of our hearts are seen by the Lord; they are like a breath to him (Psalm 44:21, Psalm 94:11). Those sinful thoughts that we think may not be known by anyone else are seen by God.
On judgment day, these hidden thoughts will be revealed and known. On that day, God will bring to light all unrighteousness of man - those who have not kept their hearts for the Lord. Matthew 10:26 says that there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. But there is good news! God has given us righteousness because of the atonement work of Jesus Christ. On that day, the Lord will separate his elect. Those who have been born again by faith alone in Christ alone will enter into eternity with him, sending those who persist in their unbelief and reject his grace into an eternal separation from God.
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