Open theists claim that the best way to read the Bible is to read it for its plain meaning whenever possible. This is a good presupposition, but it cannot always be done. There are scriptures that do not allow for a plain reading and we must interpret them in light...
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Open Theism
Numbers 14:11, “How long will this people spurn Me?”
"And the Lord said to Moses, "How long will this people spurn Me? And how long will they not believe in Me, despite all the signs which I have performed in their midst?" (Num. 14:11). Some open theists say that God's question to Moses was an admission by God that He...
Can the god of open theism make mistakes?
Open theism, also known as the Open view, teaches that God learns, that He gains knowledge as He discovers what people decide to do. They teach this because they believe that God does not know the future. Therefore God learns what happens as things occur....
Does God choose to not know the future free-will choices of human creatures?
There are differing views among open theists about the nature of the future and whether or not God can know it. Some Open Theists maintain that God can only know that which is knowable and that he cannot know, for example, a round square.[fn]An open theist once...
Open Theism verses listed by topic
Following is a list, by category, of verses used by Open Theists to support their position that God does not know all things. Clicking on the links will take you to the pages addressing each verse: God changes His mind. Exodus 32:14; Numbers 14:11; Deuteronomy....
Judges 2:21-22, God tests Israel to see if they will obey.
Judges 2:21-22, God tests Israel to see if they will obey. "I also will no longer drive out before them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died, 22in order to test Israel by them, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk in it as their fathers did,...
Jonah 1:2; 3:2, 10; 4:2, God relents concerning calamity.
"Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.” 3:2, “Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you.” 3:10, “When God saw their deeds, that they turned from...
Joel 2:13-14, “Who knows whether He will not turn and relent?”
"And rend your heart and not your garments. Now return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness, and relenting of evil. Who knows whether He will not turn and relent, 14 And leave a blessing behind Him,...
Jeremiah 7:31, ” . . . it did not come into My mind.”
"And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, and it did not come into My mind," (Jer. 7:31). Is the Lord actually saying that He did not think...
Jeremiah 38:17–18, 20, If you listen to God, you will live. If not, you will die
"Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘If you will indeed go out to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned with fire, and you and your household will survive. 18‘But if you...