"And he said, 'Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me,'" (Gen. 22:12). Open Theists say that we should look at the Bible and take verses like...
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Open theism and libertarian free will
Open Theism states that God has granted to people free will and that in order for this free will to remain free, God cannot know ahead of time what the choices of people will be. They reason that if God knew a future choice of a person, then that person would not be...
Ezekiel 33:13-15, “God changes His mind about death and life.”
Ezekiel 33:13-15, "God changes His mind about death and life." "When I say to the righteous he will surely live, and he so trusts in his righteousness that he commits iniquity, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but in that same iniquity of his which he...
Ezekiel 22:29-31, ” . . . I searched for a man who should build up the wall . . . “
"The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice. 30“And I searched for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for...
Ezekiel 20:21-22, “I resolved to pour out My wrath . . . but I withdrew My hand . . .”
"But the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, nor were they careful to observe My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live; they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger...
Ezekiel 12:1-3, “Perhaps they will understand . . . “
"Then the word of the Lord came to me saying, 2“Son of man, you live in the midst of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see but do not see, ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious house. 3“Therefore, son of man, prepare for yourself baggage for...
Exodus 4:9, “…if they will not believe…”
"But it shall be that if they will not believe even these two signs or heed what you say, then you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground; and the water which you take from the Nile will become blood on the dry ground," (Exodus 4:9). This...
Exodus 16:4, “…that I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction.”
"Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction,'" (Exodus 16:4). Is God ignorant of what the outcome...
Exodus 13:17, “…Lest the people change their minds…”
"Now it came about when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near; for God said, 'Lest the people change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt,'" (Exodus 13:17). This...
Deuteronomy 9:18-20, “…but the Lord listened to me that time also…”
When Moses intercedes for Israel and God spares them, does that prove that God doesn't know the future? Open Theists seem to things so. Note how they handle the following verse: "And I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and nights; I neither ate...