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Subject: Theism?
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levi4u 4.03.12 - 11:39am
Any thoughts on a Theist or Theism.. *
ray777 19.03.12 - 10:18pm
Hi Levi n Ty for Your Question 
........ Open theism, also known as openness theology and the openness of God, is an attempt to explain the foreknowledge of God in relationship to the free will of man. The argument of open theism is essentially this: human beings are truly free; if God absolutely knew the future, human beings could not truly be free. Therefore, God does not know absolutely everything about the future. Open theism holds that the future is not knowable. Therefore, God knows everything that can be known, but He does not know the future.
Open theism bases these beliefs on Scripture passages which describe God changing His mind or being surprised or seeming to gain knowledge (Genesis 6:6; 22:12; Exodus 32:14; Jonah 3:10). In light of the many other Scriptures that declare God's knowledge of the future, these Scriptures should be understood as God describing Himself in ways that we can understand. God knows what our actions and decisions will be, but He changes His mind in regard to His actions based on our actions. Gods disappointment at the wickedness of humanity does not mean He was not aware it would occur.
In contradiction to open theism, Psalm 139:4; 16state, Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD...All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How could God predict intricate details in the Old Testament about Jesus Christ if He does not know the future? How could God in any manner guarantee our eternal salvation if He does not know what the future holds?
Ultimately, open theism fails in that it attempts to explain the unexplainablethe relationship between God's foreknowledge and mankind's free will. Just as extreme forms of Calvinism fail in that they make human beings nothing more than pre-programmed robots, so open theism fails in that it rejects God's true omniscience and sovereignty. God must be understood through faith, for without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6a). Open theism is, therefore, not scriptural. It is simply another way for finite man to try to understand an infinite God. Open theism should be rejected by followers of Christ. While open theism is an explanation for the relationship between God's foreknowledge and human free will, it is not the biblical explanation.
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levi4u 21.04.12 - 05:59pm
Hi Ray! Hope U well? Thank you once again for your response. GBU. Take care and keep well. *
ray777 3.05.12 - 07:27pm
Hello Levi n GBU for Your Comments N questions *
levi4u 9.05.12 - 08:34pm
My pleasure Ray.. Wish I had more time, seems a shortage these days! Tc n keep well. GBU! *
ray777 12.05.12 - 03:28am
Ty n GBU :) *
