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Open Theism a God Who Takes Risks

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When I began to write about God’s omniscience, (all-knowing) I came across something very odd to me, it was a group of Christians which practice a set of tenets called  Open Theism . The Open Theist does not believe in several things that would otherwise be called normal Christian doctrine, but the issue here is specifically their view on God’s omniscience. For the Open Theist God is not all-knowing, He is “ somewhat ” knowing. In fact, they even go as far as to say things like “ God takes risks " as a gambler  or worst of all, that " God makes mistakes” . I’m not an apologist, however, the scripture clearly teaches God Omniscience. Psalm 33:13-15 tells us God consider the works of every individual.   1 Corinthians 4:5 tells there is no secret that God does not know, even the smallest of thing does not happen without God’s knowledge ( Matthew 10:29-30 ) The Bible is full of prophecy, which can only happen if God already knows it. In fact, some of th...