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michael_legna · 01-12-2006, 07:09 AM

Another way God limits Himself is that He does not fix every thing that is wrong. This issue is real, we know, because many people have lost the faith over the fact that there is pain and suffering in the world and they cannot believe in an all powerful God who could let this go on. So yes God is all powerful - does that mean He chooses to exert that power at all times? No. Similarly, God is all knowing - does that mean He chooses to know all things? No.

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michael_legna Established Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,922	Re: Is God Ever Surprised? Part 1 (predestination) Another way God limits Himself is that He does not fix every thing that is wrong. This issue is real, we know, because many people have lost the faith over the fact that there is pain and suffering in the world and they cannot believe in an all powerful God who could let this go on. So yes God is all powerful - does that mean He chooses to exert that power at all times? No. Similarly, God is all knowing - does that mean He chooses to know all things? No. __________________ 2Co 3:6-8 6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, ... 8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?