Sunday, July 19, 2009

Reflection paper two

Fred Okemwa.
THST 520 Works of God.
Reflection paper 2.The on going debate on predestination is quite mind stretching. The question, does God make informed decisions? Is not really such a simple to give it” yes” or” no” answer. The yes answer may imply that for God to make informed decisions He must learn to obtain the information in order to be informed. If this is the case then God’s omniscience-the all knowing ability of God is brought to question. If God is all knowing does He need data to make informed decisions? On the other hand the” no” answer may imply that He does not-still there is a problem with this answer also due to the fact that God created man with the ability to make informed decisions. The argument will be if God can create a person who can be able to make informed decisions then He Himself must of the same. According to Dr.Hanna, he says that in predestination, the informed decisions of God are based on His foreknowledge, is it in predestination only? What about other orders of salvation? The question is really difficult to address. In the account given in the book of Genesis chapter 19 indicates temporal evidence that for God to make decisions He ought to investigate. The book of Daniel chapter seven, the books that are mentioned in verse nine may indicate the same thing also. Other questions that arise on my mind on the same issue include: if God makes informed decisions based on his foreknowledge, His is decisions an on going process or because He foreknew He fixed them right back at the beginning. While it is important to confess that these issues can burst out the brain it is also important to acknowledge that the class professor is doing the best to enable us to understand these issues.

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