Who Knows?

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.  ~~ I Corinthians 2:9 (KJV)

Omniscient is a wonderful word – one of three omni words used to describe our God.

• Omniscient
• Omnipotent
• Omnipresent

We’ll look at the others later, but today I want to focus on “omniscient.” This is a compound word made up of a prefix meaning “all” and a verb meaning “to know”. So omniscient is “to know all” – everything. Past, present, future, nothing is hidden from God. He knows it all.

He can know it all because He is infinite. With Him there is no beginning and no end. There just IS.

I don’t remember the comic strip – whether Dennis, the Menace, or Family Circus – that had a Christmas panel. The room…