Communicable Attributes - Knowledge
Foreknowledge
Theology Proper · 5 verses
God's foreknowledge is not mere prescience of future events but is grounded in His eternal decree and sovereign determination of all things. He foreknows because He has foreordained; His knowledge and His will are united in the eternal counsel of His purpose. This foreknowledge ensures the salvation of the elect.
Scripture References
“Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:”
“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.”
“Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:”
“You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
“Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.”