Communicable Attributes - Knowledge
Middle Knowledge Rejected
Theology Proper · 6 verses
The Molinist notion of middle knowledge is rejected in favor of the view that God's knowledge is grounded solely in His eternal decree. There is no knowledge in God dependent upon creaturely choices existing logically prior to His decree. All divine knowledge flows from God's sovereign will, preserving the absolute priority of grace.
Scripture References
“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: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.”
“In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:”
“So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.”
“And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?”
“I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.”
“But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.”