Booklet: Ancient Roman Persecution

 Here is a link to Internet Archive, where I have posted a PDF file of my revised brief survey of persecution of the Christian Church by the Caesars. I wrote and illustrated the contents a number of years ago, and have revised it for our Sunday School on Church History. https://archive.org/details/roman-persecution-terry-reese/page/n5/mode/2up

Bulletin Insert: "A God who sees..."

 

God is Omniscient

(Pastor Terry Reese; Valley GBC, Armagh, PA)

 

A. Divine Omniscience defined:

God knows all things, and knows everything about everything. This all-inclusive knowledge embraces all things actual, possible, and potential, encompassing all things past, present, and future. He knows all things instantly, effortlessly, and equally well.

 

B. Scripture: God knows “all things.”

1John 3:20: “…for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.”

 

Question: “What consists of ‘all things?’”

Answer…

 

1. …All things of the material world (Job 28:24, Ps. 147:4).

 

2. …All things related to the animal kingdom; every habit and move of every animal under the Sun (Job 39:1-2, Matt. 10:29-31, Heb. 4:13).

 

3. …All things related to the spirit-world of the dead (Job 26:6).

 

4. …All things related to the world of living men (Gen 6:5, Ps. 33:13-15, Acts 1:24-25).

 

5. …All of the minute and intimate details of our personal lives (Ps. 139:1-4, Prov. 5:21, Jer. 1:5, Matt. 10:30).

 

6. …All past & future events (Isa. 41:21-24, 46:9-11; Gal. 3:8).

 

7. …All potentialities & possible outcomes, under every conceivable set of circumstances (Matt. 11:21).

 

C. God’s knowledge is eternal, perfect, & complete (Job 37:16, Acts 15:18, Heb. 4:13).

 

D. His knowledge involves moral ends and has ethical purposes (Prov. 15:3).

 

E. The great devotional value of this truth…

i. A consolation unto the righteous (Gen 16:13, Ps. 56:8, Matt. 6:7-8, Ps. 139:23-24).

 

ii. A terror unto the wicked (Ps. 94:6-11 Prov. 15:3).