Is God An Optimist?

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November 1, 2020 • 07:30

Is God An Optimist?

A few days ago, it was offered that “God has no faith.”

And today, the question is asked, “Is God an optimist?”

First, what IS an ‘optimist‘?

a person who expects a favourable outcome

FIRST, some information on God BEING an optimist.

1 God loves His creation–particularly MAN.

“We love him, because he first loved us.”
–1JOHN 4:19

“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
–Romans 5:8

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
–John 3:16

2 Usually, when someone loves something, they hope for the best for that something.

3 ‘Hoping for the best’ is the mark of an OPTIMIST.

LASTLY, some information that God is NO OPTIMIST.

1 God is NOT a man.

“God is not a man”
–Numbers 23:19

2 God is NOT man. God sees and knows ALL.

“For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.”
–1JOHN 3:20

“Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?”
–Job 37:16

3 Because God inhabits EVERY moment of time–past, present and future–God knows EXACTLY what will occur. Because of His perfect knowledge of all, God is also intimately acquainted with the failings of His creation–particularly man.

“Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.”
–Isaiah 42:9

4 Because God knows what is to happen, He knows how often man fails at upholding what is right.

5 USUALLY, when one knows another’s failings, one is not likely to be an optimist.

Therefore, it is impossible for God to be an optimist (‘hoping for the best’) because God KNOWS what is to happen. God does NOT have to hope.

He KNOWS.

BUT, because God loves man, God gave His Son, Jesus Christ, so that man–through God’s grace and mercy–might have a way to save himself from hell.

So, while God may NOT be an optimist, God–through His previous actions–demonstrated His love for man.

“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
–Romans 5:8

KNOWING that a few will be saved is better than HOPING that all will be saved.

Man can be optimistic because man does NOT know the outcome of future events.

Man HOPES for certain outcomes, about which he does not know.

Just because man does not know the outcome of future events does not affect God, who DOES know the outcome.

And so, because God is not a man; because God KNOWS (NOT hopes) what is to happen: God is not an optimist.

“God is not a man”
–Numbers 23:19

DOES the reader believe God is an optimist?

DOES the reader struggle to understand how God can inhabit the future?

DOES the reader struggle with the idea of an all-knowing, all-seeing omniscient God?

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

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DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

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THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

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[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: October 26,2020.]

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