(July 28, 2016 at 11:03 pm)Losty Wrote:(July 28, 2016 at 11:01 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: I don't, he obligates himself to his word.
How do you know? Also, is he incapable of changing his mind?
I only know what's written in the Bible, it's not like i'm making it up as I go along.
Does God change his mind? the short answer is no.
For God to change his mind would imply that he found a better way of doing something, which is absurd for a being that is all knowing. God doesn't change, man does. This is why Jesus stated that divorce was never God's intention from the beginning, but he allowed it because of the hardness of their hearts.
It was never Gods intention for Israel to be a monarchy, God himself ruled the people through a prophet, but because of the hardness of the peoples hearts God allowed them to choose a King.
So God doesn't change his mind, he permits things to happen outside of his will.