Gods will, mind

Connections List
 * Listen to God
 * TULIP (Calvinism)
 * Calling/Vocation
 * Omniscient
 * Gods knowledge
 * James 4
 * Properties of God

Scope
 * Theology about Gods will, mind, intentions
 * NOT how to find it
 * Whether it can be known

Topics
 * Mech
 * Types/definitions of Gods will
 * Ability to know, temporal displacement
 * Conflict with our will, made in his image
 * ?Practical behavioral? - out of scope

Mech
 * Inevitable :)
 * Isaiah 46:10 "my purpose will stand"
 * Job 42:2 no purpose of yours can be thwarted
 * Includes control of people Isaiah 46:11 "a man to fulfill my purpose"
 * Molding assyria
 * No one knows the mind of God except his spirit (HS). But then the HS can tell us things. (This may also include transmission of knowledge, not just intentions)

Types
 * As subcat of revealed will: a general will (bible, commands) and a specific will (prophecies, other listen). See Acts 18:21 vs. 1 Thess 5:18. Similar to primary and secondary calling.
 * Revealed (bible, prophecy, commands, desire) vs. secret/perfect (what will happen, his plan). Tulip theology. We understand when someone sins, God prioritizes their existence/freewill over the hurt it causes himself (probably).

Ability to know
 * We can't know
 * James 4:15 say "if it is God's will", probably about long term trust. You don't know what tomorrow will hold
 * Who has known the mind of the Lord? Romans 11:34, 1 Cor 2:16
 * 1 Cor 2:11 no one knows the thoughts of God except the spirit of God
 * God keeps some things secret . Deut 29:29 secret things belong to God but revealed is law
 * Psalm 139:6 vol knowledge too wonderful for me, v17-18 thoughts outnumber sand
 * Isaiah 40:13 who can fathom the spirit of the lord?
 * Wait on him
 * 1 Cor 16:7 I will visit you if the Lord permits
 * We can know?
 * 1 Cor 2:6-16 we have the mind of Christ. v. 10 HS reveals things to us thus v 16 we have mind of Christ. v. 11 only HS knows Gods mind