Doesn't God know everyone?

[Raquel07]

*Resolved*

I've been happily married for 2 years and even have a baby, but my mother and my husband have never seen eye to eye.

The other day I was speaking on the phone with my mum and she told me that when my husband and I first met, she prayed to God about why they weren't getting along, and He told her that He didn't know my husband.

Does God not know everyone? Or is my mother hearing from something else?

**Update**
I trust that my husbands faith is genuine, but my mother gives me too many reasons to doubt hers.

Whether she is hearing from someone/something else, or just stirring up strife, she has revealed herself to be on the wrong path.

I will continue to love and pray for her, but for now I know God is telling me, and with some friendly guidance from the fellowship here, that I have to give her some distance until she can come back on the right path.

Thank you for all your replies and God bless, Raquel.

 

[Greg Merrill]

Matthew 7:23 might help you on this. God knows everything and everyone, yet says He doesn't know those that have not received Christ as Savior and Lord.

 

[Dave L]

I've been happily married for 2 years and even have a baby, but my mother and my husband have never seen eye to eye.

The other day I was speaking on the phone with my mum and she told me that when my husband and I first met, she prayed to God about why they weren't getting along, and He told her that He didn't know my husband.

Does God not know everyone? Or is my mother hearing from something else?

“And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?” (Matthew 19:4–5)

I think the visa versa is true also. Put your husband first.

 

[Call me Nic]

I've been happily married for 2 years and even have a baby, but my mother and my husband have never seen eye to eye.

The other day I was speaking on the phone with my mum and she told me that when my husband and I first met, she prayed to God about why they weren't getting along, and He told her that He didn't know my husband.

Does God not know everyone? Or is my mother hearing from something else?

Knowing of and about someone is different than knowing them personally, and I believe (like what Greg Merrill said above) that is what Matthew 7:23 is about.

Christ doesn't know those whom don't have faith in them, because we only know Christ Jesus personally by receiving his righteousness through faith (being saved) according to Philippians 3:9-10.

Philippians 3:9-10 "And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;"

 

[Call me Nic]

I've been happily married for 2 years and even have a baby, but my mother and my husband have never seen eye to eye.

The other day I was speaking on the phone with my mum and she told me that when my husband and I first met, she prayed to God about why they weren't getting along, and He told her that He didn't know my husband.

Does God not know everyone? Or is my mother hearing from something else?

And by the way, I wouldn't put much confidence in what your mother says. We are often guilty of accusing others of being "unsaved" just because we disagree with them. It's a symptom of our depravity as people.

Let your husband's fruits speak for themselves; a good tree cannot bring forth corrupt fruit, neither a corrupt tree good fruit. So if your husband speaks with corrupt fruit about the truth of Christ, then that is evident of the core problem. If he speaks with good fruit of the truth of Christ, then that is evident of a non-issue.

 

[Raquel07]

And by the way, I wouldn't put much confidence in what your mother says. We are often guilty of accusing others of being "unsaved" just because we disagree with them. It's a symptom of our depravity as people.

Let your husband's fruits speak for themselves; a good tree cannot bring forth corrupt fruit, neither a corrupt tree good fruit. So if your husband speaks with corrupt fruit about the truth of Christ, then that is evident of the core problem. If he speaks with good fruit of the truth of Christ, then that is evident of a non-issue.

I guess that's the thing, I trust my husband completely and know that his faith and relationship with God is genuine, whereas the way my mother has been acting since I met my husband makes me doubt whether she's on the right path. It's not just her attitude and actions towards my husband, but everyone. She goes around accusing everyone of being "fake Christians" and even "possessed" simply because they don't think, speak and/or behave in the way that she thinks everyone should.

 

[miamited]

I've been happily married for 2 years and even have a baby, but my mother and my husband have never seen eye to eye.

The other day I was speaking on the phone with my mum and she told me that when my husband and I first met, she prayed to God about why they weren't getting along, and He told her that He didn't know my husband.

Does God not know everyone? Or is my mother hearing from something else?

Hi raquel,

I imagine that it's a matter of what you and God consider 'to know' someone really means. Does God know that your husband exists? Sure. Does He know your husband as one with a relationship with Him? According to your mother, apparently not.

As was pointed out earlier, Jesus turns back many who are christians and tells them that he doesn't know them and for them to depart from him. I don't construe that to mean that Jesus didn't know that each one of those people individually existed. I think he means to infer that he had no living relationship with them.

God bless,
In Christ, ted

 

[Raquel07]

“And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?” (Matthew 19:4–5)

I think the visa versa is true also. Put your husband first.

Thank you. Our pastor read this passage at our wedding. It's why I know I'm doing the right thing when I put my husband and his feelings first, even though it often causes conflict with my mum.

 

[Call me Nic]

I guess that's the thing, I trust my husband completely and know that his faith and relationship with God is genuine, whereas the way my mother has been acting since I met my husband makes me doubt whether she's on the right path. It's not just her attitude and actions towards my husband, but everyone. She goes around accusing everyone of being "fake Christians" and even "possessed" simply because they don't think, speak and/or behave in the way that she thinks everyone should.

Then the answer to that, since that is the case, is easily found in the Bible.

1 Corinthians 5:11 "But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man (or woman) that is called a brother (or sister) be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an exhortioner; with such an one no not to eat."

Railing is speaking against people without any evidence, or out of anger or hatred without a cause, which is why Jesus warns heavily against being angry with the brethren of the faith without a cause, likening it unto killing a person.

It's best to cleave to your husband and avoid companying with your mother until she repents from that way, if she ever repents. If she does some day ask forgiveness, do not hesitate to give it, though.

 

[Raquel07]

Then the answer to that, since that is the case, is easily found in the Bible.

1 Corinthians 5:11 "But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man (or woman) that is called a brother (or sister) be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an exhortioner; with such an one no not to eat."

Railing is speaking against people without any evidence, or out of anger or hatred without a cause, which is why Jesus warns heavily against being angry with the brethren of the faith without a cause, likening it unto killing a person.

It's best to cleave to your husband and avoid companying with your mother until she repents from that way, if she ever repents. If she does some day ask forgiveness, do not hesitate to give it, though.

Thank you Nicolaus. That is the confirmation I needed. It makes me feel guilty in a way, to think about avoiding my mother, but I know in my heart it's the right thing to do for now. I have already forgiven her, I just hope she comes back to us soon. Thank you and God bless

 

[Call me Nic]

Thank you Nicolaus. That is the confirmation I needed. It makes me feel guilty in a way, to think about avoiding my mother, but I know in my heart it's the right thing to do for now. I have already forgiven her, I just hope she comes back to us soon. Thank you and God bless

I'm going through a very similar situation to yours, so I understand the position you're in completely, friend. I'll be praying for you and wish you the best.

 

[Paul of Eugene OR]

*Resolved*

I've been happily married for 2 years and even have a baby, but my mother and my husband have never seen eye to eye.

The other day I was speaking on the phone with my mum and she told me that when my husband and I first met, she prayed to God about why they weren't getting along, and He told her that He didn't know my husband.

Does God not know everyone? Or is my mother hearing from something else?

**Update**
I trust that my husbands faith is genuine, but my mother gives me too many reasons to doubt hers.

Whether she is hearing from someone/something else, or just stirring up strife, she has revealed herself to be on the wrong path.

I will continue to love and pray for her, but for now I know God is telling me, and with some friendly guidance from the fellowship here, that I have to give her some distance until she can come back on the right path.

Thank you for all your replies and God bless, Raquel.

God is not unaware of anybody. But God doesn't know all humans as His Child.