can God change His mind?

[Baptist Believer]

Originally posted by Artimaeus:
Psa 147:5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

Yes. God knows everything that can be known.

Job 37:16b...The wonders of one perfect in knowledge

Yes. God has perfect knowledge.

Job 36:4b...One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

Yes. God has perfect knowledge.

Isa 40:28 Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired.
His understanding is inscrutable.

Yes. God understands everything that exists, has been dreamed and intended.

Jer 32:27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

No. There is nothing too hard for God.

If there is something God doesn't know then that would put a pretty big crimp in those verses, especially, the last one.

God knows all that exists and can potentially exist. Open theists affirm that.

But open theists understand the nature of time differently than many people in the Western World (whose worldview is heavily influenced by Greek philosophy) and believe that only the present exists. The past is only preserved in memory and the future does not exist to any great degree.

The concept of time does not describe a concrete linear progression with both the past and the future extending out from the present, but rather it is a description of how human beings relate to the memory of the past, the immediacy of the present and plan for the future (setting appointments, making plans, negotiating contracts, etc.).

For me, the question of open theism rests on a biblical understanding of time. I have been researching the issue for a few years now and am open to discussion on the nature of time itself – from a biblical perspective.