July 21, 2009
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Question 158 – Can God change his mind?
Question 158 – Can God change his mind?
3) Bob, I have read accounts of Mary interceding to The Father to beg for a persons soul, and God has relented, 'refusing His mother nothing.' Firstly, do you believe these accounts, and secondly, does this indicate that God's will can change? i.e in these instances is He actually changing His mind? A similar concept is when Christ says He constantly intercedes on our behalf to His Father. Is this also 'changing God's mind'?
Brenden
R. Sungenis: Yes and no. In the metaphysical perspective, God knows the end from the beginning, so in that sense he doesn’t change his mind. But in the temporal sense, yes, God indeed changes his mind. If not, then we make God a liar, because we turn his threat of judgment and damnation into an empty threat.
