Alleged Bible Contradictions #3

5. God is tired and rests
Ex 31:17
God is never tired and never rests
Is 40:28

God never gets tired. After creating the earth in six days, God "rested" in that He ceased working. He was not tired or unable to work further. This was done for our benefit, not His (Mark 2:27).

 

6. God is everywhere present, sees and knows all things
Prov 15:3/ Ps 139:7-10/ Job 34:22,21
God is not everywhere present, neither sees nor knows all
things
Gen 11:5/ Gen 18:20,21/ Gen 3:8

    God is omniscient and omnipresent. Adam and Eve attempted to hide themselves, and God questioned them for their benefit, not for His; one can ask a child who broke the lamp while already knowing full well what happened. God knew what was going on in Babel and Sodom, but addressed those issues at a particular time in history.

7. God knows the hearts of men
Acts 1:24/ Ps 139:2,3
God tries men to find out what is in their heart
Deut 13:3/ Deut 8:2/ Gen 22:12

    God knew what would happen; however, without putting Abraham and others to the test, they could have argued that they would have acted differently. God allowed them to act, and in so doing proved to themselves and to the word that their actions were either good or evil. Similarly, God knew that the Amorites would become thoroughly evil and worthy of judgement in Abraham's day, but allowed them enough time to manifest their wickedness (Genesis 15:16).

8. God is all powerful
Jer 32:27/ Matt 19:26
God is not all powerful
Judg 1:19

    The weakness in Judges 1:19 is not in God, but in Judah; they either failed to remain faithful to God, or they grew fearful when they saw the iron chariots. God could not drive them out, only because God would not violate His nature to do so.