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Yes.
"And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men." Acts 1:24
"He knoweth the secrets of the heart." Psalm 44:21
"Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising; thou understands my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying
down, and art acquainted with all my ways." Psalm 139:2-3
No.
"And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee,
and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no." Deuteronomy 8:2
"For the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your soul." Deuteronomy 13:3
"God left him [Hezekiah], to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart." 2 Chronicles 32:31
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Explanation:
God knows the good and evil which resides in each and every one of our hearts. It is like looking through a clear glass for
Him to view them.
Why would God need to “prove” us, or seek a way to know our hearts? It is because God has always been for open
communication, but the hardness of wicked hearts hides what is inside them. It is just like Adam and Eve in the Garden of
Eden: God knew what they had done, and where they were, but He wanted them acknowledge their evil actions not only to Him,
but to themselves as well.
God created us to communicate with Him. He knows all of our actions before we perform them, yet He still wants us to act
and to speak to Him and others. By putting trials in our paths, God tests our hearts through a refining fire, so that we
may “prove” to Him and everyone else just what rests deep inside us. Our God wants assertive communication with
Him, and He abhors passive-aggressive behavior in His Court.
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