Can God's mind be changed?

[duffyk4]

In Exodus, when God is talking to Moses in the form of a burning bush, God originally tells Moses that he will speak for him and perform miracles. Moses, however, gets stage fright and pleads with God to have someone else speak. So God chooses Aaron to speak for Moses.

My question…can God have his mind changed?

 

[Serafina17]

Good question… I’ve wondered this a lot, except more concerning prayer. Why do we pray? God has His plans… Isn’t something going to happen whether we pray or not?
For instance, say I am praying for the healing of my friend.
If it’s His Will that my friend gets better, it would have happened with or without my praying. If it’s His Will that my friend does not get better, then with or without my praying, my friend will not get better.
Unless God’s mind* can *be changed?

So, sorry for not adding anything to this thread but another question…

 

[didymus]

Good question… I’ve wondered this a lot, except more concerning prayer. Why do we pray? God has His plans… Isn’t something going to happen whether we pray or not?
For instance, say I am praying for the healing of my friend.
If it’s His Will that my friend gets better, it would have happened with or without my praying. If it’s His Will that my friend does not get better, then with or without my praying, my friend will not get better.
Unless God’s mind* can *be changed?

My feeling exactly. I don’t see the value of petitionary prayer, though I do it. God is going to do what He is going to do (or had already done since He is outside time).
Better we should pray for the strength to accept His will.

 

[JimG]

And yet I have known so many instances wherein petitionary prayer “worked” that it cannot be summarily dismissed.

God knows from all eternity what you will pray for and how he will answer those prayers. The fact that he knows this does not change the fact that the prayers were in fact answered! It is an interesting interaction between eternity and time which we cannot fully comprehend.

 

[Ron_Conte]

The doctrine of the Church is that God is eternal and unchanging.

Sometimes Scripture describes God in figurative terms, or in anthropomorphic terms, but this is not to be understood literally. God does not become angry. His Divine Nature does not experience various emotions. He does not change His mind. He knows all things all in one act, so He does not need to inquire in order to discover a truth. He is not surprised by anything we do, even though we truly exercise free will.

[James]
{1:17} Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration.