Day 56 - Deuteronomy 12-14

God is said to know even when he causes someone to know, as it has been written: "The Lord your God puts you to the test that he might know if you love him." Now this manner of speaking does not mean that God does not know; rather, [it was said] in order that people might know how far they have progressed in the love of God—a thing which is not fully recognized by them except by way of the testings which come about. As for the expression "he puts to the test," it means that God permits testing. Therefore when it is also said that God does not know, this means either that he does not approve (i.e., does not recognize [as conformable to] his discipline and teaching), as it has been said: "I do not know you." Matt 25:12 Or [it means] that he causes people not to know for their own good, because it serves no useful purpose for them to know. Accordingly the text "the Father alone knows" Matt 24:36 is correctly grasped if understood to say that he causes the Son to know, and the text "the Son does not know,"Matt 24:36 if understood to say that the Son causes men not to know (i.e., does not disclose to them what would serve no useful purpose for them to know)―St Augustine