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Does GOD Have Limit or Needs?

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Rabbi Yaron Reuven

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But the divine monarch explains in verse number 11, Hashem knows the thoughts of man. They are futile. All of the things that the enemies think, all of the things that the righteous people think. Hashem knows all of it. He has no limitations. He doesn't need anything. He doesn't need for anything. He's beyond time. He created time. He's beyond space. He created space. He's not part of the creation. The creation is not part of him. Hashem created everything and did not become part of anything. Therefore, he's not subject to the limitations of the creation, whether be time and space, needs, feelings, body, physicality, and anyone that says otherwise is simply an epicurean, a heretic. Whether it's from different religions that have deified a human and said that this is part of God, or it's heretical teachers that call themselves rabbis that all of a sudden started subjecting God to human needs and limitations. And this is not just my words. These are the words of our sages. And if you look at Rav Saadia Gaon, he has a whole sefer about this, where he addresses every possibility of heresy that a person can come up with, and among them being human limitations, whether it be need, physicality, feelings, space, time, and so on. Why is it important that Hashem knows your thoughts? Because that means that there's no hiding from him. There's no forgetfulness. There's no rest. Everything that you do is written in a book and a Kadosh Baruch Hu is the author. And therefore says David Hamelech, "Praiseworthy is the man whom God disciplines and whom you teach from your Torah to give him rest from the days of evil while a pit is dug for the wicked. For Hashem will not cast off his people, nor will he forsake his heritage.