Bible Study · Gospel Parallels 193

Matthew 12:25: God knows your thoughts, His mercy stays with you, and why God's Word is your only option

Dr. Gian C. VillatoroJuly 22, 202610 min study

Hello, dear friend, welcome to episode 193. Today, July 22, 2026, the topic is omniscience. This passage is in three sections of the Gospels, but today we read only one verse. Thank you, Jeho, for the scripture on the screen. Matthew 12:25, first section of the verse:

“The Lord Jesus knew what the Pharisees were thinking.”

Last week we talked about how ignorant people attack goodness (if you haven’t watched that episode, watch it: GP192). Today you will learn about the ability of God to know everything, even our thoughts.

“The Lord God knows everything.”

He knows you well

“Of course, God knows what you are thinking. He created you. He knows you well.”

From your mother’s womb. He is the Creator of heaven and earth, the whole universe.

“And he knows every one of your thoughts.”

If you were God

“If you were God and you knew what someone thinks, what this person desires, what this person thinks about others, what would you do?”

It’s a scary situation. I personally don’t think I would like that possibility. It scares me just to think that I would be able to see what everyone is thinking.

“would you stay there and continue witnessing what this person will do?”

Imagine that. You already know all the bad things this person is planning to do. Would you stay there?

The mercy of God

“Do you realize the mercy of God for you?”

“Do you realize that in His mercy, He has not decided to stop His relationship with you?”

It amazes me. I’m not better than you. I’m not better than anybody else. I’m just another human being, and I know that from time to time there are not nice thoughts in my head. I fight with that. Sometimes you beat yourself up, and you do the bad things you were thinking.

“And what a merciful God we have that rather than leaving, stays there.”

“He is absolutely patient with you.”

“God is absolutely gracious to you, both ways, good or bad thinking.”

Bad thinking comes first: I always say to people that they get drunk on a Friday night because they plan it on Monday morning. But not all thinking is bad. Sometimes we have great plans and great ideas, and even then we need the grace of God, because we know we are going to make some mistakes.

The deepest of your thoughts

The Lord Jesus is a hundred percent God and a hundred percent human.

“You need to understand that the Lord God is able to see the deepest of your thoughts about everything. How do you feel about that?”

“What will you do about it?”

A cold, cruel person, someone with very little wisdom, will say, “I don’t care.” Someone careless and indifferent to the Lord God, who doesn’t care about the truth and what is right, will let their imagination keep going in any wrong direction.

“And you know that the thought is the beginning of everything.”

After the thinking comes the next step: what they do.

Learn to control your thoughts

“You know, one wise advice I can give you today is learn to control your thoughts because everything begins right there.”

Hang out with good people, wise people, godly people. Occupy your time with good things: productivity, working, serving others, helping people.

Your only option

“The only thing that can truly save you is the Bible.”

Somebody will say, “That’s not biblical, because Jesus is the Savior, not the Bible.” There are people who like to make an argument out of something simple to comprehend.

“We know about the Lord Jesus because it’s in the Bible.”

“My friend, God’s Word is your only option to stay in good terms with God permanently.”

A true believer knows that. That’s why a true believer goes to the Bible again and again, day after day. What are you waiting for to commit seriously to your daily devotion? Begin there, and you will see how beautiful your day is going to be.

Outtakes and a little humor

The episode ends with outtakes. “The topic of today, only science. Sorry.” What will careless people say when they find out God sees every thought? “If I would have known that you were going to ask me what I was thinking, I wouldn’t have been thinking what I was thinking.”

How does a true believer protect himself against bad thinking? Imagine a bad thought is like a fly in the air: grab your fly killer and swat it. Or use bug spray.

And a student, Jimmy, was always daydreaming. “If there are five birds on a wire and one gets shot, how many are left?” asked the teacher. “Zero.” “Jimmy, five minus one is four.” “Yes, but if you shoot one bird, the other four will fly off, so no one will be left.”

The lesson: everything begins in your head. Listen to more of God’s Word, more preaching and teaching, and keep feeding your mind with good stuff for good thinking. Jesus is Lord.

Share this with someone who needs God’s mercy.

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Scriptures in this study

  • 00:18The Lord Jesus knew what the Pharisees were thinking (read, on screen)Matthew 12:25
  • 00:11The section in the Gospels (on screen)Matthew 12:22-30; Mark 3:20-27; Luke 11:14-23

Questions this study answers

Questions & answers.

What does Matthew 12:25 mean, "The Lord Jesus knew what the Pharisees were thinking"?

"Of course, God knows what you are thinking. He created you. He knows you well." From your mother's womb, the Creator of heaven and earth knows you: "And he knows every one of your thoughts."

What is the omniscience of God?

It is the ability of God to know everything, even our thoughts. "The Lord God knows everything." Dr. Gian: "You need to understand that the Lord God is able to see the deepest of your thoughts about everything."

If God knows my bad thoughts, why does He stay?

Because of His mercy. "Do you realize that in His mercy, He has not decided to stop His relationship with you?" "And what a merciful God we have that rather than leaving, stays there." He is absolutely patient and gracious to you, with good or bad thinking.

Why should you control your thoughts?

"And you know that the thought is the beginning of everything." Dr. Gian's advice: "learn to control your thoughts because everything begins right there." Hang out with good, wise, godly people, and occupy your time with good things: working, serving others, helping people.

Does the Bible save you?

Jesus is the Savior, and "We know about the Lord Jesus because it's in the Bible." So "God's Word is your only option to stay in good terms with God permanently." A true believer goes to the Bible again and again, day after day, starting with a daily devotion.

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00:00Episode 193: omniscience

Hello, dear friend, welcome to our episode 193. Today, July 22nd, 2026, the topic of today: omniscience.

00:11Three sections, one verse

There are three sections of the scripture where this passage is, however we want to read only one verse today.

00:18The reading: Matthew 12:25, first section

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, please, Lord, guide us through this study. Thank you, Jeho, for the scripture. Matthew 12:25, first section of the verse: "The Lord Jesus knew what the Pharisees were thinking."

00:34Last week (GP192), and today

Woo hoo! Last week we talked about how ignorant people attacked goodness. Maybe you haven't watched that episode, watch it. GP 192. But today you will learn about the ability of God to know everything, even our thoughts. The Lord God knows everything.

00:57"He created you. He knows you well."

What a statement, right? On the scripture. The Lord Jesus knew what the Pharisees were thinking. Of course, God knows what you are thinking. He created you. He knows you well. From your mother's womb, the creator of heaven and earth, the whole universe. Of course, he knows you well. And he knows every one of your thoughts. He is incredible. He is the Lord God Almighty, my friend.

01:30If you were God, what would you do?

Let me ask you this question. If you were God and you knew what someone thinks, what this person desires, what this person thinks about others, what would you do? If you were the Lord God and you have that ability, what would you do?

01:50"It's a scary situation"

It's a scary situation, right? I personally don't think that I would like that possibility. It scares me. It scares me really just to think that I will be able to see what everyone is thinking.

02:07Would you stay there?

Well, let me tell you. If you were God and you find out what someone thinks and it is not nice, would you stay there and continue witnessing what this person will do? Imagine that. You already know all the bad things this person is planning to do. Would you stay there? What a position, right?

02:33Do you realize the mercy of God for you?

Do you realize the mercy of God for you? Do you realize that in His mercy, He has not decided to stop His relationship with you? Amazes me. Amazes me.

02:48"I'm not better than you"

I'm not better than you. I'm not better than anybody else. I'm just another human being. And I know that from time to time, there are not nice thoughts in my head.

03:02"I fight with that"

I fight with that. I do. But unfortunately sometimes you just beat yourself up and you just say, "Ugh!" And you do things, bad things that you are thinking. Not good.

03:22A merciful God who stays

And what a merciful God we have that rather than leaving, stays there.

03:29He is absolutely patient with you

The Lord God knows what you are planning to do. He is absolutely patient with you. God is absolutely gracious to you, both ways, good or bad thinking.

03:44Drunk on Friday, planned on Monday

I always say to people that they get drunk on a Friday night because they plan it on Monday morning.

03:52Not all the thinking is bad thinking

But not all the thinking is bad thinking. There are good thinking. Sometimes we have great plans. Maybe you have great ideas and you want to make it happen. But there is when we need the grace of God because even then we know we are going to make some mistakes.

04:12A hundred percent God, a hundred percent human

We serve an amazing God. The Lord Jesus knew what the Pharisees were thinking. Of course, the Lord Jesus is a hundred percent God, a hundred percent human.

04:24He sees the deepest of your thoughts

You need to understand that the Lord God is able to see the deepest of your thoughts about everything. How do you feel about that?

04:35What will you do about it?

What will you do about it?

04:40"I don't care"

A very cold person, a very cruel person. I will say someone with very little wisdom, knowing that the Lord God is able to see the deepest of his thoughts about everything, will say, "I don't care."

05:05Careless and indifferent to the Lord God

If someone is careless, indifferent to the Lord God, doesn't care about the truth and what is right, will let their imagination keep on going in any wrong direction.

05:20The thought is the beginning of everything

And you know that the thought is the beginning of everything. After the thinking goes to the next step, which is what they do in it. What would you do about that, my friend?

05:32Learn to control your thoughts

You know, one wise advice I can give you today is learn to control your thoughts because everything begins right there. That is why it's very important that you hang out with good people, wise people, godly people, that you occupy your time with good things, productivity, working, serving others, helping people.

05:58The only thing that can truly save you is the Bible

The only thing that can truly save you is the Bible.

06:04"Jesus is the Savior, not the Bible"

Now, here is one thing that somebody will say about it. That's not biblical because we know that Jesus is the Savior, not the Bible.

06:14We know about Jesus because it's in the Bible

Boy, let me tell you, there are people that they like to make an argument out of something that it is simple to comprehend. We know about the Lord Jesus because it's in the Bible. The Bible brings the message.

06:32God's Word is your only option

My friend, God's Word is your only option to stay in good terms with God permanently.

06:38A true believer goes to the Bible again and again

A true believer knows that. That's why a true believer goes to the Bible again and again and again, day after day. It's the only thing that will save you, my friend. It's the only thing that will save you. What are you waiting to commit seriously to your daily devotion? You begin there with your daily devotion. You will see how your day is going to be so beautiful.

07:05Outtakes: "the topic of today, only science"

Hello, dear friend. Welcome to our episode, GP193. Today, July 22nd, 2026. The topic of today, only science. Sorry.

07:19What careless people will say to God

Speaking about careless people, ungodly people, when they find out that the Lord God actually sees every single thought. This is what they will say to the Lord God. If I would have known that you were going to ask me what I was thinking, I wouldn't have been thinking what I was thinking.

07:49"Blah blah blah": next take

I'm sorry. So now this is the way that a true believer protects his blah blah blah blah blah. Next take. Now, this is the way that a good believer will protect himself against bad thinking.

08:07A bad thought is like a fly

Imagine a bad thought is like a fly in the air. So you have your fly killer and you just go. Okay. This is the...

08:24The bug spray

Okay, so this is another way that a true believer will defend himself against bad thinking. He has a spray anti-box. So he's like, okay, there is a bad thought here. Another bad thought here. I'm making a mess here.

08:53A little humor: Jimmy and the five birds

You know that the bad thing is sometimes considered part of the daydreaming, you know, like this guy, this student, he was so classic to be daydreaming all the time. So the teacher was upset and said, hey, Jimmy, wake up. So Jimmy says, what? If there are five birds on a wire and one gets shot, how many are left? After thinking for a brief second, Jimmy responds zero. The teacher looks at him and says, Jimmy, five minus one is four. To which Jimmy replies, yes, but if you shoot one bird, the other four will fly off so no one will be left.

09:44Everything begins in your head

So what is the lesson that we know is that everything begins here in our heads, in your head. Listen more, God's word, listen more preaching, teachings. And remember my friend, Jesus is Lord. He wants to be the king in your life and in your soul.

10:02Keep feeding your mind with good stuff

Continue watching. Here we have tons of platforms, but there are wonderful preachers all over the place. Look for your favorites and continue feeding your mind with good stuff for good thinking.

Transcribed from the video and lightly corrected. Spoken words are kept as Dr. Gian said them.

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