Asking “Whose filthy, wet, snowy boots were left on the hall floor?” was not a request for information, it was meant to provoke a confession by the culprit. Much like God asked “Where art thou?” in the Garden after Adam & Eve had sinned. God knew good & well where Adam was, but He wanted him to own up to his sin. Once a person confesses. “Yeah, I am the one who did wrong,” he or she is well on their way to being responsible enough not to do it again.
Asking “Whose filthy, wet, snowy boots were left on the hall floor?” was not a request for information, it was meant to provoke a confession by the culprit. Much like God asked “Where art thou?” in the Garden after Adam & Eve had sinned. God knew good & well where Adam was, but He wanted him to own up to his sin. Once a person confesses. “Yeah, I am the one who did wrong,” he or she is well on their way to being responsible enough not to do it again.