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God changes our relationships for the better. He helped those who were poor and needy, so everything went well for him. That is what it means to know God,” says the LORD. Jeremiah 22:16 NCV. Dear friends, we should love each other, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has become God’s child. And so everyone who loves knows God. 1 ...
- Intimate Knowledge
- Example of Paul
- Transformational Knowledge
- Benefits of Knowing God
- Eternal Life/Quality of Life
- Proper Evaluation of Humanity
- Knowing God Reveals Our Sin
- Knowing God Helps Us Give Value to Humanity
- Proper Evaluation of Morality
- Not Knowing God Leads to Approval of Sin
Look at what Jeremiah said about this: This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me. (emphasis mine) Jeremiah 9:23–24 Here the Lord says through Jeremiah that the knowledge o...
Similarly, Paul said this: “But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord (emphasis mine), for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ” (Philippians 3:7–8). Paul was a...
Finally, it should be noted that we will not be considering God primarily from an academic perspective or simply for intimacy. We will be considering him also to be transformed. Listen to what Paul said about beholding God: And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord are being transformed into the same image from one degree of g...
What makes knowing God the highest good? As we said the summum bonumis the highest good out of which all good flows. What do we receive from knowing God? What are the benefits? If we are going to fully give ourselves to the endeavor of studying and knowing God, we must be fully convinced of the benefits of this endeavor. What does the Bible teach a...
The first benefit is eternal life. Look at what Jesus said: After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they may kno...
There is something else that happens when we encounter God. We begin to rightly evaluate ourselves and others. Studying God is like looking at a mirror. We see our faults, our problems, and maybe even our virtues. This happens in order that we may be changed.
Isn’t this what happened when Peter first came in contact with Jesus? Peter’s response was: “Depart from me for I am a sinful man” (Luke 5:8). When Peter realized that Jesus was God, he cried out for Jesus to leave because he was a sinner. When we start to realize who God is, it helps us have a proper perspective of ourselves. We see the same thing...
It should also be noted that knowing God will help us give value to humanity. We see this in Genesis 9:6. It says: “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man” (emphasis mine). When we look at our society and see the killing of innocent babies, sex trafficking, the growing murder rates a...
The next benefit of knowing God is a proper evaluation of morality. We have hinted at this already in looking at humanity, but a proper understanding of God also affects how we evaluate morality—what is right and wrong. We see varying lifestyles in society based on our understanding of God. We see this in Romans 1:21–32, though we will not study th...
Paul says that not only will denying God lead to all types of sin, but it also will lead to “approval” of sin. Look at what Romans 1:32says: Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.(emphasis mine) When you look a...
- to know God is to have protection. Verse 1: “Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you.” David appears to have been in crisis, a common occurrence based on all the Psalms he wrote.
- to know God is to have provision. Verse 2: “I said to the Lord, ‘You are my Lord;
- to know God is to be drawn to those who are righteous. Verse 3: “As for the holy people who are in the land, they are the noble ones. All my delight is in them.”
- to know God is to be troubled by sin. Verse 4: “The sorrows of those who take another god for themselves will multiply; I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, and I will not speak their names with my lips.”
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.(vss 2-5, emphasis added) As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he ...
- WE SHALL BE BUILT UP. Verse 23 tells us this. In other words, by knowing Him we become spiritually strong, virile, robust men and women – look up Ephesians 6:10.
- WE SHALL DEAL DRASTICALLY WITH SIN. Verse 23 tells us this. Our bodies are the temples (tabernacles) of God (1 Corinthians 6:19), and when and as we really know God we shall share His hatred of sin and we shall deal with it – look up 2 Corinthians 7:1.
- WE SHALL BE GREATLY ENRICHED. Verses 24 and 25 tell us this. Notice verse 25, “…then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you”, so to know Him is to become enriched indeed – gold and silver in abundance – look up Colossians 2:9, and verse 10!
- WE SHALL DELIGHT IN THE LORD HIMSELF. Verse 26 tells us this. This means that we shall be weaned away from earthly and temporal things, for which we may be very grateful but which will always disappoint, and we shall find our true satisfaction in the Lord Himself, who never changes and who will never disappoint (Hebrews 13:8).
Feb 18, 2022 · To know God, we must know Jesus. Another key ingredient in truly knowing God is reading the Bible, God’s Word. In the Bible we have God’s revelation of His character, His promises, and His will. It is through the Bible that we know that God is “a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness” (Psalm ...
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There are a number of benefits in knowing the one, true God. First, a person enters into an eternal relationship with the one, true God. Knowledge of God leads to spiritual growth for the believer. When one enters into a relationship with God, then true worship is possible.
