knowing god

What does it mean to

lAST tIME:

Know God?

Objective or

Subjective ?

Objective Subjective

Based on feelings or experience

Based on facts or reality

Facts

Feelings

Feelings

Facts

Objective Subjective

Facts

Feelings

Objective Our feelings and experience center around the truth

and reality of God, not the other way

around.

knOWING goD:

is having an interactive covenant relationship

with the God of the Universe.

“Knowing God”

Requires action, not just teachingInteractive

Covenant

Relationship

Involves our heart, mind, soul, body

Based on what God has revealed to us about Himself in His Word

Personal and transformational. Knowing God changes who we are

How do these relate

to each other?

Feelings

Facts

is having aninteractivecovenant

relationship with the God of

the universe.

knOWING goD

knOWING goD is having aninteractivecovenant


the universe.

Covenant

always begins with knowing: 1. who God is

and 2. what He has

done.

knOWING goD

changes who we are, how we

think, how we feel and how we view the world.

Covenant

knOWING goD Relationship

Covenant

knOWING goD Relationship

Interactive

changes what we do

and how we

live our lives.

Relationship

Covenant

Interactive



the universe.

knOWING goD

Feelings

Truth

Actions



the universe.

knOWING goD

How can we come toknow God Better?

Today:

We need to grow in eachof these three areas

Simple Answer:

Feelings

Truth

ActionsHow well we know

what we believe

TruthKnowing God Better:

Feelings

Truth

Actions

FeelingsKnowing God Better:

How open we are to the Spirit of God in

our lives.

Feelings

Truth

Actions

ActionsKnowing God Better:

How we prioritize our time, attention and

behavior.

iNTERACTIVE cOVENANT rELATIONSHIP

Actions Truth Feelings

How prioritize our time, attention

and behavior.

How well we know what we

believe

How open we are to the Spirit of

God in our lives.


Today:

How guilty can I make you feel About all the the things

The Question is not:

you should be doing, but aren’t?

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things

have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

2 Corinthians 5:17

But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were

held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the

oldness of the letter.

Romans 7:6

Open to

Psalm 63

We are interested in

Growthnot

guilt

We can only truly

Growfrom where we honestly

are




and behavior.


believe


God in our lives.

cOVENANT

Truth


believe

How do we grow?

1. Read your Bible

Do we actually

Read our Bibles?

If not,

why not?

Why don’t we

Read our Bibles?1. We don’t have a structure to follow

2. We don’t have a defined time or place

4. We don’t understand what we are reading

3. We try and tackle too much

Type

For Every Book:AuthorDate

Context Recipients

1. Overview

2. Specific Advice

3. A Walk Through the Book

wRITING sTYLES

How the writing style affects our understanding

of the book’s meaning.

cOVENANT

Truth


believe

How do we grow?

1. Read your Bible2. Study theology

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cOVENANT

Truth


believe

How do we grow?

1. Read your Bible2. Study theology3. Learn critical thinking

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does

not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

2Timothy 2:15




and behavior.


believe


God in our lives.

rELATIONSHIP

Feelings


God in our lives.

How do we grow?1. Do theology for richer

doxology.

rELATIONSHIP

Feelings


God in our lives.

How do we grow?

2. Develop a more honest and rawprayer life with God.

1. Do theology for richerdoxology (worship)

How comfortable are you

to openly discussyour sin with God?

The best way to ensure a boring prayer life is to try and be a good little boy or

girl in prayer.

- John Coe, Director of Spiritual Formation, Biola

How comfortable are you

to openly discussyour sin with God?

If you are not comfortable

discussing your sinwith God, why not?

If you are not comfortable

discussing your sinwith God, why not?

1. We do not like facing it ourselves

2. We feel that God is disappointed with us

3. If we acknowledge it, then we have to own it

We can only truly

Growfrom where we honestly

are

For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me.

Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight—

Psalm 51:3

For I was envious of the boastful, When I saw the prosperity of the

wicked.

Psalm 73:3

Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You?

And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

Psalm 139:21

I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.

Psalm 139:22

Search me, O God, and know my heart;

Try me, and know my anxieties;

Psalm 139:23

And see if there is any wicked way in me,

And lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 139:24

rELATIONSHIP

Feelings


God in our lives.

How do we grow?1. Do theology for richer

doxology (worship)

2. Develop a more honest and rawprayer life with God.




and behavior.


believe


God in our lives.

iNTERACTIVE

Actions


and behavior.

How do we grow?

1. Find a biblical need inworld that you connect to

2. Invest yourself deeplyto its long-term growthand success.

What does it mean to

lAST tIME:

Know God?

Feelings

Truth

Actions



the universe.

knOWING goD


Today:


Find a biblical need in the world that we connect

to and pour ourselves into it.

Study the Bible, Theology and

critical thinking that we might have a solid foundation.

Develop a real and honest

relationship with God where we are truly open

with Him

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in

believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13

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