We have had two lessons on knowing God, and this one will be the same but different. Why? Because one of the most important things we can ever do in our life is to get to know God personally, intimately, spiritually, and intellectually.
"And God spoke to Moses and said to him, "I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Issac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name Lord, I was not known to them" Exodus 6:2-3
As God has walked with His people through the generations, He has progressively revealed His nature according to His purposes and the needs of His people. Abraham, Issac, and Jacob knew Him as God Almighty because they needed His mighty power to protect them from their enemies. Moses and the Israelites learned that God was Lord, Master over every nation and everything. God not only delivered them from the most powerful ruler in the world, but He also brought them in the Promised Land. They came to experience Him as Lord, preeminently powerful over the pagan gods of their day.
God wants you to know Him. God wants to reveal Himself to you in many ways throughout your life so that you will know Him as Lord, King, Master, Faithful, Comforter, Almighty and Friend! God will continue to reveal His character to you according to your needs and according to His purposes. You will come to know more and more about Him as you obey Him. When you grieve, He will come to you as Comforter. When you are in need, He will demonstrate to you that He is the Provider. When you face a serious challenge, He will reveal that He is God Almighty!
Your understanding of God's character should be greater now than when you first became a Christian. When you first believed in Him and accepted Him, He revealed Himself to you as Savior. As you grow in your walk with Him, you will know Him by the way He reveals Himself as we have mentioned. You ought to know Him better today than you did two or three years ago. Sadly, some Christians continue to live year after year with the same basic knowledge of Him that they had when they first began walking with Him. That's the "I've been saved, I'm good and don't need anything else" attitude. If you want to live in Christ, and have the "desires of your heart," you need t0 know God as we have talked about in earlier writings. Whatever your present situation, view it in the light of what God is teaching you, through circumstances about Himself and you, and you will come to know God in dimensions you have never known Him before.
May God richly bless you today!! H Trent!
"And God spoke to Moses and said to him, "I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Issac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name Lord, I was not known to them" Exodus 6:2-3
As God has walked with His people through the generations, He has progressively revealed His nature according to His purposes and the needs of His people. Abraham, Issac, and Jacob knew Him as God Almighty because they needed His mighty power to protect them from their enemies. Moses and the Israelites learned that God was Lord, Master over every nation and everything. God not only delivered them from the most powerful ruler in the world, but He also brought them in the Promised Land. They came to experience Him as Lord, preeminently powerful over the pagan gods of their day.
God wants you to know Him. God wants to reveal Himself to you in many ways throughout your life so that you will know Him as Lord, King, Master, Faithful, Comforter, Almighty and Friend! God will continue to reveal His character to you according to your needs and according to His purposes. You will come to know more and more about Him as you obey Him. When you grieve, He will come to you as Comforter. When you are in need, He will demonstrate to you that He is the Provider. When you face a serious challenge, He will reveal that He is God Almighty!
Your understanding of God's character should be greater now than when you first became a Christian. When you first believed in Him and accepted Him, He revealed Himself to you as Savior. As you grow in your walk with Him, you will know Him by the way He reveals Himself as we have mentioned. You ought to know Him better today than you did two or three years ago. Sadly, some Christians continue to live year after year with the same basic knowledge of Him that they had when they first began walking with Him. That's the "I've been saved, I'm good and don't need anything else" attitude. If you want to live in Christ, and have the "desires of your heart," you need t0 know God as we have talked about in earlier writings. Whatever your present situation, view it in the light of what God is teaching you, through circumstances about Himself and you, and you will come to know God in dimensions you have never known Him before.
May God richly bless you today!! H Trent!
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