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Part III: Knowing God for Yourself
Jeremiah 31:34
“And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor …saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know Me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord.”
I. INTRODUCTION
In this study we will explore the revelation of who He is and what He is like and what He desires from us.
II. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO “KNOW THE LORD?”
“Knowing the Lord” refers to a personal relationship with God. It means understanding God’s character, loving God, and serving God.
- It involves a personal relationship with God, which goes beyond just understanding facts about him.
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- It means believing in Christ as your Lord and Savior, repenting of your sins, and loving and serving God.
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- It means experiencing the power of Christ’s resurrection through his Spirit.
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- 3 Ways of Knowing God
- According to His Heart
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- According to His Principles
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- According to His Acts
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A. This Is Not A “Head Knowledge” But A “Heart Knowledge”
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Jeremiah 9:23-24
Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches; 24 But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me,
That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth.
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Jeremiah 31:33-34
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”
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B. This is NOT a Casual Relationship
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2 Timothy 3:7
always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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C. We Love The Works Of God, But He Wants Us To Love Him and His Ways.
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Matthew 15:8
These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
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Hebrews 3:10
Therefore, I was angry with that generation And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they have not known My ways.’
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Psalms 95:10
For forty years I was grieved with that generation,
And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,
And they do not know My ways.’
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D. Knowing About God Is Not Enough
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Knowing about God is a cerebral or intellectual exercise. We can recount stories from holy scriptures, list His attributes, and even defend doctrines. But true knowledge of God, the kind that transforms lives and hearts, goes beyond intellectual understanding. It dives deep into personal experience and intimate connection.
1 Timothy 2:1-4
I exhort, therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
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III. THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD IS PROGRESSIVE
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Hosea 6:3
Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the LORD.
His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth.
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Matthew 7:7
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
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A. Now “We Know In Part.”
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1 Corinthians 13:9-12
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
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B. Scripture Says That We Increase In The Knowledge Of Him
Ephesians 1:17
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
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Colossians 1:9-10
For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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2 Peter 3:18
but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
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What is the key to knowing God?
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Receive Jesus Christ and the forgiveness He offers. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” Jesus paid the penalty for your sin when He shed His blood on the cross.
C. One Day The Knowledge Of The Lord Shall Fill All The Earth
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Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
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Habakkuk 2:14
For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, As the waters cover the sea.
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1 Corinthians 13:12
For now, we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
- We Are Betrothed To Know The Lord
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Hosea 2:19-20
“I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me In righteousness and justice, In lovingkindness and mercy; 20 I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, And you shall know the Lord.
- He Has Given Us A Heart To Know Him
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Jeremiah 24:7
Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.
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1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
- “They Shall All Know Me.”
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Hebrews 8:11
10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
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IV. GOD REALLY DESIRES FOR US TO GET TO KNOW HIM
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Jeremiah 9:24
But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me,
That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the Lord
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Hosea 6:6
For I desire mercy and not sacrifice,
And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
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1 Timothy 2:4
who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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Isaiah 5:13
Therefore my people have gone into captivity, Because they have no knowledge; Their honorable men are famished, And their multitude dried up with thirst.
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Ephesians 1:16-19
16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
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V. GOD WANTS TO KNOW YOUR DESIRE FOR HIM
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A. The Way You Can Show Him
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Exodus 33:13
Now, therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.”
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Philippians 3:7-8
But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. 8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ
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B. How You Live Shows Your Desire for God
1 John 2:3-4
Now, by this, we know that we know Him if we keep His commandments. 4 He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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Proverbs 3:3-7
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:4 So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
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