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God Desires to be Known
Transcript:
Hello. This is Pastor Don Willeman of Christ Redeemer Church. Welcome to The Kingdom Perspective.
Does God want us to know Him? Is God deeply desirous that we would be in a personal relationship with Him? Well, the Apostle Paul told the philosophers in Athens that God created all people on the earth “so that men would seek Him and perhaps reach out for him and find him….” In other words, God created all the nations of the earth, so that they would come to know Him. God created the world and cares for the world, in such a way, that all the different people would seek to know Him and find Him.
The same idea of knowing God is seen in God’s interaction with the Israelites of long ago. They were commanded again and again to KNOW the LORD. Likewise, all throughout the Old Testament every time God did a great and miraculous sign, such as the deliverance of the Hebrews from Egypt, God’s purpose was that His people might KNOW Him. In the words of Exodus 10:2 “…that you may know that I am the LORD.” God wants His people to know Him. He wants us to seek Him and find Him.
In John 4, Jesus gets into a very interesting—and quite personal—conversation with a Samaritan woman. Jesus tells her that God’s purpose in the world is to seek worshippers who will worship Him in Spirit and in truth.
The same is true for us today. God is seeking worshippers who will know Him and love Him. Jesus’s words and the rest of the Bible make this crystal clear.
The only question is are we returning the favor. Are you seeking to know, worship, and love Him?
Something to think about from The Kingdom Perspective.
“So Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, ‘Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects. For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything that is in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made by hands; nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, that they would seek God, if perhaps they might feel around for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.”
~ Acts 17:22-27 (NASB)
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Transcript:
Hello. This is Pastor Don Willeman of Christ Redeemer Church. Welcome to The Kingdom Perspective.
Does God want us to know Him? Is God deeply desirous that we would be in a personal relationship with Him? Well, the Apostle Paul told the philosophers in Athens that God created all people on the earth “so that men would seek Him and perhaps reach out for him and find him….” In other words, God created all the nations of the earth, so that they would come to know Him. God created the world and cares for the world, in such a way, that all the different people would seek to know Him and find Him.
The same idea of knowing God is seen in God’s interaction with the Israelites of long ago. They were commanded again and again to KNOW the LORD. Likewise, all throughout the Old Testament every time God did a great and miraculous sign, such as the deliverance of the Hebrews from Egypt, God’s purpose was that His people might KNOW Him. In the words of Exodus 10:2 “…that you may know that I am the LORD.” God wants His people to know Him. He wants us to seek Him and find Him.
In John 4, Jesus gets into a very interesting—and quite personal—conversation with a Samaritan woman. Jesus tells her that God’s purpose in the world is to seek worshippers who will worship Him in Spirit and in truth.
The same is true for us today. God is seeking worshippers who will know Him and love Him. Jesus’s words and the rest of the Bible make this crystal clear.
The only question is are we returning the favor. Are you seeking to know, worship, and love Him?
Something to think about from The Kingdom Perspective.
“So Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, ‘Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects. For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything that is in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made by hands; nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, that they would seek God, if perhaps they might feel around for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.”
~ Acts 17:22-27 (NASB)