In this sermon, Chris Wright @LanghamPartnershipUKI explores one of the most searching biblical questions: what does it really mean to know God?

Drawing from Jeremiah 9:23–24, Wright challenges the common assumption that knowing God is primarily about knowledge, experience, or spiritual privilege. Instead, Scripture defines knowing God as sharing in what God Himself delights in — steadfast love, justice, and righteousness.

Wisdom, strength, and wealth are all good gifts from God — yet Jeremiah warns against boasting in them. True boasting, Wright argues, belongs only in this: understanding and knowing the Lord, expressed in lives marked by mercy, justice, and integrity.

This sermon is especially relevant for:

Christian leaders and pastors

Students of theology and ministry

Anyone wrestling with the relationship between faith, justice, and discipleship

📖 Key Texts: Jeremiah 9:23–24; Jeremiah 22; Deuteronomy 8; James 1; Micah 6:8

🎤 Speaker: Chris Wright

🏛️ Affiliation: Langham Partnership

“To know God is to delight in what delights Him.”

00:00 – Introduction: What Does It Mean to Know God?

01:45 – Jeremiah’s Vision of Knowing God

04:30 – Wisdom, Strength, and Wealth: Good Gifts, Dangerous Boasts

07:15 – When Strength Becomes Oppression

09:00 – What God Delights In: Love, Justice, Righteousness

11:45 – Knowing God and the Mission of the Church

14:30 – Trusting God for Wisdom, Strength, and Provision

15:50 – Final Challenge and Prayer