Effects of knowing God

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Knowing God has a transforming effect on a person spiritually and morally and makes that person bold in actions for God. Not knowing God in the present will result in dissatisfaction and degeneration into wickedness and in the future will bring eternal alienation from him.

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The effects of knowing God

Spiritual transformation: from death to life

Colossians 1:9 DIEBYBEL:A19331953
9 Daarom hou ons ook nie op nie, van die dag af dat ons dit gehoor het, om vir julle te bid en te vra dat julle vervul mag word met die kennis van sy wil in alle wysheid en geestelike insig,
See also Jn 17:3; Ga 4:8–9; Eph 1:17; Eph 3:19; Col 2:2

Moral transformation: from evil to good

Pr 2:1–6; 2 Co 10:5; 1 Th 4:3–5
See also Ro 16:26; Eph 4:17–24; Php 1:9–11; Col 1:10; 1 Jn 3:10; 1 Jn 4:8

Boldness of action for God

Je 32:38–39; Da 11:32
See also Ps 138:3; Pr 28:1; Ac 6:8–10; 2 Co 3:12; 1 Pe 1:13

Biblical images of knowing God

Like parent and child

2 Sa 7:14; 1 Jn 3:1

God disciplines like a parent:

Heb 12:6; Pr 3:12; Dt 8:5
Ps 2:7; Ps 27:10; Ps 68:5; Ps 89:26; Ps 103:13; Is 49:15; Is 66:12–13; Ho 11:1; Mt 5:45; Mt 5:48; Mt 6:6–9; Mt 6:18; Mt 6:32; Lk 15:11–32 the parable of the lost son; Jn 14:21; 1 Co 1:3

Like husband and wife

Is 62:5; Je 3:14
See also Is 54:5; Je 2:2; Je 3:20; Je 31:32; Ho 2:16; Eph 5:25; Re 19:7; Re 21:2

Like king and subject

Psalm 97:1 DIEBYBEL:A19331953
1 DIE Here is Koning; laat die aarde juig; laat baie eilande bly wees!
See also 1 Sa 8:7; Ps 5:2; Ps 10:16; Ps 29:10; Ps 44:4; Ps 84:3; Ps 95:3; Ps 99:1; Ps 145:1; Mt 6:33 Jesus Christ’s teaching on seeking first his kingdom; 1 Ti 1:17; 1 Ti 6:15

Like shepherd and sheep

Ge 48:15; Ps 23:1–2; Is 40:11
See also Ps 28:9; Ps 80:1; Eze 34:16; Mic 7:14; Jn 10:11; Re 7:17

The peril of not knowing God

Lack of satisfaction and degeneration in the present

Ro 1:21–32; Tt 1:15–16
See also Ex 5:2; Je 4:22; Ro 10:2–3; 1 Th 4:3–5

Eternal punishment in the future

Mt 7:22–23; Ro 1:18–19
See also Ro 2:5; 2 Th 1:8
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