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Introduction
For our devotions during prayer meeting, we will be studying “Knowing God” by J.I. Packer.
This book is a Christian classic and has sold over a million copies.
It is an introduction and devotional on the doctrine of God.
If I were to ask you, “do you know God?” How would you respond?
Think about, pause, and reflect.
“Do you know God?”
Of course I know him, I go to church and listen to the Word, and I pray, why would you ask that?
But think about it again, there is a difference in having knowledge of something vs. knowledge about something.
In chapter two of his book, Packer says, “one can know a great deal about God without knowledge of Him”
In other words, you can go to Sunday School, Bible Study, listen to sermons, be part of a small group, even have an interest in theology and still not know God.
For example, just think about your favorite sports star.
You may know Lebron James plays for the Lakers, used to play for the Cavaliers, won a championship.
But you don’t know what He is really like in person.
Lebron doesn’t know who you are and you don’t know who he really is even though you have statistics and facts about him.
You watch games and even attended some of his games, but if you were to tell me you really know Lebron James, I wouldn’t take you seriously.
In the same way, you can know a great deal about God without truly ever knowing Him.
It is a scary thing where Jesus says,
Matthew 7:15
Matthew
How do you really know that you know God?
Those who know God have great energy for God.
He uses Daniel as an example.
They were willing to risk their lives instead of bowing down to a false idol.
Daniel was on his knees praying, and because of his devotion before God, he was persecuted.
“Men who know their God are before anything else men who pray, and the first point where their zeal and energy for God’s glory come to expression in their prayers” pg.
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2. Those who know God have great thoughts of God.
Daniel believed that God was sovereign over the affairs of men.
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Those who know God are bold for God.
They would not bow down to the idol of the Nebuchadnezzar and therefore a fiery furnace was prepared for them.
Esther said,
Peter said
4. Those who know God have great contentment in God
In other words, those who know God have a great peace in God because they trust in Him.
Application:
How can we pursue genuine and real knowledge of God?
We must humble ourselves before God’s Word
2. We must be prayerful
A man on his knees is what he really is before God, nothing more or nothing less.
3. We must seek Christ
Jesus is the revelation of God the Father.
We must be prayerful
4. We must rest in His knowledge of us.
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