Established - Knowing God

Rooted Deep

My prayer for you in this series.

Strengthened in power, rooted in love, filled with all fullness

Starts with Knowing God

Knowing God

Answer why Christ came - What is this all about

Eternal Life vs 2

More than just Heaven and Hell

It’s about here and now as much as it is the here after

Why he came

John 3:16 CSB

For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

Knowing God

He came to give life - John

Life is about being happy

Treat God - you owe me

Life is smooth one you trust Jesus

John 10:10 CSB

A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.

Knowing God

What is eternal life -

Knowing God - vs 3

It’s not about a destination - it’s a relationship

Difference from knowing to trusting

Knowing is educational - Trusting is relational

John 15:15 CSB

I do not call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn’t know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from my Father.

Knowing God

This is the greatest thing

David - not Goliath - knowing God

Moses - not Red Sea - knowing God

Peter o not walking on water - knowing God

It’s not just about the after life - about living now

Think about this:

Heaven is Heaven because God is there

Streets of gold - what we value is is irrelevant - gold = pavement

Trusting a blessing or outcome - trusting Him

Life is about God , not His stuff

Knowing God

Relationship - knowing and walking with Him

Communicating back and forth - talking and listening

What this looks like

What makes life worthwhile is having a big enough objective, something which catches our imagination and lays hold of our allegiance, and this the Christian has in a way that no other person has. For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know God?

J. I. Packer

Knowing God

My prayer for us