The Knowledge of God

The Spiritual nature of God

John 4:24  

God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.”

Luke 24:39  

Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”

God is a living Sprit

1 Thessalonians 1:9  

For they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

God is invisible

Colossians 1:15  

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

God has nevertheless a form

Numbers 12:8  

With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

Matthew 18:10  

“See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

Exodus 33:21-23  

21 Then the LORD said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock.

22 When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.

23 Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.”

Revelation 5:1-7  

1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.

2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”

3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it.

4 I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.

5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

7 He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

Great Blessings of the Gospel

Open the eyes

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Ephesians 1:8

That he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.

Revelation 3:18

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

Matthew 13:15-16

15 For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

Turn men from darkness to light

Luke 1:79

to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

John 3:16-20

16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.

19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.

20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

Colossians 1:13

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,

“Let’s”—Let

Light shine

Matthew 5:16  

In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

Luke 12:35  

“Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning,

Conversation be yea, nay

Matthew 5:37  

Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

Enemy have cloak

Matthew 5:40  

And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well.

Luke 6:29 

If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic.

Blind leaders alone

Matthew 15:14  

Leave them; they are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

Everyone deny self

Matthew 16:24  

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Mark 8:34  

Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Luke 9:23  

Then he said to them all: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

Miscellaneous Commands from the Bible

Grieve not Holy Spirit

Ephesians 4:30  

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Grow in grace and knowledge

2 Peter 3:18  

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.   

     

Grudge not against another

James 5:9  

Don't grumble against each other, brothers, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!

Harden not your hearts

Hebrews 3:8-15  

8 do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the desert,

9 where your fathers tested and tried me and for forty years saw what I did.

10 That is why I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.’

11 So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”

12 See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.

13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.

14 We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first.

15 As has just been said: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.”

Hate flesh spotted garments

Jude 1:23  

Snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.   

    

Have no respect of persons

1 Timothy 5:21  

I charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, to keep these instructions without partiality, and to do nothing out of favoritism.      

Have some love

Philippians 2:2  

Then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.   

Have no fellowship with works of darkness

Ephesians 5:11  

Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.    

  

Heal the sick

Matthew 10:8  

Heal the sick, raise the dead, and cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

Luke 10:9  

Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is near you.’

Things used in Sprinkling

Blood

Leviticus 3:2

He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood against the altar on all sides.

Leviticus 3:8

He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron's sons shall sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides.

Leviticus 3:13

He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron's sons shall sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides.

Leviticus 4:6

He is to dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD, in front of the curtain of the sanctuary.

Leviticus 4:17

He shall dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle it before the LORD seven times in front of the curtain.

Leviticus 5:9

And is to sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering against the side of the altar; the rest of the blood must be drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.

Leviticus 6:27

Whatever touches any of the flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in a holy place.

Leviticus 7:2

The guilt offering is to be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and its blood is to be sprinkled against the altar on all sides.

Leviticus 8:11

He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them.

Leviticus 8:19

Then Moses slaughtered the ram and sprinkled the blood against the altar on all sides.

Praise & Worship Scriptures

1 Corinthians 11:17

In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good.

1 Corinthians 11:22

Don't you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? Certainly not!

2 Corinthians 8:18

And we are sending along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his service to the gospel.

Ephesians 1:6

To the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.

Ephesians 1:12

In order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 1:14

Who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession—to the praise of his glory.

Philippians 1:11

Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.

Philippians 4:8

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Hebrews 2:12

He says, “I will declare your name to my brothers; in the presence of the congregation I will sing your praises.”

Thoughts

But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.  All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. - Ezekiel 18:21-22

Church Splitter

Acts 13:44-52

44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

45 When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and talked abusively against what Paul was saying.

46 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us: “‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

49 The word of the Lord spread through the whole region.

50 But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region.

51 So they shook the dust from their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.

52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

Acts 14:1-5

1 At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Gentiles believed.

2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

3 So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to do miraculous signs and wonders.

4 The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles.

5 There was a plot afoot among the Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.

Acts 17:34

A few men became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.

Your Problems Matter to God

Your Problems Matter to God

Thank God! He deserves your thanks. His love never quits. Psalm 136:1 The Message

If I know that one of the privileges of fatherhood is to comfort, then why am I so reluctant to let my heavenly Father comfort me?

Why do I think he wouldn’t care about my problems? (“They are puny compared to starving people in India.”)

Why do I think he is too busy for me?

Go to Him

 “God is our protection and our strength. He always helps in times of trouble.”  Psalm 46:1-2

Ever feel as if you need to get away? So did Jesus. (Mark 1:35)

Ever have so many demands that you can’t stop for lunch? He can relate. (Mark 6:31) . . .

Do your friends ever let you down? When Christ needed help, his friends dozed off. (Matthew 26:40) . . .

When you turn to him for help, he runs to you to help. Why? He knows how you feel. He’s been there . . So go to him.

Go to Him

 “God is our protection and our strength. He always helps in times of trouble.”  Psalm 46:12

Ever feel as if you need to get away? So did Jesus. (Mark 1:35)

Ever have so many demands that you can’t stop for lunch? He can relate. (Mark 6:31) . . .

Do your friends ever let you down? When Christ needed help, his friends dozed off. (Matthew 26:40) . . .

When you turn to him for help, he runs to you to help. Why? He knows how you feel. He’s been there . . .

So go to him

Don’t Miss the Messiah

Happy are the people…who walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance.  Psalm 89:15, NRSV

Jesus didn’t fit the Jews’ notion of a Messiah, and so, rather than change their notion, they dismissed him…

They expected lights and kings and chariots from heaven.  What they got was sandals and sermons and a Galilean accent.

And so, some missed him.  And so, some miss him still. -  By Max Lucado