Bible Study - Knowing God Part 1

Hi Everyone
I am starting to use this blog to publish the notes of a Bible study which I conduct once a week.  
You can download the message Knowing God - Part 1 and refer to the notes below to help you follow the verses I'd used.


You can also access the whole load of Friday Night Bible Study audio files.

I pray it blesses you!


1 Running the Race – Recap
Living for eternity – running the race
Where our treasure is, there our heart will also be.
Measure everything against Eternal Treasures

2 We Must Be Careful How We Run
2 Timothy 2:4 No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. 5 And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. (NKJV)

3 We All Want To Hear the Lord Say This
Matthew 25:23 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ (NKJV)

4 Discipline – Choose Life
Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; (NKJV)

5 Two Kinds of People
Psalm 9:10 And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You. (NKJV)
Psalm 10:4 The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts. (NKJV)
Psalm 14: 1 The fool has said in his heart,“There is no God.”…(NKJV)
John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. (NKJV)
Ephesians 2: 1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, (NKJV)

6 God Wants Us to Know Him
Exodus 19:7 So Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before them all these words which the Lord commanded him. 8 Then all the people answered together and said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do.” So Moses brought back the words of the people to the Lord. (NKJV)
Exodus 20: 18 Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off. 19 Then they said to Moses, “You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.” (NKJV)
Hebrews 3:10 Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they have not known My ways.’ (NKJV)
Psalms 53:2 God looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God. (NKJV)

7 Fear of the Lord
Psalms 111:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever. (NKJV)
Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction. (NKJV)
Proverbs 9:10 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. (NKJV)

8 Different Levels of Knowing
1 John 2: 12 I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake. 
13 I write to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. 
I write to you, young men, Because you have overcome the wicked one. 
I write to you, little children, Because you have known the Father. 
14 I have written to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. 
I have written to you, young men, Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, And you have overcome the wicked one. (NKJV)

9 Starts with the Hunger, the Reverence
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. (NKJV)
Matthew 13: 44 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. (NKJV)
Philippians 3:8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ (NKJV)

10 Faith is Built on Knowing
Psalm 9:9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble. 10 And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You. (NKJV)
Psalm 107:43 Whoever is wise will observe these things, And they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord. (NKJV)

11 Zeal Must Come with Knowledge
Roman 10:2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. (NKJV)

12 Knowledge Must Come With Belief 
Hebrews 4:2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. (NKJV)
Psalm 34:8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! (NKJV)

13 We Must Feed!
Ephesians 4:11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; (NKJV)

14 The Faith Hall of Fame
Hebrews 11 – all the heroes of faith.
Hebrews 12: 1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, (NKJV)

15 The Take Away
1. God wants us to know Him
2. It starts with reverence for Him
3. We must not settle for the things of the world – only God satisfies completely
4. Faith is built when we know God and learn to trust Him
5. Faith is built on the Word
6. No limits in the Lord – Press on!

16 Next
Knowing God through the Word.