Knowing In My Knower - Part 4

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Knowing In My Knower - Part 4

The Nearness of God

For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. Romans 8:14-18

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works. Psalm 73:28

Our walk with God and the intimacy He desires is always tempered by our desire and ability to see Him in life:
—in His glory through His creation
—in His works within creation
—in His Word
—in His church (our spiritual family)

Draw near to Godand He will draw near to you. James 4:8

“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also. In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.” John 14:18-21

Walking With God

• Our walk with God is a walk of discovery, obedience, and faith.

• First, God’s general revelation seen:

  • in the beauty of creation

  • the sensitivity of our conscience that convicts our own hearts.

  • This awareness produces the “awe” and the “ought” within our spirit

  • Two witnesses that stand and testify of our heart before God.

• Second, in the specific revelation of God’s Word realized in His Son, Jesus the Christ.

• Our relationship with God always has two sides in order to produce a sense of intimacy:

  • Like two sides to a coin

  • His will and/or purpose

  • Our response.

• The reality of knowing is realized in our relationships:

• The three key components are time – trust – tenderness

For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. ‘Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. ‘You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. ‘I will be found by you,’ declares the LORD Jeremiah 29:11-13

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me” John 10:27

• This is the heart of our intimacy with God — God knows and we respond to know!

• Sensing His presence and resonating with His speaking voice is the result.

And Jesus said to him, “Follow Me.” John 1:43

• How am I to be “led by the Spirit.”

• What is the “Spirit of adoption.”

• How can I experience and know the testimony of the Holy Spirit.

• How does the Lord “disclose Himself to us.”

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works. Psalm 73:28

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. James 4:8