Wednesday, June 1, 2011

How Can You Love Me If You Do Not Know Me?

We proclaim we love God and do not study His Word! We must know Him intimately to really serve Him and love Him. Deut.6:4-5 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
Josh.1:8  This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
He has provided the means by which we may know Him. The bible is the inspired word of  God!
2 Tim.3:16-17 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
There is an ominous warning in Revelations about what will happen if someone adds or takes away from His Word. Rev.22:18-19  I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
We will never really understand the depth of God. Only in heaven, when we meet Him, will His true glory be revealed to us.
Romans 8:19 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
Col.3:4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Romans 8:19 The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.
2 Cor.5:5 Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
Romans 8:23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
How do you fight the adversary? You don't, God does! You know His Word and against it, there is nothing Satan can do but retreat!! Job 1:7 The LORD said to Satan, "From where have you come?" Satan answered the LORD and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it."
Eph.6:10-13 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.  For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
1Peter 5:8-10  Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
Father, we need Your strength, Your guidance, Your power, Your measure of faith given to each one of us, and Your wisdom to fight this battle. You are our Rock and our Deliverer, reigning King and most high God. Help us to stand firm against sin and wait for You to bring us home. Let nothing separate us from You! In Jesus name, Amen

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