#2: "knowing God" -- Sermon Notes

T Those who know God obey Him even inconvenient

Knowing God

when it’s

. (Proverbs 16:25; Hebrews 11:6)

T Those who know God obey Him even doesn’t make sense

Today’s Passage: 1 John 2:3-11 (page 1899) Today’s Topic: If you want to know who really knows God, just ask these two simple, yet powerful questions.

when it

. (Isaiah 55:8-9; Proverbs 3:5-8)

T Those who know God obey Him even brings temporary pain

when it

. (Hebrews 5:7-8; 11:24-27)

Two Simple, Yet Powerful Questions 1. The Am I

2. The

Simple Obedience Question: obeying His commands?

Determined Love

there a brother

They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good. T it u s 1 : 1 6

I won’t forgive

Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. 1 J o h n 2 : 9 - 1 0 (NIV)

T Those who know God trust Him about justice

to bring

. (Romans 12:17-21; 2 Timothy 4:14-16)

(NIV)

T Those who hold onto a grudge !

We’re not talking about talking about progress

perfection .

, we’re

get it

When I want to do good, I don’t. And when I try not to do wrong, I do it anyway. . . . It seems to be a fact of life that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I love God’s law with all my heart. But there is another law at work within me that is at war with my mind. This law wins the fight and makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. Oh, what a miserable person I am! Romans 7 :19 - 2 4 a

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g

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(NIV)

If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. H eb rew s 10 :2 6 - 2 7

Question: Is

(NIV)

Jan u ary 2 7 , 2 00 8

just don’t

. (Colossians 3:13)

!

They’re blind to how

much

they’ve been forgiven.

!

They’re blind to the high cost of

!

They’re blind to what God

bitterness

wants

.

.

Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. R o m a n s 7 : 2 4 - 2 5 (NIV)