“I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Knowing God’
J. C. Ryle: Seek to know all three
Posted: December 9, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JohnTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, J. C. Ryle: Seek to know all three, J.C.Ryle, John, Knowing God, Scripture, Trinity
Are you pressing on?
Posted: December 2, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, HoseaTags: Are you pressing on?, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Hosea, Knowing God, Scripture
Is it your heart cry to KNOW God? To press on to KNOW Him? In Hosea 4 we read, “Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the [...]
Enjoy the beauty of this oasis in Ezekiel
Posted: November 15, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ezekiel, NovemberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Enjoy the beauty of this oasis in Ezekiel, Ezekiel, God is sovereign, God's sovereignty, Knowing God, Scripture
Don’t let the confusing prophecies in Ezekiel keep you from discovery some wonderful truths about God. Our reading today, chapters 38-39, is like walking through the desert, thirsty and tired, and coming upon a lush oasis. Take some time to enjoy the beauty! Be awestruck at the incredible missions promise in verse 21: “And I [...]
Every knee will bow and know
Posted: November 11, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ezekiel, NovemberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Every knee will bow and know, Ezekiel, God is sovereign, God's sovereignty, Knowing God, Scripture
Ezek. 29:19 I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. From the ESV Online Study Bible: This prophecy was given in 571 b.c. (see note on vv. 17–21), and Nebuchadnezzar conquered Egypt in 568 (this is described in detail in Jeremiah 43–44 and also recorded in Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 10.180–182). Egypt [...]
Knowing God Through Ezekiel
Posted: November 2, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ezekiel, NovemberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ezekiel, God's sovereignty, Knowing God, Knowing God Through Ezekiel, Scripture
Ezekiel is a book of the Bible filled with strange things, hard to understand things. It is tempting to skip over some of these passages. I’ve done that. But in doing so, we miss some wonderful things. When you read through Ezekiel 4-8 today, notice how many times God tells Ezekiel about things that will [...]
Ryle: Doing leads to knowing
Posted: October 24, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, John, OctoberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, J.C.Ryle, Knowing God, knowledge, Ryle: Doing leads to knowing, Scripture, Truth
John 7:17 If anyone’s will is to do God’s will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. J.C.Ryle comments: The difficulty of finding out “what is truth” in religion is a common subject of complaint among men. They point to the many differences which prevail [...]
Knowing God vs Knowing ABOUT God
Posted: August 30, 2011 by Pam Larson in August, Devotionals/CommentariesTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Knowing God, Knowing God vs Knowing ABOUT God, Scripture
John Piper, in a sermon, “Wonderful Things From Your Word” You can see many things when you come to the Word without God’s opening the eyes of your heart. You can see words and grammatical constructions. You can see logical connections. You can see historical facts. You can see an author’s rational intention. You can [...]
Ezra’s Unrelenting Ambition
Posted: August 5, 2011 by Pam Larson in August, Devotionals/Commentaries, EzraTags: According to the Gospel: Ezra 7:10, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ezra, grace, hand of God, Knowing God, Knowing God's Word, Scripture
Phillip Graham Ryken writes in Thermelios: Ezra was a great man—one of the all-time heroes of the faith. He had the will to lead; he had a heart for holiness; he had a mind for biblical truth. If we want to follow his example, we should ask what made him so great and so good. What [...]
Knowing God is the path to sexual purity
Posted: July 15, 2011 by Pam Larson in 1 Thessalonians, Devotionals/Commentaries, JulyTags: "This is the Will of God For You: That You Abstain From Sexual Immorality", Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Knowing Christ, Knowing God, Knowing God is the path to sexual purity, Knowing God's will, Scripture, sermon, sexual immorality
John Piper, in a sermon, “This is the Will of God For You: That You Abstain From Sexual Immorality” Start reading with me at [1Thessalonians 4] verse 4: “That each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, 5 not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know [...]
God: you realize he is knowable, yet you know him as indescribable
Posted: January 26, 2012 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, JanuaryTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible study, daily Bible, God, God: you realize he is knowable, Knowing God, yet you know him as indescribable
Justin Taylor posted this at his blog, Between Two Worlds, hosted at the Gospel Coalition: “The perfection of learning is to know God in such a way that, though you realize he is knowable, yet you know him as indescribable.” —Hilary of Poitiers, De trinitate, II, 7.