TO KNOW HIM PT.3 | TO KNOW HIM SERIES

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Matthew 7:21-23 NLT

Premise
⁃ To know the Lord is to obey the Lord and to obey the Lord is to Love the Lord.

Fundamental Truths

1. Search and you will find, love and you will be loved!

2. Knowing the one who is sinless causes you to sin less.

3. Your ear being attentive to the Lord’s servants proves your heart knows Him.

4. Love constitutes Knowing.

5. Having an understanding of who The Lord is as well as His attributes and characteristics is the by product of intimacy. You learn who you pursue.

The following words describe the heart of David as seen in his own writings:

Humble – Lowborn men are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. Psalm 62:9

Reverent – I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies. Psalm 18:3
Respectful – Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief. Psalm 31:9

Trusting – The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1

Loving – I love you, O Lord, my strength. Psalm 18:1

Devoted – You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound. Psalm 4:7

Recognition – I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. Psalm 9:1

Faithful – Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Psalm 23:6

Obedient – Give me understanding, and I will keep your law and obey it with all my heart. Psalm 119:34

Repentant – For the sake of your name, O Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great. Psalm 25:11

Scriptural Insight

1. Pursuing and fulfilling the will of God is the road map to the kingdom of heaven. It is imperative to understand that acknowledging the Lord is different than knowing.

““Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.”

Matthew 7:21 NKJV
“Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.”
1 Thessalonians 5:18 NLT

“It is God’s will that your honorable lives should silence those ignorant people who make foolish accusations against you.”

1 Peter 2:15 NLT

“God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.”

1 Thessalonians 4:3 NLT

“Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.”

Ephesians 5:17 NLT

2. To be used by God is not to know God. To be used is to be available, to know is to be intimate.

“Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’”

Matthew 7:22 NKJV

3. Knowing Him must be the priority and obedience must be the lifestyle.

“And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’”

Matthew 7:23 NKJV