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To: Jim Scott
Why do you feel the need to know God? He is not your equal, why do you even think you can know God?
423 posted on 02/22/2002 8:12:19 AM PST by stuartcr
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To: stuartcr; Jerry_M; RnMomof7
Why do you feel the need to know God? He is not your equal, why do you even think you can know God?

The desire for God is that which I feed every single day:

Psalm 27:4 One thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His temple.
You have no idea how beautiful the Lord is. Unless you believe in your heart that HE IS and is the rewarder of those who dilligently seek Him [for exactly who He is and not some idol of imagined fancy], you will have to view the beauty of the Lord from the torment of the Lake of Fire.

God has given me a growing hunger for Him and Him alone:

Psalm 42:2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
Don't miss out on the River of God; Repent and be saved. Taste my Jesus for the first time.
425 posted on 02/22/2002 8:52:46 AM PST by CCWoody
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To: stuartcr
Why do you feel the need to know God? He is not your equal, why do you even think you can know God?

Because He wants me too, as His Word clearly states. He is not some absent God, sitting in heaven, aloof from his creation. He loves us and wants us to love Him, and He manifests himself to us through His Word, his creation and his Holy Spirit.

God is not an idea, He is real. Our mortality does not make us unworthy of God's love as we are His creation. He sent Christ to die for us and save us from the wages of our sin, spiritual death, apart from God for eternity. That was love beyond human understanding but we are free to accept the gift of salvation from God. He's our Father, not some stern taskmaster sending bolts of lightning out of his fingertips toward sinners.
As His word states, He is a God of love, not aloofness and we are his sons and daughters if we obey Him and the way to obey Him is to read and follow His word.

Attempts to paint God as some 'Spirit in the Sky' that you may simply acknowledge and then, by being 'good' (in your own eyes) and following your own conscience, be in His heaven eventually is a mistaken idea many have. That's an intellectual God, not the true God. A God you can conveniently keep at arms length by claiming He is too big to know so you can 'worship' Him in whatever way pleases you - but not God. That's a mistake.

Yes, He cares about us more than you realize and although we can never know Him fully as mortal beings, he does reveal Himself to us in many ways, and his Word - the bible - is a perfect, God-ordained guide to His desires for us and how we may draw closer to him. It is far more valuable a gift then you realize.

426 posted on 02/22/2002 8:55:18 AM PST by Jim Scott
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