Abraham Had No Bible
How does God speak to us? It is by the Spirit according to His word. In the case of Abraham, who lived before the Bible was written, God revealed Himself to Abraham by appearing to him. With regard to God speaking through the Scriptures, or by His appearing in Abraham's day, God spoke clearly for the one who would understand clearly. He has not changed.
God's Wakeup Call
God moves in mysterious ways, and one of those ways is to wake an individual up to reality, the reality of who God is. It is an awakening also to the reality of who sinful man is before God, and of God's singular way, His provision to man, by which he can know God. Praise God when He awakens the lost sinner to the plight of his situation, but also to its remedy in Christ.
The Path In The Mighty Waters
Why is mankind called to believe in the almighty power of God, even as we see in the history of Israel when they traversed the Red Sea on dry land? It is because God is God, and not a man. Beyond that, He is holy, and man is not, in and of himself. God shows forth His power and majesty that man might understand what it means to follow Christ, and know Him, the power of His resurrection, that power being manifested in the life.
The Greatest Commandment
Why is it that to love God is the greatest commandment? It is in part because it is the highest and greatest calling by God to man, that man should truly know Him. The man who knows Christ is filled with the love of Christ. The man who professes to know Christ, and does not show forth the love of God by the Spirit, knows Christ very little, perhaps not at all.
The Constant Declaration Of God
Every day God speaks, and is speaking. His voice resounds throughout nature, the heavens and the earth. In the Bible are His words speaking every day to the one who is open to seek, and willing to know. Nature reveals His attributes; the Gospel reveals His heart, compassion, justice, and mercy. Above all, the message of salvation is the declaration is His eternal Love.
The Bedrock Of God's Faithfulness
What is the faithfulness of God? It is that holy, and unswerving commitment to honor HIs word, by fulfilling it perfectly in His time and in His way. God does not disassociate His person from His word. One is the expression of the other. The one who would profess faith in Christ is the one who will honor and obey His word, for in so doing, one is obeying Christ.
Living By Living Words
How does one come to know God? Certainly, it is by God's way. That way is by faith, but a faith that is aligned, and according to His word. How is this possible? Where does the power come from to live such a life of faith? It comes from the Spirit of God, using the living word, to direct faith to be wholly in Christ. All is possible to the one who truly trusts in the faithfulness of God.
Worship Pathway To Knowing God
There is a way to know God, and it is revealed to us so clearly when the tempter came to tempt Christ in the wilderness. The Lord's response to him was, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve." Herein is the pathway, the worship of Christ by the Spirit, and in truth. In the worship of God, the Spirit reveals Christ to our hearts and souls.
The Outpouring That Must Be
The promise of the outpouring of the Spirit, mentioned in the book of Joel, is not an option, if the church is to be victorious, and an overcomer in this world in the last days. The fulness of the Spirit is not an option to glorifying God. Only by the power of the Spirit of God will the kingdom come, and the will be done.
The Continued Outpouring
There is constancy with God, and one application of that constancy has to do with the outpouring of the Spirit upon all flesh. This is a constant, for in it is found the very means by which the lost will be saved, and Christ's kingdom will come. God has poured out His Spirit, and will do so. Can He find in us as believers the faith to trust Him for the manifestation of His power in our day?