Known by God - Audio

○ Psalm 139: Known by God ○ Keegan Brady A Dangerous Thing ○ In a famous poem written in 1709, Alexander Pope writes: "A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again." Psalms - The prayer book of the Bible ○ The Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible. ○ "The Lord’s prayer tells you, in a nutshell, what to pray. But it’s the Psalms that teaches you how to pray." — Tim Keller ○ More often than not, the Psalms are not what God is saying to us, but rather what we should be saying to God. Four Attributes, Four Applications ○ Omniscience: God’s complete knowledge of me (vv. 1–6) ○ Omnipresence: God with me in every place (vv. 7–12) ○ Creatorship: God’s sovereign ownership of every part of me (vv. 13–18) ○ Holiness: God’s will that I be like Him (vv. 19–24) Point 1: God Knows Us (vv. 1–6) (Could maybe each be a different slide) ○ Genesis 3:7 - Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. ○ Deut. 34:10 - And there has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face ○ Gen 4:17 - Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. ○ Exodus 2:25 - God saw the people of Israel—and God knew. Point 2: God is With Us (vv. 7–12) ○ The Psalms encounter every human condition. You are not alone. Point 3: God Made Us (vv. 13–18) ○ “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” — Psalm 139:14 ○ This world doesn’t need more edited, filtered faces; it needs more praise of the Creator. Point 4: God Calls Us to Walk in Obedience (vv. 19–24) ○ “Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!” — Psalm 139:23–24 ○ Following Jesus is not about being "superior" or "cultural"—it is about displaying His grace and goodness to the world.