TO KNOW HIM PT.2 | TO KNOW HIM SERIES

Matthew 7:21-23 NLTPremise ⁃    To know the Lord is to obey the Lord and to obey the Lord is to Love the Lord.We must desire to experience Him continually that we may know Him more intimately.The greek word for know is ginösko. Intimacy    •    the state of being intimate     •    a close, familiar, and usually affectionate or loving personal relationship with another person or group.    •    a close association with or detailed knowledge or deep understanding of a place, subject, period of history, etc.: an intimacy with Japan.    •    an act or expression serving as a token of familiarity, affection, or the like: to allow the intimacy of using first names.    •    an amorously familiar act; liberty.    •    sexual intercourse.    •    the quality of being comfortable, warm, or familiar: the intimacy of the room.    •    privacy, especially as suitable to the telling of a secret:Fundamental Truths    1.    Search and you will find, love and you will be loved! Proverbs 8:17 NLTAhav; (Love)    ⁃    To love, desire, delight, like, be fond of covet, be beloved, passionate lover.     ⁃    Ahav doesn’t always refer to intimacy in the form of love making or sexual intercourse. Rather it is a love used to describe a parent/child relationship as well as close ties, best friends.Agape; (John 3:16)    ⁃    Unconditional love. Meaning charity. Agape love implies that the lover doesn’t do what they deem love but sacrifices to ensure that the one is being loved has their desires fulfilled.     ⁃    Benevolence. God “gave” what man needed not wanted. That’s what agape does.     ⁃    Unselfish love. For a human being to understand the love of God they must remove phileo (brotherly love) and tap into agape. Only the cross can do this!Phileo; ⁃    to live with a brotherly love. Having common interest.Matthew 10:37 NLT    2.    Knowing the one who is sinless causes you to sin less.1 John 3:6 NLT    3.    Your ear being attentive to the Lord’s servants proves your heart knows Him.1 John 4:6 NLT    4.    Love constitutes Knowing.1 John 4:7-8 NLT   ⁃    It is impossible to claim to know without loving.    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. Jeremiah 9:23-24 NLT ⁃    You pursue who you love. 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. Matthew 7:21 NKJV1 Thessalonians 5:18 NLT1 Peter 2:15 NLT1 Thessalonians 4:3 NLTEphesians 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.Matthew 7:22 NKJV    3.    Knowing Him must be the priority and obedience must be the lifestyle.Matthew 7:23 NKJV