Title: Experience God / Proverbs 8:17
Content Experience God / Proverbs 8:17
'Those who love me put on my love,
Those who seek me earnestly will find me' - Amen.
God is spirit (John 4:24), and we usually think and feel
They are human beings and have worldly knowledge and sensibility. because God knows
In most cases, it is misunderstood as a doctrine or a form, and is mistaken for faith.
do.
Today's topic is on the way to properly meet God
We want to get the message of the Bible for you. What does it mean to experience God?
mean?
1. It means to become a man of the Holy Spirit
The Bible identifies the saints as people of the Holy Spirit.
He was an expert in knowledge, but he did not love God.
Romans 1:21 “Knowing God, but neither glorified Him nor gave thanks to Him.
rather, their thoughts became futile, and their foolish hearts were darkened.”
Even the demons knew that there is one God.
James 2:19 “Do you believe that there is only one God?
Believe and tremble'
Therefore, just because you have the knowledge of God, that knowledge does not lead to salvation.
It is not conclusive. You must become a man of the Holy Spirit, so that God
can live the life of a saint. Romans 8:9 'If the Spirit of God in you
If you dwell in this, you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit.
If you do not have the Spirit of Christ, you are not a person of Christ.”
Likewise, the Bible teaches that people of the Holy Spirit are saints. with God
A person with the Holy Spirit is a person with whom the Holy Spirit is with them. experience God
It is a person who is under the influence of the Holy Spirit. To become a saint with the Holy Spirit
What should I do?
2. Two misconceptions must be discarded
There are two misconceptions that I am a man of the Holy Spirit and that I am with God.
We must throw away this and become a man of the Holy Spirit in a biblical way.
1) It is a pedigree misunderstanding.
The Jews only had the pride that they were the descendants of Abraham.
The tongue was destroyed by not loving God.
Matthew 4:9-10 'Do not think within yourselves that Abraham is our father;
I tell you, God is able to make the children of Abraham even with these stones.
10. Already the ax is laid at the root of the tree, and it brings forth good fruit.
Every tree that does not bear will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
Just because you are born into a believer's family does not mean you are automatically filled with the Holy Spirit.
2) Religious activity itself is not an experience.
You cannot conclude that you are a saint with the Holy Spirit just because you go to church. Jesus
The disciple of Iscariot Judas was without the Holy Spirit. The Pharisees and their party
The city elders were respected as so-called religious people.
But they were the ones who killed the Messiah.
Luke 5:33 “They said to Jesus, ‘John’s disciple must fast and pray often.
The disciples of the late Pharisees also did the same...'
Acts 26:5 ' (Paul's words) ... I follow the strictest sect of our religion.
It will be said that he lived the life of a Lisaite.”
Their regular religious life is something we can now follow with the attitude of believing in Jesus.
It was impossibly straight, but it was formal, and it was an eating out that lacked sincerity.
I did.
3. Experiencing God is the Word, Prayer, and Action
God is a spirit, and human beings realize God as beings with a body.
The experience had to have some kind of medium.
1) It is possible through the word of God
In the Old Testament, God called the first man to be with him without any media.
You said it yourself. You spoke like that as if you were talking to each other.
He called Abraham, he called Moses, and he called the prophets.
God also appeared in human form as an angel. And
He also gave commandments to the people to record the voice of God.
In the midst of this, in the New Testament, He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to this earth,
Historically, the miracle of Immanuel was accomplished and the disciples saw, heard, and experienced
It is the New Testament that records the facts of the Old Testament and the New Testament.
Through the special revelation given by the Word, we can know God’s will and purpose.
He made us believe and live on the basis of the Word.
Psalm 119:131 “Have I opened my mouth and panted because I have longed for Your commandments?
to be'
Luke 24:32 "They said to one another, "He spoke to us on the road and told us
Were not our hearts burning within us when he opened the Bible?
'Acts 10:44' When Peter was saying these words, the Holy Spirit came to all who heard the word.
come down'
2) We experience the Holy Spirit by praying
If you pray, you will have to repent. Then you will receive the Holy Spirit
will be The apostles had been with the Lord for three years, experiencing miracles and powers for themselves.
Despite the difficulties, they prayed for 10 days in Mark's upper room on the day of Pentecost.
Later, I was filled with the Holy Spirit and was able to properly carry out the ministry of an apostle
I did. Forty days in the wilderness before Jesus began his gospel ministry.
fasted and prayed.
The birth of the church was also possible after the Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentecost.
Disappointed by the parable of the persistent widow's petition in Luke 18
I'm telling you to pray and not swear.
Psalm 63:1 “O God, you are my God; I seek you earnestly.
In a dry and barren land without water, my soul longs for you, my body
I long for you.”
Psalm 69:3 "I am weary from crying, my thirst is thirsty, my
My eyes have faded from waiting for you.”
3) We experience the Holy Spirit because we practice the truth
The word faith, pivsti, is used with the word loyalty.
Christian faith is not a philosophical sentiment, but a participation in reality that adapts to reality.
of religion.
That is why the Lord also acted so that you became a son with God.
You have testified.
John 8:29 'He who sent me is with me; I always rejoice in him.
He has not left me alone, because I am doing what He is doing.”
John 14:11 "I believe in the Father, and the Father is in me.
If not, trust me for what you do.”
In the same way, in order to gain the experience of being with God, we
Since we practice according to the purpose of the truth, we can obtain the
All. God is with those who work.
John 7:17 'If a man seeks to do the will of God, this teaching is from God.
You will know whether it is from me or whether I am speaking of my own.”
John 14:23-24 "Jesus answered and said, If a man loves me,
I will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we
I will go to him and make my abode with him.”
Anyone can experience God through the Word and prayer. The fastest
Experience obeys, so you exercise faith. experience God
Rather than going to the mountains or fields to read the Word of God, my prayer life is more difficult.
A good place would be nice, a church would be the best.
Or even a prayer house. Faith in action comes with a bit of adventure, but
You will experience God's presence when you practice evangelism and loyalty
is. Christianity is a living religion. Not a dead idol. therefore
Become a victorious saint through the spiritual life of the living God every day.
I bless you.