Title: The Way to Meet God
The way to meet God (Jeremiah 29:12-13)
Since John 4:24 says that God is spirit, the physical eye cannot see it, but it can only be seen with the heart. God the God
Meeting a president or meeting any other person in the world is incomparable.
If we can meet God, everything can be solved.
You can solve all your life's problems.
The question is, how can we meet the Almighty God?
What is the channel of that meeting?
Israel's overwhelming dominion was that if they faced God, they would die instantly.
Humans have avoided the face of God since original sin (Genesis 3:8, 4:5), and after that, God appeared to Israel mainly with fire and thunder.
You appeared. Because of this, it was terrifying to see the face of God even though there is no face.
Exodus 33:20 "And he said, 'You shall not see my face, for no one can see me and live.'
1 Timothy 6:16 “He alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, and no one has seen and cannot see.
who is not, give him honor and everlasting power, Amen.”
The word face (heh, !yniP) or prosopon (hel, provswpon) is a word that means surface, ground, or person.
Therefore, to face the face of God means to look at God's most holy state of holiness.
As human beings, we cannot face the essence of God.
Paul puts it this way, Romans 11:33: “Deep is the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God, whose judgments are measures of measure.
He will not find his way, nor will he find his way.”
In worldly words, trying to know deeply will hurt you. That is.
However, there are several verses in the Bible that we read today, and the way we can meet God is presented.
There is.
1. Meet with the Word of Truth
Encounter with God is a mystical spiritual experience, which must be accompanied by principles, not just emotional dimensions.
Humans are guided by principles in recognizing objects and events.
The first principle of the path to meeting God is based on the word of truth.
John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
That's why John Calvin said that when we read this Bible, we must listen to the voice of God speaking directly to us now.
God exists as the Word, and the Word came in the flesh, Jesus Christ, who came as the Son of God.
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John 1:14 “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, with grace and truth
It was full.”
Jesus said that the Old Testament was written for himself.
John 5:46 “If you had believed Moses, you would have believed me again, for he wrote about me.”
Therefore, the Bible is a record about God and Jesus, and it is concluded that apart from the Bible, we cannot meet God.
No one has ever met God at any age.
There are many stories of mischievous gods, but it is a world where we do not know and have never met the true God who created the heavens and the earth.
But God has revealed Himself through His Son Jesus Christ.
If you see God through Jesus, you can meet God through the Bible written about Jesus.
John 1:18 “No one has ever seen God, but the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father has made him known.”
John 14:9 "Jesus said to him, Philip, I have been with you for so long, do you not know me?
He who has seen me has seen the Father; why do you say, Show the Father?”
So, the way to have trust in God is through the Bible.
Romans 10:17 “Therefore, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.”
To meet God in this way can be met through the word of truth.
The truth of the Bible is the record of Jesus Christ. Because of that, it is about meeting Jesus Christ personally and meeting God.
Work is the same. You must meet God through the Bible and judge your faith.
2. We must repent to meet
Because God is holiness, sinners cannot be blindly met. According to the Bible,
Isaiah 59:2 “But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
Hamni,” he said.
The change of heart that appeared immediately after Adam sinned in the beginning was the fear of shunning the face of God.
Genesis 3:8 “In the cool of the day they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden, and Adam and his wife
He hid himself among the trees of the garden.”
It is impossible to face the face of God with sin. This is true even among ordinary people. If you do it wrong, you can't lift your face.
Says. case is the same. The claims of unbelievers that there is no God are excuses, not claims, and do not repent.
So it's just disbelief.
In the Old Testament times, Jacob was a deceiver who stole the blessings he would receive from his brother, and was a man who lived his life in a quiet way. After he repented greatly, he lost his brother.
The words we spoke to were words we had never used before.
Genesis 33:10 "Jacob said, "It is not so. I beg you, take this gift from my hand, since you have found favor.
I have seen your face, and it is as if I have seen the face of God, and you are pleased with me.”
If there was, he changed into a certain person and wrestled with the God who appeared, and repented so earnestly for a blessing
In the end, I even broke the hip bone, so I received forgiveness and blessing.
Then he named the place and called it, Genesis 32:30 “Therefore Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, and he said,
“I have seen God face to face, but my life has been preserved.”
It means that Jacob saw Peniel, the face of God.
Those who repent in this way will see the face of God. You will meet God. Israel's Exodus into the Wilderness
In the passing of time, God will break free from the secular life of Egypt and learn the rules of life that must be kept as God's people, namely, the commandments.
Listening to the words of Moses when he called Moses to Mt.
Exodus 19:20 “And the LORD came down on Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain, and called Moses there; and Moses went up, 21 and the LORD
Then he said to Moses, "Go down and clean the people, lest the people break through and come to the LORD to see, and many die."
22 And sanctify their bodies by the priests who come near to the LORD, lest the LORD attack them."
In verse 21, the new rule (申飭) means to tie firmly. So, be firm against the people and be reckless with God.
It means not to come out. And the priests told us to sanctify our bodies. Otherwise, Jehovah will charge and kill you.
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Going to God is not like going to see a friend.
Those who come to God must have a repentant heart.
You cannot experience God without repentance.
Experiencing God is not what some mystic or emotionalist would say. It is a thorough personal encounter. God
It does not mean that you met God just like a so-called fanatic or someone who has received an evil spirit.
Rather, we have to meet with tears, but rather, we come to God personally and calmly.
3. We meet through prayer
Since God is a Spirit, eventually we must hear the Word and now be faithful to our prayers. The disciples of Jesus had a very good life for three years.
I was educated. I received many experiences and physical education, but in the end, that education did not change me. they share
After Nim ascended to heaven, when he spread it through prayer for 10 days, he was filled with the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost and was able to go out as witnesses of God.
Text 12 “If you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you; 13 if you seek and seek me with all your heart,
You will meet me.”
Deuteronomy 4:29 "...if you seek him with all your heart and all your soul, you will find him."
Proverbs 8:17 “I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me.”
When we meet God, everything is solved.
We can be saved from our sins and solve all the questions of the global village.
A formal church life is not enough to meet God.
You should spend a lot of time in earnest prayer.
Isaiah 55:6 “Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.”
You cannot even pray when you are old and sick.
We need to earnestly seek it when we deserve grace.
God will surely appear to those who ask.
Some people pray that their heart to meet God is wrong, and they try to see a certain image, but that is a wrong prayer.
You meet God in your heart.
Luke 11:13 “If you, though evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.
You said you wouldn't."
2 Corinthians 4:6 “The God who said, ‘Out of darkness will shine light,’ the light of the knowledge of God’s glory is in the face of Jesus Christ.
has shined in our hearts.”
To see God reveals His light in our hearts.
When you pray and go to the presence of God, just as Moses takes off his shoes and approaches God, just as Isaiah puts the coals of the altar in his mouth and repents
Just as Peter fell on his face before the Lord's knees, so he will be like Paul who fell on the road to Damascus before the light of the Lord.
It would be good if we remember Moses, a man who lived face to face with God. He is responsible for Israel before God
He was truly humble as he was called to lead the deliverance from Egypt.
Exodus 33:11 “The LORD speaks face to face with Moses, as a man speaks to his friend, and Moses returns to the camp, but his attendant
Now Joshua, the son of Nun, the young man, did not leave the tent of meeting.”
Those who say they believe in God rather than those who do not have God, cannot see God in their hearts, and cannot see the truth and spirituality that God gives.
If there is no voice, that person is even more pitiful.
Psalm 80:3 Like the psalmist who prayed, “Restore us, O God, and make your face shine, that we may be saved.”
We should be eager to see the face of the Lord every day.
So, like Enoch, I can live a life that walks with the Lord well every day, and on the day the Lord comes, we can overcome death and rise to heaven.
I bless you all in the name of the Lord.
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