2013 09-15 kg01 the study of god - jeremiah 31 31-34
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Lesson 1 in a series on Knowing God. Presented 9/15/2013 at Palm Desert Church of Christ by Dale Wells.TRANSCRIPT
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01 The Study of God
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Jeremiah 31:31-34
"The time is coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. [32] It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them," declares the LORD.
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Jeremiah 31:31-34
[33] "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. [34] No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."
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The Study of God
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C.H. Spurgeon – January 7, 1855
It has been said by someone that ‘the proper study of mankind is man’. I will not oppose the idea, but I believe it is equally true that the proper study of God’s elect is God; the proper study of a Christian is the Godhead…
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C.H. Spurgeon – January 7, 1855
The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy, which can ever engage the attention of a child of God, is the name, the nature, the person, the work, the doings, and the existence of the great God whom he calls his Father.
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C.H. Spurgeon – January 7, 1855
There is something exceedingly improving to the mind in a contemplation of the Divinity. It is a subject so vast, that all our thoughts are lost in its immensity; so deep, that our pride is drowned in its infinity.
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C.H. Spurgeon – January 7, 1855
Other subjects we can compass and grapple with; in them we feel a kind of self-content, and go our way with the thought, ‘Behold I am wise’.
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C.H. Spurgeon – January 7, 1855
But when we come to this master-science, finding that our plumb-line cannot sound its depth, and that our eagle eye cannot see its height, we turn away with the thought that vain man would be wise, but he is like a wild ass’s colt;
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C.H. Spurgeon – January 7, 1855
and with solemn exclamation, ‘I am but of yesterday, and know nothing’. No subject of contemplation will tend more to humble the mind, than thoughts of God …
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C.H. Spurgeon – January 7, 1855
But while the subject humbles the mind, it also expands it. He who often thinks of God, will have a larger mind than the man who simply plods around this narrow globe ...
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C.H. Spurgeon – January 7, 1855
The most excellent study for expanding the soul, is the science of Christ, and Him crucified, and the knowledge of the Godhead in the glorious Trinity.
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C.H. Spurgeon – January 7, 1855
Nothing will so enlarge the intellect, nothing so magnify the whole soul of man, as a devout, earnest, continued investigation of the great subject of the Deity.
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C.H. Spurgeon – January 7, 1855
And, whilst humbling and expanding, this subject is eminently consolatory. Oh, there is, in contemplating Christ, a balm for every wound; in musing on the Father, there is a quietus for every grief; and in the influence of the Holy Ghost, there is a balsam for every sore.
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C.H. Spurgeon – January 7, 1855
Would you lose your sorrow? Would you drown your cares? Then go, plunge yourself in the Godhead’s deepest sea; be lost in his immensity; and you shall come forth as from a couch of rest, refreshed and invigorated.
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C.H. Spurgeon – January 7, 1855
I know nothing which can so comfort the soul; so calm the swelling billows of sorrow and grief; so speak peace to the winds of trial, as a devout musing upon the subject of the Godhead. It is to that subject that I invite you this morning...
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Who Needs Theology?Can’t pew sitting Christians get along without it?
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Five Foundation Principles
•The Bible is His wordGod has spoken
•He rules for His own gloryGod rules•He rescues sinners & adopts themGod is Savior•Three persons – One GodGod is Triune•Trust & obedienceGodliness
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Ascending the Mount
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Aspects of God we will ponder
Deity
•Self-existence•Infinity•Eternity•Unchangeableness
Powers
•Omnipotence•Omniscience•Omnipresence
Perfections
•Holiness•Love & mercy•Truthfulness•Faithfulness•Goodness•Patience•Justice
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Knowledge AppliedWhat do we intend to do with our knowledge of God?
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1 Corinthians 8:1-2
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. [2] The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
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Psalm 119 – Teach me your decrees
[12] Praise be to you, O LORD; teach me your decrees. … [18] Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law. … [97] Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long. … [103] How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! … [125] I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes.
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Psalm 119 – Practical concerns
[1] Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD. [2] Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart. ... [5] Oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying your decrees!
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Meditating on the TruthKnowledge leads to meditation, which leads to prayer
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Meditation in the Psalms
Daw-gaw•Ruminating, Rolling over in the mind, Analyzing
See-akh
•Considering, Pondering, Studying
See-khaw
•Reflecting, Musing thoughtfully
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Meditation in the Psalms
Daw-gaw•Ruminating, Rolling over in the mind, Analyzing
See-akh
•Considering, Pondering, Studying
See-khaw
•Reflecting, Musing thoughtfully
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Meditation in the Psalms
Daw-gaw•Ruminating, Rolling over in the mind, Analyzing
See-akh
•Considering, Pondering, Studying
See-khaw
•Reflecting, Musing thoughtfully
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Objects of Meditation in the Psalms
Person
Works
Word
Commands
God’s
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What is meditation?
Dwelling on what we know about GodApplying those things to ourselves
Practice:
Clarifying our vision of GodAllowing His truth to have its proper impact on us
Purpose:
HumblingEncouragingReassuring
Effect:
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What is meditation?
Dwelling on what we know about GodApplying those things to ourselves
Practice:
Clarifying our vision of GodAllowing His truth to have its proper impact on us
Purpose:
HumblingEncouragingReassuring
Effect:
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What is meditation?
Dwelling on what we know about GodApplying those things to ourselves
Practice:
Clarifying our vision of GodAllowing His truth to have its proper impact on us
Purpose:
HumblingEncouragingReassuring
Effect:
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Know the Lord!
Jeremiah 31:34 No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."