Write Ups #211
#1.) How important is it not to just know OF God but to actually KNOW that we KNOW Him!! The next step after that is Galatians 4:9!!
1 John 2:3-4 NET
[3] Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments. [4] The one who says “I have come to know God” and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person.
Galatians 4:9 NKJV
[9] But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?
And how can we KNOW that He KNOW'S us?? The Apostle gives us the exact answer to this in his 1st epistle to the church in Corinth:
1I Corinthians 8:3 NKJV
[3] But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.
And how do we love God?? The beloved apostle John tells us in both his Gospel as well as his 1st epistle:
John 14:15 NKJV
[15] “If you love Me, keep My commandments.
I John 5:2-3 NKJV
[2] By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. [3] For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
And WHAT are His commandments?? Again the beloved apostle John gives us an exact answer in the same epistle:
I John 3:23 NKJV
[23] And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment.
So when we have faith in God and walk in love towards one another we can have confidence that our love for God is real and that God knows us and will never deny us:
II Timothy 2:19 NKJV
[19] Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”
#2.) The progression of bearing fruit to bring Glory to God via John 15!
When we abide in Him we BEAR FRUIT, and then He prunes us so that we can BEAR MORE FRUIT and IF we continue to abide in Him then He will also abide in us and we WILL BEAR MUCH FRUIT!! Doing this what will Glorify God and prove indeed we are His disciples!!
John 15:2, 5, 8 NKJV
[2] Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; AND EVERY BRANCH THAT BEARS FRUIT He PRUNES, THAT IT MAY BEAR MORE FRUIT.
[5] “I am the vine, you are the branches. HE WHO ABIDES IN Me, AND I IN HIM, BEARS MUCH FRUIT; for without Me you can do nothing.
[8] BY THIS My Father IS GLORIFIED, THAT YOU BEAR MUCH FRUIT; SO YOU WILL BE My DISCIPLES.
#3.) Why is Jesus called the 1st Adam and the 1st Adam called the 2nd Adam??
The best "word picture" I’ve ever heard so that it can be understood is when they used a printing press to explain it [As was given by Dr. Myles Munroe]. The 1st copy printed off is NOT the 1st of its kind but actually the 2nd because it was reproduced from the original pattern.
Thus Christ is the "original" that Adam was made in the image of...or copied from!!
Genesis 1:27 NKJV
[27] So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
#4.) What (if anything) changed or was different between the 1st set of the Laws tablets vs the 2nd set Moses had to get after breaking the 1st in anger??
The 1st was 100% PURELY Spiritual as it was God who even provide even the tablets themselves the 1st time!! The 2nd time yes, God still did ALL the writing BUT Moses had to produce them 1st!!
Exodus 24:12 NKJV
[12] Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I WILL GIVE YOU TABLETS OF STONE, and the law and commandments which I HAVE WRITTEN, that you may teach them.”
Exodus 31:18 NKJV
[18] And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He GAVE Moses TWO TABLETS OF THE TESTIMONY, tablets of stone, WRITTEN WITH THE FINGER OF GOD.
Exodus 32:15-16 NKJV
[15] And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hand. The tablets were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other they were written. [16] Now THE TABLETS WERE THE WORK OF GOD, AND THE WRITING WAS THE WRITING OF GOD ENGRAVED ON THE TABLETS.
Exodus 34:1, 4 NKJV
[1] And the Lord said to Moses, “CUT TWO TABLETS OF STONE LIKE THE FIRST ONES, and I WILL WRITE ON THESE TABLETS THE WORDS THAT WERE ON THE FIRST TABLETS WHICH YOU BROKE.
[4] SO HE CUT TWO TABLETS OF STONE LIKE THE FIRST ONES. Then Moses rose early in the morning and went up Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him; and he TOOK IN HIS HAND THE TWO TABLETS OF STONE.
#5.) How is a man of God supposed to walk in this life??
Paul addresses this very thing both in his epistle to the Corinthians as well as in his private 2nd letter to Timothy!!
I Corinthians 9:24-27 NKJV
[24] Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. [25] And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. [26] Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. [27] But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.
II Timothy 2:3-7 NKJV
[3] You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. [4] No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. [5] And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. [6] The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops. [7] Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.
