GOD SEES AND KNOWS

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GOD SEES AND KNOWS

• Prov. 153
• The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
  beholding the evil and the good.

By Ron Halbrook
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GOD SEES AND KNOWS

• Introduction
• This Truth Encourages Right Conduct
• Prov. 515-23 Helps Secure Marital Fidelity
• Prov. 151-12 Proper Use of Tongue
• Gen. 3143-55 Proper Human Relationships

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the
Lord, and he pondereth all his goings (vs. 21).
The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
beholding the evil and the good (vs. 3).
MizpahThe Lord watch between me and thee, when
we are absent one from another (vs. 49).
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GOD SEES AND KNOWS

• 2. Some Do Not Profit from This Lesson.
• 2 Chron. 167-10 Hanani Told King Asa that God
  Saw Knew His SinAsa Was Angry!

For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro
throughout the whole earth, to shew himself
strong in the behalf of them whose heart is
perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done
foolishly therefore from henceforth thou shalt
have wars (vs. 9)
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GOD SEES AND KNOWS

• 3. Those Who Trust in God Find Great Security.
• Ps. 139 Gods Knowledge Care Everywhere
• Vv. 1-12 Knows Our Thoughts, Words,
  DeedsWatches Over Us Everywhere at All Times!
• Vv. 13-18 Shaped Us in Our Mothers Womb
• Vv. 19-24 Sees Knows All Wickedness

Thus, To Destroy the Wicked Surely thou wilt
slay the wicked, O God (vs. 19).
Thus, To Purify Protect the Righteous Search
me, O God, and know my heart try me, and know
my thoughts And see if there be any wicked way
in me, and lead me in the way everlasting (vv.
23-24).
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GOD SEES AND KNOWS

• I. God Saw Knew Joseph.
• A. Gen. 397-12 God Knew His Genuine Faith,
  When He Was Treated as Unfaithful.
• B. Gen. 3920-23 God Watched Over Him When He
  Suffered in Prison.

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GOD SEES AND KNOWS

• II. God Saw Knew Achan.
• A. Josh. 710-12 God Knew Achans
• Unfaithfulness, When He Was Considered
  
• Faithful.
• B. Josh. 714-21 God Can Reveal a Mans Sin,
• Even When He Thinks It Is Hidden.

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GOD SEES AND KNOWS

• III. God Saw Knew Jesus.
• A. God Knew His Sons Faithfulness in
  Fulfilling the Plan of Salvation, But Men Did
  Not See.
• 1 Cor. 27-8 Those Who Crucified Him Did Not
  Understand Gods Plan.
• Lk. 2419-24 His Disciples Did Not Understand.

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GOD SEES AND KNOWS

• III. God Saw Knew Jesus.
• B. God Sees When We Obey His Plan of Salvation
  Revealed in Christ.
• Heb. 58-9 Jesus Obeyed Gods Plan to Provide
  Salvation, We Obey to Receive It
• Mk. 1616 Obey in Faith
• Lk. 2446-47 Obey in Repentance
• Rom. 1010 Obey in Confessing Christ
• Acts 238 Obey in Baptism

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GOD SEES AND KNOWS

• III. God Saw Knew Jesus.
• C. 1 Cor. 118 Gods Plan is Foolish to Men.
• Matt. 2123 1 Cor. 122-23 Saved Only by a Man
  Lowly, Uneducated, Iconoclast, Criminal?
• 1989 National Endowment for the Arts Approved Tax
  Dollars for Serranos Exhibit Included Photo
  of Crucified Christ Submerged in Urine
• Jn. 1518 Contempt for Gods Plan, Gods Son,
  Gods People

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GOD SEES AND KNOWS

• III. God Saw Knew Jesus.
• C. 1 Cor. 118 Gods Plan is Foolish to Men.
• Acts 13 222, 32 Saved Only by Faith In His
  Literal Miracles Resurrection?
• Some Scholars Story pure fiction
• the Gospel narratives are a mix of legend
  fact
• But some theologians have sought to reconcile
  the resurrection with a more rationalist view by
  describing it as a metaphor appropriated by early
  Christians who thought mythically and for whom
  a resurrection of their fallen leader had
  occurred in their hearts and minds.
  U.S. News World Report,
  Apr. 16, 1990

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GOD SEES AND KNOWS

• III. God Saw Knew Jesus.
• C. 1 Cor. 118 Gods Plan is Foolish to Men.
• Mk. 1616 Acts 838 1 Pet. 321 Saved Only by
  Immersion in Water?
• Unbelief, Contempt Water Salvation, Water
  Dogs, Salamanders, Campbellites
• Matt. 1618 Acts 2028 Eph. 44 Saved Only in
  One True Church?
• Unbelief, Contempt Narrow-mind, Bigot,
  Intolerant, Just You Your Little Bunch
• D. 2 Tim. 219 Men Object to Gods Plan, But
• He Knows Who Obeys Who Does Not!

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GOD SEES AND KNOWS

• IV. God Saw Knew Ananias Sapphira.
• A. Acts 51-11 God Saw What Men Did Not See.

• They Claimed
• To Serve God
• To Be Unselfish
• To Be Honest
• To Tell the Truth
• To Be Benevolent
• To Be Generous
• To Worship God
• To Give Freely

• But God Knew They
• Served Mammon
• Were Selfish
• Were Dishonest
• Lied
• Were Covetous
• Were Stingy
• Worshipped Their Lusts
• Withheld from God

• God Exposed Their SinCant Hide from God!

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GOD SEES AND KNOWS

• IV. God Saw Knew Ananias Sapphira.
• B. God Sees Today What Men Do Not See.

• Some Claim
• To Serve God
• To Be Unselfish
• To Be Honest
• To Tell the Truth
• To Be Benevolent
• To Be Generous
• To Worship God
• To Give Freely

• But God Knows They
• Serve Mammon
• Are Selfish
• Are Dishonest
• Lie
• Are Covetous
• Are Stingy
• Worship Their Lusts
• Withhold from God

• God Exposes Their SinCant Hide from God!

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• IV. God Saw Knew Ananias Sapphira.
• C. 1 Thess. 514 2 Thess. 36 God Has a Plan
• to Expose Sin Purify the Church.
• Discipline Brings Some to Repent.
• All Discipline Exposes Sin Purifies the Church!
• D. 1 Tim. 524-25 In Rare Cases, A Christian
• May Continue in Sin Not Seen by Brethren,
• But God Sees Knows!