KNOWLEDGE VERSES IGNORANCE

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• KNOWLEDGE VERSES IGNORANCE

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THE VALUE OF KNOWING GOD

• WE CAN KNOW GOD!

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• THE VALUE OF KNOWING GOD

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God Desires a Knowledgeable People

• For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, and the
  knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
• Hosea 66

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God Desires a Knowledgeable People

• Ephesians 517
• Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what
  the will of the Lord is.

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God Desires a People Who Know and Do

• 1 Samuel 1522
• Then Samuel said
• "Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings
  and sacrifices,
• As in obeying the voice of the LORD?
• Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
• And to heed than the fat of rams.

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God Blesses the Doer

• James 122
• But be doers of the word, and not hearers only,
  deceiving yourselves.

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Knowledge of God is a Characteristic of a Great
People

• Deuteronomy 46 "Therefore be careful to observe
  them for this is your wisdom and your
  understanding in the sight of the peoples who
  will hear all these statutes, and say, 'Surely
  this great nation is a wise and understanding
  people.'

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• WE CAN
• KNOW GOD!

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So God Promises and He Never Lies

• Matthew 77-11
• 7 "Ask, and it will be given to you seek, and
  you will find knock, and it will be opened to
  you. 8 "For everyone who asks receives, and he
  who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be
  opened. 9 "Or what man is there among you who, if
  his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

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So it has Always Been

• 1 Chronicles 289 "As for you, my son Solomon,
  know the God of your father, and serve Him with a
  loyal heart and with a willing mind for the LORD
  searches all hearts and understands all the
  intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will
  be found by you but if you forsake Him, He will
  cast you off forever.

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So it has Always Been

• Proverbs 817
• I love those who love me, And those who seek me
  diligently will find me.

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How can we Know that We Know Him

• I John 23
• Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep
  His commandments.

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Glorious Seeking vs. Destructive Self-Seeking

• Romans 27-10
• 7 eternal life to those who by patient
  continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor,
  and immortality 8 but to those who are
  self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey
  unrighteousness--indignation and wrath, 9
  tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who
  does evil, of the Jew first and also of the
  Greek

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Glorious Seeking vs. Destructive Self-Seeking

• Romans 27-10
• 10 but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who
  works what is good, to the Jew first and also to
  the Greek.

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• THE CURSE OF
• IGNORANCE

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Hosea 41-6 1 Hear the word of the LORD, you
children of Israel, for the LORD brings a charge
against the inhabitants of the land "There is no
truth or mercy or knowledge of God in the land. 2
By swearing and lying, killing and stealing and
committing adultery, they break all restraint,
with bloodshed upon bloodshed.
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Hosea 41-6 3 Therefore the land will mourn and
everyone who dwells there will waste away with
the beasts of the field and the birds of the air
even the fish of the sea will be taken away. 4
"Now let no man contend, or rebuke another for
your people are like those who contend with the
priest.
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Hosea 41-6 5 Therefore you shall stumble in the
day the prophet also shall stumble with you in
the night and I will destroy your mother. 6 My
people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will
reject you from being priest for Me because you
have forgotten the law of your God, I also will
forget your children.
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Acts 317 "Yet now, brethren, I know that you did
it in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
Ignorance Does Not Justify " 19 "Repent
therefore and be converted, that your sins may be
blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come
from the presence of the Lord,
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CONCLUSION

• There is no benefit in ignorance.
• Knowledge and obedience of God and His will are
  the keys to a joyous life.