knowing god

  1. Christsfreeservant

    Followers of Jesus Christ

    “Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’” (John 8:12 ESV) It is not enough to just profess faith in Jesus Christ. We must follow him in obedience to his commands (New Covenant) and wherever...
  2. S

    Salvation is an Experience

    An extrinsic result is not part of the essential nature of something, such as with earning a pay check by doing a job, whereas an intrinsic result is part of the essential nature of something, such as when we do some sort of activity with a friend, then we are not rewarded with a closer...
  3. Christsfreeservant

    What the World Needs Now is Love

    If you are reading this, you are probably on the internet. So, if you are able, get a hold of a Bible, or get on biblegateway.com, or on biblehub.com, or on any other site where you can read the Bible in context, and read all of 1st John, the whole book. It is short, so it won’t take long to...
  4. Christsfreeservant

    Let Righteousness Be What We Practice

    1 John 3:4-6 ESV “Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.”...
  5. Christsfreeservant

    Whoever Says "I Know Him"

    1 John 2:1-6 ESV “My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. “And by...
  6. Christsfreeservant

    This is the Love of God

    That We Keep His Commandments 1 John 5:1-3 ESV “Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is...
  7. Christsfreeservant

    Why Turn Back?

    Galatians 4:8-11 NIV “Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. But now that you know God—or rather are known by God—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? You are...
  8. Totodile386

    The Quicksand Dilemma

    This chiefly pagan and heathen problem can be called "the quicksand dilemma". Suppose you are from a pagan upbringing -- you are not perfect, but you're certainly not bad. Anyway, you're just walking along the path, and suddenly, you slip, and you're sinking in quicksand! Most Christians...
  9. Christsfreeservant

    The Ways of Your Heart

    Ecclesiastes 11:5 ESV “As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.” Our inability to fully grasp everything about God is compared here to our inability to fully understand the forming of a...
  10. C

    Hi All,

    My name is Caleb and it’s been a while since I was on a forum. I’m happily married with four children and love to know God and teach his word.
  11. Daniel L. Myers

    Worship God in Spirit and in Truth | A Cappella "The Result Achieved by Knowing God" (Music Video)

    Worship God in Spirit and in Truth | The Result Achieved by Knowing God One day, you will feel that the Creator is no longer a riddle, that the Creator has never been hidden from you, that the Creator has never concealed His face from you, that the Creator is not at all far from you, that the...
  12. Greg Gordon

    Building Intimacy With Christ

    As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. - Psalm 42:1 Julian of Norwich was a medieval follower of Christ. In a day of darkness where form so easily took over any sense of believers intimacy with Christ, she wrote a classic volume on knowing God's love. A quote...
  13. The Importance Of Reading The Bible

    The Importance Of Reading The Bible

    Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. —Jerome Why is it so important to read Scripture on a regular basis? Many of God's people begin each new year with a plan to read through the entire Bible over the course of that new year. Most people never reach that goal, but some do. Then there...