January 6 2013 How To Know The Real God
/HOW TO KNOW THE REAL GOD
Exodus 20:4-5
The second commandment is a natural extension of the first. Once you understand that God is to have first place in your life, the natural question is: What kind of god is God? What is He really like?
Step two to the Better Life in 2013:
“You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything, you shall not bow down to it or worship it.”
The principle things are to be used, but not loved.
I. What happens when we turn things into “gods?”
3 Consequences
1. Things will disappoint you.
Jeremiah 10:14 - Those who make idols are disillusioned because the gods they make are false and lifeless.
Hebrews 2:8 - What’s the use of an idol? It’s only something that a man has made. What good does it do for its maker to trust it?
2. Things will deceive you and lead you astray.
Ezekiel 14:3 - They have given their hearts to idols and are letting idols lead them into sin.
3. Things will begin to dominate you.
Psalm 115:8 - Those who make idols will become like them, and so will those who trust them.
Jeremiah 2:5 - They worshiped worthless things and became worthless themselves.
II. How to know the real God.
Isaiah 40:18 - To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare Him to?
Acts 17:29 - We should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by man’s design and skill.
2 Corinthians. 4:4 - Christ is the exact likeness of God.
Colossians 1:15 - Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
Benefits of Worshiping the Real God
1. There is fulfillment.
Romans 10:11 - Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed.
Psalm 37:4 - Seek your happiness in the Lord and He will give you your heart’s desire.
2. There is freedom.
John 8:31-32 - Jesus said, “You will know the truth and the truth will set you free.”
Galatians 5:22 - The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy and peace.
3. You become like God.
2 Corinthians 3:18 - As the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like Him.
