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Topic: Knowing God (Jesus)

Episode Topic Audio

2024-01-15
Knowing God: Shouldn't we be able to understand God and what He is doing?



2023-12-28
The Ways of God: What are the "ways of God" and does a pastor or leader need to know them? [Psalm 103:7, Romans 3:1, Ephesians 5:1, Leviticus 20:7, 1 Peter 1:15-16].



2023-12-21
God Kills Prophet: Caller comments on the story of God killing the prophet for not listening (referring to the previous call). [Deuteronomy 13:3].
Witnessing to Jehovah's Witnesses: What would you emphasize when witnessing to Jehovah's Witnesses?


2023-10-31
Perish for Lack of Knowledge: What does the verse in Hosea mean that says that "people perish for lack of knowledge?" [Hosea 4:6, Hosea 4:1, Hosea 1:9].
Black Hebrew Israelites: What about the Black Hebrew Israelites? [Genesis 10].


2023-10-04
Boring Christianity: Why do you suppose people seem to get bored with Jesus and the faith, adding more to it? [Revelation 2:10, 1 Peter 2:11].



2023-08-03
"Cut Off from the People": Did all the descendants of Abraham continue to circumcise their children? If they did not, were they Gentiles and what did it mean to be "cut off" from the people?
Job, Who Knew God: Was Job a descendent of Abraham? And how did he know God so well?


2023-06-13
The Truth Shared Among Various Religions: Do many religions have the same core beliefs? [2 Thessalonians 2:10, John 1:9, John 3:19].



2023-05-09
"Knowing" in Scripture: Would you talk about the various meanings and implication of the word for "knowing?" [Matthew 7:23, John 4:5-30].



2023-04-28
Commands of Jesus: Do you know of any resources or study that would teach how we should view and understand the commands of Christ? [1 Corinthians 11:1, Romans 2:15, Ephesians 5:1., Matthew 28:20].



2022-11-23
Atheist-His Limited Lifetime: How do you not lose the will to go on in this life, when it is just a drop in the bucket in light of your mistaken idea that there is and afterlife in eternity?
Catholicism: Were not many very intelligent people Catholics?


2022-11-17
Mind of Christ: Where does it say that we will have "the mind of Christ" in the new earth? [I Corinthians 2:16, 2 Corinthians 13:18, Romans 12:2, Ephesians 4:23].



2022-10-19
The Pharisees DId Not Know God (Jesus): Did Jesus say that the Pharisees there did not know God because they did not know their own scriptures ? [John 8:19, Matthew 7:21, John 5:42, Romans 2:13].



2022-01-17
Believing Without Seeing: Why is it so important for us to "believe without seeing"? [John 20:29, I John 5:9].



2022-01-07
God as Our "Dwelling Place": What does it mean to "make God your dwelling place"? [Psalm 91].



2021-12-30
Losing Hope to Live Righteously as a Christian: Though raised in the faith, what do you do if you keep screwing up and it feels as though there is not much hope? Recommends lectures, such as "How Can I know I am Really a Christian?" and "Authority of Scripture." [2 Peter 2:20, Ezekiel 36:26, Matthew 7:23, Luke 18:13, Romans 10:9].
Danger of Falling Away: Who is being addressed in 2 Peter, when the warning is issued about the danger of becoming "again entangled" in the world and how they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning? [2 Peter 2:20].


2021-10-13
Why Not Abandon Faith and Pursue One's Own Happiness: How should a young person respond to contemporay culture's encouragement to abandon one's faith and pursue happiness?
Pursuing God Over Earthly Pleasure: How does one convince others that pursuing God is more fulfilling than earthly pleasures? [Luke 9:23, Psalm 16].
Challenges for the Young Today: What do you think this younger generation is facing that is greater than ever before?

2021-07-20
Wisdom Justified by Her Children (or Deeds): What is meant by, "wisdom is justified by her children" or "by her deeds" in Matthew 11? [Matthew 11:19].
Knowing God as Jesus Did: Is Jesus saying that we can know God as well as Jesus knew Him in Matthew 11:27? [Matthew 11:27].


2021-07-16
Experience vs Concept of the Divine: Is the Divine we experience different than what our concept of the Divine may be?



2021-04-01
What if Someone Never Hears of Jesus: What happens to those that never hear the gospel, or have only heard of Jesus in a scholarly or historical way? [Genesis 22:18, Galatians 3:8, Hebrews 11:3, I Timothy 2:4-6, 2 Peter 3:5-7, Psalm 19:1, Romans 1:18]. Recommended book by Steve Gregg; Hell, Three Christian Views.



2021-01-15
Living too Casual a Christian Life: Can you help me sort out the criticism I receive regarding living too casual a life as a believer? [Proverbs 28:26, 2 Samuel 5:19].



2021-01-12
Seeking God: Does anybody "seek God", and does all the religiousness of most societies reflect that they are in that search? [Romans 3:10-17, Psalm 14:1-3].



2020-12-30
The Difficulty of Knowing God: Why does God make it so difficult to get to know Him, if the whole reason we were created was to have a relationship with Him (Rec lectures: Genuinely Following Jesus, How can I Know I am Really Saved?)?



2020-12-30
Tozer's Refection on God and "I Am": Can you talk about Tozer's reflection upon, "I am" and going "into" our God, rather than out to God? [Romans 8:16].



2020-12-29
The Son, Incarnate, of the Trinity: Could you help me grasp the idea of the son of the trinity, the incarnate God (Lecture series recommended; Knowing God)?



2020-12-14
Falling into Sin: Is it a lack of faith if someone keeps falling into sin and allows himself a pass on the error of his ways?
Recommended Charities: Can you recommend some good charities that you trust? [Shepherd's Heart International, The Salvation Army, Mercy Ships, The Narrow Path, Voice of the Martyrs, Open Doors USA, Food for the Poor].


2020-11-03
Knowing God More Deeply: Do you not think that just providing lip service to one's belief in God is not sufficient, as one must know God more deeply?



2020-10-01
Increasing One's Bible Knowledge: If I wanted to dramatically increase my knowledge of the Bible, what plan of study would you recommend? [Psalm 1:2-3].



2020-09-29
Can I Know God and Pray to Jesus: In light of this passage in Matthew about knowing God, can I know God and pray to Jesus? [Matthew 11:27-30, Matthew 16:13-20].



2020-08-04
Being Critical of the Faith One Has been Taught & Determining the Non-negotiables: Would you offer some guidance about how to be critical of the faith views one has been taught, and have confidence to explore truth and know what is essential to keep?
Critically Cross-examining the Scriptures: How does one remain spiritually safe, and avoid offending God, when critically cross-examining the scriptures?
Nonsensical Scripture Resolved: If you run across some scriptures that seem nonsensical, how do you process through that?

2020-06-22
Jesus as the First Created Thing: Could you comment about Jesus being the first created thing, as the Jehovah Witnesses believe? [Revelation 3:14, John 1:3].
Jesus, both God and Son: Could you talk about Jesus being both the Son of God and God, Himself? (Knowing God lecture series suggested at TheNarrowPath.com).


2020-06-22
Evidence of God for the Unbeliever: How can we convince others of God's existence, if we can't do it intellectually, and if the Holy Spirit isn't in them? [I Corinthians 12:3, Romans 11:22, Hebrews 3:2-12, I Timothy 4:1, 2 Corinthians 13:5].



2020-06-22
Believing in God-Without Doubt: Should we not know that God is real with every fiber of our being, rather than related to the saying, "I would rather live as if there is a God and be wrong ..."?
The Value of the Church Fathers: Why are the church fathers important to us, since we are all fallible?


2020-05-12
Rejecting Knowledge of God: Would you comment on the application of perishing for lack of knowledge in Hosea 4:6 and relating it to us today? [Hosea 4:1 & 6, Hosea 5:4, Hosea 6:3].
If My People Called By My Name: Could you comment on 2 Chronicles 7:13 and if the promise is about making America great? [2 Chronicles 7:13, I Corinthians 1:10, Joshua 1:7, Ezekiel 7:21].


2020-05-06
Take up Your Cross: How do we know what our cross is? Does the cross we are to take up, stay the same each day, or does it change each day? [Luke 9:23].
Hearing the Holy Spirit & His Direction: Do you have any suggestion as to how know or recognize the leading of the spirit of God? [Romans 8, Psalm 23, Colossians 3:15, John 10:27].


2020-05-04
Memorizing the Bible: Should I re-memorize books of the Bible in a newer translation?
Bible Restrictions in the Future: Do you think that one day we will need to know the scripture by heart, as we may no longer have access?


2019-10-14
Intentional Sin Block Blessings: Do you think that intentional sin will block out one's blessings?
Experiencing or Knowing God: Would you share a real experience you have had that made you know that God was there?


2019-04-17
Knowing Christ (God): What does it mean, "That I may know Him in the fellowship of His suffering" & "Resurrection of the righteous"? [Philippians 3:10-11, I Corinthians 9:26-27, Colossian 1:24]



2018-04-18
Appointed to Eternal Life: It says in Acts that people were appointed to eternal life. How do Arminianist get past this text? Does God do everything, or do people have something to do with drawing near to God? [Acts 13:48]



2018-01-11
Drawing Closer to God: Believer who wonders if his relationship is more one-sided, He doesn't feel as though God responds or speaks to him; how do you improve your relationship with God?



2017-08-03
Unholy Desires: This verse frightens me because I have unholy desires & afraid I'm going to be told this. [Matthew 7:23-24]



2017-01-23
Sincere, but Sincerely Wrong: What about those who are sincere in what they believe, in seeking God, but are sincerely wrong?



2017-01-11
Knowing God: Experiencing & Knowing God, not just having an intellectual knowledges about Him & having a routine in prayer & worship.



2016-06-29
True Conversion: Having true evidence of a genuine faith, how should one be changed? Power, changed by the Holy Spirit.



2016-03-01
God Making Himself Known: Why doesn’t God reveal Himself in a way that can’t be refuted?



2014-11-10
Chosen because Predestined: People were chosen because they were predestined to eternal life (They talk about the Debate between Steve Gregg & James White had about Calvinism & Arminianism which had been re-aired in the last month.)
Kingdom of God taken w/ Violence: What would James White say about the Kingdom of God being take by violence in the paradigm of Calvinism?


2013-03-04
Old Testament Not Speaking of Eternity: Why, in the Old Testament, was the focus so much on the descendants, and not about eternity, as in in the New Testament? [2 Timothy 1:10].



2013-02-27
Feeling a Relationship with God: If I am sincere to want to be close to Jesus, and yet I am not sure how close I am. Can you help?
Relationship with the Trinity: Am I in a relationship with the Holy Spirit and Jesus if I am committed to God? [Romans 10:29, Romans 8:9, Galatians 5:22].

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