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“What comes into our minds when we think about God becomes the most important thing about us.”

A.W. Tozer

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“[I pray for you]…that the Father of Glory may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.”

Ephesians 1:17

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“I do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you be filled with the knowledge of His will… and increase in the knowledge of Him.”

Colossians 1:9-10

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“…That I may know Him, the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His suffering…”

Philippians 3:10

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“No longer do I call you My servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing. But I call you My friends, for all things that I hear from the Father, I make known to you.”

Jesus- John 15:15

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“He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things (to live life well)?”

Romans 8:32

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“No subject of contemplation will tend to more humble the mind more than the contemplation of God. But while the subject humbles the mind, it also expands it…”

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…There is something exceedingly improving in the contemplation of God. It is a subject so vast, that all of our thoughts are expanded in its immensity.”

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“I know nothing that can so comfort the soul; so calm the swelling billows of sorrow and grief; so speak peace to the winds of trial, as a devout musing upon the subject of the Godhead.”

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knowing god

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four inalterable truthsGod, in His infinite existence, flawless character, omnipotent totality and moral perfection, remains unknown by the efforts of sinful man.

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four inalterable truthsGod, by His choosing and grace, makes Himself known to those who seek Him.

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four inalterable truthsThe knowledge of God results in our transformation and rescues us from our sinful state.

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four inalterable truthsPerfect knowledge of God restores us to perfect relationship with all things pertaining to life.

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2 peter 1:3“God… has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him.”

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1 Corinthians 13

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man-centered love“loving relationship

with god”

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knowing god begins and ends with Jesus christ!

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knowing god