seeking the things of god 3 beginning the search
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SEEKING THE
THINGS OF GOD 3
Beginning the search
Having the attitude of a seeker
1. Sufficient respect and value must be attributed to God to search at all!
Psa 18:3I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be
praised,and I am saved from my enemies
Having the attitude of a seeker
1. Sufficient respect and value must be attributed to God to search at all!
Mal 1:14…For I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts,
and my name will be feared among the nations.
Having the attitude of a seeker
1. Sufficient respect and value must be attributed to God to search at all!
Rev 4:11¶“Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,for you created all things,
and by your will they existed and were created.”
Having the attitude of a seeker
1. Sufficient respect and value must be attributed to God to search at all!
Psa 63:1O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you;my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water
Having the attitude of a seeker
1. Sufficient respect and value must be attributed to God to search at all!
2. We cannot search for God JUST to fill a void
Having the attitude of a seeker
1. Sufficient respect and value must be attributed to God to search at all!
2. We cannot search for God JUST to fill a void“Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house
and seek diligently until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and
neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ Just so, I tell you, there is joy
before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” (Luke 15:8-10 ESV)
Having the attitude of a seeker
1. Sufficient respect and value must be attributed to God to search at all!
2. We cannot search for God JUST to fill a void.3. We cannot search for God just to know
where he is
God is searching for us also…NOT to fill a void,
NOT to know where we are in eternity
He wants close, personal, intimate fellowship.
He wants us in His house forever!
Knowing the Nature of our Search
1. We’re NOT searching for God because He is lost
2. God also is not the “divine search party”
1Pe 2:25For you were straying like sheep, but have now
returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Knowing the Nature of our Search
1. We’re NOT searching for God because He is lost
2. God also is not the “divine search party”3. Our search is not a subjective experience that
we sense in some way
Knowing the Nature of our Search
1. We’re NOT searching for God because He is lost
2. God also is not the “divine search party”3. Our search is not a subjective experience that
we sense in some way4. Our search must be real, logical, practical
2Pe 1:3¶His divine power has granted to us all things that
pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and
excellence
2Ti 3:16-17All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for
teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be
complete, equipped for every good work.
Knowing the Nature of our Search
1. We’re NOT searching for God because He is lost
2. God also is not the “divine search party”3. Our search is not a subjective experience that
we sense in some way4. Our search must be real, logical, practical5. Our search must work for any person
Rom 2:11For God shows no partiality.
Act 10:34-35¶So Peter opened his mouth
and said: “Truly I understand that God
shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who
fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
Why would one NOT want to search out a relationship with God?
1. Some are oblivious
Mar 4:15And these are the ones along the path, where
the word is sown: when they hear, Satan
immediately comes and takes away the word that
is sown in them.
Why would one NOT want to search out a relationship with God?
1. Some are oblivious2. Some feel they don’t
know enough
1Co 12:12-13¶For just as the body is one
and has many members, and all the members of the
body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For
in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or
free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
Why would one NOT want to search out a relationship with God?
1. Some are oblivious2. Some feel they don’t
know enough3. Some suffer
debilitating guilt
1Jo 3:18Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in
deed and in truth. 1Jo 3:19¶By this we shall know that we are of the truth and
reassure our heart before him; 1Jo 3:20for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater
than our heart, and he knows everything. 1Jo 3:21Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have
confidence before God;
Why would one NOT want to search out a relationship with God?
1. Some are oblivious2. Some feel they don’t
know enough3. Some suffer
debilitating guilt4. And some are
devoted to being critics
Gal 5:14-15For the whole law is
fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour
one another, watch out that you are not
consumed by one another.
What’s the point?
• Our search for God is a search for personal relationship
• A relationship with the Creator is priceless
• We have lost our way to Him • Many things stand in the way
but they can all be defeated by choice and decision