KNOWING GOD THROUGH THE BIBLE

 

The tendency to try and make subjective experience as more meaningful and valuable than objective truth is age old.  We would rather feel something than learn or obey something.  Yet, notice how thoroughly the Bible shows that adequate knowledge of God relies upon studying and knowing the Bible.

1. GENESIS (24:12-14)--God's KINDNESS is knowable.
2. EXODUS (14:4-18)--God's MATCHLESS HONOR is knowable.
3. LEVITICUS (23:43)--God's PROTECTING NATURE is knowable.
4. NUMBERS (16:28)--God's SPOKESMEN are knowable.
5. DEUTERONOMY (4:35)--God's PREEMINENCE is knowable.
   
6. JOSHUA (23:13)--God's CONDITIONS are knowable.
   
7. JUDGES (6:37)--God's INTERVENTION is knowable.
   
8. RUTH (2:12)--God's REWARD is knowable.
   
9. 1 SAMUEL (17:46-47)--God's MEANS OF SALVATION is knowable.
   
10. 2 SAMUEL (7:18-29)--God's PROMISES are knowable.
    
11. 1 KINGS (20:28)--God's SUPREMACY is knowable.
    
12. 2 KINGS (19:19)--God's UNIVERSAL AUTHORITY is knowable.
    
13. 1 CHRONICLES (28:9)--God's DIVINE QUALITIES are knowable.
    
14. 2 CHRONICLES (25:16)--God's DISAPPROVAL is knowable.
    
15. EZRA (7:25)--God's LAWS are knowable.
    
16. NEHEMIAH (9:14)--God's REVELATION is knowable.
    
17. ESTHER (4:14 + rest of book)--God's USE OF PROVIDENCE is knowable (even if we don't know what is or isn't providence).
    
18. JOB (19:25)--God's REDEMPTIVE WORK is knowable.
    
19. PSALMS (100:3)--God's CREATIVE POWER is knowable.
    
20. PROVERBS (24:12)--God's LIMITLESS ABILITY is knowable.
    
21. ECCLESIASTES (3:14)--God's PERFECTION is knowable.
    
22. SONG OF SOLOMON--God's DEVOTION TO MARRIAGE is knowable.
    
23. ISAIAH (60:16)--God's SALVATION & REDEMPTION are knowable.
    
24. JEREMIAH (16:21)--God's NAME & MIGHT are knowable.
    
25. LAMENTATIONS--God's STANDARD FOR PUNISHMENT is knowable.
    
26. EZEKIEL (5:13)--God's ZEALOUS WORD is knowable.
    
27. DANIEL (11:32)--God's STRENGTHENING is knowable.
    
28. HOSEA (13:4)--God's WORSHIP REQUIREMENTS are knowable.
    
29. JOEL (2:27)--God's PRESENCE is knowable.
    
30. AMOS (3:2)--God's HATRED OF INIQUITY is knowable.
    
31. OBADIAH--God's FEELINGS TOWARD PRIDE are knowable.
    
32. JONAH (4:2)--God's GRACIOUSNESS is knowable.
    
33. MICAH (6:5)--God's RIGHTEOUSNESS is knowable.
    
34. NAHUM (1)--God's PROTECTIVE CARE is knowable.
    
35. HABAKKUK (2:14)--God's GLORY is knowable.
    
36. ZEPHANIAH (2:3)--God's DESIRE TO BE SOUGHT is knowable.
    
37. HAGGAI--God's MISSION is knowable.
    
38. ZECHARIAH (2:9-13)-God's PLAN OF SALVATION is knowable.
    
39. MALACHI (2:4-5)--God's COVENANT is knowable.
    
40. MATTHEW (22:16)--God's TEACHINGS are knowable.
    
41. MARK (1:24)--God's HOLINESS is knowable.
    
42. LUKE (11:13)--God's BENEVOLENCE is knowable.
    
43. JOHN (17:3)--God's UNIQUENESS is knowable.
    
44. ACTS (2:36-47)--God's REQUIREMENTS FOR SALVATION are knowable.
    
45. ROMANS (8:28)--God's ASSURANCE TO THOSE WHO LOVE HIM is knowable.
    
46. 1 CORINTHIANS (2:12)--God's SPIRITUAL BLESSING OF REVELATION is knowable.
    
47. 2 CORINTHIANS (8:9)--God's GRACE is knowable.
    
48. GALATIANS (3:7)--God's HEIRS are knowable.
    
49. EPHESIANS (1:17-19)--God's BESTOWED WISDOM & HOPE are knowable.
    
50. PHILIPPIANS (3:8-11)--God's SON is knowable.
    
51. COLOSSIANS (4:1)--God's MASTERFUL ROLE is knowable.
    
52. 1 THESSALONIANS (1:4)--God's MEANS OF ELECTION is knowable.
    
53. 2 THESSALONIANS (3:7)--God's GOOD EXAMPLES are knowable.
    
54. 1 TIMOTHY (3:15)--God's CODE OF CONDUCT IN THE HIS HOUSEHOLD is knowable.
    
55. 2 TIMOTHY (3:15-17)--God's HOLY SCRIPTURES are knowable.
    
56. TITUS (1:9-16)--God's SOUND DOCTRINE is knowable.
    
57. PHILEMON--God's FREEDOM FROM SIN & CALL FOR SERVICE IN CHRIST is knowable.
    
58. HEBREWS (8:11-13)--God's SUPERIOR SALVATION is knowable.
    
59. JAMES (2:20)--God's DEMAND FOR ACTIVE FAITH is knowable.
    
60. 1 PETER (1:18-19)--God's INCORRUPTIBLE MEANS OF SALVATION is knowable.
    
61. 2 PETER (3:17)--God's FOREWARNINGS are knowable.
    
62. 1 JOHN (4:2)--God's SPIRIT is knowable.
    
63. 2 JOHN 1--God's TRUTH is knowable.
    
64. 3 JOHN 12--God's INSPIRED WRITERS' TRUTHFUL RECORD is knowable.
    
65. JUDE (4-23)--God's ENEMIES are knowable.
    
66. REVELATION (2:10,17)--God's REWARD is knowable.

This does not begin to exhaust the list of things which the Bible tells us we can know!  God has not left us to grope in the dark.  Neither has He left it up to us to decide to live however we want to live.

Neal Pollard

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