Early Pictures of God - Part 1

“Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden." (Genesis 3:8)

Someone reading the Bible for the first time might notice some things about God that are easily overlooked by longtime readers. For instance, in the story of God's relationship with Adam and Eve, there is a note that God walked in the garden during the cool…

The Foolish Truth

"For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him' God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe it'" (l Corinthians 1:21)

Sometimes the truth about God isn't what philosophers might imagine. God become a man and die? Ridiculous!

There are many declarations of knowledge; few are trustworthy. In fact, different authorities are constantly proclaiming different "truths" based on…

Like Father, Like Son

We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true - even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life." (1John 5:20)

If God had not become a man, we would not know Him as well as we do. But because God came to earth as the God-man Jesus, we saw God functioning in daily human life. We saw Him interacting with humanity as if He was one of us.

The…

To Really Know Him is to Follow Him

"The man who says, 'I know him,' but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him." (I John 2:4)

Growing in the knowledge of God is growing in the knowledge of the Master of the universe and of our hearts. God is not an astronomical phenomenon to be observed through a telescope. He is not a

philosophical concept to be studied. God is King. To know Him is to

follow Him.

We simply can't follow God without…