Dictionary of Bible Themes Knowing God has a transforming effect on a person spiritually and morally and makes that person bold in actions for God. Not knowing God in the present will result in dissatisfaction and degeneration into wickedness and in the future will bring eternal alienation from him. Colossians 1:9The effects of knowing God See also Spiritual transformation: from death to life John 17:3Galatians 4:8-9 Ephesians 1:17; 3:19 Colossians 2:2 Proverbs 2:1-6 2 Corinthians 10:5 Moral transformation: from evil to good 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5See also Romans 16:26Ephesians 4:17-24 Philippians 1:9-11 Colossians 1:10 1 John 3:10; 4:8 Jeremiah 32:38-39 Daniel 11:32 Boldness of action for God See also Psalms 138:3Proverbs 28:1 Acts 6:8-10 2 Corinthians 3:12 1 Peter 1:13 2 Samuel 7:14 Biblical images of knowing God Like parent and child 1 John 3:1pp 1Ch 17:13 Hebrews 12:6Proverbs 3:12 God disciplines like a parent: Deuteronomy 8:5Psalms 2:7; 27:10; 68:5; 89:26; 103:13 Isaiah 49:15; 66:12-13 Hosea 11:1 Matthew 5:45,48; 6:6-9,18,32 Luke 15:11-32 John 14:21 1 Corinthians 1:3 the parable of the lost son Isaiah 62:5Jeremiah 3:14 Like husband and wife See also Isaiah 54:5Jeremiah 2:2; 3:20; 31:32 Hosea 2:16 Ephesians 5:25 Revelation 19:7; 21:2 Psalms 97:1 See also Like king and subject 1 Samuel 8:7Psalms 5:2; 10:16; 29:10; 44:4; 84:3; 95:3; 99:1; 145:1 Matthew 6:33 1 Timothy 1:17; 6:15 pp Lk 12:31 Jesus Christ's teaching on seeking first his kingdom Genesis 48:15Psalms 23:1-2 Like shepherd and sheep Isaiah 40:11See also Psalms 28:9; 80:1Ezekiel 34:16 Micah 7:14 John 10:11 Revelation 7:17 Romans 1:21-32 The peril of not knowing God Titus 1:15-16Lack of satisfaction and degeneration in the present See also Exodus 5:2Jeremiah 4:22 Romans 10:2-3 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 Matthew 7:22-23 Romans 1:18-19 Eternal punishment in the future See also Romans 2:52 Thessalonians 1:8 See also 1040 God, fatherhood1215 God, feminine descriptions 1220 God as shepherd 1225 God as Spirit 2312 Jesus Christ, as king 6020 sin 7120 Christians 8202 boldness 8347 spiritual growth 9210 judgment, God's |
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