PSALM CHAPTER 63

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~~ Personally Knowing God ~~

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1. THE CONCEPT OF PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE. “MY GOD.”
   A. KNOWLEDGE ABOUT GOD IS NOT ENOUGH.
        —JACOB. GEN 28:21.
        —NEBUCHANEZZAR. DANIEL 4:25,32, 4:34-37.
        —THOSE WHO KNEW ABOUT MESSIAH. ACTS 19:3-6.
        —PHARISEES. JOHN 8:19.
   B. IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITY. “SEEKING EARLY”
        —OT—DEUT. 4:29.
        —NT—HEB. 11:6.
        —PRIORITY OF THE GODLY. ISAIAH 26:9.

2. THE TEST OF PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE.
   A. WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. 1 JOHN 2:3-4.
   B. THE DESIRE TO KNOW HIM BETTER. PHIL. 3:10.
   C. PROOF IS SEEN BY ACTS OF FAITH. 2 COR. 13:5.
   D. LOVING THE BRETHREN. I JOHN 4:20.
   E. FOLLOWING JESUS. JOHN 12:20.

3. KNOWING HIM IS THE THIRST OF THE SOUL.
   A. SHOULD COME BEFORE OTHER DESIRES.
        MATT. 6:33, MARK 12:30-33.
   B. SHOULD BE THE STRONGEST DRIVE. PSALM 73:25,
        COMPARATIVE PHRASE. ALSO LUKE 14:26.
   C. SHOULD BE EXPECTED AND CULTIVATED. PS. 119:2.
   D. THE DESIRE OF SOUL AND FLESH.
        PHIL. 3:10-11, JOHN 4:14-15.

4. THE DESIRE TO SEE HIS POWER AND GLORY. V. 2.
   A. ACKNOWLEDGED IN PRAYER.
        I CHRON. 29:11, MATT. 6:13
   B. THE POWER. EPH. 1:19. NOT APPRECIATED BY THE
        LOST. 2 THES. 1:9.
   C. THE GLORY. MOSES’ DESIRE. EX. 33:18; MARK 10:37.
   D. SEEING WHAT GOD REVEALS OF HIMSELF.
        —IS IT EVER COMPLETE ? NO. EX. 33:18. EX. 20:22.
        —DOES IT VARY FROM PERSON TO PERSON ? YES.
             UNBELIEVERS: JOHN 6:46, ROMANS 1:18-19, 3 JN 1:11.
             BELIEVERS: GEN. 32:30, JOHN 14:9, JOHN 1:18.

5. THE RECOGNITION OF GOD’S CHARACTERISTICS. V. 3.
   A. HIS LOVINGKINDNESS. PSALM 40:10—PROCLAIM IT !
   B. CAN BE BLESSED. (BARAK) “TO BRING GOOD UPON.”
        —1 PETER 1:3, PS. 66:20—WHAT DO YOU DO FOR GOD
             WHEN PRAYER IS ANSWERED ?
   C. HE DELEGATES AUTHORITY. (“IN THY NAME”)
        —TO EXERCISE HIS POWER. MARK 16:17,
             ACTS 3:6, ACTS 3:16, ACTS 16:18.
        —TO PREACH THE GOSPEL. LUKE 24:47.
        —TO RECEIVE PEOPLE. LUKE 9:48
        —TO PRAY. JOHN 14:13, LUKE 16:23.

6. THE RESULTS OF KNOWINGGOD PERSONALLY. V. 4.
   A. THERE IS THE DESIRE TO PLEASE HIM. 2 TIM. 2:4.
   B. THERE WILL BE TRUE WORSHIP OF HIM.
        —IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH. JOHN 4:24
        —BY GIFTS. MATT. 2:2,11.
        —SUBMISSION OF ALL OF SELF. REV. 4:10, REV. 19:10.
   C. WE WILL BE SATISFIED IN HIM. PS. 17:15.
   D. THERE WILL BE PUBLIC WITNESSING OF HIS GOODNESS.
        PS. 35:18, PS. 40:9-10, MATT. 5:15.

7. WHAT FOLLOWS IN A PERSONAL WALK WITH GOD. V. 6-11.
   A. WHAT DAVID DID. MOUTH. JOYFUL LIPS=SMILE
        —HE WILL REJOICE IN THE THOUGHTS ABOUT GOD.
             >WHEN ON HIS BED. PS. 20:5, HAB. 34:18.
                  SOMETIMES THOUGHTS ARE NOT PLEASANT. PS. 6:6.
             >IN THE NIGHT WATCHES. PS. 119:148.
        —HE WILL REJOICE IN THE SHADOW OF GOD. V.7.
             WINGS ? —MAL. 4:2, PSALM 91:4.
        —HE WILL FOLLOW GOD CLOSELY.
   B. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ENEMIES. V. 9-10