God has taken the initiative to help us know Him by giving us the Bible. How we can experience Him is to have faith in His Word because He and His Word are one. God is faithful and trustworthy, and He watches over His Word to ensure that it is honoured. If we desire to walk by faith, we need to focus on His Word.
Mark 4:41 (NKJV) And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!”
When the disciples made this remark, they did not have a full revelation of who Jesus is until Jesus asked them “Who do you say that I am?”.
Matthew 16:15-16 (NKJV) He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Knowing God is a process. After we have received Christ, we will move from having a knowledge of God to knowing God, as we grow from spiritual infancy to spiritual maturity.
We can know God when we read the Word especially the life and ministry of Jesus. Jesus declares and reveals God to us because He does whatever He sees the Father doing. We can know God’s character and attributes, what He expects of us, and how to trust in Him. He has good thoughts and plans for our lives. His thoughts are higher than our thoughts so are His ways higher than our ways. He has given us the promise that He will never leave or forsake us. Therefore, we need not fear what will happen tomorrow.
We can walk with God and know Him through the Word. We will taste and see the goodness of God when we walk out of the lifestyle of faith in the consecrated life. Therefore, we should do our devotion daily by praising, praying, and through the reading of Scriptures.
Romans 12:1-2 (NKJV) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
When we offer ourselves as a living sacrifice to serve God, including being an effective witness in the corporate world, we will experience His perfect will. We can also resist conforming to this world if we are confident and secure in His love. We can only prove His good, acceptable, and perfect will when we consecrate ourselves to walk in His plan or will for our lives.
Sermon Series: Walking on Water
认识上帝
上帝主动赐予我们圣经，帮助我们认识祂。我们经历祂的方式就是对祂的话语有信心，因为祂和祂的话语是一体的。上帝是信实可靠的，祂看顾祂的话语以确保它们被尊荣。如果我们盼望凭信心行事，我们需要专注于祂的话语。
马可福音 4:41 他们就大大地惧怕，彼此说：“这到底是谁？连风和海也听从他了！”
当门徒们发出如此的惊叹时，他们并没有完全明白关于耶稣是谁的全面启示，直到耶稣不得不问他们“你说我是谁？”，门徒才对耶稣的真实身份产生了解。
马太福音 16:15-16 15 耶稣说：“你们说我是谁？” 16 西门彼得回答说：“你是基督，是永生神的儿子。”
认识上帝是一个过程。我们接受基督之后，随着我们从属灵的婴孩成长到属灵的成熟人，我们将从知道上帝进而认识上帝。
当我们阅读圣经时，我们就能认识上帝，尤其可以了解到耶稣的生平和事工。耶稣向我们宣告和启示了上帝，因为祂看见祂的父所做的，祂就照样做。我们可以知道上帝的品格和属性，祂对我们的期望，以及如何相 信祂。祂对我们的生命有着美好的旨意和计划。祂的意念高于我们的意念， 祂的道路也高于我们的道路。祂给了我们应许， 祂永远不会离开或抛弃我们。因此，我们不必为明天而忧虑。
我们可以与上帝同行，并通过上帝的话语认识祂。当我们在分别为圣的生命中活出信仰的生活方式时，我们尝到主恩的滋味并看到上帝 的良善。因此，我们应该 通过赞美、祈祷和阅读圣经作为我们每日的灵修。
罗马书 12:1-2 所以，弟兄们，我以 神的慈悲劝你们，将身体献上， 当作 活祭，是圣洁的，是 神所喜悦的；你们如此侍奉乃是理所当然的。 2不要效法这个世界，只要心意更新而变化，叫你们察验何为 神的善良、纯全、可喜悦的旨意。
当我们把自己献上作为活祭来侍奉神，包括在企业界做一个有果效的见证人时，我们就会经历上帝良善、纯全、可喜悦的旨意；如果我们在祂的爱里自信又笃定，我们也可以拒绝顺从这个世界。只有当我们献上自己行在祂对我们生命的计划或旨意中时，我们才能证明祂的良善、可喜悦和完美的旨意。
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