In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

- Genesis 1:1 NASB

KNOWING GOD: God is the Beginning of All Things

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Strong's Concordance from Genesis 1:1

Elohim: GodOriginal Word: אלהיםPart of Speech: Noun MasculineTransliteration: ElohimPhonetic Spelling: (El-o-heem')Short Definition: GodWord Originplural of Eloah (or El)

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Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

- Genesis 1:26 NASB

KNOWING GOD: The Godhead

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God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

- John 4:24 NASB

KNOWING GOD: God is Spirit

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"See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have."

- Luke 24:39 NASB

KNOWING GOD: A Spirit Does Not Have Flesh and Bones

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13 Then Moses said to God, “Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ Now they may say to me, ‘What is His name?’ What shall I say to them?” 14 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” 15 God, furthermore, said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations.

- Exodus 3:13-15 NASB

KNOWING GOD: I AM WHO I AM

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Strong's Concordance

hayah: to fall out, come to pass, become, beOriginal Word: היהPart of Speech: VerbTransliteration: hayahPhonetic Spelling: (haw-yaw)Short Definition: comeDefinition:to fall out, come to pass, become, be

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Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight. Consider too, that this nation is Your people.”

- Exodus 33:13 NASB

KNOWING GOD: Moses Saught to Know God

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1 And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Let My people go that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness.’” 2 But Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and besides, I will not let Israel go.”

- Exodus 5:1-2 NASB

KNOWING GOD

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8 Then Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of one hundred and ten. 9 And they buried him in the territory of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. 10 All that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them who did not know the LORD, nor yet the work which He had done for Israel.

- Judges 2:8-10 NASB

KNOWING GOD: A Generation Who Did Not Know the Lord

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In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

- Judges 21:25 NASB

KNOWING GOD: A Generation Who Did Not Know the Lord

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Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they did not know the LORD

- 1 Samuel 2:12 NASB

KNOWING GOD: The Priests of God Did Not Know God

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18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. 21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.

- Romans 1:18-23 NASB

KNOWING GOD: The Unrighteous Ignore the Evidence of God

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The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God," They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; There is no one who does good.

- Psalm 53:1 NASB

KNOWING GOD: The Unrighteous Ignore the Evidence of God

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There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

- Proverbs 14:12 & 16:25 NASB

KNOWING GOD: Idolary - Making God Like Man

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These things you have done and I kept silence; You thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.

- Psalms 50:21 NASB

KNOWING GOD: Idolary - Making God Like Man

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You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

- Jeremiah 29:13 NASB

KNOWING GOD: Seeking Him With All Our Heart

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For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ.

- 1 Corinthians 2:16 NASB

KNOWING GOD: Having THE MIND OF CHRIST!

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By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ

- Ephesians 3:4 NASB

KNOWING GOD: When You Read...

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20 If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as, 21“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!” 22(which all refer to things destined to perish with use)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men? 23 These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against fleshly indulgence.

- Colossians 2:20-23 NASB

KNOWING GOD: Self-Made Religion

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He was also saying to them, "You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.”

- Mark 7:9 NASB

KNOWING GOD: Self-Made Religion

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7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

- 1 John 4:7-8 NASB

KNOWING GOD

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43“You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.’ 44“But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46“For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47“If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 48“Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

- Matthew 5:43-48 NASB

KNOWING GOD

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So that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil,

- Hebrews 6:18-19 NASB

KNOWING GOD

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Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

- James 1:17 NASB

KNOWING GOD

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Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

- Hebrews 13:8 NASB

KNOWING GOD

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For nothing will be impossible with God.

- Luke 1:37 NASB

KNOWING GOD

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I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

- Philippians 4:13 NASB

KNOWING GOD

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And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

- Hebrews 11:6 NASB

KNOWING GOD

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5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, 8 being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

- James 1:5-8 NASB

KNOWING GOD

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For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.

- 2 Chronicles 16:9 NASB

KNOWING GOD

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Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: "He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us"?

- James 4:5 NASB

KNOWING GOD

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1 First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, 2 for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. 3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

- 1 Timothy 2:1-4 NASB

KNOWING GOD

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That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and  the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death;

- Philippians 3:10 NASB

KNOWING GOD

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