The driving passion of every individual should be the pursuit of knowing God, understanding His Word and making it understandable to other people. Everything else pales in comparison to this task. There should be an insatiable craving to study the Bible that is a manual for the knowledge of God. Our spiritual growth and maturity is directly proportionate to the amount of time and effort we put into the study of the Scriptures.

George Whitefield, the 18 th century preacher, once asked an individual what he believed, and the man replied: “I believe what my church believes.” “What does your church believe?” Whitefield asked. “My church believes what I believe,” he responded. “Well,” the preacher inquired, “what do you believe?” “We both believe the same thing!” This kind of response is typical of young people and adults in the church today. They do not know what they believe or why they believe it. Furthermore, they can’t defend it. There are numerous factors that contribute to this, but the main one is an ignorance of the knowledge of God.

The LORD said in Hosea 4:6: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…” It is not sufficient to say that we believe what our local church believes. We must know and discern what we believe and why we hold to certain biblical convictions. What we believe is extremely important! The Apostle Paul stated: “ For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day” (II Timothy 1:12). Daniel in the Old Testament said: “…the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits” (11:32). Do you know your God? The Bible says that “faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” You can not serve, follow and love someone you do not know!

Come join us at Harvest Bible Church to understand more about your God.