Quotes from Wednesday's (4/1) Message

“It is in Scripture that we learn how God views himself, ourselves, and the world, and what he wants us to know in order to serve him. Scripture is like a working museum of which the Spirit is the Curator, showing us around and explaining the wonders of the mind of the Maker. In this museum we are taken behind the scenes to learn from God himself. In growing to know God, therefore, there is no substitute for the discipline of Bible study and Scripture reading and meditation. We cannot bypass the handbook God has given to us and then expect that we can know him in our own way. The only god we can know in our own way is a god that we make in our own image.”
“There is no such thing as genuine knowledge of God that does not show itself in obedience to his Word and will. The person who wants to know God but who has no heart to obey him will never enter the sacred courts where God reveals himself to the soul of man. God does not give divine knowledge to those who have no desire to glorify him.”

Both quotes from Sinclair Ferguson, A Heart For God (Carlisle, Penn.: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1987), pages 8 and 10 respectively.