Title: Knowing God Both Intimately and Intellectually Meta: Do you know God both intimately and intellectually? Jesus Christ didn't die just to give you doctrine and insights into the nature of God; He died to bring us to God Himself. That is, for us to know the Lord intimately. Tags: Doctrine,Calvinism,Mike Morrow,believer,Christian 1 00:00:00,220 --> 00:00:02,230 There are a lot of people who've gotten 2 00:00:02,230 --> 00:00:06,459 all excited about doctrine. 3 00:00:06,459 --> 00:00:09,680 And somehow they feel like they've seen something, 4 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:11,180 and they know something 5 00:00:11,180 --> 00:00:12,870 that other people don't know! 6 00:00:12,870 --> 00:00:15,530 And it give them this puffed up feeling, 7 00:00:15,530 --> 00:00:17,179 this exalted feeling, 8 00:00:17,179 --> 00:00:21,760 this sense of "I know something about God"! 9 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:27,199 And "I have this insight into the truths of God"! 10 00:00:27,199 --> 00:00:28,829 I want to tell you something. 11 00:00:28,829 --> 00:00:32,090 The Word of God teaches that Christ did not die 12 00:00:32,090 --> 00:00:33,950 to give you great insights 13 00:00:33,950 --> 00:00:36,680 and truths into the nature of God, 14 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:38,900 or just to give you doctrine. 15 00:00:38,900 --> 00:00:48,360 Jesus Christ died to bring us to God Himself! 16 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:49,640 I was with brother Paul, 17 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,510 I went to hear brother Washer preach 18 00:00:51,510 --> 00:00:56,960 on one occassion over in Bowling Green, Kentucky. 19 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:58,579 And of course, as it always happens, 20 00:00:58,579 --> 00:01:00,140 I was talking to brother Paul, 21 00:01:00,140 --> 00:01:01,670 and as it always happens, 22 00:01:01,670 --> 00:01:04,970 he was crowded, crowded around! 23 00:01:04,970 --> 00:01:08,670 With young men, young preachers. 24 00:01:08,670 --> 00:01:11,250 And they crowded up around him. 25 00:01:11,250 --> 00:01:14,380 One of them asked him a question. 26 00:01:14,380 --> 00:01:17,170 And brother Paul kind of smiled and differed to me, 27 00:01:17,170 --> 00:01:19,430 he said, "This is an older pastor". 28 00:01:19,430 --> 00:01:20,600 I don't know why Paul thinks 29 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:22,680 I'm an older pastor, but anyway. 30 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,010 He said, "Ask this man". 31 00:01:25,010 --> 00:01:27,130 So the boy asked me the question, 32 00:01:27,130 --> 00:01:31,909 I don't remember exactly what it was. 33 00:01:31,909 --> 00:01:34,290 But I just felt the need when I finished saying 34 00:01:34,290 --> 00:01:36,030 what little bit I said, 35 00:01:36,030 --> 00:01:38,760 to ask him, I said, 36 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,800 "Tell me when you were saved. 37 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:45,960 Tell me about your salvation." 38 00:01:45,960 --> 00:01:48,680 This is what he said: 39 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:50,590 He said, "Well, I was raised in so-and-so 40 00:01:50,590 --> 00:01:54,090 Church of Christ and I was baptized at such-a-place. 41 00:01:54,090 --> 00:01:55,280 Now let's get back to..." 42 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:56,280 And I said: 43 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:00,090 "Woah, woah, wait a minute. 44 00:02:00,090 --> 00:02:03,200 Tell me when you were saved!" 45 00:02:03,220 --> 00:02:04,740 Well, he just kind of stepped back 46 00:02:04,740 --> 00:02:06,960 and looked offended. 47 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,320 He said, "I just told you, 48 00:02:09,330 --> 00:02:11,650 I was raised in this certain Church of Christ 49 00:02:11,650 --> 00:02:14,410 and I was baptized at a certain age. 50 00:02:14,410 --> 00:02:19,110 Now brother Paul, about this doctrinal problem..." 51 00:02:19,110 --> 00:02:20,310 And I'm gonna tell you something. 52 00:02:20,310 --> 00:02:23,569 There are multitudes of young men and women today, 53 00:02:23,569 --> 00:02:25,840 who are being taught and who think 54 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,750 somehow in their mind that if they have an 55 00:02:28,750 --> 00:02:31,400 intellectual grasp of the gospel, 56 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,800 if they have an intellectual grasp 57 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,870 of the five points of Calvinism; 58 00:02:35,870 --> 00:02:41,940 and by the way, I consider myself a five-pointer. 59 00:02:41,940 --> 00:02:44,250 So if what I said awhile ago upset you, 60 00:02:44,250 --> 00:02:49,540 just don't get too excited about it. 61 00:02:49,540 --> 00:02:52,880 But I'm here to tell you that just because you have an 62 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,940 intellectual understanding of the gospel, 63 00:02:55,940 --> 00:02:58,060 doesn't mean you've gotten to the place where 64 00:02:58,060 --> 00:03:00,930 God wants you to be yet. 65 00:03:00,930 --> 00:03:03,460 Jesus Christ suffered! 66 00:03:03,460 --> 00:03:06,120 Jesus Christ died! 67 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:10,800 Jesus Christ experienced 68 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:15,760 the spittle, and the scorn, and the laughter of men! 69 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:23,900 Jesus Christ was shamed and treated horribly 70 00:03:23,900 --> 00:03:26,750 to bring us to God! 71 00:03:26,750 --> 00:03:30,660 That's the reason, to bring us to God! 72 00:03:30,660 --> 00:03:31,720 All of these things: 73 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:33,160 forgiveness of sin, 74 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:33,960 redemption, 75 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:35,120 reconciliation. 76 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:40,800 All of these things have to do with bringing us to God! 77 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,040 Now let me ask you a question this morning. 78 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,480 Have you ever been brought to God? 79 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:48,720 That's the question.