1 Kings 18:36-37
And at the time of the offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word. Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that you, O Lord, are God, and that you have turned their hearts back.”
Tag: Knowing God
God desires to be known! Throughout the Old Testament we have the phrase, "that ________ my know that you, O Lord, are God ...". Or, something like that phrase. God revealed Himself to Abraham, to Moses, to the Nation of Israel, to Pharaoh of Egypt, to Nebuchadnezzar to Elijah later in this same book, and, here, to the prophets of Baal. God wants to be known. The mystery that Paul writes about in Colossians it the revelation of Christ to the Church as Christ makes Himself known to us:
Colossians 1:24-26
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints.
God wants us to know Him!! Paul desired to know more and more of Christ:
Philippians 3:10
that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
God wants to be known and will make Himself known to us in the miracles He performs in our lives.
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