Quiet Time Notes
Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God
Seeking God (part II)
December 12th, 2010Previous |
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Examples of those seeking God:
Ethiopian eunuch - Acts 8:26-40
- What do we know about this seeker?
- He is important and therefore certainly busy, but still finds time for God.
- He reads the Scriptures himself and asks questions about what he is reading.
- He is humble and sincere enough in his search to ask for help.
- What he learns he acts on right away, as seen with his baptism.
- How did he feel after coming to know God better?
- The burning questions he had about God were answered in an afternoon.
Bereans - Acts 17:10-12
- What was it about these Berean seekers that made Luke refer to them as having “noble character”?
- Enthusiastic
- Great Eagerness - explain
- Examined the scriptures daily
- Why was it important for them to “examine the Scriptures every day” for themselves?
- What was the result of this eager yet diligent attitude?
- As with prayer, reading the Bible is vitally important to knowing God.
Key Phrase: Noble character is found in eagerness and dur diligence in reading the Word