Pierce Point Community Church

To Know and Be Known! (Matthew 16:13-17) 1. How did we come to know God? 2. How do we know God knows us? Scriptures used: [1Co 13:12 NASB] God's relational knowledge: [Gen 18:19 NASB] [Exo 33:12-13 NASB] 12 Then Moses said to the LORD, "See, You say to me, 'Bring up this people!' But You Yourself have not let me know whom You will send with me. Moreover, You have said, 'I have known you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.' 13 "Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight. Consider too, that this nation is Your people." [2Sa 7:20 NASB] [Psa 139:1-7 NASB] [Jeremiah 1:5 NASB] [Amos 3:2 NASB] Eternal Implications: [Mat 7:22-23 NASB] 22 "Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' 23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’