Key Scriptures: Psalm 139:1-10
You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
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Lesson One: There is no such thing as hiding from God.
• God knows us completely—he is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient.
• The gospel is not a ‘run and hide’ message—it’s a ‘come and see’ message
Jeremiah 16:17, My eyes are on all of their ways; they are not hidden from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes.
Hebrews 4:13, Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.
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Lesson Two: To be truly loved we must be deeply known.
• God knows us completely and yet forgives us freely
• We are called to be fully surrendered
Romans 6:13-14, Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
Galatians 6:2, Carry each other’s burdens, and in this you will fulfill the law of Christ.
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Lesson Three: The results are already on record.
• Christ already died for ALL of our sin—even the ones we try to hide
Romans 8:1-2, Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin in death.