This daily devotion from Zac Poonen emphasizes the importance of personally knowing the Lord as a central aspect of the New Covenant promises. The message draws from his broader teaching on the three promises of the New Covenant and calls believers to move beyond mere external religion toward an intimate, personal relationship with God.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
The promise of the new covenantGod promises to put His laws into our minds and write them on our hearts, providing both the desire and the ability to do His will.Hebrews 8:10
Knowing God personallyBeyond just doing God's will, the new covenant promises that all people, from the least to the greatest, will know Him personally.Hebrews 8:11
Developing fellowship through intimacyUsing the analogy of a marriage, the speaker describes how intimacy with God leads to understanding His way of thinking.
Moses as a precursor to the new covenantThe speaker uses Moses to illustrate a person who experienced a taste of the new covenant's intimacy with God.Numbers 12:6–8
Exercising your birthright to know GodBelievers should not be satisfied with a mediocre spiritual life but should thirst to exercise their divine right to know God face-to-face.Hebrews 8:11
This daily devotion from Zac Poonen emphasizes the importance of personally knowing the Lord as a central aspect of the New Covenant promises. The message draws from his broader teaching on the three promises of the New Covenant and calls believers to move beyond mere external religion toward an intimate, personal relationship with God.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
The promise of the new covenantGod promises to put His laws into our minds and write them on our hearts, providing both the desire and the ability to do His will.Hebrews 8:10
Knowing God personallyBeyond just doing God's will, the new covenant promises that all people, from the least to the greatest, will know Him personally.Hebrews 8:11
Developing fellowship through intimacyUsing the analogy of a marriage, the speaker describes how intimacy with God leads to understanding His way of thinking.
Moses as a precursor to the new covenantThe speaker uses Moses to illustrate a person who experienced a taste of the new covenant's intimacy with God.Numbers 12:6–8
Exercising your birthright to know GodBelievers should not be satisfied with a mediocre spiritual life but should thirst to exercise their divine right to know God face-to-face.Hebrews 8:11
