Notes

"Intimacy without commitment is adultery." - DWhang

To have proper intimacy with God, we need to be obedient. That means to pray, to read the Word, to make disciples, and to love one another (4 pillars:prayer, scripture, evangelism, community). Our whole life is a continuous act of worship. Intimacy will naturally come following the changes in our heart.

Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. (John 14:23)

We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. (1 John 2:3-6)

This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. ³ In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. (1 John 5:2-3)

And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. (2 John 1:6)

"God doesn't use people who are ready. He uses people who are obedient." - DWhang

No other religion has a god who meets them where they are. In other religions we have to work our way up to that god. But for us, God comes and meets us where we are. That is why we have testimonies.

He came to us.
He initiates.
He loves us.
He died for us.