I Believe in God, But Don’t Know Him

The Christian Atheist Series

Week 1

Tim Bycroft, Lead Pastor

THE POINT EXISTS TO WELCOME THE UNCHURCHED TO BECOME FULLY DEVOTED FOLLOWERS OF JESUS.

Pointing People to God

Pointing People to Jesus

Pointing People to Community

A church characterized by Love, Acceptance, and Forgiveness.

What is a Christian atheist? Someone who believes in God, but actually live as if God doesn't exist.

Titus 1:16, "They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him.”

Titus 1:10, “For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception.”

Titus 1:16 (continued), "They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for doing anything good."

3 DIFFERENT LEVELS OF BELIEVING IN GOD

PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN GOD, BUT DON'T KNOW HIM.

1 John 2:3-4, "We know that we have come to know God 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.”

Matthew 7:21-23, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 

Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 

Verse, 23, Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN GOD, BUT I DON'T KNOW HIM WELL.

BEEN INFORMED ABOUT JESUS, BUT YET TO BE TRANSFORMED BY JESUS.

Galatians 4:8-9, "Formerly, when you did not know God …in other words, you know him now, but you didn't know him before. Formerly, when you didn't know God… you were slaves to those, who by nature, are not gods. 

But, now that you know God - or rather that you're known by God - how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?"

I BELIEVE IN GOD AND KNOW HIM INTIMATELY AND SERVE HIM WHOLE HEARTEDLY.

Psalms 63:1-4, You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.

Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

Psalms 9:10, "Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.”

Ephesians 1:17- "I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe.