Let me tell you, please: I don’t understand God’s procedure. I mean, God called a nation, Israel. AND GOD GAVE TO THEM LAWS AND RESTRICTIONS… A very restraining life-style, requirements and commandments, tens and hundreds… Take a look in Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy… 
But after that, the same
                    
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                    Contributed by John Shearhart on Mar 12, 2007
                
                
                
                    “…worship originates in the understanding of God as creator and redeemer.” (“Worship” 1993, 982)
“Worship.” Dictionary of Paul and His Letters.
                    
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                    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 2, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Fosdick compared our understanding of God with our understanding of the sea.  He said, "I know the sea but I don’t know the vastness of the sea.  There is a part of the sea that washes up on the sands of my life.  I can bathe in it.  It lulls me to sleep with its waves.  And yet, I know only a very
                    
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                    KEYS TO UNDERSTANDING THE PARABLES
Parables provide insight into the nature, coming, growth and of the Kingdom of God.
Parables are by design intended to be surprising. They often sneak up on us.
Parables are used to simulate thinking and cause the hearer to carefully contemplate what they
                    
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                    Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 10, 2006
                
                
                
                    We must understand that God’s idea of “good” means that the events as a whole are constructive.
“A woman fell and broke her arm.  Is that good?  In and of itself it is not, but she went to the hospital, and the doctors found she also had cancer.  Because it was found early enough she lived.”
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark Christian on Jan 10, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    One of the keys understanding our relationship to God is in understanding that God wants us to obey Him not for His sake, but for ours.  God loves us so much that He wants us to avoid the pitfalls and disappointments of this life.  He knows that when we take on the attitude of Christ, we will be
                    
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                    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Dec 22, 2024
                
                
                
                    Many saved by grace through faith in Christ wait on the shore of a great ocean. For them great opportunities to serve, encounter life change, and gain deeper understanding of God and their fellow man awaits. All
                    
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                    Dwayne Roberts: "We must understand that the greatest treasure is waiting in front of every believer. We've all seen reality shows. I'd even guess that you have imagined winning a million dollars. You may not have phrased it exactly like this, but the question comes down to, 'What would it be like
                    
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                    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 6, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Sometimes His ways are hard to understand at the time, I can offer a personal example:  Teenage children can be quite a trial, even a pain!  25 years ago my son was!  He was keen on old vehicles that he intended to renovate.  Against my better judgement, so I thought at the time, he acquired an old
                    
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                    Contributed by Chris Kelly on Sep 29, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    OBEDIENCE, NOT UNDERSTANDING
Our denomination has a Pastor’s Retreat every year up in the mountains of S. Cal.  As I was walking to breakfast one morning, I came across a monument that explained that when Billy Graham first started preaching, he was confused  and had some doubts about God’s Word. 
                    
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                    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 4, 2011
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    LIMITED UNDERSTANDING
Suppose I take my 2 year old to the doctor and he gets a shot in the arm and it really hurts. He doesn’t understand that the shot is to help him get better. All he knows is that shot hurt. And daddy just stood there. Doesn’t dad know how bad a shot hurts? Was he unable to
                    
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