• Wealth? Prov 23:5• Comfort? Lk 12:19-20• Pleasure? Eccl 2:1-2• Good job? Eccl 5:18• Mate? Prov 18:22• Contentment? 1 Tim 6:6-9• Knowledge? 2 Peter 3:18• Salvation? Acts 16:30

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•We are the Seekers and God is the Giver, Jas 1:17 (Ac 14:17)•We will not find if we seek:– Selfishly (Jas 4:1-4)– Double-minded (Jas 1:6-

8)•Seeking requires:– Decision, Josh 24:15– Committed effort, Lk 9:62– Goal, Col 3:1

3

Matthew 7:7-8

•God has made Himself accessible to you, Isa 55:6-7• Even after your heart has been far from God, Lk 15:17-24; cf. Deut 4:23-29•Must seek God with your whole heart, Jer 29:10-14 (Matt 22:37)

4

•Willing submission to God’s rule of your life, Psa 110:1-3–Complete surrender,

Mark 12: 32-34• God’s truth, not your wisdom, 1 Cor 1:18-25• God’s character, not your pride, 1 Jno 2:16• God’s purposes, not your proposals, Gal 1:6-9 5

•Enter God’s kingdom through obedient faith, Col 1:13-14–The Christian is a

citizen of heaven, Phil 3:20; Rev 1:6, 9–The church of Christ...

the redeemed, Heb 12:22-23

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•Salvation by faith, Rom 1:16-17; 3:19-26; 5:1•Surrender false efforts:–The Pharisees, Matt 5:19-

20–Works to merit, Rom 4:1-6–Saved by faith only, Jas

2:24–Once saved, always saved,

Gal 5:4•New man: Righteousness and holiness, Eph 4:23-24

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•Wisdom, Prov 8:17 (4:4-5)– If we seek wisdom,

God will give it, Prov 2:1-9 (Jas 1:5)

•Humility, Zeph 2:1-3–Only the humble will

obtain mercy in the midst of judgment, Acts 17:30-31

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•Peace, 1 Peter 3:11–Lord is peace, Jug

6:23-24–Prince of peace, Eph

2:14, 17–Peace with one

another, Matt 5:22-25; Rom 12:17-18• Do not avenge yourself –

seek salvation, Rom 10:1

• Give place to God’s justice 9

•Seeking implies active participation in order to find• “Time to seek the Lord” Hosea 10:12•Seek and find salvation, mercy, peace and joy by obeying gospel, Acts 2:37-40