"God never says anything unless its important and worth remembering, He doesn't engage in idle chit chat." - Charles Stenley, "How to listen to God"

 Chapter 2 God's Goal

 To comprehend the truth

1. Is it possible to comprehend the truth about God? Yes/No Why/Why not
2. Through help with the Holy Spirit 1st Corinthians 2:9,10 (yes)
3. No Holy Spirit No Comprehension, Know the Holy Spirit, Know Comprehension

1. Isaiah 44:6-8 and Philipians 2:5
2. Knowing these things leads to an enriched life. (What did the enriched life look like before coming to Jesus? What does an enriched life look like after coming to Jesus
3. Proverbs 8:20
4. I came to give life and life abundantly John 10:10

The truth about ourselves

1. Before a relationship with Jesus, what did the ideal you look like? What does the ideal you look like now?
2. Truth about ourselves, although we don't deserve it, we've obtained grace and mercy with God through Jesus Christ
3. Our position in the kingdom is a gift (John 1:12)

The truth about other people

1. Man is constantly deceived by people.
2. God helps us to see people as He sees them: Samuel and David, Jonah and Ninevah
   

Comprehension of God's truth carry's the responsibility of diligence in understanding

1. What type of school student were you?
2. are you willing to give the same effort, or more effort to earn the A in God's classroom of truth's?
3. What can be done to help you get the A? (from you personally, from your fellowship group, from your church)
   

What kind of listener are you?

Passive 

1. Seek God's approval not His will (Balaam Numbers 22 )
2. wont host/attend a bible study
3. Don't know the word of God enough

Aggressive

1. Seeks God in matters of the heart
2. Bible open and pen ready to take notes
   
3. all ears and mind iquisitive
4. wants to apply it to their life
5. beinglike a "Berean"
6. Does this type of Listener have a problem hearing from God?

Conformed to the truth

1. What is the image the world is trying to conform kids into? Teens? Adults?
2. Romans 8:29 we're predestined to be conformed into the image of Jesus
3. Stanley: We're either in the process of being conformed into His image or rejecting. What does a non believer look like that's rejecting the conformation into the image of God? What does a believer look like (carnal Christian) resisting the conformation