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Destiny Grow · Relationship

Lesson 01 of 10

Knowing God

From information about God to covenant relationship with Him

A subject-specific welcome from

Pastor Travis

Welcome to Relationship. God has not merely invited you to study Him from a distance. Through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, He calls you into genuine fellowship. My prayer is that every lesson in this level moves truth from the page into a lived relationship with Him. — Pastor Travis Morgan

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The big idea

Eternal life is to know the only true God through Jesus Christ—not merely to possess information, but to live in trusting, obedient fellowship with Him.

Read the Word

Key Scriptures

John 17:1–3

defines eternal life as knowing God through Jesus Christ.

Jeremiah 9:23–24

makes understanding and knowing God the believer’s true boast.

Philippians 3:7–14

shows Paul valuing the knowledge of Christ above every gain.

Exodus 33:12–23

records Moses asking to know God’s way and glory.

1 John 1:1–7

connects apostolic truth with fellowship with God.

01

God desires to be known

Creation reveals His power, Scripture reveals His character and purposes, and Jesus Christ makes the invisible God known savingly. We know God because He first reveals Himself. Yet revelation calls for response: trust, love, worship, obedience, and shared life.

Biblical “knowing” is relational and covenantal. It includes accurate truth but exceeds facts. A person may know vocabulary about God while resisting His voice. Intimacy grows when revealed truth is welcomed into the heart and practiced.

02

Knowing God through Jesus

Jesus is not one religious route among many. He is the saving self-revelation of God and the mediator who brings us to the Father. To behold His holiness, compassion, authority, cross, and resurrection is to encounter what God has made known of Himself.

Paul had education and religious achievement, yet counted everything loss for the surpassing value of knowing Christ. Mature Christianity never outgrows this pursuit.

03

A relationship that transforms

Those who know God learn His ways. His love reshapes love, His holiness exposes sin, His faithfulness teaches trust, and His mission redirects purpose. Intimacy without transformation becomes sentiment; obedience without intimacy becomes lifeless duty.

Set a daily appointment with God. Bring Scripture, honest prayer, worship, silence, and willingness to obey. Do not measure the relationship only by emotion. Faithful presence forms a life over time.

Grace Revealed

Grace brings us near.

God took the initiative to make Himself known, reconcile sinners, and give His Spirit. Intimacy is not a prize for impressive Christians; it is a grace opened through Christ.

Knowing Him

Truth becomes shared life with God.

Knowing Him is Destiny’s first mission. Let every doctrine become a window into His character and every practice become a place of fellowship.

Why this matters for salvation

Saved people are brought into fellowship.

Jesus connects eternal life with knowing God. Salvation brings us not merely out of judgment but into restored communion, covenant belonging, and an ever-deepening knowledge of the Savior.

Lesson notes

Remember these truths.

  • God reveals Himself because He desires relationship.
  • Knowing includes truth, trust, love, obedience, and fellowship.
  • Jesus is the saving revelation of God.
  • Intimacy and transformation belong together.
  • Relationship grows through faithful daily response.

Respond to the Word

Reflect and apply.

  1. What is the difference between knowing facts and knowing God?
  2. What does Jesus reveal about God that you most need today?
  3. Where is obedience necessary for intimacy to deepen?
  4. What regularly distracts you from attentive fellowship?
  5. What daily appointment will you establish?
Pray the truth

Lord Jesus, make Yourself known through Your Word and Spirit. Deliver me from distant religion. Teach me Your ways, form Your character in me, and make knowing You the treasure of my life. Amen.

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Lesson Quiz

Answer all 10 questions. A score of 80% is required. You may retake the quiz as many times as needed.

1How does Jesus define eternal life in John 17?
2Does biblical knowing exclude doctrine?
3What did Paul count as surpassingly valuable?
4What should intimacy produce?
5Who initiates the possibility of knowing God?
6Which passage especially defines eternal life as knowing God through Jesus Christ?
7Which passage especially makes understanding and knowing God the believer’s true boast?
8Which passage especially shows Paul valuing the knowledge of Christ above every gain?
9Which passage especially records Moses asking to know God’s way and glory?
10Which passage especially connects apostolic truth with fellowship with God?

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