Table of Contents
Seeking God
1. Commanded. Isa 55:6; Mt 7:7.
2. Includes seeking
a. His Name. Ps 83:16.
b. His word. Isa 34:16.
d. His strength. 1Ch 16:11; Ps 105:4.
e. His commandments. 1Ch 28:8; Mal 2:7.
f. His precepts. Ps 119:45,94.
g. His kingdom. Mt 6:33; Lu 12:31.
h. His righteousness. Mt 6:33.
i. Christ. Mal 3:1; Lu 2:15,16.
j. Honour which comes from him. Joh 5:44.
k. Justification by Christ. Ga 2:16,17.
l. The city which God has prepared. Heb 11:10,16; 13:14.
3. By prayer. Job 8:5; Da 9:3.
4. In his house. De 12:5; Ps 27:4.
5. Should be
a. Immediate. Ho 10:12.
b. Evermore. Ps 105:4.
c. While he may be found. Isa 55:6.
d. With diligence. Heb 11:6.
e. With the heart. De 4:29; 1Ch 22:19.
f. In the day of trouble. Ps 77:2.
6. Ensures
a. His being found. De 4:29; 1Ch 28:9; Pr 8:17; Jer 29:13.
b. His favour. La 3:25.
c. His protection. Ezr 8:22.
d. His not forsaking us. Ps 9:10.
f. Prosperity. Job 8:5,6; Ps 34:10.
g. Being heard of him. Ps 34:4.
h. Understanding all things. Pr 28:5.
i. Gifts of righteousness. Ho 10:12.
7. Imperative upon all. Isa 8:19.
8. Afflictions designed to lead to. Ps 78:33,34; Ho 5:15.
9. None, by nature, are found to be engaged in. Ps 14:2; Ro 3:11; Lu 12:23,30.
10. Saints
a. Specially exhorted to. Zep 2:3.
b. Desirous of. Job 5:8.
c. Purpose, in heart. Ps 27:8.
d. Prepare their hearts for. 2Ch 30:19.
e. Set their hearts to. 2Ch 11:16.
f. Engage in, with the whole heart. 2Ch 15:12; Ps 119:10.
g. Early in. Job 8:5; Ps 63:1; Isa 26:9.
i. Characterised by. Ps 24:6.
11. Is never in vain. Isa 45:19.
12. Blessedness of. Ps 119:2.
13. Leads to joy. Ps 70:4; 105:3.
14. Ends in praise. Ps 22:26.
15. Promise connected with. Ps 69:32.
16. Shall be rewarded. Heb 11:6.
17. The wicked
a. Are gone out of the way of. Ps 14:2,3; Ro 3:11,12.
b. Prepare not their hearts for. 2Ch 12:14.
c. Refuse, through pride. Ps 10:4.
d. Not led to, by affliction. Isa 9:13.
e. Sometimes pretend to. Ezr 4:2; Isa 58:2.
f. Rejected, when too late in. Pr 1:28.
18. They who neglect denounced. Isa 31:1.
19. Punishment of those who neglect. Zep 1:4-6.
20. Exemplified
a. Asa. 2Ch 14:7.
c. Uzziah. 2Ch 26:5.
d. Hezekiah. 2Ch 31:21.
e. Josiah. 2Ch 34:3.
f. Ezra. Ezr 7:10.
g. David. Ps 34:4.