Growing in a Relationship With God - Bible Texts

Lesson 2: April 4-10

The verses listed, except where noted, are in the American Standard Version (ASV).

To Know God

Memory Text: “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God; and Jesus Christ whom You have sent” (John 17:3, NKJV).
Sabbath Afternoon Readings ↥        
April 4
Gen 3:1–5

1Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? 2And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat: 3but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.

Lev 20:26

26And ye shall be holy unto me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.

1 Sam 2:2

2There is none holy as Jehovah;

For there is none besides thee,

Neither is there any rock like our God.

1 John 4:7–19

7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. 8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him. 10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us: 13hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. 14And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God. 16And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him. 17Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world. 18There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love. 19We love, because he first loved us.

Gen 1:1

1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Gen 2:7

7And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Matt 1:23

23Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son,

And they shall call his name Immanuel;

which is, being interpreted, God with us.

Matt 28:20

20teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.

John 17:3

3And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.

Sunday Readings ↥        
April 5
Job 1:12

12And Jehovah said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah.

Isa 46:9–10

9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me; 10declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

Isa 30:18

18And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him.

Deut 7:9

9Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,

Rom 2:4

4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

1 Cor 2:7

7but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:

2 Cor 12:9

9And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Matt 6:14

14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Jer 29:11

11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

John 11:25

25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;

Ps 47:8

8God reigneth over the nations:

God sitteth upon his holy throne.

Deut 33:27

27The eternal God is thy dwelling-place,

And underneath are the everlasting arms.

And he thrust out the enemy from before thee,

And said, Destroy.

Genesis 3:1–5

1Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? 2And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat: 3but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.

Monday Readings ↥        
April 6
Leviticus 20:26

26And ye shall be holy unto me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.

1 Samuel 2:2

2There is none holy as Jehovah;

For there is none besides thee,

Neither is there any rock like our God.

Isaiah 57:15

15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Ezekiel 38:23

23And I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

Rev 4:8

8And the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying,

Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.

Tuesday Readings ↥        
April 7
1 John 4:8

8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

1 John 4:7–19

7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. 8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him. 10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us: 13hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. 14And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God. 16And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him. 17Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world. 18There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love. 19We love, because he first loved us.

1 John 4:16

16And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

Gen 1:27

27And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Gen 15:2

2And Abram said, O Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?

Judg 6:15

15And he said unto him, Oh, Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.

Mal 1:6

6A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

Ps 97:5

5The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah,

At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Gen 22:13–14

13And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son. 14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided.

John 3:16

16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Rom 5:8

8But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Isa 59:1–2

1Behold, Jehovah’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, so that he will not hear.

John 14:9

9Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, Show us the Father?

Heb 1:3

3who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

John 12:32

32And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself.

1 Corinthians 13:4–8

4Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; 6rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; 7beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 8Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away.

Wednesday Readings ↥        
April 8
Genesis 2
Read Genesis 2
Genesis 1:1

1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 2:7

7And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Acts 17:27–28

27that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us: 28for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said,

For we are also his offspring.

Job 36:24–33

24Remember that thou magnify his work,

Whereof men have sung.

25All men have looked thereon;

Man beholdeth it afar off.

26Behold, God is great, and we know him not;

The number of his years is unsearchable.

27For he draweth up the drops of water,

Which distil in rain from his vapor,

28Which the skies pour down

And drop upon man abundantly.

29Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds,

The thunderings of his pavilion?

30Behold, he spreadeth his light around him;

And he covereth the bottom of the sea.

31For by these he judgeth the peoples;

He giveth food in abundance.

32He covereth his hands with the lightning,

And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.

33The noise thereof telleth concerning him,

The cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up.

Job 37
Read Job 37
Job 38-39
Read Job 38-39
Thursday Readings ↥        
April 9
John 14:9

9Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, Show us the Father?

Luke 1:3–4

3it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus; 4that thou mightest know the certainty concerning the things wherein thou wast instructed.

Matthew 1:23

23Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son,

And they shall call his name Immanuel;

which is, being interpreted, God with us.

Matthew 28:20

20teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.

Friday Readings ↥        
April 10

Further Thought

1 Peter 1:13–16

13Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance: 15but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living; 16because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.

Romans 6:22

22But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life.

Hebrews 12:14

14Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord: