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\u201cBut if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him<\/em>, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.<\/strong>\u201d
Deuteronomy 4:29 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Not many people today were born into a Christian family. What does this\nmean? Most often, they do not understand or know God. How can one find God? How\ncan one know God?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the life of King Hezekiah, we can read of a hope for someone whose\nfamily does not know of God or the things of God. King Hezekiah was the son of\na terrible king of Judah, King Ahaz. King Ahaz had not only forsaken God, but\nhe also worshiped idols \u2013 even sacrificing some of his sons to the false god\nMolech. Still through all of that, Hezekiah came to know<\/em><\/strong> God, and\nhe pleased God in all that he did. When Hezekiah became king, he removed all of\nthose high places where his father worshiped and even broke down all of those\nimages the people worshiped.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How was Hezekiah able to come to know God, knowing the family into which\nhe was born? Read the following verses: \u201cBut if from thence thou shalt seek\nthe LORD thy God, thou shalt find him<\/em>, if thou seek him with all thy\nheart and with all thy soul<\/strong>\u201d (Deuteronomy 4:29).\nOne has to seek God. Also read the following: \u201cThe LORD looked down from\nheaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and<\/em>\nseek God<\/strong>\u201d (Psalm 14:2). God knows when someone\nseeks after Him, for He is watching and waiting! Hezekiah opened the doors of\nthe house of the Lord at the beginning of his reign (see 2 Chronicles 29:2).\nThat was the place to begin. He then followed God\u2019s Word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the following verses, we can understand that King Hezekiah\ntook the time to seek God\u2019s Word so he would know what God required to\nreestablish the relationship that had been severed. \u201c22. And if ye have\nerred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto\nMoses \u2026 24. Then it shall be, if ought<\/em> be committed by ignorance without\nthe knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one\nyoung bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, \u2026 25. And\nthe priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of <\/strong>Israel<\/strong>,\nand it shall be forgiven them; for it is<\/em> ignorance: \u2026 26. And it shall\nbe forgiven all the congregation of the children of <\/strong>Israel<\/strong>,\nand the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were<\/em>\nin ignorance<\/strong>\u201d (Numbers 15:22-26).\nThat was what God required in the Old Testament times, while the kings ruled.\nIt is always important to know what God requires \u2013 and it is recorded in His\nWord. As we read the New Testament, Jesus came to set us free from the rigorous\nduties of the Law. \u201cFor the law having a shadow of good things to come, and<\/em>\nnot the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they\noffered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect<\/strong>\u201d\n(Hebrews 10:1). See simply what Jesus did: \u201c8. Above when he said, Sacrifice\nand offering and burnt offerings and offering<\/em> for sin thou wouldest not,\nneither hadst pleasure therein<\/em>; which are offered by the law; 9. Then\nsaid he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he\nmay establish the second. 10. By the which will we are sanctified through the\noffering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all<\/em><\/strong>\u201d (Hebrews 10:8-10).\nJesus came to set us free from the continual sacrificial system of the Law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read what God did for Hezekiah for seeking Him with all of his heart. \u201cAnd\nin every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law,\nand in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it<\/em> with all his heart,\nand prospered<\/strong>\u201d (2 Chronicles 31:21). Because King Hezekiah sought God, doing\njust what God\u2019s Word required, he not only found God, but God was honored. God then\ncaused King Hezekiah to prosper. God was then free to bless His people openly \u2013\nrevealing Himself to not only Judah,\nbut also the nations around. King Hezekiah became one of the greatest kings of Judah.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone who seeks God can know God. However, what does it take to know<\/em><\/strong>\nGod? \u201cBut without faith it is<\/em> impossible to please him<\/em>: for he\nthat cometh to God must believe that he is, and that<\/em> he is a rewarder of\nthem that diligently seek him<\/strong>\u201d (Hebrews 11:6). It takes faith<\/em><\/strong>.\n\u201cFor ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus<\/strong>\u201d (Galatians\n3:26). One can know God only by faith\nin Christ Jesus<\/em><\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

King Hezekiah is a great example of one who can give us hope. A hope that when God is sought, He will hear \u2013 as long as one comes to Him with a repentant heart. God can forgive anyone who will ask. \u201c8. But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even<\/em> in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 9. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation \u2026<\/strong> For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved<\/strong>\u201d (Romans 10:8-10, 13).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you come to know God, understanding knowledge of God only comes by faith in Jesus?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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