The Real God - Seeking God, Part 1

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

What comes to mind when you think about God? Who do you imagine Him to be? Your answers to these questions are the most important thing about you. Chip explores how our perception of God radically alters our view of reality.

The importance of this study:

“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” -A.W. Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy
“We tend, by a secret law of the soul, to move toward our mental image of God.” -A.W. Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy

How to see the real God, with 20/20 vision:

Three facts to consider:

God is not LIKE YOU! -Isaiah 40:25-28, Romans 11:33-36
Left to ourselves, we tend to REDUCE God to MANAGEABLE TERMS! -Romans 1:21-23, Exodus 32:1-6
God can only be known as He REVEALS HIMSELF to us! Through:

NATURE -Psalm 19:1-2, Romans 1:19-20
HIS WORD -John 1:1-4, 5:37-40
JESUS, His SON -John 1:14-18, Hebrews 1:1-3

One question for you:

What must I do to see the real God and He really is?

Answer:

SEEK HIM -Jeremiah 29:11-14a

How?

Proverbs 2:1-5

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Additional Resource Mentions

Daily Discipleship
A.W. Tozer - The Knowledge of the Holy

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0:00.0	What comes into your mind when you think about God is the most important thing about you.
0:07.9	Think about that.
0:08.9	Your mental picture of God is the most important thing about you.
0:13.3	Did you know that how you think about God will determine every other aspect of your life?
0:18.9	That's what we'll explore today.
0:26.6	Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. The mission of this daily program is to intentionally disciple Christians through the insightful Bible teaching of
0:31.6	Chip Ingram. We're excited you've joined us today as we kick off his series, The Real God,
0:36.6	How He Longs for You to See Him. For the next handful of programs, we'll study I'm excited you've joined us today as we kick off his series, The Real God, how he longs
0:38.0	for you to see him.
0:39.5	For the next handful of programs, we'll study seven attributes of God's character that'll
0:44.2	give us a genuine picture of who he really is.
0:47.6	But today, Chip begins by explaining why getting an accurate view of God is vital for our
0:52.4	faith.
0:53.4	So if you're ready, grab your Bible and notes as we get the series started with
0:57.0	Chip's message, Seeking God.
1:00.0	There's a quote by A.W. Tozer that changed the course of my life many, many years ago.
1:05.0	What comes to your mind when you think about God is the most important thing about you.
1:14.6	He'll go on to say, by a secret law of the soul, whatever your mental image is, you will
1:21.5	gravitate toward it. How you view yourself, how you pray, how you relate to others, how you perceive the future.
1:29.9	Every relationship, every decision will be rooted in. How do you mentally perceive God? And here's
1:38.1	what you need to know. All of us are off. We're fallen people. You have a distorted picture of God.
1:45.5	I have a distorted picture of God.
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