To Know Him Series Discussion Questions

Paul introduces the Areopagus to the "Unknown God". How does Paul's God stand in contrast to all "other" gods?
Paul was able to share this with confidence because of how deeply he knew God. What was at stake when Paul challenged all other gods and the people’s spirituality and philosophy?
Why was Paul able to make this challenge with such confidence?
What does it mean for God to be Sovereign as Paul expresses in 1 Timothy 6? How did Paul's recognition of God's sovereignty affect Paul's life?
How did A.W. Tozer's understanding of God shape the way he lived through the progressive era, the Great Depression, and World War 2? How should that speak to our current circumstance and how we trust in God's sovereignty now?
Tozer also drew encouragement from the contrast found between God's sovereignty and God's shepherding. This is the same contrast that Paul gives when concluding that this sovereign God is also "near to us all". How does God's shepherding impart confidence in our living?
If you deeply know God as the Sovereign Shepherd, how should that shape your life in our current circumstance? What can we learn from Paul and Tozer in how we allow God to affect our living?

What makes Rembrandt such a famous painter?
Paul intentionally uses stark contrast to elevate the goodness of God. Why would using slave/master wording be uncomfortable for the Jews and Romans?
How does Exodus 34:6-7 contrast God with all other Masters?
How did God's contrast as master lead people to live lives in contrast to the first century world?
God also stands contrast to fathers. What was Isreals state of being reflected in Malachi 4:6 and Luke1:16?
How do the current stats in fatherlessness translate into our condition as being without a Spiritual Father?
How did Jesus introduce people to the Good and Perfect Father?
How does it change you to have a present, attentive, approving, and providing Father in God?
How does God's attributes reflected in being a Redeeming Righteous Master and Good and Perfect Father impact your life? What contrast should that bring out in you?