1. 1 GOD SEES AND KNOWS Prov. 15:3 “The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.” [By Ron Halbrook]

2. 2 GOD SEES AND KNOWS Introduction: 1.This Truth Encourages Right Conduct: Prov. 5:15-23 Helps Secure Marital Fidelity Prov. 15:1-12 Proper Use of Tongue Gen. 31:43-55 Proper Human Relationships “For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings” (vs. 21). “The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good” (vs. 3). “Mizpah…The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another” (vs. 49).

3. 3 GOD SEES AND KNOWS 2. Some Do Not Profit from This Lesson. 2 Chron. 16:7-10 Hanani Told King Asa that God Saw & Knew His Sin—Asa Was Angry! “For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars” (vs. 9)

4. 4 GOD SEES AND KNOWS 3. Those Who Trust in God Find Great Security. Ps. 139 God’s Knowledge & Care Everywhere Vv. 1-12 Knows Our Thoughts, Words, & Deeds— Watches Over Us Everywhere at All Times! Vv. 13-18 Shaped Us in Our Mother’s Womb Vv. 19-24 Sees & Knows All Wickedness Thus, To Destroy the Wicked: “Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God” (vs. 19). Thus, To Purify & Protect the Righteous: “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” (vv. 23-24).

5. 5 GOD SEES AND KNOWS I. God Saw & Knew Joseph. A. Gen. 39:7-12 God Knew His Genuine Faith, When He Was Treated as Unfaithful. B. Gen. 39:20-23 God Watched Over Him When He Suffered in Prison.

6. 6 GOD SEES AND KNOWS II. God Saw & Knew Achan. A. Josh. 7:10-12 God Knew Achan’s Unfaithfulness, When He Was Considered Faithful. B. Josh. 7:14-21 God Can Reveal a Man’s Sin, Even When He Thinks It Is Hidden.

7. 7 GOD SEES AND KNOWS III. God Saw & Knew Jesus. A. God Knew His Son’s Faithfulness in Fulfilling the Plan of Salvation, But Men Did Not See. 1 Cor. 2:7-8 Those Who Crucified Him Did Not Understand God’s Plan. Lk. 24:19-24 His Disciples Did Not Understand.

8. 8 GOD SEES AND KNOWS III. God Saw & Knew Jesus. B. God Sees When We Obey His Plan of Salvation Revealed in Christ. Heb. 5:8-9 Jesus Obeyed God’s Plan to Provide Salvation, We Obey to Receive It: Mk. 16:16 Obey in Faith Lk. 24:46-47 Obey in Repentance Rom. 10:10 Obey in Confessing Christ Acts 2:38 Obey in Baptism

9. 9 GOD SEES AND KNOWS III. God Saw & Knew Jesus. C. 1 Cor. 1:18 God’s Plan is Foolish to Men. Matt. 21:23; 1 Cor. 1:22-23 Saved Only by a Man Lowly, Uneducated, Iconoclast, Criminal? 1989 National Endowment for the Arts Approved Tax Dollars for Serrano’s Exhibit: Included Photo of Crucified Christ Submerged in Urine Jn. 15:18 Contempt for God’s Plan, God’s Son, God’s People

10. 10 GOD SEES AND KNOWS III. God Saw & Knew Jesus. C. 1 Cor. 1:18 God’s Plan is Foolish to Men. Acts 1:3; 2:22, 32 Saved Only by Faith In His Literal Miracles & Resurrection? Some Scholars: Story “pure fiction” “the Gospel narratives are a mix of legend & fact” “But some theologians have sought to reconcile the resurrection with a more rationalist view by describing it as a metaphor appropriated by early Christians who ‘thought mythically’ and for whom a resurrection of their fallen leader had occurred ‘in their hearts and minds.’” [U.S. News & World Report, Apr. 16, 1990]

11. 11 GOD SEES AND KNOWS III. God Saw & Knew Jesus. C. 1 Cor. 1:18 God’s Plan is Foolish to Men. Mk. 16:16; Acts 8:38; 1 Pet. 3:21 Saved Only by Immersion in Water? Unbelief, Contempt: Water Salvation, Water Dogs, Salamanders, Campbellites Matt. 16:18; Acts 20:28; Eph. 4:4 Saved Only in One True Church? Unbelief, Contempt: Narrow-mind, Bigot, Intolerant, “Just You & Your Little Bunch” D. 2 Tim. 2:19 Men Object to God’s Plan, But He Knows Who Obeys & Who Does Not!

12. 12 GOD SEES AND KNOWS IV. God Saw & Knew Ananias & Sapphira. A. Acts 5:1-11 God Saw What Men Did Not See. They Claimed: To Serve God To Be Unselfish To Be Honest To Tell the Truth To Be Benevolent To Be Generous To Worship God To Give Freely But God Knew They: Served Mammon Were Selfish Were Dishonest Lied Were Covetous Were Stingy Worshipped Their Lusts Withheld from God  God Exposed Their Sin—Can’t Hide from God!

13. 13 GOD SEES AND KNOWS IV. God Saw & Knew Ananias & Sapphira. B. God Sees Today What Men Do Not See. Some Claim: To Serve God To Be Unselfish To Be Honest To Tell the Truth To Be Benevolent To Be Generous To Worship God To Give Freely But God Knows They: Serve Mammon Are Selfish Are Dishonest Lie Are Covetous Are Stingy Worship Their Lusts Withhold from God  God Exposes Their Sin—Can’t Hide from God!

14. 14 GOD SEES AND KNOWS IV. God Saw & Knew Ananias & Sapphira. C. 1 Thess. 5:14; 2 Thess. 3:6 God Has a Plan to Expose Sin & Purify the Church. Discipline Brings Some to Repent. All Discipline Exposes Sin & Purifies the Church! D. 1 Tim. 5:24-25 In Rare Cases, A Christian May Continue in Sin Not Seen by Brethren, But God Sees & Knows!