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<div class="SSN_title">"THE SEARCH FOR GOD"</div>
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<div class="SSN_intro">Intro: Job's cry, "Oh that I knew where I might find Him" is a response to the last speech of Eliphaz who advised "Acquaint now..."</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. THE DIFFICULTY IN FINDING GOD.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Job speaks of his search.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. vs. 8,9.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Searching for some material form.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Hard to find something you cannot see.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Man seeks to visualize God, form.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. God forbade idols.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. Most false worship involves material things.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">1. The common mistake is to stop too short</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">2. Worship and serve the creature, rather than the creator.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Searching for a material form destined for failure "God is a Spirit..."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. There are so many religious huxters.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. You can find God by meditating on your naval.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. You can find God by paying me $400.00, for my special courses.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Everybody else is wrong, we are the only ones who know the truth.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Poor searching man stands in the center of the midway as the religious huxters appeal to him-Confusion.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Job's basic error.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Looked forward, backward, right & left, somehow looking for God on his own level.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Why didn't he think to look up?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">To the cry of Job "Oh that I knew where I...?"</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. JESUS ANSWERS "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE, NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER BUT BY ME."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. To the man searching for the way to God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Jesus says "I am the Way."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. How can I know He is not just another huxter?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">1. No other man in history had so much written about him before he was born.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level6">a. Manner and place of birth.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level6">b. Early travels.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level6">c. Specific details of His life.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">2. He said many incredible things.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level6">a. I AM the bread of life.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level6">b. I AM the door to the sheepfold.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level6">c. I AM the resurrection and the life.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level6">d. I AM the Way.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level6">e. I and the Father and one.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level6">f. They will kill Me but on the third day I will rise again.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level6">g. Many of His claims can only be verified by subjective experience.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level6">h. He said receiving Him would bring peace, joy, love, and life.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. To the man searching for truth Jesus says, "I am the Truth."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. This is a radical claim.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">1. Thousands of great intellects have sought to disprove it.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level6">a. Carefully analyzed every word, they have scrutinized all the evidence.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level6">b. They have not been able to provide any proof that He is wrong.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level6">c. They may offer theories or conjectures.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. To the man thirsting for true life, Jesus says, "I am the Life."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Rich young ruler came to Jesus one day.</div>
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