Chapter One

1. What is the primary necessity if we are to experience an intimate, personal relationship?
2. Give several reasons why an individual may not want to pursue godly understanding.
3. What conclusion can we draw about God if it is true that knowledge decreases faith?
4. What are the two ingredients of true unity? What is the basic cause of disunity?
5. What does it mean to "neglect" so great a salvation?
6. Why did God create man?
7. Give several evidences that would prove God has not endeavored to remain mysterious and aloof.
8. Explain the statement "no man is deceived unless he wants to be deceived" in relation to truth and salvation. Include statements about the two universal sources of moral enlightenment.
9. What is the basic difference between the deceived, the deceivers and the reconciled?
10. In Jesus' parable of the sower, what is the sole difference between the man who is lost and the individual whose life bears fruit?
11. Using the surrounding context, explain what God is saying in Isaiah 55:8-9 regarding His thoughts and ways.
12. What is wrong with defining God's expressed feelings in the Bible as anthropopathisms?
13. What is deficient about a desire to merely "experience" God?
14. Describe the differences between God's being and His character.
15. Which is more important to understand prior to relational committal: physical prowess or character traits?