Knowing and Understanding God's Thoughts: How God Reveals Himself to Those Who Seek Him
God's thoughts are not hidden from His people — they are revealed to all who pursue Him through Jesus Christ.
God desires to be known. The lie that no one can understand the mind of God has kept believers from pursuing the depth of relationship He has made available through Jesus Christ. God has not hidden Himself from His people — He has hidden Himself for them, revealing Himself to those who seek Him, honor Him, and align themselves with His Word and Spirit.
Teaching Overview
- The belief that no one can know or understand God's thoughts is a lie — God has chosen to reveal Himself to those who pursue Him.
- Jesus Christ is the only way to the Father, and salvation through Him is the non-negotiable foundation of Christian faith.
- Familiar spirits and divination are counterfeits that bring spiritual bondage; true revelation comes only through the Holy Spirit.
- Believers are called to honor one another in the body of Christ, because tearing down another believer is a sign of spiritual corruption.
- The body of Christ is designed to complete itself — every member carries a different part of God's knowledge, and we were created to need each other.
Key Distinctions
| Familiar Spirits / Divination | True Prophecy by the Holy Spirit | |
|---|---|---|
| Source | Demonic spirits operating in the counterfeit | The Holy Spirit revealing the mind of God |
| Effect on the person | Spiritual attack, bad dreams, anxiety, depression, bondage | Freedom, clarity, deliverance, and alignment with God |
| What it requires | Cards, palm reading, counterfeit spiritual access | Listening to and being led by the Holy Spirit |
| Knowledge it produces | Partial, deceptive, manipulated information | Specific, accurate, life-giving revelation |
| Biblical instruction | "Do not seek out those who are familiar spirits" | "Find a prophet" — seek God's ordained channels |
| Knowing God's Thoughts | Not Knowing God's Thoughts | |
|---|---|---|
| Root cause | Pursuing God through Jesus Christ and His Word | Failure to pursue God in the way He has ordained |
| Result | God reveals Himself; His ways become known | God seems complicated, confusing, or unknowable |
| Biblical basis | "Seek me and you find me and I will show you things you do not know of" | A relationship that is uncertain and undefined |
| What it enables | Discernment, intercession, holy living, fruitfulness | Vulnerability to deception and spiritual stagnation |
| Pulpit | Altar | |
|---|---|---|
| What it represents | A platform for preaching | A sanctified place of encounter with God's presence |
| Spiritual dynamic | Preaching and instruction | Holy ground where demonic bondage cannot stand |
| Access | Open to any speaker | Governed by the holiness required in God's presence |
| What happens there | The Word is declared | Deliverance, healing, and divine encounter take place |
| Those Called to the Ministry | Those Not Called | |
|---|---|---|
| How they respond to anointing | Drawn in, blessed, and transformed | Will not receive; repelled or resistant |
| Spiritual fruit | Lives changed, bondages broken | No fruit evident |
| Responsibility | To carry and steward their portion of God's knowledge | To honor what God has placed in others |
| Criticism / Tearing Down Believers | Honoring Believers | |
|---|---|---|
| Spiritual root | Demonic possession or influence | A heart aligned with the Spirit of God |
| What it produces | Division, harm to the body of Christ, spiritual disservice | Unity, completion, and the fullness of God's revelation |
| Biblical principle | "We prophesy in part, we know in part" — no one has the whole picture alone | Completing one another through mutual honor and recognition |
| Partial Knowledge / Partial Prophecy | Complete Understanding | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | The portion of God's revelation given to each believer individually | The full picture assembled as the body of Christ functions together |
| Who holds it | Every believer and minister — each has a different part | Only found when members complete each other |
| Implication | No single believer or minister has everything | We were created to need one another |
The Lie That No One Can Know God's Thoughts
- The claim that no one can know or understand the mind of God is a complete lie that contradicts the nature of Christian living itself.
- Believers already act on the knowledge of God's thoughts — they pursue holiness because they know God does not approve of sin, and they repent because they know God's judgment awaits unrepentance.
- The reason God seems unknowable to some is not that He has hidden Himself, but that they have not learned how to pursue Him in the way that causes Him to reveal Himself.
"There's a school of thought out there that nobody knows the thoughts of God, or nobody knows the mind of God. How can we understand God's thoughts? But I want to tell you that this is a lie. This is a complete lie."
"So we don't know God because you don't know how to pursue Him in a certain way in order for Him to reveal Himself to us."
God's Desire to Be Known and Understood
- God's desire is not to remain mysterious — Jesus said, "Anyone that has seen me has seen the Father," making the knowledge of God accessible through relationship with Him.
- When Jesus walked among His disciples, He repeatedly expressed frustration that they could not perceive what was right before them, revealing that understanding God is expected, not impossible.
- God condescends to sit with His people — not because He needs counsel, but because He is so loving that He desires to hear from those who are nothing but dust.
"Your father wants you to know him. Jesus said, anyone that has seen me has seen the father. If you want to know the father come to me."
"God wants you to know His thoughts. God wants to sit down with you. It shows that God is so beautiful, is so loving, that God still wants to sit down with you and me, who are nothing but dust to hear what we have to say."
Romans 11:33–35 and the Counselor of God
- Romans 11:33–35 is not a declaration that God is unknowable — it is a declaration of God's greatness and self-sufficiency, affirming that no one has ever had to advise or finance God.
- God's ways being "past finding out" speaks to the infinite depth of His wisdom, not an unwillingness to reveal Himself to His people.
- God invites His people to reason with Him — not because He needs their input, but because His love compels Him to include them in His purposes.
"God comes to Moses and said, let us reason together. You see, God is so great. How unsearchable is His wisdom, His truth, His ways. But yet God is so beautiful that He can put that on the side so that He can hear you and me."
The Foundation of Salvation and True Christianity
- Salvation through Jesus Christ is the non-negotiable foundation — not denominational affiliation, but the personal conviction that Jesus Christ is Lord, God in the flesh, who died and rose again as the only way to the Father.
- Anyone who does not confess Jesus Christ as Lord and God who came in the flesh, died, and rose on the third day as the only way to salvation is not a Christian, regardless of how much Scripture they have read.
- Denominational differences are matters of revelation and growth — the core belief in Jesus as Lord and Savior is the line that determines whether someone is in the faith.
"Anyone who does not believe that Jesus Christ is Lord and God who came in the flesh, died and on the third day he rose again and is the only way to salvation is not a Christian."
"Salvation is the foundation. The goal is heaven. Anything else is a formality."
Warning Against Divination and Familiar Spirits
- The Bible's explicit command is to not seek out those who have familiar spirits — disobedience to this command opens the door to spiritual attack, oppression, and bondage over entire households.
- The claim that familiar spirits know things about a person is a lie — demons may observe and deduce information, but true knowledge of a person belongs to God alone and is accessed only through His Spirit.
- True prophecy requires no cards, no palm reading, and no counterfeit spiritual tools — it requires only the Holy Spirit.
"The Bible says, do not seek out those who are familiar spirits. Not seek them out. Find you a prophet."
"We don't need to pull cards. I don't need to look at your hands. I just need to hear the Holy Spirit."
The Consequences of Divination and Spiritual Division
- Turning to familiar spirits does not only affect the individual — the spiritual bondage follows an entire household, producing anxiety, depression, sleeplessness, and mental torment in everyone connected.
- Repentance is the required response — denouncing and rejecting those practices before God and returning to Jesus Christ is the only path to true freedom.
- Deliverance from a demonic spirit without alignment to Jesus Christ produces a worse condition than before — demons return with reinforcements when the house is not filled with God's presence.
"The Lord doesn't help us so that we go back to what we used to do. Because if I pray for you now, I know because that spirit is ready to go. But if I pray for you now and you get free, but you don't align yourself with the Lord Jesus, demons will come back to you and they will make you worse than you are before. So you have to remember that God is our only shield."
Honoring the Body of Christ
- Criticizing and tearing down another believer is not a mark of spiritual discernment — it is a sign of demonic influence in the life of the one doing it.
- Doctrinal differences between genuine believers arise from different levels of revelation — what one minister carries, another may not yet have received, and that is a reason to honour them, not condemn them.
- The correct response to seeing error in a brother is intercession — praying for them, not building a platform to expose them.
"Any man of God that sits down has a channel criticizing people. You know the person has a demon in them."
"If you want to tear down another believer, you're demon possessed. What's wrong with you?"
We Complete Each Other
- The scriptural statement that "we prophesy in part and we know in part" means that every minister and believer carries a different portion of God's revelation — none has the whole picture alone.
- The body of Christ is designed by God to function as a completion of parts — the knowledge one person lacks is carried by another, and this is why the body was created to need itself.
- Condemning another minister based on surface-level observation is the greatest mistake a believer can make — it is never what it seems, and every servant of God carries depths that are not visible to the outside observer.
"We complete each other. We were created to need each other. There is always another dimension. There is always another level that God has ordained for us."
"Don't look at somebody and condemn them or judge them on their surface. It is the biggest mistake you can ever make. It's never what it seems."
Key Definitions
Familiar Spirits — Demonic spirits that counterfeit divine knowledge and revelation, operating through divination practices such as card reading and palm reading to deceive and oppress those who seek them.
Spirit of Prophecy — The Holy Spirit's direct communication of specific, accurate knowledge to a prophet — not the acquisition of information, but the active revelation of God's mind in real time.
Salvation — The foundation of Christian faith: the personal confession and conviction that Jesus Christ is Lord and God who came in the flesh, died, and rose again on the third day as the only way to the Father and the forgiveness of sin.
Altar — Sanctified ground consecrated by the Holy Spirit for divine encounter, where the presence of God dwells and demonic bondage cannot stand — distinct from a pulpit, which is a platform for preaching.
We Prophesy in Part — The scriptural truth (1 Corinthians 13:9) that each believer and minister carries only a portion of God's full revelation; the body of Christ is designed so that its members complete one another.
Knowing God's Thoughts — Not the presumption to counsel God or predict His every move, but the relational knowledge of His ways, desires, and character that He has made available through Jesus Christ, His Word, and the Holy Spirit to those who pursue Him.
Key Takeaways
- The belief that God's thoughts are unknowable is a lie — God has chosen to reveal Himself, and He actively desires relationship with those who pursue Him through Jesus Christ.
- Salvation through Jesus Christ is the non-negotiable foundation — denominational differences are matters of growth, but the confession of Jesus as Lord and the only way to the Father is the line that defines Christianity.
- Divination and familiar spirits produce bondage, not revelation — those who seek counterfeit spiritual knowledge open the door to oppression that spreads to everyone connected to them, and the only way out is genuine repentance and alignment with Jesus.
- Criticising and tearing down ministers of God is a demonic work — the body of Christ is incomplete without each of its parts, and dishonoring what God has placed in another believer is a disservice to the entire church.
- God desires to sit with His people and be understood by them — His greatness does not make Him distant; it is His love that draws Him to reason with those who are nothing but dust.
Reflection Questions
- In what areas of your life have you accepted the lie that God's thoughts and ways are beyond knowing — and how has that belief affected how you pray, seek Him, or expect Him to speak to you?
- Have you ever turned to counterfeit spiritual sources — horoscopes, tarot, psychics, or any form of divination — and what spiritual consequences followed that you may not have connected to that decision?
- Is there a minister, believer, or church leader you have criticized or dismissed? What would it require for you to honour what God has placed in them, even if your doctrines differ?
- What specific practices in your life reflect that you are genuinely pursuing God in a way that causes Him to reveal Himself — and where are the gaps between the pursuit He calls for and what you are actually doing?
- If you were freed from a demonic spirit today but returned to your old patterns tomorrow, what would change? What concrete step can you take this week to ensure your alignment with Jesus is real and sustained?
Prayers and Declarations
"Lord Jesus, the God of this house, our eternal Father, visit, Mama, and make her well."
Prayer of repentance — denouncing divination and returning to Jesus:
"I need you to just lead in a small prayer of repentance. Denouncing those things, rejecting those things, and telling Jesus I'm coming back to you."
Intercession Prayer
"Father, in the name of Jesus. Visit us today. Go ahead of me! Go ahead of me! Go ahead of me, O Jesus! Go ahead of my family! Go ahead of my family! Go ahead of my family! Go ahead of my children! Get ahead of everything that has to do with me! Go ahead of everything that has to do with me! Oh Lord Jesus! Go ahead of me!"
Healing prayer for a daughter — instruction given to the father:
"Lord Jesus, you are in this house, touch my family, heal my family, deliver my family, let life return unto my daughter, may she live and not die."
Congregational healing declaration — spoken and repeated by the congregation:
"Say, Lord Jesus, Lord Jesus, heal me. heal me. heal me. Help me. Help me. You are my only help. You are my only help. I look to you. Lord Jesus help me."
"Lord O Immune disease. Lord O Immune disease. I command you in the name of Jesus. I command you in the name of Jesus. To leave my body. You don't belong in me. Don't belong in me. You have no place in me. You have to go. You have to go. In the name of Jesus."
Scripture References
- Romans 11:33–35 — "O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?" (KJV)
Golden Nuggets
"God has chosen to reveal himself to us."
"Your father wants you to know him."
"God wants you to know His thoughts. God wants to sit down with you."
"Our desire to be understood is God's desire also."
"Anyone who does not believe that Jesus Christ is Lord and God who came in the flesh, died and on the third day he rose again and is the only way to salvation is not a Christian."
"Salvation is the foundation. The goal is heaven. Anything else is a formality."
"We complete each other. We were created to need each other."
"If you want to tear down another believer, you're demon possessed."
"The Lord doesn't help us so that we go back to what we used to do. God is our only shield."
"Don't look at somebody and condemn them or judge them on their surface. It is the biggest mistake you can ever make. It's never what it seems."
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