God doesn't hide Himself from you so that He can't be found; He hides Himself from you so that He can be found.
Tommy TenneyBy studying the Bible one can at best know about God. There is a vast difference between knowing God and knowing about God. Knowing God comes through direct power encounters and through biblical study. These power encounters are usually of a variety which cannot be found within the context of the dusty moldy pages of God's past tracks.
Tommy TenneyGod literally moves his throne from heaven. When this happens the church is building a chair, a seat, a place for God to come.
Tommy TenneyIt takes the glory of God to conceal a matter. It takes the honor of the king to seek out for it.
Tommy TenneyMary was a virgin and he Bible says that she 'found favor' - that means there must have been others in the race. What quality did she have that made a depository of the royal seed? She was a virgin - a clean place - he looks for clean places to deposit truth & she was open to this unique & unusual move of God.
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