1. How to talk about God?
God’s Supreme Revelation John 1: 18 (NKJV) 18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. Hebrews 1: 1-2 (NKJV) 1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;

2. How to talk about God?
Colossians 1: (NKJV) 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

3. How to talk about God?
John 14: 7-9 (NKJV) 7 “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.” 8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

4. How to talk about God?
Is it possible to know God according to the flesh?
Luke 22: 57 (NKJV)
57 But he denied Him, saying, “Woman, I do not know Him.”
2 Corinthians 5: 16 (NKJV)
16 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer.
John 20: 29 (NKJV)
29 Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

5. How to talk about God?
The only way to know God is to be filled with the Holy Spirit John 16: (NKJV) 12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.

6. How to talk about God?
Acts 1: 8 (NKJV) 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

7. How to talk about God?
1 Corinthians 2: (NKJV) 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. 13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

8. How to talk about God?
1 John 4:8 (NKJV) 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. Galatians 5:14 (NKJV) 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

9. How to talk about God? Bruised Reed Ministry Core Values:
Every person is created in the image of God, has value, and deserves respect.
This ministry is designed to raise the dignity/self-respect of those we minister to through our service and unconditional love.
No person or location is beyond the reach of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Relationships are the key to this ministry.
God’s grace is sufficient.
We are redeemed sinners extending God’s grace to sinners.
Transformation happens through relationships rooted in Christ.