09/01/2026
He Cares Ministry
Bible Teacher - Leticia D.
Bible Study Outline- 50 points
“Seeking a Holy God”
1. Has God revealed His holiness to you ….and you rejected it? Do you seek God only for your needs and wants? It’s a sacrifice to live for God and His Will; to serve the living God.. God says “No One” seeks Him . Scripture says, “without holiness no one will see the Lord.” But wait, people seek Him all the time, right? Wrong.
Understanding what God means will bring you to truth. We will begin this study by reading those passages regarding the subject of seeking God in order to hear Gods heart on the matter.
Psalm 119:2
Blessed are those who keep his statutes
and seek him with all their heart—
Psalm 9:10
Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Psalm 14:2
The Lord looks down from heaven on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.
Psalm 27:8
My heart says of you, “Seek his face!”
Your face, Lord, I will seek.
Psalm 105:4
Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.
Proverbs 8:17
I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.
2) As we continue reading scriptures on seeking God, we read that God is angry with those who seek false gods. What false gods is He referring to? He is referring to “man made gods”.
Man is created to worship. If we don’t worship the “One True God”, we will worship something or someone.
Psalm 4:2
How long will you people turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods.
Romans 1:21-23
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.
Exodus 20:4
You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandment
3) All ancient civilizations and every culture on the planet worshiped “false gods”. Some cultures had up to a thousand gods. The following are a list of gods:
the Roman gods, the Hindu gods, the Aztec gods, the Celtic gods, Japanese gods, Mayan gods, the Chinese gods, the Indian gods, the Spanish gods, the Mexican gods, etc.
Many of the gods Man has worshiped were from the natural elements:
the sun, moon, stars, rain. Man has worshiped the animals - wolf, eagle, cow, calf, Egyptian sphinx, snake, bull, lion, crocodile, part animal-part human beings, etc.
4) What would these false gods promise? They were all very similar. People created gods to meet their needs or wants. Many times it was their basic needs. Often times it was their selfish needs.
Here are some reasons gods were called on:
These gods would be called on in times of trouble, or for good harvests, for wars, agriculture, marriage, fertility, health, strength, healing, talent, music, luck, laughter, happiness, gods for revenge, war, hunting, the s*xual, etc.
In order to receive from these gods men would have ceremonies where they would pray, worship or sacrifice to these gods. Often times those sacrifices were animals. They would sacrifice babies or young virgins. Sometimes they would resort to cutting themselves or have s*xual or**es to get the attention of their gods. They would sacrifice everything on the “alter for their needs and wants.”
5) What are the modern day false gods that men seek and worship?
The answer is whatever you place your complete “Trust” to bring you happiness and meet your needs, pride, wants, self satisfaction, value or worth.
What are you willing to “sacrifice all” to have that in your life? It could be a person, a career, material things, money, s*x, a relationship, a sport, etc.
Many are willing to sacrifice morals on the alter of love. Many will sacrifice a fetus on the alter of pride, to cover shame, to continue a college education or relationship, etc. Some are willing to sacrifice their own children's needs on the alter of success, friends or financial reasons. Many are willing to break the law or ruin Financial credit, a sacrifice on the alter of material things. Today, young children and teens are sacrificed on the alter of profit from s*x trafficking. Many husbands and fathers sacrifice their entire family on the alter of an adulterous relationship.
6). Literally, there are books printed listing false gods from A to Z. A to Z signifies or represents the range of needs or desires.
Scripture tells us that Creator God is the god from A-Z. He is the Alpha and the Omega. This means that God can fulfill every need. He alone can meet all your needs and wants according to His will.
Do you believe this? If God can meet all our needs and wants why do people create false gods?
🔸First, Holy God. He will not fulfill selfish needs.
🔸Second, if they seek a Holy God, they will have to serve Him. Serving God means to obey God in holiness, righteousness.
Scripture tells us “ No One seeks a Holy God”. No one seeks holiness, righteousness or to do good. We don’t desire to be holy….Wait, a lot of people try to do good, right? God says ….in the natural people do good in order to gain something, there is a “Selfish motive”. Men in the natural seek selfish gain and pride.. Man does not seek the deep Holy things of God.
Romans 3:10-12
10 As it is written:
“There is no one righteous, not even one;
11 there is no one who understands;
there is no one who seeks God.
12 All have turned away,
they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
not even one.”
7.) Man instead seeks gods that will “serve himself”. Man seeks the shallow things of life. Men seek a genie in a bottle to grant all our wishes or Santa Clause to gives us gifts because we think we are deserving. Another category we can add is religion. Religion promises if you are good, God will bless you. The motive here is blessings. God can bless but, we should not seek him for blessings.
Without Jesus Christ, men will remain in the natural selfish flesh. The carnal is foremost interested in serving him or herself at the cost of sacrificing everything…
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
🔹Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
8. ). So what is God’s answer to our selfish carndd nature?
The passage below says that God reveals HImself to us. We do not seek a Holy God. Scripture is telling us that God draws us to Holiness. Does God reveal His Holiness to all men? Scripture says He does. We have the option to accept or reject.
Isaiah 65:1
"I was found by those who do not seek me. I reveal myself to those who did not ask for me."
John 6:44
No one can come to me except the Father draws him.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave HIs only begotten son that whoever believes will have eternal life.
10) Without Holiness we cannot have Eternal life……..God desires to transform us to His Holy people, into the image of Christ. He did this by sending his son to die for the sins of the world on the cross. Those who trust in Jesus are granted the “gift of righteousness” or right standing with God. We can never earn a right standing. It is through the power of the Holy Spirit that we begin to desire for holiness.
🔸In the presence of God we come to hate our sin, not continue to love it We must live holy selfless lives in order that our lives will give glory to God.
God can give the people who seek Him all that they desire. All the things from A to Z. All that we desire, all our needs, our wants. He will give it to his people who have become selfless. Who will not step over people in their selfishness.
Today, you might be guilty of seeking God for your needs and your wants. That's the natural man. All men are guilty of that.
Perhaps God revealed His holiness to you and you rejected it. Its a sacrifice to live for God and His will. It is a sacrifice to give up your personal will and die to “self daily” to serve the living God and seek Holines.
Perhaps today you are ready to seek Holy God as He has revealed Himself through this study. You now know that He is the Alpha and the Omega. He can supply all your needs. He can also supply all your wants but, only if you are willing to sacrifice it all on the alter of serving the "one true God", through Jesus Christ.
🔹Matthew 6:33
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
🔹Hebrews 12:14
…”without holiness no one will see the Lord.”
11) PRAYER:
Father, forgive me for my selfishness and for seeking you because I need you and n order to satisfy my desires, instead of seeking holiness. Forgive me for placing my needs and wants before you. I have been living to serve myself. I am ready to sacrifice it all on the alter of serving you, the one true God. Lord, I do not want to reject your holiness anymore. I am ready to surrender my life to you and trust you for my life. I am ready to follow Jesus and crucifying my flesh to follow Jesus in a life of righteousness. In Jesus Holy wonderful name, amen.