✍🏽 Steal My Notes — MDWK Edition
Church isn’t meant to be a once-a-week experience. The Word keeps walking with us through the week. 💛 So whether you were able to join us live for MDWK or you’re just catching up now, here are my personal notes, takeaways, and little “pause and think about that…” moments from this week’s Bible study.
These aren’t polished theology essays 😂 just honest notes from someone learning, growing, studying, and trying to stay attentive to what God is saying.
My prayer is that something here encourages you, helps you revisit the message, sparks deeper study, or reminds you of something you may have forgotten to write down in the moment. Let’s get into it ✨
Can God be known? May 27, 2026
The week’s MDWK Bible Study session led by Minister Abrianna McBride-Babalola explored the question, “Can God be known?” Scripture shows that the invisible God makes Himself fully visible in Jesus and accessible through the Holy Spirit. Because Christ has finished His mission of revealing the Father and giving us eternal life, believers already possess intimate knowledge of God in their reborn spirits; our lifelong task is to let that truth permeate our hearts, souls, minds, and bodies. The group walked through key passages, contrasted Saul and David, and discussed practical ways to move from mere information to transformative relationship.
Main Points
Jesus is the exact revelation of the unchanging God.
Hebrews 13:8 anchors the discussion: Jesus Christ is “eternally changeless.”
Colossians 1:15 calls Jesus “the exact living image…the visible representation of the invisible [God].”
Therefore, to see Jesus is to see the Father; knowing Christ answers the question, “What is God really like?”
Eternal life equals knowing God (John 17)
In His high‑priestly prayer Jesus defines eternal life: “that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” Jesus declares His mission complete because He “manifested” the Father's real self on earth.
If Christ accomplished that work, the manifestation we see in Him is the authentic picture of God.
God's higher thoughts: the redemption plan (Isaiah 55)
The famous “My thoughts are higher” text, read in context, points to salvation. God's unexpected plan to pardon the wicked through the future Messiah.
Isaiah 55 moves from invitation (“Come, buy without money”) to promise (“My word will not return void”), showing God's mercy that still endures.
The Spirit unveils what eye has not seen (1 Corinthians 2)
Paul quotes “Eye has not seen…” but continues: “God has revealed them to us through the Spirit.”
Believers have already received the Spirit “so that we may know and understand” what God freely gives.
Conclusion: God can indeed be known, and the Holy Spirit is the means by which we know Him.
Moving truth from spirit to soul, mind, and body
A diagram was presented:
Spirit (reborn, holds complete knowledge of God)
Heart (overlap of spirit & soul: faith, conviction)
Soul (will, emotions, personality, decisions)
Mind (overlap of soul & body: thoughts, reasoning, imagination, memory)
Body (actions, habits, senses)
God has done His part; placing His Spirit in us. Our part is intentional fellowship: Scripture, prayer, worship, community, obedience.
Illustration: replaying an offense shows how imagination can pull the body into past pain; believers can use that same mechanism positively by meditating on God's Word until it shows up in feelings and actions.
Case study: Saul vs. David
Saul outwardly impressive but inwardly empty; repeatedly disobeyed (1 Samuel 13; 15), blamed others, and lacked quick repentance.
David “a man after God's own heart”; cultivated history with God, meditated on the law, and repented quickly when confronted.
Lesson: obedience flows from a heart shaped by God's Word. Refusing that process wastes time and can bring painful consequences, though God's dealings remain redemptive.
Key Truths
Jesus settles forever what God is like; He is the Father made visible.
Eternal life is present‑tense knowledge of God, not just future destination.
The Holy Spirit indwells believers to disclose God's thoughts and gifts.
Transformation travels from spirit through heart, soul, mind, and finally body.
Obedience preserves time and purpose; persistent disobedience invites discipline but even that is meant to redeem.
Our Response
Abide in the Gospels this week and study how Jesus reveals the Father.
Invite the Holy Spirit to move truth from your spirit into a specific decision you face.
Practice meditative rehearsal of Scripture, not resentments.
Repent quickly when convicted; don't rationalize like Saul.
Engage with community; share questions, testimonies, and pray for deeper knowledge of God together.
God has done everything necessary for us to know Him: He showed Himself in Christ and placed His Spirit inside us. Our opportunity now is to cooperate, letting that indwelling reality shape every thought, choice, and habit. Obedience is better than sacrifice, and quick repentance keeps us aligned with His higher plan.
“Now we have received the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know and understand the wonderful things freely given to us by God.”
Tune in next Thursday for the next recap of MDWK!
