Mission Statement


Furtherance of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Quiet Time Ministries is established as a Christian teaching ministry for the furtherance of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as revealed in The Holy Bible through dissemination of educational and inspirational materials to the general public, and including, but not limited to lectures, publications, or otherwise. The corporation is organized and operated exclusively for religious purposes within the meaning of Section 501(3)(c) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions are tax deductible under Section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code. Quiet Time Ministries is a religious corporation under Section 23701d of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State of California.

Teaching Devotion To God and His Word
Quiet Time Ministries is an interdenominational ministry committed to teaching devotion to God and His Word to men and women though out the world. This mission is carried out through devotional resources, conferences and retreats, and an online ministry. It is our desire to see men and women become "radical disciples, wholeheartedly devoted to Jesus Christ, and recklessly abandoned to the will of God." It is our firm belief that commitment to Christ will grow in direct proportion to the development and consistent experience of quiet time alone with God in His Word and in prayer.

Our commitment to this mission is based on God's invitation, "Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10 (NIV), His command, "Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts, boast of this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things, declares the Lord. Jeremiah 9:23-24 (NASB), and His promise, "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose trust is the Lord, for he will be like a tree planted by the water, that extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes; but its leaves will be green, and it will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit. Jeremiah 17:7-8 (NASB)

Statement of Faith

Integrating Motif and Outline from original manuscript by Catherine Martin ©1993 [Bethel Theological Seminary]

Statement Of Faith Integrating Motif

by Catherine Martin

KNOWING GOD

“This is what the Lord says: ’Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom, or the strong man boast of his strength, or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for in these I delight,’ declares the Lord.”   Jeremiah 9:23-24

            Knowing God is the highest goal any human being may attain and is the great desire of the heart of God for his people.

What It Means to Know God

            Knowing God may be defined as a personal, intimate relationship with the Creator of heaven and earth.  It actually involves an experience of interaction and interchange with the One who brought about our very existence.  This interchange includes a growth in understanding the nature and attributes of God and a vital, life-giving participation in His blessings.

Knowing God - The Integrating Motif in Theology

            Knowing God is the integrating motif in all of theology.  It moves Christianity from a mere religion to the reality of a relationship with the God of all Creation.  Knowing God implies that God exists, that he may be known, that he desires to be known, and that he has revealed himself in such a way that human beings may relate to him.  The existence of God is made evident in his creation (Psalm 19), through the word of God, and through his Son, Jesus Christ (Hebrews 1:3, John 1:18 ).  That God may be known is evidenced by his relationship with Adam and Eve, and then through such saints as Abraham who was called the “friend of God,” David who was a “man after God’s own heart,” and Moses who spoke with God face to face.  God’s desire to be known is observed in his relationship with his chosen people, the nation of Israel .  Throughout the prophets, God’s words are heard over and over again: “my people have forgotten me, days without number” (Jeremiah 2:32b).  God’s longing to have his people know him is seen most clearly in the lengths to which he was willing to go to make this possible: He sent His only begotten son, Jesus Christ, to earth to die for man’s sin and restore the fellowship and relationship that was lost in the Garden of Eden.

            The centrality of the theme, “Knowing God,” is seen in Jesus’ words to God, “Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent” (John 17:3).  Paul said that he counted everything loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus (Philippians 3:8).  The Holy Spirit indwells the people of God so that God might make his home in them and they might grow in their knowledge of him (John 14).  In heaven, the ultimate fulfilment of God’s desire for his people to know him will occur because then they will “see his face” and they will “be his people and he will be their God.”

Knowing God - Its relationship to Life and Ministry

            The greatest pursuit in life is to know God.  The most important time a person can spend is time along with God cultivating an intimate relationship through prayer and reading and studying God’s Word.  To know God, a person must first be established in that relationship by receiving Christ as Savior and Lord - a full surrender of the heart to God.  Then they must learn how to seek God and how to spend time alone with him.

            Ministry is two-fold.  First, others must be led to Christ, that they might come to know the Triune God (John 14:6).  Then, men and women must be discipled in how to effectively grow in their relationship with God.  It is essential to learn how to study God’s Word for themselves with the goal of  knowing God.  My own life is to be an example of one who continually seeks to know God and relate to him.  Knowing God - it is the greatest pursuit in life.     

Copyright © 1993 Catherine Martin

OUTLINE FOR STATEMENT OF FAITH

I.  The Revelation of God - Because God has revealed himself, he may be known.

“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.”  Deuteronomy 29:29

A.           General Revelation

B.           Special Revelation

a.                   God’s Word

1.                          Inspiration

2.                          Inerrancy

3.                          Illumination

4.                          Authority

b.                   Jesus Christ - His Person  John 1:18

1.                          Deity of Jesus Christ

2.                          Humanity of Jesus Christ           

II.  God - His Attributes and Works are such that he may be known.

“The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion, and sin.”  Exodus 34:6 b-7a   “Come near to God and he will come near to you.”  James 4:8

A.           Attributes of God

B.           The Trinity

C.           Works of God

a.                   Creation

b.                   Angels and Demons, Satan

c.                   Providence

III.  Humanity - People were created to know God.

“Know that the LORD is God.  It is he who made us, and we are his.”  Psalm 100:3a

"Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”  John 17:3

A.           Human Nature

B.           Purpose of Mankind

IV.  Sin - That which separates people from God and prevents knowledge of him.

“Your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.”  Isaiah 59:2

A.           Nature of Sin

B.           Nature and Extent of Original Sin

C.           Effects of Sin

V.  The Works of Jesus Christ - To make it possible for people to know God.

“...we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body.”  Hebrews 10:19-20

“...I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through me.”  John 14:6

A.           Prophet - His Representation of God

B.           Priest - His Atonement and Mediation

C.           King - His Rule over all   

VI.  Salvation - The only way to know God.

“To all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.”  John 1:12

A.          Election

B.          Conversion and Regeneration

C.          Justification

D.          Adoption and Reconciliation

E.          Sanctification

F.          Assurance of Salvation

G.          Perseverance of the Saints

H.          Glorification     

VII.  The Holy Spirit - Through him we may know God in the actual experience of life.

“And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever - the Spirit of truth...you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.  I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”  John 14:16-18

A.           His person

B.           His purpose

C.           His work

VIII.  The Church - That the world might come to know God.

“How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”  Romans 10:15 b

“For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.”  II Corinthians 2:15

A.           Nature And Functions of the Church

B.           Officers of the Church

C.           Ordinances of the Church

IX.  Last Things - The final culmination and realization of what it means to know God.

“And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them.  They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.’”  Revelation 21:3

“No longer will there be any curse.  The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city and his servants will serve him.  They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.”  Revelation 22:3-4

A.           Death

B.           Intermediate State

C.           Second Coming of Christ

D.           Rapture and Resurrection

E.           Events Surrounding Second Coming Of Christ

F.           Heaven - The Eternal State For Believers

X.  Conclusion

"For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall know fully just as I also have been fully known.”  I Corinthians 13:12

Knowledge of God during our brief stay on earth is incomplete.  We may only see the bare outlines of that which the Holy Spirit illumines in our hearts of the Person of God in Jesus Christ (I Corinthians 2:10 ).  Perfect knowledge of God - the pure beauty and intimacy of an experiential sharing of communion with our Creator - will occur in heaven.  Until then, we hope for what we do not see and with perseverance we eagerly wait for it (Romans 8:25 ).

“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him!”  I Corinthians 2:9

Copyright © 1993 Catherine Martin

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