There’s two types of relationships: I-it and I-Thou. God is often treated as an it by us

1. Numbers 16:1–50 :: Korah and others must not recognize God as Who He is but as a force over which people took control
2. Numbers 22:1–41 :: was Balaam trying to manipulate God?
3. Numbers 23:1–30: was Balaam trying to manipulate God?
4. Numbers 31:16 :: Balaam wouldn’t have advised such a tactic had he believed in God is Who He is
5. Judges 17:1-13 :: An Ephraimite thought he could hire his own priest which means he didn’t really know God
6. Judges 18:1–31 :: Danites “steal” a priest as a way to get permission for their deeds
7. 1 Samuel 2:12–16 :: Eli’s sons disrespecting the offering
8. 1 Samuel 4:3
9. 1 Samuel 4:21 :: Eli’s daughter-in-law conflated God with the ark
10. 1 Samuel 8:1–3 :: Samuel’s sons vile like Eli’s sons
11. 1 Samuel 13:9–10
12. 1 Samuel 14:18 :: Saul trusts in the ephod
13. 1 Samuel 15:1–2, 7–15
14. 1 Kings 12:25–30 :: Jeroboam didn’t know the Lord or he wouldn’t have created golden calves but he somehow heeded the prophet Ahijah
15. 1 Kings 13:1–10
16. 1 Kings 18:17 :: King Ahab who married Jezebel thought Elijah the prophet was the power behind the lack of rain etc
17. 2 Kings 8:7–15 :: King Ben Hadad of Syria wanted to know the future so asked Elijah but not from a place of knowing the Lord
18. 2 Chronicles 25:1–16 :: Amaziah obeys but not from knowing the Lord
19. 2 Chronicles 26:5 :: Uzziah who obeys only while Zechariah was alive