In the depths of a personal relationship with God, one discovers the richness of knowing Him. According to John 17:3, eternal life is found in knowing the only true God and Jesus Christ, whom He has sent. The prophet Jeremiah emphasizes that true wisdom lies in understanding and knowing the Lord, as seen in Jeremiah 9:23-24. Through Scripture, such as Hebrews 4:12 and Psalms 119:105, God's Word illuminates the path to intimacy with Him, and Paul's desire, expressed in Philippians 3:10, is to know Christ and the power of His resurrection. This knowledge transforms one's life and fosters a deeper devotion to God.
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Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches. But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception. Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”