Who Knows 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)

Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

The man who thinks he knows something

Does not know as he ought to know.

But the man who loves God is known by God. (1 Corinthians 8:1-3)

Anyone who is not working out his salvation in fear and trembling,

Does not know God. (Philippians 2:12)

If you do not fear God, in reverence and awe, you cannot love Him.

God is Love and a Consuming Fire.

The Consuming Fire of God upholds His absolute Holiness.

The Grace, Mercy, and Forgiveness of God uphold His Love.

Without Holiness there is no Love.

Without Love there is no Holiness.

Holiness and Love comprise the essence of God.

No one knows God who does not understand that:

Sin is the scourge of mankind,

Every man is born with a sin nature; born a sinner,

Without God's forgiveness every person is destined for an Eternal Hell.

Christ Jesus is the only God sent Savior for this fallen world.

Without the cleansing of the blood of Christ, there is no forgiveness of sin.

Unless you are buried with Christ, into His death burial and resurrection

Through the waters of baptism, you remain a sinner.

Without being Born Again, of the Spirit of Christ, you have no hope;

Without Christ living in you have no hope.

It is Christ in you the hope of Glory and nothing else. (Colossians 1:27)

The command of Christ is that you be Baptized in the Holy Spirit

And with the cleansing fire of that same Spirit;

That you have the same experience as did the 120 on The Day of Pentecost.

(Acts 1:4-5)

Without faith, no one can please God.

Faith without works is dead, and works without faith is dead.

(James 2:14-26)

Once one comes to faith in Christ Jesus,

There is a fallen world and the evil one who rules it to overcome.

Those who overcome, do so by the blood of the Lamb, Christ,

And the word of their testimony;

Not loving this life so much as to shrink from death. (Revelation 12:11)

We overcome by the power of the Spirit of Christ living in us

As Christ alone is able to overcome the evil one.

Those who know God, love Him with all their heart, soul, mind and strength

And their neighbor as themselves.

They seek first and above all else the Kingdom of God.

They worship God in Spirit and in Truth.

They have given up their life in this life to obtain the LIFE of Christ;

They have denied themselves and taken up their cross daily to follow Christ;

They acknowledge Christ and His Word before men,

And Christ acknowledges them before His Father in Heaven. (Luke 9:23-27)

They have maintained their First Love;

Their passion for God and His Kingdom. (Revelation 2:1-7)

They pray fervently that the Kingdom of God would come to earth

As in Heaven.

Understanding that this prayer calls for the dissolution

Of the kingdom of this world, the kingdom of Satan;

And that this prayer will be answered exactly as described in God's Word.

The question each person must answer is: Do you know God?

All Eternity is at stake for each one of us!

This world in its present form is passing away; it will soon be gone!

What then, for you?

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!