TO KNOW GOD

INTELLECTUALISM TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: “Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him” (1 John 5:1). DAILY FIRE! God makes Himself known to those who look up to Him, in childlike hope. God would never wish to be unknown. Abraham had picked up a golden key marked “faith.” By it, he opened heaven. Men of genius are as rare as icicles in summer. Abraham was not one of them. God is not the chairman of an exclusive club for intellectuals, but He keeps His front door open for anybody. He would never deprive Himself of the love of the millions, in preference to the one-in-a-million prodigy. And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. (1 John 5:20) The suggestion that we must not believe if men of intellect do not, is not a very intellectual notion. If we had to find Him via a labyrinth of learning, He would have a very small company around Him. To have the love of the vast mass of mankind, the means had to be different. He makes Himself known to those who look up to Him in childlike hope.  You do not have to be some intellectual to know and love God: you simply love Him by faith. Taken from Daily Fire Devotional: 365 Days in God’s Word by Reinhard Bonnke. Copyright © 2015 by Reinhard Bonnke. Use by permission of Whitaker House. www.whitakerhouse.com

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