Knowing God

In John 17 Jesus says that eternal life is knowing God, and Jesus Whom He has sent. We can have a real, intimate relationship with our Lord. We learn Truth through this relationship and others. That's why strong discipling relationships are so important. We learn alot through Scripture alone, but when we see Scripture modeled through godly relationships, it enhances our understanding. It has been said that married people can know God in ways that celebate people can't. This is because God designed for marriage to be a picture of Christ and His church. Single people can know the Lord as their husband in ways that married people can't. Just as husbands in Scripture are said to "know" their wives, so Jesus' bride can know Him intimately in a spiritual sense. Don't be like the foolish virgins to whom Jesus said, "I never knew you." That doesn't mean He didn't know they existed. It means He didn't know them intimately and personally.