True theology of God must contain the breath of life of Him who lives from everlasting to everlasting. Its most authentic revelation is experiential in nature. We can learn about God, but that is quite different from knowing God. The student must become His disciple to come close and ever closer to the one who is the source of all life.
Being introduced to Christ and knowing His name, knowing who He is and the salvation He offers, even trusting in Him, is only part of knowing Him. This comes through our fellowship with Him as we follow and walk in the way He has shown us. We succeed in life only when we find His way and make it our own. In the end we will overcome the world as He did.
In this way we will come to intimately know Jesus as the Bride of Christ and look with great expectation to His return to claim us as His own.
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