"And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent." John 17:3

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding." Proverb 9:10

Jesus Christ did not die simply that we may have knowledge of the Bible. Jesus Christ died that we may know God.

The Hebrew concept is knowing is different to the Greek concept. Greek style knowledge is scientific, academic, reasoned knowledge. It can be totally detached from emotion. To give a natural illustration of this: many know that junk food is bad for them, and exercise is helpful, but how many know it enough to be wise in these areas? Or: many know that they will die and leave the earth, but how many act as if personal accumulation of wealth is more important than giving to God's eternal purposes?

Many Christians are full of Greek style knowledge of God, and this is like a vaccine against Hebraic, full-bodied, experiential intimate knowledge of our God, who is a "consuming fire" (Hebrews 12:28).

Most of us have a mixture of Hebraic and Greek style knowledge of God. That is why many born again Christians who have had even various limited encounters with the Holy Spirit can be so deceived on so many issues. We can act as if the Word of God is not true, because our Hebraic knowledge of God is limited, and therefore we lack the fear of the Lord.

Join me on the quest to KNOW the LORD, in the Hebraic sense. This is bigger than having wealth, health, fame or influence. You can have those things and still go to hell. Even if you lost all these things, but gained the KNOWLEDGE of GOD, you would be ahead. And God can add those lesser things very quickly to your life, just as he did in Job's life after he went through all those sufferings.

Job 42:10 And the LORD restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as mu

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