What is the key to truly knowing God?
GotQuestions Bible questions answered https://www.gotquestions.org/ All rights reserved-Published with permission Within all of us there exists a strong desire to be known and to know others. The most important Person to know is our Creator. In fact, Jesus taught that eternal life is not just a span of time; it is a relationship: “Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent” ( John 17:3 ). The key to truly knowing God is found in what God has revealed about Himself in the Bible. He wants to be known (see Acts 17:27 ). The problem is our sinfulness. We are all sinful ( Romans 3 ), and we fall short of the standard of holiness required to commune with God. We have “exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles” ( Romans 1:23 ). So, in order to truly know God, we must first acknowledge our sin and repent of it (see Acts 3:19 ). In turning from si