Christianity
is not about intellectual ascent to certain truths (although it
includes that). It's about relationship. It's important to know the
Bible well – it's the Word of God after all. But we can't stop
there. The Pharisees knew the Bible (the Old Testament at least)
better than we ever will, and they missed their Messiah because they
knew all about God but didn't know God.
We
might know about something (head knowledge), but we really don't know
something (heart knowledge) until we've experienced it. Until our
experience, it isn't real to us.
The
same is true with Jesus. At some point, we have to experience
intimacy with him. We can't say we know someone with whom we have no
common experiences.
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