Known by the Father:
1 Corinthians 8:3
3 but
if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.
How does one know that God even
knows he/she exists? This verse tells us one of the ways. Do you love God? If
so, then you are known by Him. This is because we cannot love anyone in the way
this verse means without knowing Him and having His Spirit dwelling within us.
Since God is love, we cannot have this kind of love without having Him. This
knowing by the Father is much more than knowing some acquaintance. It is a deep
intimate knowing of us by Him.
If you could hear God speak to you, I believe this is what
He would say:
"My
children, you know Me. The world tries to find Me by their own works and by
their own searching. But you are not searching for Me. You have found Me. You
cannot find Me by searching. I cannot be found; for I hide Myself from those
that would find Me. I seek after those that I would be found by. I seek them
out and I call them by name; and they come unto Me and I love them and they
rejoice in Me. You have found Me because I willed it to be so. I let you find
Me because I desire to have an intimate relationship with you. Do not think
that the world can find Me by their good works and high education. You cannot
find Me that way. You can find Me only when I desire that you do so. Then you
are Mine forever.”
15. Since I love God,
then I am intimately known by Him.
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