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Relationship with God

The sole purpose of our creation was to have a relationship with God and give
God pleasure. Revelation 4 vs 11 says, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive
glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy
pleasure they are and were created. This is the purpose why we were
created.
One of the most important things about relationship is to understand the
person with whom you are going to have relationship with, and that also
applies to God. You need to understand the basic nature and character of God
in order to have a healthy relationship with Him. Misunderstanding His
character and nature is one of the reasons many people dont have a positive
relationship with Him.
This is exactly what happened in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve
were tempted by the serpent. They entered into temptation, ultimately
disobeyed God, and plunged the whole human race into sin because they
lacked an understanding of Gods nature. Eve was convinced by a talking
snake that she didn't have everything she needed to make her happy. How
could this happen? It's understandable how people today are discontent and
looking for something, but Adam and Eve were perfect. They were living in a
perfect world with no problems. How could they fall for such a line?
One of the factors was that they didn't really know God. You may think,
"What, they walked and talked with God every day in the cool of the evening.
Certainly they knew God!" But they didn't really know the nature and
character of our loving Father, or they would never have believed the lie that
God was keeping something good from them. Before Satan could tempt Eve
to eat the forbidden fruit, he had to make her believe that the Lord didn't
have her best interests in mind.
The bible says God is love (1 John 4 vs 8). Thats the true nature of God. If u
want to have a perfect relationship with God, you need to learn to trust Gods
love. When you walk in the revelation of Gods love you wont be afraid,
because there is no fear in love. 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but
perfect love casts out fear: because fear has torment. He that fears is not
made perfect in love.
You need to know through reading and studying his word. Knowing God
through His Word is better than having some visible or audible experience.
That's what Peter said. In 2 Peter 1:15-21, Peter was trying to assure his
readers that the Gospel he had communicated to them was not just some
fable or tradition he had heard. He had known Jesus personally. He even saw
Jesus on the mountain when he began to radiate light, and the audible voice
of God came out of heaven saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am
well pleased; hear ye him" (Matt. 17:5). Peter doesn't stop there. He goes on
to say, "We have also a more sure word of prophecy" (2 Pet. 1:19). Wait!
What could be better or more trustworthy than seeing and hearing for
yourself that Jesus was God. In verse 20, he says that the "more sure word" is
the Scriptures. The Scriptures are more sure (reliable) than our own senses.
Most of us have not had this attitude. In fact, many people only study the

Word hoping that by doing so, they can attain to some experience. If that
experience were to come, they would throw the Bible down in a second and
go for the experience. We have become so dominated by sense knowledge
that in most people's lives, it dominates everything else.
That was Eve's problem. She wanted to experience for herself what good and
evil were. She wanted knowledge that only came by experience. God's Word
wasn't good enough. She had to feel it. Sound familiar? Just as with Eve,
Satan has deceived us into thinking that what we have is not enough.

The Lord said, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" (Hosea 4:6).
Specifically, the knowledge about the very nature and character of God is
missing. Galatians 5:6 says faith works by love. If we really knew the love of
God in an intimate way, our faith would work. Peter summed it all up in 2
Peter. 1:3 by saying, "According as his divine power hath given unto us all
things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that
hath called us to glory and virtue." If we're missing some "thing" that God has
promised us, then we have a knowledge problem.
If you want a positive relationship with God you need to know God through
his word. Develop your relationship with God and enjoy the benefits.

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