To Know or not To Know
Mormons have a ‘father of us all god’, Muslims have ‘Alah’, North American Indians had ‘gitchy manito’ (spelling?), Candace has a ‘frontal lobotomy god’, what’s his name has ‘god is greater than us all but we are all god - god’ (wholism), others have an ‘electro chemical zap god’, liberal ‘christians’ have a ‘myth god’ (Gen 1-13,14,15... are myth), there are those who have a ‘supreme being god’, jw ‘know of god’, catholics orthadox anglican have ‘god’, CS had ‘aslan’; so the question is do all roads lead to heaven?
They “profess that they know God” Tts 1:16 “but” as Rom 1:21 says “When they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God... and their foolish heart was darkened...” it does not mean ‘to know’ in an absolute sence but rather to be aware of God. Every body is aware of God. Few know or are known by God. So who is the god that they know?
1Jhn 5:20 the God that John taught of is the true God
Heb 8:6-13 we find the true God in the NT Gospel
1Jhn 2:3-6 we have to be footstep followers of Jesus
Jhn the antithesis of agnostic, ‘know’ appears 27 times in1-3Jhn and 70 in thegospel
Jhn 17:3 “this is life eternal, that they might KNOW You the ONLY true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” To KNOW God is to BE covered by the blood of Jesus and therefore have access inside the veil to be With God.
Heb 10:26-31 Judgment waits for those who “have done despite to the Spirit of grace” 2Thess 1:8 “the Lord shall be revealed from heaven in flaming fire taking vengence on those who Do Not KNOW God ...” Matt 7:22-23 “Lord have we not ... done many wonderful things in your name?” But the Lord says “depart from Me, you who work iniquity, I never knew you ! !” meaning that it was NOT God whom they thought they knew.
IT IS True that two people can use all the same words and expressions and be talking about two entirely differant things and one or the other or both be blithly unaware of what is happening ! ! Jesus told us to be wise and discerning.

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