To know the Lord is more than academic knowledge. Knowing the Lord is through a personal faith relationship (Hebrews 11:1-6). Faith is confidence and trust in the Lord. Faith knows God in a personal relationship through the Lord Jesus Christ. We come to God the Father through faith in God the Son (John 14:6).
God proves his love for us at the cross of Jesus (Romans 5:8). To know the Lord is to know God's love (1 John 4:8). Faith receives God's love in Christ (John 3:16). To know the Lord is knowing real love in your heart, through the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5).
To know the Lord is through a covenant relationship. The Lord Jesus Christ is our surety of the covenant. God promises with a covenant oath that cannot be broken. Such covenant promises are everlasting. We take God at the word of his promise. All the promises of God are Yes and Amen for us in Christ (2 Corinthians 1:20).
Know the Lord, for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them (Hebrews 8:11). Believers know the Lord today through the everlasting covenant in Christ (Hebrews 13:20-21). Lord is God's personal covenant name. To know the Lord is through a personal covenant relationship in Christ.
