If you know the Lord, it's far more than academic knowledge. To know the Lord is to trust him. That's faith in God's new covenant promises (Jeremiah 32:40). Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the surety of the better covenant (Hebrews 7:22).
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. Believers know God in a personal covenant relationship through Christ.
If you know the Lord, you have a personal faith relationship with God (Hebrews 11:1-6). Faith is confidence in God, trusting him. Faith knows God in a personal relationship through 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). If you know the Lord, you know God's love (1 John 4:8). Faith receives God's love in Christ (John 3:16). If you know the Lord, you know real love in your heart, through the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5).
If you know the Lord, it's through the everlasting covenant. Your faith is in the Lord Jesus Christ. God promises with a covenant oath that cannot be broken. Such covenant promises are everlasting. Believers take God at the word of his promise. All the promises of God are Yes and Amen in Christ (2 Corinthians 1:20).
