Christianity is Not a Thing or an Adjective It is a Relationship with the Living Person of Christ
- Andy McIlvain
- Jun 6, 2024
- 1 min read
Video from Paul VanderKlay
Christianity is Not a Thing or an Adjective It is a Relationship with the Living Person of Christ
How to Have Intimacy with God
Intimacy with God is available to you. It is as accessible to you as God’s promises. And God’s invitation to you to enjoy intimate fellowship with him is that thing that is putting your faith to the test more than anything else (James 1:2–4).
The Heart of Intimacy
Intimacy is what we call the experience of really knowing and being known by another person. We frequently use spatial language when describing this experience. An intimate friend is someone we feel very close to; they know us at a deep level. If something happens that damages the intimacy with our friend, they feel distant from us. Or a person who doesn’t know us intimately knows us at a superficial level.
But of course intimacy is not spatial but relational. We all know what it’s like to be sitting right next to a person with whom we feel distant and we can feel close to a person who is four thousand miles away.
“Biblical knowledge is far better than gold when it fuels our trust in God. Otherwise, it only fuels our pride.”
What makes us feel intimate with another person? While there are many ingredients to intimacy and each intimate relationship we have has a different recipe, common to all of them is trust. We cannot be intimate with a person we don’t trust..." from the article: How to Have Intimacy with God
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