Lesson 8: The Knowability of God – Can We Really Know Him Personally?
The God Who Wants to Be Known
God is not distant. He’s not hidden in the clouds, uninterested in our lives, or reserved only for a spiritual elite. From the beginning, God has made it clear—He desires to be known. He walked with Adam in the garden. He spoke to Abraham as a friend. He revealed Himself to Moses face to face. And now, through Christ and the Holy Spirit, He has made the way for every believer to know Him intimately.
John 17:3 records Jesus’ words:
“And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”
Eternal life isn’t just about going to heaven. It’s about knowing God personally—relationally, intimately, and experientially. This is the heart of the gospel. And it’s at the center of everything we believe in the Word of Faith movement. God’s desire isn’t just to be obeyed. He wants to be known.
We Know Him Because He Revealed Himself
We don’t come to know God through human effort, philosophy, or religious striving. We know Him because He chose to reveal Himself. If He had remained silent, we would still be in darkness. But God, in His love, stepped into our world and made Himself known.
He revealed Himself in His creation (Romans 1:20).
He revealed Himself through His Word (2 Timothy 3:16).
He revealed Himself in Jesus Christ (John 1:14).
And He reveals Himself now by the Holy Spirit (John 16:13-15).
This means our relationship with God is not built on guesswork. We don’t hope that He hears us—we know it. We don’t wonder what He’s like—we see Him in Jesus. And as we stay in the Word, led by the Spirit, we grow in our personal knowledge of Him.
Knowledge That Grows and Transforms
In Word of Faith teaching, we believe that revelation knowledge changes everything. That’s why Paul prayed in Ephesians 1:17–18,
“…that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him…”
We don’t just need facts about God. We need revelation knowledge—truth made alive in our hearts by the Spirit. This kind of knowing doesn’t just educate you—it empowers you. It takes what’s written on the page and writes it on your spirit.
This is how spiritual authority increases—not by collecting information, but by encountering God through His Word. The more you know Him, the more you trust Him. The more you trust Him, the more your faith works. And the more your faith works, the more you walk in Kingdom victory.
Yes, God Is Incomprehensible—But Not Unknowable
It’s true that we’ll never fully grasp the greatness of God. He is infinite—we are not. Isaiah 55:9 says, “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways…” But don’t confuse that with distance or unavailability.
Just because you can’t know everything about God doesn’t mean you can’t know anything about Him. What He has revealed about Himself is real, trustworthy, and meant to be known deeply.
Think about marriage. A husband and wife may spend decades learning about each other and still discover new things. But that doesn’t mean they don’t know one another. It simply means the relationship is alive, dynamic, and growing. The same is true with God.
Our knowledge of Him is progressive—it deepens over time. It grows through time in His Word, through worship, prayer, obedience, and most of all, by fellowship with the Holy Spirit.
Knowing God Produces Faith
You can’t trust a God you don’t know. That’s why Satan works overtime to distort God’s character. If he can convince you that God is harsh, distant, or unpredictable, then your faith will be weak and your prayers will be powerless.
But the more you know the truth about who God is—the more you understand His goodness, His faithfulness, His mercy, His power—the more confidently you’ll believe His promises. Faith comes alive in the soil of intimacy.
Daniel 11:32 says,
“The people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.”
Notice the order: knowing God produces strength, and strength leads to action. You can’t do exploits for God without first knowing Him. That’s why every Kingdom leader must be a student—not just of theology, but of God Himself. Our goal is not just to know doctrine. Our goal is to know the One the doctrine points to.
A Personal Relationship, Not Just a Positional One
One of the great dangers in theology is reducing our relationship with God to categories: saved or unsaved, justified or condemned, adopted or rejected. But God didn’t call you into categories—He called you into fellowship.
1 Corinthians 1:9 says,
“God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Yes, your position is secure in Christ. But your fellowship must be cultivated. That means making time to talk with God, to listen, to read the Word not just as a manual, but as a letter from your Father. When we know God personally, our sermons carry weight, our prayers carry power, and our lives produce fruit.
As Faith leaders, we don’t lead people to a cold theological system—we lead them to a living God who speaks, who heals, who answers, and who walks with His people.
Keep Pursuing, Keep Growing
Jeremiah 9:23–24 declares,
“Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom… but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me…”
This is what matters most: that we know Him. That we keep pressing in. That we never settle for secondhand faith or surface-level religion. God has opened the way through the blood of Jesus and the ministry of the Holy Spirit. The veil is torn. The invitation is clear.
As Kingdom leaders, we must model this pursuit. We must call people to more than behavior modification—we must lead them into relationship. Because when they know Him, everything changes.