Knowing About vs. Knowing
IllustrationAnalogy★★★★SPORTS buffs know a lot about celebrities and athletes whom they’ve not even met. They can cite statistics on touchdowns, home runs, and points scored. Gossips know a bunch about the latest scoop on people they don’t talk to—who divorced who and who’s hanging out with who. Pop culture junkies read the tabloids even though the people they are so interested in would pass them on the street without a nod. A Christian can come to church for years and only know about God. True knowledge of God requires a two-way conversation. Many Christians say they want to know God but don’t put the effort in to do so.
The point
We can know about celebrities and people without truly knowing them; similarly, we can know about God via church attendance without truly knowing Him through conversation and relationship.