Dcopymope
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I know I am jumping to this thread etc...
I see a great difference between believing what has been told to us about someone/God. And knowing Him. Paul speaks about "going on to know the Lord. Believing can very easily , and often is , a standing still ( or sitting still...) and kinds coasting into heaven...or we can "Go on to know Him.."
= no long passive. That is how I see it.
Paul was already a believer, yet he said " That I may know Him...." He saw and taught the difference.
I don't believe demons do know the Lord....they know who He is, but they do not know in the knowing way..the way Adam knew Eve..and how the relationship we have with God as The Bride = to come into perfect union ...if we indeed press on to know Him and the power of His resurrection...
The way I see it, if the demons didn't truly know God as Adam knew Eve, then they wouldn't be so afraid of his name to start with. They don't instantly buzz off in any others name but his, not Donald Trump, not Dcopymope, not any of us. That kind of fear comes from more than just knowing who he is. As far as we are concerned, if you claim to have the holy spirit, then you know him by default, and no Paul like epiphany would make you know God anymore than anyone else, much less the Devil. Whats missing from this whole discussion of "knowing" and "believing" are things like repentance, an actual change of heart, mind and soul. This would be one thing that separates you "knowing" and "believing" God from Satan and his gang of demons "knowing" God.