KNOWING THE LORD YOURSELF

The greatest thing to ever happen to mankind is Jesus Christ. Knowing him has changed my life and it will also change yours. He is the way, the truth and the life. You can't come to God without him. He is the link to God and knowing him means knowing God. Jer 31:33-34(ESV) says(33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbour and each his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more"). 

God wants us to know him for ourselves and he wants us to come directly to him instead of through people. we can only know him through Jesus Christ. He has given us direct access to him instead of coming through intermediaries. Many people depend on their pastors for "word" from the lord. They hardly seek God for any thing but run to men of God for prophecies forgetting that the veil got torn from the top to the bottom giving us direct access to God. I believe in Pastors but they should not be your access to God because this access has been given to all.The pastors are to perfect and mature us as Christians(read Eph 4:11-13).Many people have been deceived by some pastors because they depend on them so much instead growing up and knowing God for themselves. God can speak to them about us and use them to speak to us. If God speaks to a person or pastor concerning you, he will definitely confirm it to you one way or the other. But how will he confirm it to you if you don't like seeking him and you don't know him. 

When you know God's voice no one can deceive you. If you know God, when a person or pastor comes to say something contrary to what God has told you, you will not be moved. A prophet was deceived and later killed by a lion because he listened to what an older prophet who told him what was contrary to what God had told him (1 kings13:1-34).You need to know God and his voice for yourselves.