Welcome to the In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Monday, June 16th.

The Bible tells us that every person is uniquely created by God and formed with a distinct need for him.

Here's more on how God reveals himself and how you can respond.

Of all the opportunities and privileges that you have been

afforded in life, what privilege stands out above all the rest? Somewhere along the way, all of us

could probably look at some privilege and say, this stands out above all the rest. But how does the

privilege of knowing God compare to those others? Knowing the God

of creation, knowing through a personal relationship of Jesus Christ, knowing this God who created

you, who has saved you, who has a purpose and a plan for your life, who loves you unconditionally.

Where does that understanding and that knowledge compare to all the rest? Well, I believe if you

and I think about it carefully and accurately, we'll say the greatest privilege in life is to

know God through His Son, Jesus Christ. Now, there are lots of people who do not.

There are lots of people who don't even want to.

There are lots of people who give it absolutely no thought whatsoever.

What they do not realize is this.

The greatest tragedy in life is to live your life without the knowledge of God

and to die without a knowledge of him and they spend eternity

eternally separated from God. Somebody says, well, I just don't believe that's the way it is. Well, you know what?

Your denial of the truth does not change the truth. And that is one truth that many people will

never be able to accept that the denial of the truth does not change the truth.

And so when I think about how much God has shown us about himself, how much you and I can know,

and yet how we oftentimes have allowed sin to corrupt the truth of the knowledge of God in our life,

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