Experience is so important in the Christian life!
The trend is to downplay experience and exalt knowledge. But then we can just get a whole bunch of pagans who know how to quote the Bible.
It is like thirsty travelers in a desert who find a watermelon. Instead of cutting it open and drinking from the melony nectar inside, they start discussing whether the melon will be red or yellow on the inside, whether it will be sweet or sour, and in the end they die of thirst.
Experience is important because Christ is alive today, the covenant God makes with people in Jeremiah 32 and Ezekiel 37 is not a farse, it can be experienced in real life!! All that good heavenly blessing and deep peace, righteousness and joy from the Holy Spirit can be experienced!
But that makes knowledge so important doesn't it? It is important because without so, our experience will be just superstition, and we will worship a false god.
So dive into the Bible, make sure what you find is the true vine, then drink my dear friends! drink deeply until you are satisfied fully!
