How can we truly know God? Either I know about the God I seek from my own experience and insights (along with all the assumptions and meaning I place on history) that are entirely within myself… or I know about him based on his revelation of his own Son. We have to choose. If I say where God will be, I will always find a god who is agreeable and comfortable; one who my world view and preferences. But if it is God who says where he will be found, then it is almost certain to be a place that is not comfortable or easy. That place is the Cross of Christ. And when we draw near to the Cross we must do so in the way that the Sermon on the Mount requires. That doesn’t correspond with our preferences and is most often completely contrary. But this is the place where we find God… the Cross of Christ.

If you want a link to the book that Rob mentioned, you can find it here: http://amzn.to/2odZDVy