"For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
"And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
"For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more." (Hebrews 8: 10-12)
Not as a ritual, not as a requirement, but as a recognition receive that wonderful gift of righteousness and grace (Romans5: 17) which God the Father gives to us because of the death and resurrection of His Son for all our sins, and thus granting to us the righteousness of God which we could not earn through our obedience (Acts 13: 38-39).
There are no "steps" to knowing God. In fact, the more that we rest in the truth that all our sins are put away, sent away forever, the more that we will know the Lord. Yet to this day, there are preachers and teachers who are outlining steps to know or experience God. The Holy Spirit is a constant witness in the lives of every believer, that we are righteous (John 16: 10) children of God (Romans 8: 15) who appear before God in Christ (1 John 4: 17)
We know God not in what we do, but rather in believing that He knows us: "But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?" (Galatians 4: 9)
When we know that God knows us, we are drawn away from ourselves, focusing on the things that we must do, and instead we receive from Him all things, since His work has enforced the New Covenants. He will be to us a "God" and we are to Him a "people". More than a relationship, God establishes a covenant with us. We do not have to do "anything" to know Him accept believe on Jesus, (John 6: 29) who He is and what He has done.
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