We know God through the sacrifice of Jesus.

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The sacrifice that Jesus Christ made for us gave us the opportunity to become children of God and thus enjoy that privilege here on earth and live in His presence.

With what shall I come before the Lord and bow myself down to the Most High God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you? To do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Micah 6:6-8

There are messages that are repeated over and over throughout the Bible. God does this so we can understand and imprint them deep in our hearts and minds: God delights far more than all our efforts to please Him or to do anything to earn His favor, the act of drawing near to Him, of seeking a relationship with Him, because that is what He seeks from us, and the act of seeking Him more than any other effort or sacrifice expresses our longing and our love for Him.
Knowing God is a great privilege, and the first step toward our blessing here on earth and in heaven forever is receiving the gift of eternal life through the death and sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The consequence of sin in humanity has separated us, thus creating a chasm between God and us. But the Lord Jesus Christ acts as mediator, as sacrifice, and eliminated that gap of separation through His death on the cross. Thus, we are not only forgiven, we have the privilege and honor of becoming children of God.

4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Galatians 4:4

So, we cannot know God without knowing Jesus Christ. That is, Jesus Christ said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." The Holy Spirit convicts us of sin and reveals to us that Christ's sacrifice is what reconciles us with God. We receive and accept that salvation and are accepted as children of God. The Holy Spirit in us reveals the Word of God, teaching us and guiding us through it to know God more and more.
Do you want to take even more advantage of the privilege of knowing God? God has given us everything we need to know Him. Let us seek to know Him more each day through His Word. Thus, our minds will be transformed, and we will understand things God's way, guided by the Holy Spirit. In this way, we share God's desire and will with the world, and thus become instruments in His hands.