If you want to know what God Looks like, look at Jesus.
If you want to know what God Sounds like, listen to Jesus.
If you want to know how God acts, watch Jesus.
If you want to know what God loves or hates, pay attention to Jesus.
If you want to know what God’s purposes are, note the trajectory of Jesus.
No, Jesus is not physically present, and that, to be honest, is a complication. It’s at least not ideal if you’re trying to get to know someone. So then, on to the next best thing: Read the Gospels. More than that, marinate yourself in the Gospels. Let them be the primary source of input about Jesus and God and the Spirit and faith and sin and humanity and how it all blends together. Let them be the primary force that shapes how you see reality.
The Gospels may not contain everything that you wish they did, or address every question you have, or provide parallels for every situation you encounter, but they contain enough. The Gospels contain enough to start to give you a really good sense of what kind of person Jesus was—and thus, what kind being God is. Which will also start to give you a good sense of what he is not.
If it doesn’t resonate with the qualities of Jesus, it’s probably not God.
