F.B.Meyers, in his Devotional Commentary says, "It is most necessary that Christians should bear witness to the truth," (Page 580). My purpose as God's Spokesman is to bear witness to the truth as God has revealed it to me through the Bible and his Holy Spirit, especially regarding one's relationship with him.
   The first and foremost truth is:
      God loves us and wants an intimate relationship with each of us. 
   The whole Bible is the love story of almighty God for his created beings. In the beginning, everything he created was good and pure. But in order for him to have the intimate relationship he wants, he needed to give humans a choice. Love isn't love unless it is given voluntarily. 
   Therefore, God gave Adam and Eve a choice to obey or disobey. They could eat of every tree in the garden except one. All their needs were met; they didn't need that one tree. But Satan, the fallen "angel of light," came in the form of a serpent and lied to them. He implied God wasn't fair to deprive them of that particular fruit. They yielded to the temptation and chose to disobey God.
   Previously, God had given "dominion" to Adam and Eve. This means they had the authority to rule the earth. But Satan tricked them. When he deceived them, their resultant disobedience actually transferred their dominion of the earth to Satan. This is why there is evil in the earth. This is why people get sick and die, are cruel to each other, oppress and abuse and cheat and lie. It is because Satan is the Prince of this world. (see the following scriptures about this: Genesis chapter 1, especially verses 26, 28, and 31, chapter 2 especially verses 15-24, and chapter 3).
   In essence, Satan (the devil) kidnapped the whole human race through his deception. But God did not quit loving his people. He gave a promise (see Genesis 3:15) that someday the devil's head would be crushed (i.e. he would be defeated) by one born of a woman. This was the first prophecy of the coming Messiah. Then God began to carry out his plan of Salvation by preparing a nation from which the Messiah would come. 
   When the time was right, God sent his Son, Jesus Christ, who defeated Satan by dying on the cross and then rising again. Since he was perfectly sinless, he alone was qualified to pay the price for the disobedience of the whole world. Since then, all who believe in him and accept his forgiveness are redeemed, (i.e. rescued from the dominion of Satan.) We no longer have to sin, and we can have an intimate relationship with God.
   The Bible says about Jesus Christ, "In him, the whole fullness of deity(God)dwells bodily," Colossians 2:9. "There is Salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved," Acts 4:12, RSV. 
   Therefore, the first step in having an intimate relationship with God who loves us is to believe in and accept his Son, Jesus Christ.