KNOWLEDGE THAT EDIFIES
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge(2 Peter 1:5)
The increased knowledge of God’s Word is so important for your consistent growth, progress, productivity, and effectiveness in life. That’s why the Spirit, through the Apostle Peter, tells us to add knowledge to faith and virtue.
Interestingly, the word translated “knowledge” in the verse above is the Greek word “gnōsis,” which refers to scientific or general knowledge gained through study and information. This is not revelation knowledge but information you gather by reading, studying, and learning.
So, in essence, the Lord is saying don’t be ignorant. Open your mind and be versatile. Learn a little more about everything. Some people know nothing beyond what they studied in school for exams, and they remain mentally stagnant. That’s not God’s plan for you. He wants you to be studious and increasingly knowledgeable. Knowledge empowers. Knowledge gives you an advantage.
So, decide you’re going to be deliberate in studying the Word, not an accidental glance once in a while. Set your targets; make it a lifestyle. Build your mind with useful information. Expand your horizon. This doesn’t mean keeping up with the news and saturating your life with the lies, deceit, and fear peddled by the world’s media. Rather, fill your heart and your mind with knowledge that edifies and strengthens your faith. That’s the kind of knowledge to add to your life.
PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for the knowledge of your Word that fills my heart and by which I live triumphantly every day. Thank you for your grace and peace that are multiplied in my life as I study and meditate on your Word, causing me to be increasingly fruitful, productive and effective in life and ministry, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
If you’re blessed by this devotional, believing every word you heard by faith in your heart, and would love to make Jesus the lord of your life, then speak the confessions below out loud, and mean them with your heart:
“O Lord God, I believe with all my heart in Jesus Christ, Son of the living God. I believe He died for me and God raised Him from the dead. I believe He’s alive today. I confess with my mouth that Jesus Christ is the Lord of my life from this day. Through Him and in His Name, I have eternal life; I’m born again. Thank you Lord, for saving my soul! I’m now a child of God. Hallelujah!”
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Message by Rev. Chris Oyakhilome Dsc. Dsc. DD.
FURTHER STUDY:
Proverbs 18:15
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Colossians 1:9
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
2 Peter 1:2-3
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN :
Mark 16:1-20 &
Deuteronomy 1-2
2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN :
Acts 27:21-31 &
Psalm 75-77
