Rev. Chris Oyakhilome Dsc. Dsc. DD.
THE POWER OF “EPIGNOSIS”
📖Memory Verse: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord (2 Peter 1:2).
The Apostle Peter addresses those who have obtained like precious faith through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Then he declares, “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord” (2 Peter 1:2).
But he’s not referring to just any kind of knowledge. The Greek word used for knowledge here is “Epignósis,” a specialized knowledge. It refers to the knowledge that comes through relationship and experience. It’s knowledge that relates with that object of knowledge or that which is known. You may know something intellectually, but that doesn’t mean you relate with it.
“Epignósis” is full, deep, exact knowledge. Think of it like footballers: some of them can control the ball with astonishing mastery. It’s as though they’ve become one with the ball. They’ve made friends with it. To them, it’s no longer just a piece of leather but something that has gained a personality to them.
Contrast that with someone who has general knowledge about the round leather ball. He or she might know the material, size, or structure of the ball. He may even be able to tell you the science behind its design, but he can’t control it. He has no mastery of the ball.
Mastery comes by relationship, and “Epignósis” is the knowledge that makes us masters. It unites the knower with that which is known. It comes through meditation on the Word—when the Word becomes personal to you and moves from theory to relationship. This establishes you and causes grace and peace to be multiplied in your life. So, cultivate that relationship with the Word. Let it become more than information. Let it become a living reality; your life will blossom, and you’ll be a wonder to your world.
PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for bringing me into a deeper and more intimate knowledge of you through your Word. I walk in multiplied grace and peace today, functioning with the precise and full knowledge of your Word. My spirit is established, strengthened and aligned with your perfect will for my life, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
If you’re blessed by this devotional, believing every words 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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FURTHER STUDY
Joshua 1:8 AMPC
This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success.
Colossians 1:9-10 KJV
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; 10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
2 Peter 3:18 KJV
But grow in grace, and [in] the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] glory both now and for ever. Amen.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Hebrews 10:19-39 &
Ezekiel 3-4
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
John 11:35-46 &
1 Chronicles 12
