GROWING UP IN HIS KNOWLEDGE

“For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue).”   2 Peter 1:3 (AMPC) Please pray before reading.

Remnant, oftentimes there is so much emphasis put on people asking Jesus to come into their lives. However, a hush seems to come over a congregation when the question is presented: “What’s next?” Yes, the greatest miracle in life is when a person finally asks Jesus to come into his heart, but have we considered the reason being more than just salvation from eternal judgement in a place people call hell?

In simplicity, 2 Peter 1:3 (AMPC) clearly states that it is, through the full personal knowledge of Him that we have been given all things that are essential and appropriate to life and godliness! You see, if we choose not to strive for more knowledge of Him, then we will be left sitting in ignorance of many things that He has freely given to us which are essential and appropriate to life and godliness…in HIM!

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you [the priestly nation] have rejected knowledge…” Hosea 4:6 (AMPC) History is repeating itself in our day as many “Christians” remain in a path of destruction due to a level of knowledge which leaves them in ignorance (either willingly, or unwillingly) concerning all God’s promises.

It is God “who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” 1 Timothy 2:4 (NKJV) It is essential and appropriate for our lives and the lives of those around us that we not only ask Jesus to come into our lives, but… we seek to come to the knowledge of the truth! The word knowledge here in 1 Timothy 2:4 in the Greek is epignōsis (Strong’s #1922) and means: recognition, i.e. (by implication) full discernment, acknowledgement.

The remnants are not satisfied with a stagnant, complacent lifestyle. They abound in all truth and they have an ever-growing hunger, for a greater knowledge of His truth each day!

“but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ…” 2 Peter 3:18 (NKJV)