extremely high value in the pursuit of knowledge, especially spiritual knowledge. He says that the acquisition of knowledge is greater than all the silver, gold and material things of this world.
The Bible tells us to grow in the knowledge of God. Once you’re rescued, that’s just the beginning. From there, God expects you to grow in the knowledge of Him, of His Son Jesus Christ, of His Holy Spirit and of all His ways. As I mentioned in the article I did titled “The Power of God’s Word”, the main way you grow in spiritual knowledge on this earth is by reading and studying the Bible for yourself. There is no other way.
God has made sure that all the spiritual knowledge we will ever need about Him, His Son, and His Spirit is contained in this one Book. You also grow in your knowledge of God through your own personal adventures with Him in your own daily walk, along with learning from other Christians, especially those who are anointed and gifted to teach from His Word.
Again, God uses very intense language in these verses. You can really see that He is trying to let us all know how extremely important it is to grow in this knowledge. The reason for this is that God’s ultimate purpose for us is our sanctification and transformation. He wants us to be more holy like Him.
But before God actually sets this sanctification process in motion through the Holy Spirit, He wants you to fully understand what he is doing and why he is doing it. In other words, he needs to know what God is doing and exactly why he is doing it.
Even young children will grasp this principle very quickly. Tell a child not to do something, and what is the first thing he will do? He will ask you why he can’t do that particular thing. And then, when the child is old enough to understand what that reason is, he goes on to tell her why it is not in her best interest to do that particular thing. In other words, you give your child the knowledge he needs so he knows why he should or shouldn’t do a specific thing.
So it is with God the Father. God loves to impart general knowledge to his children about everything they need to know from him in this life, but what prevents many of his children from receiving this knowledge directly from him is that they never learned to hear from him. when he starts. to try to communicate with them, or they don’t try and go into a quest mode with Him to let Him deliver this knowledge to them.
If there is one important secret I learned from the Lord when I led him to reveal more of his knowledge to you, it is that you must get into a seeking mode with him. God will not feed you with a spoon forever. The Bible says ask and you shall receive. Seek – and then you will find. Knock, and then the door will open for you. Note in these three conditions that you must be the one to initiate it. You have to be the one who asks, searches and calls. If you do, God will answer you, open doors for you, and allow you to find the answers to his questions and problems.
