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What is the Knowledge,
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Isa 5:13 Therefore my [the LORD's] people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men [of rank] are famished [die of hunger], and their multitude [masses] dried up [parched] with thirst.
Ecc 7:12 For wisdom is a defence [shelter], and money is a defence [shelter]: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Ecc 12:9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
Isa
28:9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom
shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are
weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
[ see 1Pe
2:2, 1Co 3:1-2, Heb
5:12-14 ]
Jer 3:15 And I [the LORD] will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Col 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 [God's] will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Col 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing [Him in every way], being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
1Pe 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
To organize our understanding of knowledge, we can compare our worldly knowledge with God's spiritual knowledge in the table below. Since our worldly knowledge is but a subset of God's overall spiritual knowledge, we can think of our worldly knowledge as merely having a spiritual interface with God's overall spiritual knowledge.
| Our Worldly Knowledge ( the Physical Domain ) | God's Spiritual Knowledge ( the Spiritual Domain ) |
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| God, and God's Power (the knowledge we are seeking is spiritual knowledge about God / Lord, and about using God's power in our lives ("God" is mentioned in 32 of the 169 verses containing the word "knowledge", and "Lord" is mentioned in 26)) 2Pe 1:3 | |
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| Satan / Devil / serpent / dragon
( the 4 names of )
(the author of all the lies we choose to believe) |
Jesus Christ
(our Lord and Saviour, and High Priest) |
| the Holy Spirit | |
| Demons | Angels |
| Born Again Christians, utilizing God's Power (with signs following) Mar 16:20 Heb 2:1-4 | |
| Our Worldly Knowledge ( the Physical Domain ) | God's Spiritual Knowledge ( the Spiritual Domain ) |
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| 1Pe
5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom
he may devour:
[the 4 "names" of Satan are: Satan, devil, serpent, dragon ( see Rev 12:9 )] Rev 12:11 And they [Christians] overcame him [Satan] by the blood of the Lamb [Jesus Christ], and by the word of their testimony; and they [Christians] loved not their [own] lives unto the death [Christians willing to die for Christ, rather than live for Satan (or rather than live in fear of Satan)]. |
Eph
6:10-19 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye
may be able to stand against the wiles [schemes] of the devil.
[ ... put on the ... ]
breastplate of righteousness, feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace, shield of faith, helmet of salvation, sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, ... |
| Our Worldly Knowledge ( the Physical Domain ) | God's Spiritual Knowledge ( the Spiritual Domain ) |
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| a physical / body perspective
(way of looking at things) |
a spiritual / sprit perspective
(way of looking at things) |
| If David had limited his knowledge and perspective to the physical domain, David would have been destroyed that day, instead of Goliath. 1Sa 17:42-44 | David, with the knowledge and perspective of God's spiritual domain, [David] prevailed over Goliath. 1Sa 17:45-47 |
| Your "Luck"
(limited by probabilities & statistics) |
Your unlimited Blessings from God
(NOT limited by probabilities & statistics) |
| From our worldly perspective, we often
use the phase that:
something is "physically impossible." |
Mat
17:20 ... If ye have faith ... nothing shall be impossible
unto you.
Luk 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible. Phi 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. |
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| Hell
( for more about choosing where to spend eternity ) |
Heaven
( for more about how to spend eternity in Heaven ) |
| Our Worldly Knowledge ( the Physical Domain ) | God's Spiritual Knowledge ( the Spiritual Domain ) |
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| Our Worldly Knowledge ( the
Physical Domain )
is defined, constrained, and limited by: Mathematics & Science. |
God's Spiritual Knowledge
( the Spiritual Domain )
is NOT limited by Mathematics & Science. God, our creator, is not limited by the constraints He imposed on His creation: the Worldly / Physical Domain. God as our creator, can do anything
in / with / to / for
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| 3-dimensional Space | |
| Time (as measured by clocks) | |
| Things perceived by our 5 senses
(see, hear, smell, taste, touch) |
Love, emothions, seeking, faith, belief, appear to be spiritual qualities imparted to us, and the rest of God's creation, by God. |
| The world (we live in, until we die) | The spiritual domain that we can
also live in
(both during our life here on Earth, and after we die) |
| The physical universe | The Bible describes spiritual
domains like:
2Co 12:2 ... caught up to the third heaven. 2Co 12:4 ... caught up into paradise ... |
| Our Worldly Knowledge ( the Physical Domain ) | God's Spiritual Knowledge ( the Spiritual Domain ) |
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| Our Body | Our Spirit |
| Nutrition & Natural cures God has provided for our physical bodies. | God has provided us an almost endless amount of spiritual food that we can asimilate from His word: The Bible. |
| An immune system God has designed into our bodies to keep us well (keep us from getting sick) | God's promises in the Bible
and provisions whereby we don't get sick in the first place.
By His [Jesus Christ's] stripes we are healed. |
| Self-healing characteristics God has designed into our bodies (such as skin cuts that heal) | |
| Modern Medical Science, Surgery, Drugs,
Chemo, Radiation
and all their side effects, constraints, and limitations |
God's unlimited Divine Healing
cures
(God, our creator, can and wants to recreate whatever is needed to heal us) |
| We can choose to believe what the
Doctor says
(his report, merely reflects the limitations and constraints of the Worldly / Physical Domain described by Mathematics & Science). |
We can choose to believe what God
says in the Bible
(God, our creator, is not limited by the constraints He imposed on His creation: the Worldly / Physical Domain). |
| Our Worldly Knowledge ( the Physical Domain ) | God's Spiritual Knowledge ( the Spiritual Domain ) |
Of the 66 books in the Bible, 12 books use the word "knowledge" in 5 or more verses:
(With the links below, we can explore the verses in the Bible, that teach us about knowledge. The links below give us insight into the individual verses, as well as the context established by adjacent verses.)
(As you view these links, the links below will change color (typically from red to blue) so you will know which verses you have already viewed.)