Romans 1:17 and Hebrews 10:39 tells us we are supposed to “live by faith” as followers of Jesus. But what most believers don’t realize is the faith leads us to and is inseparably linked with the knowledge of God.
Proverbs speaks repeatedly about the need for wisdom in order to have a complete relationship with God.
What Is The Knowledge Of God?
Knowledge is understanding -recognizing how things in creation relate to one another and how we are to make the best use of them.
All Knowledge is rooted in God’s knowledge, as He is the Creator of all things and knows all things.
Knowledge is a virtue – it is one of the many characteristics that God expects us to cultivate as His followers, as well as faith, love, kindness, patience, and the rest of the fruits of the Spirit. It makes our lives so much better as we get to know Him.
In order to develop knowledge, we have to cultivate a curious and excited approach to life, remembering that God has wonderful things waiting for us at every turn, so learning becomes something fun and desirable.
Knowledge also involves paying attention to and growing in our relationships with people, especially other believers, because we gain understanding as we see his others from different backgrounds and situations react to the ordinary events of our lives.
All knowledge, whether in involves simple learning about something or discovering truth about people and cultures, requires a basic foundation of trust. Apart from a few individual discoveries most of what we come to know in life is initially accepted on the authority of what others with more experience have told us, from which we should draw our own conclusions. But as I precautions if someone tells me something I all check their words. If it doesn’t line up with the Word of God, it’s not worth anything. I think this is where most people get in trouble with God. By taking another person’s word on anything and everything they say, we are as fools.
The greatest knowledge, knowledge of God, requires us first to trust in Him and believe what He says -for we can only know God from what He reveals about Himself to us. see Luke 10:22 and John 1:18.
Faith in God leads to knowledge in all areas, for only when we have committed our lives to God can we see and understand the way the world really is.
Faith gives us a sharper vision of what can happen if we follow God’s instructions, so we become more obedient and productive.
Knowledge tells us what God expects His children to do, deepening our convictions of what is right and wrong, and faith in Him gives us the strength and assurance we need to act on our knowledge of what is right in Him sight.
To grow in knowledge we must be willing to be corrected, and be able to replace a wrong way of doing things with a right way.
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