NECESSARY ADDITIONS-2

Text: 2 Peter 1:5-7

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

We established yesterday that it is not enough to proclaim faith in God, but that one must give all diligence to ensure that you grow in that faith by intentionally working on the necessary additions.

Today we shall be looking at the next addition; *KNOWLEDGE* .

Hosea 4:6 says- My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

This goes to show how important knowledge is.

Though they are people of God, yet they were destroyed for lack of knowledge. And not just that, God promised to reject whoever has rejected knowledge. That is, rejecting knowledge is tantamount to rejecting God.

It's no surprise then that Apostle Paul prayed for the Saints in Ephesus *that the Lord will give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.*

One necessary addition to pay attention to, is Knowledge. Many Christians are zealous for God but not according to knowledge. (Romans 10:2). Anyone in this box can never offer acceptable service unto God.

Wisdom demands that we pray the same prayer that Paul led in Ephesians 1:15-18 for ourselves on a daily basis that we may indeed grow in the knowledge of Him.

Bible reading:

2 Peter 1:1-15, Ephesians 1:15-23.

PRAYER FOCUS

1.) Father God, please help me to be diligent in adding to my faith all that I need to add.

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