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The Christian is Ever-Increasing in Knowledge

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The following has been adapted from the commentaries of F.E. Marsh, a new resource coming soon to the Blue Letter Bible!

Once the Christian is saved, his or her knowledge does not stay at its present state; rather, by God’s grace and through His Word, the Christian ever increases in knowledge.

Here are a few areas in which the Christian is continuously growing in knowledge:

Increasing in the knowledge of God as we walk worthy of Him, and are fruitful in every good work. “so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God” (Colossians 1:10).

Increasing in the knowledge of Christ and becoming like Him in character, as we walk in fellowship with Him. “learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart” (Matthew 11:29).

Increasing in the knowledge of His will. “And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding” (Colossians 1:9).

Increasing in the knowledge of His love, by being taken up with Him who loves us. “to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge” (Ephesians 3:19).

Increasing in the knowledge of His power by trusting “that I may know him and the power of his resurrection” (Philippians 3:10).

Increasing in the knowledge of His glory by looking to Him. “For God…has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” 2 Corinthians 4:6).

Increasing in the knowledge of His purpose, as we are taught by the Spirit through the Word. “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth” (John 16:13).

Using Scripture, tell us: in what other ways does the Christian grows in knowledge?

Comments

  1. PRAISE All PRAISE to HIM WHO never leaves us alone in the dark; but always leads us on in LIGHT and WISDOM if we be led by HIS HOLY SPIRIT!!! amen

  2. proverbs 2:5 also, “Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God.” And 1:7 also, “The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge, [But] fools despise wisdom and instruction.”

  3. Well, I sorta like Hebrews 5:14. To discern is to have knowledge. And to be able to eat strong meat be it in the natural or spirit takes teeth…or understanding to break things apart so they may be properly used within the body.

  4. Proverbs 18:2
    A fool hath no delight in understanding
    But that his heart may discover itself

    Psalm 119:130
    The entrance of THY words giveth light
    It giveth understanding unto the simple

    Proverbs 18:21
    DEATH AND LIFE are in the power of the tongue
    And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof

    Matthew 4:4
    But HE answered and said it is written
    Man shall not —LIVE—by bread alone
    BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD

    Matthew 12:37
    For by thy words thou shalt be —-JUSTIFIED—-
    And by thy words thou shalt be condemned

    Romans 13:11
    And that —KNOWING—the time that it is high time to
    —-AWAKE—-out of sleep
    FOR NOW IS OUR SALVATION NEARER THAN—-WHEN WE BELIEVED—

    Hebrews 10:36
    For you have need of patience that —AFTER—you have
    done the will of GOD —YOU MIGHT RECEIVE THE PROMISE—

    Matthew 7:21
    Not everyone that sayeth unto ME LORD LORD shall enter into
    the kingdom of heaven
    —BUT HE THAT DOETH THE WILL OF MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN—

    1 Corinthians 15:34
    —AWAKE— to righteousness and sin not
    for some have not the knowledge of GOD
    I speak this to your shame

    John 7:38
    He that believeth on ME —AS THE SCRIPTURE HATH SAID—
    out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water

    Isaiah 12:3
    Therefore with joy shall you draw water
    out of the wells of salvation

    Jeremiah 2:13
    For MY people have committed two evils
    They have forsaken ME the fountain of living waters
    and hewed them out cisterns broken cisterns
    that can hold no water

    Psalm 73:1
    Truly GOD is good to Israel
    EVEN TO SUCH AS ARE OF A CLEAN HEART

    Psalm 51:10
    Create in me a clean heart O GOD
    And renew a RIGHT SPIRIT within me

    Psalm 24:3-5
    Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD
    Or who shall stand in HIS holy place
    (4)He that hath clean hands and a pure heart
    Who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity
    Nor sworn DECEITFULLY
    (5)He shall receive the blessing of the LORD
    And righteousness from the GOD of his salvation

    Psalm 15:1&2
    LORD who shall abide in THY tabernacle
    Who shall dwell in THY holy hill
    (2)He that walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness
    and speaketh the truth in his heart

    Proverbs 20:11
    Even a child is known by his doings
    Whether his work be pure and whether it be right

    1 John 3:10
    In this the children of GOD are manifest
    and the children of the devil
    WHOSOEVER doeth not righteousness is —NOT OF GOD—
    neither he that loveth not his brother

    Ephesians 5:24-26
    Therefore as the church is subject unto CHRIST
    So let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing
    (25)Husbands love your wives even as CHRIST also loved
    the church and gave himself for it

    (26)That HE might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word

    John 15:9&10
    As the FATHER hath loved ME so have I loved you
    —CONTINUE YE IN MY LOVE—
    (10)—IF—you keep MY commandments
    —YOU SHALL ABIDE IN MY LOVE—
    even as I have kept MY FATHERS commandments
    —AND ABIDE IN HIS LOVE—

    HELP US O LORD TO TRUST IN YOU AND YOUR SAYINGS AND NOT MANS
    FOR YOU TEACH US WHO IS MAN BUT A BREATH IN HIS NOSTRILS
    ———-FOR WHEREIN IS HE TO BE ACCOUNTED OF———–

    LOVING YOU FATHER AND YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST

  5. Psalm 143:8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

    Psalm 51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

  7. II Corinthians 8:7, “But just as you abound in everything, in faith and utterance and knowledge and in all earnestness and in the love we inspired in you, see that you abound in this gracious work too.”
    Just as the apostles’ calling to spread the love of Christ was issued by our Lord, so, we too, with the abundance of all things spiritual, are to step out in faith, “speak the truth in love” (Eph. 4:15) with the wisdom, understanding and counsel revealed by the Holy Spirit in His Word, seriously, lovingly and graciously. May the Lord richly bless you.

  9. I have reading blb everyday
    As reading blb, I’m glad!
    I hope that the knowledge of god is increasing!
    God bless you