Knowledge 2

 Hosoa 4:6  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge

Isa. 5:13- Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge

Now here's the upside

Proverbs 11:9- An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

John 8:32- And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Notice, notice how God equates bondage or freedom even destruction with knowledge.  Which lets me know that it's not the situations of life that defeats you it's your lack of knowledge. 

 The kind of knowledge you have is important because it will determine how you live (Rom. 8:5-8).  5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.  6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.  7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.  8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

 Your knowledge will determine whether you live a carnal life or a spiritual life.  

But, first understand where your knowledge is coming from and what it is based on.  In Genesis 3 we see the fall of man, the fall of man includes a fall in knowledge (Genesis 3:6-11).  

6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.  7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.  8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.  9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.  11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

 Notice, in verse 11 God asked Adam, "who told thee that thou wast naked?"  That seems like a strange question to ask somebody because he doesn't need anyone to tell him, he can see it. 

 But, notice in verse 7 after they ate of that fruit it says, "And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked".  So, obviously they were informed on a spiritual level because their physical eyes were already opened because they saw the tree.

  And God told Adam what would happen if he did eat from that tree.  They rejected God's knowledge for their own sense knowledge.  Verse 6 When she saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes notice it's all based on the senses.  But, the scripture says, For we walk by faith and not by sight(senses)  well faith is of the spirit.

So, man fell from being informed on a spiritual level by God to being informed by his senses.  But, if you are going to walk by faith you are going to have to be informed on a spiritual level.  And that's where God wants to restore man to. 

 The level of revelation and not just information.  What's the difference information comes through the senses and revelation comes through the spirit.  Proverbs 20:27 says,  The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly. 

 1Corinthians 2:9,10 says, 9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.  10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 

 So, if you are going to walk in the things of God they have to be revealed to you.  Look at verse 14 God tells us clearly, 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.  Natural knowledge doesn't receive the things of God that's why the mind has to be renewed.  That's what Romans 8 is talking about being spiritually minded.

What is revelation, to reveal means - to pull the cover off.  God shows you a spiritual truth.  Revelation is not showing you something that God is going to do, it shows you what is done.  Because to pull the cover off, something has to be there. 

 That's what 2 Corinthians 4:18 is talking about when it says, While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.  You can't look at something if it's not there, so it's something that is presently in the spirit.  And what is in the spirit is just as real if not more real than your present natural circumstance.   

How do I know that 1 Corinthians 1:26-28 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:  27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;  28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

Notice God's principle things which are not (manifested) bring to nought things that are (manifested).  That's those things in 2 Corinthians 4:18 those  things not seen.  So, which one is more real.

Notice, in Romans 4:17 it says,   (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.   Talking about Abraham in Genesis 17:4,5.

When God told him, "No longer shall thy name be called Abram, but Abraham for a father of many nations have I made thee, God was not informing him of the flesh because Romans 4:19 says his body was dead, so He was not informing him of this natuaral/physical level. 

 He was informing him on the level of the spiritual.  God wants to inform man of a higher level than the flesh that's were he fell to.  So likewise, when the scripture says, "By whose stripes ye were healed", He's not informing you of the level of the flesh. 

 We (mankind) only see healing as once the pain is gone and everything is cleared up now I'm healed.  But, God sees it on a higher level, notice when God told Abraham-  "For a father of many nations have I made thee" his body was dead. 

 So, for God to say, "I have made thee a father of many nations" would have to include I've done something about your body because a person with a dead body can not be a father of many nations physically. 

 Notice, even though God did something (spiritually) it had no effect on him (physically).  It had no effect on him physically until Abraham put it in his mouth, because Abraham means-father of a great multitude.  

See, even though God does something in the spirit for it to legally come into the earth realm it has to come through a man.  Because, He gave man dominiom, He said-"Let them have dominion". 

 And He can't take it back Psalm 89:34- My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.  And Psalm 115:16 says, The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. 

 And sometimes people think that just because it's in The Bible it's just going to happen.  No, the things God has done in the spirit has to be loosed, called for, authorized.

Look at what Jesus told Peter in the amplified -Amplified Bible

I will give you the keys (authority) of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind [forbid, declare to be improper and unlawful] on earth will have [already] been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose [permit, declare lawful] on earth will have [already] been loosed in heaven.”

Notice, what's bound in heaven has no effect in the earth until someone in the earth with the authority binds it in the earth and what's loosed in heaven has no effect in the earth until someone in the earth with the authority looses it in the earth.   

So, one of the main things a child of God needs to know is the authority God has invested in his or her mouth.  If you don't know you have authority then you'll just talk any old way.  But, a person with authority can't afford to talk any old way because when a person with authority speaks, things go into action in the natural and in the spirit. 

 And man needs to know how to co-operate with God.  And one of the main ways you co-operate with God is to speak in agreement with him.  Amos 3:3-Can two walk together, except they be agreed? 

 And in the scriptures agreement in speech with God is called confession-which means to say the same thing.  That's why the scripture talks about in Romans 10:10 with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 

 Now, don't think that word salvation is just referring to being born again, no.  That word salvation in greek is the word soteria or sozo which means healing, deliverance, protection, wholeness.  So, you are going to have to know how to talk right.  

Because, your talk will determine your walk-Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

And it's important that you agree with God because He has already declared in Romans 3:3,4-For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.  

So, if he's saying one thing and you are saying something else then you are not speaking the truth.  A liar in that scripture mean to utter an untruth.  You might be speaking fact, but not truth.  

 Fact is basically something that exists, or is present in reality. Hence, these are things that can be seen visually, and these are the things that can actually be verified.  It is not just something that you believe, but rather these are more or less the things that can be observed empirically, or by the senses. So, facts can be seen and heard, as well as proven by the other senses.  So, facts are dependant on the senses and limited to the senses.

Truth can be described as the true state of a certain matter, you may not be able to detect the truth with you senses, but it's still truth.  We have to get out of judging things simply by the flesh, because there's more than just the flesh. 

 And if you are only flesh minded then you are going to be limited.  And those in the flesh can not please God.  In  John 17:17  Jesus said, God's word is truth so we have a way of distinquishing between fact and truth. 

 And Jesus said in John 8:31,32-Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

So, you can't walk with God with just natural knowledge , you're going to have to come up.

Another reason why God's needs you to come up in knowledge is because of What He said back in Genesis.

Genesis 1:26-28

26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Notice, God blessed them saying, "Be fruitful", fruitful means to bring forth.  He's not just talking about having babies because man is spirit and flesh.   Man (spirit man) is capable of bringing forth things out of his spirit.

Jesus taught this principle in Luke 6:45- A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

What is your treasure, whatever has been deposited in you. Whatever knowledge you allowed to be deposited in you that's your treasure and if what's in your heart gets in your mouth it will come forth into your life. 

And you see that in Mark 5 with the woman with the issue of blood.

25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,

26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.

28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?

31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.

33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

Notice,  she heard about Jesus so she got some knowledge and the knowledge she allowed to be deposited when it got in her mouth she brought it forth into her life, how, for she said...  .  And when she said she brought that forth.

Notice, Jesus turned to see her that had done this thing.  What thing did she do she brought what was on the inside to the outside.  But, notice it all started with knowledge. 

By your knowledge you will either be held captive or set free.  Let God inform you on a higher level so that you can live on a higher level.