Doctrine #5: Knowledge

If you want to build a puzzle, you would need to open the box. First, you would see hundreds of pieces that you are supposed to build with. You would know that each piece would represent a part of the puzzle, but you would not know the order yet, or how the pieces fit together. Those individual pieces are KNOWLEDGE. You have to have knowledge to build, but building cannot stop at knowledge.

Knowledge is a fact. A fact is a Right WHAT. Knowledge alone puffs us up in pride. The devil has knowledge. The written word of God is always knowledge. The Bible is a fact or a Right WHAT.

Question: Do you believe your knowledge is sufficient enough to have a relationship with God?

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If you need it, here is the support from God's Word...

Doctrine #1: Words showed the importance of words. However, there were three different types of words mentioned in the Bible. The first type was the written word of God. In the New Testament, the Greek word was graphe. It was translated as "word" or "scripture". In fact, we saw an example of this in a passage from Doctrine #2: Definitions. In the following passage, Jesus referenced the scriptures in verse 29:

27 And after them all, the woman died.
33 And when the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching." (Matthew 22:23-33)

(Notice, "knowing" was associated with the written word of God. We also saw the following passage in Doctrine #3: Man's Thinking. The Sadducees didn't know the scriptures. They had incorrect facts, or a Wrong WHAT.)

3 but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him." (I Corinthians 8:1-3)

(ALL have knowledge. Knowledge alone puffs us up in pride; everyone can become prideful. However, love edifies, creates; love is profitable. In fact, look at this well known passage five chapters later...)


(Paul stated that having all knowledge without love made him NOTHING. Now look again at Paul's "meaning of life" passage that we covered in Doctrine #2: Definitions. Pay particular attention to verse 13...)


(Knowledge is one thing that can be completed in eternity. However, it looks as if love is something that is never going to reach a finish line. Love is a complicated Doctrine which we will cover once we build a stronger foundation. Here is a passage that supported this...)

"8 Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away." (I Corinthians 13:8)

(The following exchange occurred over the written word of God, which both Jesus and the devil knew.)

(Matthew 4:1-7)

(The devil has knowledge. We've seen that knowledge alone puffs us up. We know the devil fell because he was puffed up in pride.)

5 For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby." (Romans 10:1-5)

(We've seen that knowledge alone is not enough. This passage showed that people who have the zeal for God without knowledge are ignorant and fall into their own way of thinking. To use the puzzle analogy again, have you ever seen a child jamming two pieces together that don't fit?)


(Knowledge sounds like man's way of thinking, by itself it can lead to death. Finally, here was how the Book of Proverbs began...)

"1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; But the foolish despise wisdom and instruction." (Proverbs 1:1-7)

(Notice, knowledge is for the young man...and let's be honest, who's more immature than the "young man"? The respect for God is the beginning of knowledge. In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve didn't have knowledge, but they had respect for God.)

Knowledge is meant for the immature, for the young man, for the child, for ALL. There must be a way to build. There must be a progression toward maturity! Have you ever taught a child to put a puzzle together? They need to be taught the reason why you start with the boarder.