The Knowledge of God in Christ Jesus!

“I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge— God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you. Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.  God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” – 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 NIV

All of us have to thank the Lord for every missionary, evangelist, pastor who are preaching the Good News about Jesus Christ in this world (Matthew 28:18-20). This is because they are helping people to know the Lord and being their own shepherd to them (Jeremiah 3:15). However, many people tend to receive every kind of knowledge and maybe some counselling to walk with God, our heavenly Father from their church pastors, missionaries, or evangelists. These kinds of help are good to have for us at some stage (1 John 4:1-6), but they only there to influence and equip us to take the gospel of Christ and preach it to other people and nations. This is because the word of God states, “…this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” (Matthew 24:14)

Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: “God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I’ll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20)

Second of all, we have to know that it is the Spirit of God (Ezekiel 36:26-27), who is guiding and helping us to walk with God and know Him better (John 14:15-27). Therefore, if we want to truly know and worship Jesus Christ (John 4:23-24)—we ought to overcome the world (1 John 5:1-5) due to the fact that it is the sinful nature (2 Corinthians 4:4), and then we must abide in the Holy Spirit (Romans 12:1-2). This is why the word of God declares, “Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.” (Galatians 5:24-25) Furthermore, the word of God also proclaims, “This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.” (1 John 1:5-7)

His divine power [the Spirit of God] has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:3-11)

Even though I am not able to preach the Gospel of Christ with my mouth to others properly, I consider that devotional-writing is one of my ways to preach the Gospel (Colossians 3:16). This is because I am able to bring the word of God to others through writing, so I might have chances to influence others spiritually. One of the surprising fact is, through devotional-writing, I get more knowledge in the word of God as I tend to search the specific bible verses online. In addition to this, if I have used the specific verses a lot of times, my brain lets me to memorize the verses and their location in the Bible. Thus, this commission of mine can be a double-edged sword. Moreover, I can share my devotionals to other nations as well through e-mailing and by putting them up in social networks, such as Facebook, e-blogger, Tumblr and Wordpress. Nevertheless, devotional-writing is considered as  my best spiritual gift from the Lord, and thus for this reason, I thank so much for the grace and the power of the Holy Spirit, being poured into me as I write. This is because without the Spirit, I have absolutely no idea how to write devotionals. Furthermore, I am probably going to make my website as well. Nonetheless, I am going to try to speak the Gospel of Christ often, even though this is quite hard.