As you will see in the Scripture verses I will list in this article series, God the Father places an extremely high value on the pursuit of knowledge – especially spiritual knowledge. He says that gaining knowledge is greater than all the silver, gold, and material things of this world. The Bible tells us we […]
3 Reasons Why God Will Allow Trials and Tribulations
I believe there are three main basic reasons why each person will have to face a certain amount of trials and tribulations in this life. Each Christian really needs to get a firm grip on each one of these three basic reasons. Having the right kind of knowledge on why bad things will happen to […]
The Scripture Verses For Trials and Tribulations
The verses that I will now list below all really need to be meditated on, grounded on, believed on, and burned into our memory banks for all of eternity as God is very serious on making sure that we can stay true, loyal, and faithful to Him for the long run. God does not want […]
The Reality of the Bible in Our Days
Is the Bible real to the point that we must obey and do everything it says? That is a question many people will like to get an answer to today. Many are looking for physical proofs or at least a voice or sign from God, which will show to them that the Bible is real. […]
How To Keep Unnecessary Tribulations From Coming Your Way
I believe there are two types of tribulation that can come our way in this life. The first kind are those that are being “allowed” by the Lord to come our way for our own sanctification in Him and for the testing of our faith in Him as all of the above Scripture verses are […]
The Vine and Branch Analogy
Jesus is the Vine – We are the Branches Bearing Good Fruit For the Lord Without question, one of the most important analogies God has given to us in His Word on the new restored relationship we now have with Him as a result of Jesus dying on the cross for all of us is […]
How to Handle A Storm Cloud When They Come Your Way
With all of the verses listed in our Scripture Verses For Trials and Tribulations article telling us that we will all have to face a certain amount of trials and tribulations in this life, you will now have to learn how to deal with these storm clouds when they do attempt to come against you. […]
Crowns In Heaven
The Bible specifically talks about 5 different crowns that will be given to some of God’s people when they enter into heaven. If you look very closely at what these crowns are going to be for, they will be for work that is done for God that is beyond the normal scope of what the […]
Biblical Principles on Establishing Friendships
Friends are life’s greatest treasures. Friends make our life colorful. How we treasure someone determines how close he is to our heart. Jesus said, “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” But how can we establish friends? And how can we strengthen those existing ones? Here is a guide from the […]
Not By Bread Alone
Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Matthew 4:4. This is the truth of the word of God. We need much more than the physical bread for our survival on planet earth. The bread that we eat is to nourish our body, to make […]
Dealing With Fools – Wisdom From the Book Of Proverbs
For many Christians, the book of Proverbs provides great wealth in terms of wisdom, useful for living life in a way that is pleasing to God. A good portion of these proverbs are straightforward often appeal to common sense, words that can be considered wise even by someone who doesn’t believe in the divinity of […]
Knowledge, Understanding and Wisdom
Before I go into the next set of Scripture verses – there is one more thing that I need to point out to you. In many of these verses, you will see three key words that are constantly being repeated over and over again. These three key words are: Knowledge Understanding Wisdom God will first […]
In the Multitude of Counselors There is Safety
Once you start to seek after the knowledge of God for your life, one of the ways that God will communicate His knowledge to you is through other people. Sometimes you will receive the knowledge that you are looking for direct from God Himself. Other times it may come from a particular Scripture verse you […]
The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Receiving Knowledge and Wisdom
Now that we know that God wants us to grow in the knowledge that He wants to give to us, these next two verses will tell us the first step that needs to be met before God will even begin to release His knowledge to us. These two verses are specifically telling us that the […]
Growing in the Knowledge of God
This first verse will completely set the stage for you to be able to receive direct knowledge from the Lord. This first verse is literally telling us that God is wanting us to grow in the knowledge of Him and His Son Jesus. “… but GROW in the grace and KNOWLEDGE of our Lord and […]
The Story of King Solomon
Without question, the greatest story in the Bible of someone who sought after the knowledge and wisdom of God and actually received it was King Solomon in the Old Testament. What happened to this man was just about beyond belief. When Solomon became King of Israel, he knew he did not have the knowledge and […]
Dont Cease Listening to Instruction
Once you start to journey on this path of knowledge that God will set you up on – do not ever get too big for your britches further on down the road and think that you have “arrived,” and that you do not need to listen to God or anyone else that He may want […]
The Wisdom of This World is Foolishness With God
Once you start to receive the knowledge and wisdom of God flowing into your life, you will find something very interesting that will start to happen. You will start to see the difference between the knowledge and wisdom of God versus the knowledge and wisdom of this world. You will see that God is always […]
Knowledge Will Increase Sorrow and Grief
The second downside to receiving the knowledge of God in your life is that it will start to increase your sorrow and grief over different things. This incredible piece of revelation is coming from King Solomon. Here is what he says: “For in much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.” […]
Stay Humble When God Does Start to Release His Knowledge to You
There are only two downsides to having God start to release His knowledge to you. The first downside is that for some, the increase in their knowledge base will cause them to start to get to full of themselves. In the verse I will list below, it says that knowledge can “puff up.” In other words, it […]
A Wise Man Will Not Show Partiality in Judgment
Once God starts to enlighten you and you are able to start to see real truth from real error – then God will hold you personally accountable for this higher degree of knowledge, especially if you are in a position of leadership. This principle really applies in today’s world where everyone is trying to be […]
Walk With Other Wise Men
These next set of verses will tell you two things – that he who walks with other wise men will he himself become wise – but he who has fools as his friends and companions will be destroyed! Per the article I did titled, “Choose Your Friends Carefully” – the Bible makes it very clear that we […]
Use the Knowledge That God Will Give You
Once God starts to transmit His knowledge to you on a wide variety of matters and issues in your life, your job will then be to take that knowledge and use it and apply it in your everyday life. Though this principle sounds very simple, many Christians keep getting themselves into trouble either because they […]
Knowledge and Wisdom Will Help Keep You Safe
Per the two verses I listed at the top of this article about people literally going into captivity and being destroyed as a result of not having the appropriate knowledge about something – here are three more good verses showing how knowledge and wisdom can help keep you safe in this life. “My son … keep […]
Seeking After the Knowledge of God
So now that you know that God is more than willing to release His knowledge direct to you through the Holy Spirit – how do you go about getting God to start to release His knowledge to you? This will now lead us into the next set of verses. These verses will tell you exactly […]
The Holy Spirit is our Helper, Teacher, and Guide
Now that we know God and Jesus want to release Their knowledge direct to us from Their throne room in heaven – how is this knowledge actually transmitted to us? This will now bring us into the next set of Scripture verses. These next three verses will tell us that this knowledge is given to […]
All Knowledge and Wisdom Comes Direct From God
These next set of verses are the heart and soul of this entire subject matter. All of these verses are telling us that all knowledge and all wisdom comes direct from God and Jesus. The first verse will tell us that all the “treasures” of wisdom and knowledge are “hidden” in God the Father and Jesus Christ. Notice that […]
Knowledge and Wisdom Are Better Than All the Material Things of This World
These next 7 verses are once again making a very radical statement. God is literally telling us that the knowledge and wisdom that we can receive direct from Him is better and more valuable than all the silver, gold, and rubies of this world. In other words, the knowledge and wisdom that you can receive […]
The Consequences of Not Fully Following God
One of the most dramatic examples of one group of people who followed God “fully” and another group who did not were the Israelites who were tested by God the Father in the desert after being rescued from the Egyptians in the story of Moses. Near the beginning of the 40 year wilderness experience, they were all […]
The Return of Jesus
The Second Coming of Jesus Christ Back to our Earth Our Bible is also very clear on this next belief. The Bible tells us that Jesus will be coming down to our earth at two different times. The first time will be as a suffering Messiah and the second time will be as a reigning Messiah. It is […]
The Doctrine of Hell
The Bible is very clear on this next doctrine and tenet. As we have showed you in our article titled, “The Reality of Hell,” over and over again the Bible tells us that there really is a hell and that it will be forever and ever for all of those who will be cast down […]
Renewed – Regenerated By Holy Spirit
Regeneration by the Holy Spirit Once we receive the Holy Spirit into our human spirits at the moment of our conversions to the Lord, another very powerful thing will then happen. Our human spirits will be immediately and instantaneously regenerated by the Holy Spirit. Here is the verse that will give us this specific revelation […]
Baptized With the Holy Spirit at Salvation
Once we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, we get to receive the Holy Spirit at the exact moment we get saved with the Lord, not sometime later. And when we receive the Holy Spirit at that moment of our conversions to the Lord, we are actually baptized with Him. The Bible […]
The Holy Bible is the Inspired and Infallible Word of God
The next basic fundamental tenet that must be fully believed and accepted is that all of the Bible has come directly to us from God the Father through the Holy Spirit, and that all of it is totally infallible and inerrant as a result. Since all of the Bible has been totally inspired by the […]
The Doctrine of the Trinity
The Doctrine of the Trinity # 7 of our Christian Tenants This next doctrine is another major one that has to be fully believed and accepted. The Doctrine of the Trinity can be summed up in one key phrase: One God in Three Persons In our article titled, “The Doctrine of the Trinity,” we give […]
The Ascension of Jesus Christ
The very last thing that Jesus did with the apostles was to literally ascend back up into heaven from where He had originally come from. With this being the very last thing that Jesus did with the apostles, this highly supernatural event should also be included as one of the main basic tenets of the […]
Resurrection of Jesus Christ
The Bodily Resurrection of Jesus Christ From the Grave Without this next major tenet and belief, there is no eternal salvation for any of us. If Jesus does not fully resurrect from the grave on the third day after He had died on the cross for all of us, then our entire belief system in […]
The Incarnation of Jesus Christ
Another major tenet that has to be fully believed in the Christian faith is the doctrine of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. This one doctrine is so important and so powerful, that even demons cannot make this confession out to anyone when they are being properly tested by a believer. The Incarnation is the belief […]
Jesus Christ is the Son of God
This next basic tenet is one that really separates the Christian faith from many of the other false religions that are in the world today. The false religion of Islam states that there is no way that God would ever have any type of begotten Son. But our Bible is once more very clear on […]
We Are Saved by Grace Through Faith – Not by Works
The second most important tenet of the Christian faith is exactly how we receive this free gift of eternal salvation from Jesus. And once again, the Bible is very clear on this issue. The Bible tells us that the gift of eternal salvation with God the Father can only be received by grace through faith […]