“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge, I also
will reject you from being priest for Me; Because
you have forgotten the law of your God, I also
will forget your children.”
Hosea 4:6
“Hear the word of the LORD, you children of
Israel: for the LORD has a controversy with
the inhabitants of the land, because there is no
truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the
land.” Hosea 4:1
Charge, dispute,
Quarrel, grievance
Knowledge is precious…
Prov. 1:7 “The fear of the LORD is the
beginning of knowledge, but fools despise
wisdom and instruction.”
Prov. 10:14 “Wise people store up knowledge”
Rom. 15:14 “filled with all knowledge”
2 Pet. 3:18 grow in “knowledge”
2 Pet. 1:5-11 “knowledge” = Christian virtue
“For I desire mercy and not sacrifice,
and the knowledge of God more
than burnt offerings.” Hosea 6:6
1.
2.
3.
4.





Plan of salvation
Great commission
When the church was established
Worship of the church
Organization of the church
“Prove all things: hold fast that which is good.”
1 Thess. 5:21
“…be ready always to give an answer” 1 Pet.3:15
 Medical = bloodletting
 Science = round earth
Columbus
Copernicus
Galileo
Ignorance is sin:
Christ crucified
 “Father, forgive them: for they know not
what they do.” Luke 23:34
 “did it in ignorance” Acts 3:17
 “for had they known” 1 Cor. 2:8
Paul sinned - “I did it ignorantly in unbelief”
1 Tim. 1:13
Ignorance is sin:
Ps. 19:12 “secret faults”
Acts 17:30 command to repent
Matt. 22:29 “you do err”
Ignorance is sin:
“Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to
God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
For I bear them record that they have a
zeal of God, but not according to
knowledge.”
Rom. 10:1-2
Matt. 13:15 ears hard of hearing, eyes closed
lest they understand with their heart
2 Thess.1:7-9 “on them that know not God”
Hosea 4:6 “My people are destroyed for lack of
knowledge”
1 Thess. 4:13 “But I would not have you to
be ignorant, brethren…”
1 Tim. 2:4 “to come to the knowledge of
the truth”
John 8:32 “the truth shall make you free.”
2 Pet. 2:20 - escaped through knowledge
Heb. 5:12-14 - need to be taught again
Knowledge helps us not to sin:
Ps. 119:11 “Your word I have hidden in my
heart, that I might not sin against You.”
1 Cor. 10:13
 Common - nothing new
 Not the first to be tempted
 There is a way of escape
Joseph ran away from sin - Gen. 39
Matt. 4:1-12 - Temptation of Jesus
“It is written”
“This book will keep you
from sin, and nothing but
sin will keep you from this
book.”
- Mom
“And the things that you have heard from
me among many witnesses, commit these
to faithful men who will be able to teach
others also.”
2 Tim. 2:2
By Loving the Lord
“You shall love the LORD your God with all
your heart, with all your soul, and with all
your mind”
Matt. 22:37
“She fell in love with the author”
Unquenchable Desire
1 Pet. 2:2 “desire the pure milk of the word”
Matt. 5:6 “hunger and thirst for righteousness”
“How to be a learned man”
Socrates
Determine to study
 Many things to attract our attention
 Watch TV 14 to 30 hours per week
 Kids play phone/ video games 12 hours per week
“Till I come, give attention to reading” 1Tim.4:13
“from childhood you have known the Holy
Scriptures” 2 Tim. 3:15
Andrew - Peter - Jn. 1:41
Philip - Nathaniel - Jn. 1:45
“But be doers of the word,
and not hearers only,
deceiving yourselves.”
Jas. 1:22
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge, I also
will reject you from being priest for Me; Because
you have forgotten the law of your God, I also
will forget your children.”
Hosea 4:6
“And you shall know the truth, and the truth
shall make you free.” Jn. 8:32
•
•
•
•
•
•
Hear
Believe
Repent
Confess
Baptized
Faithful
John 12:48
John 8:24
Luke 13:3
Matt. 10:32-33
Mark 16:16
Matt. 24:13