"...His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him..."
-2 Peter1:3 NASB
One of the things my mental skirmishes with the Dispensational vs. Covenental Theology debate has really exemplified is this very truth.
When you start to understand the progressive nature of God's revelation, and the proper hermeneutics of such a revelation, the continuities and discontinuities that appear through-out are both fascinating and enlightening. They reveal so much about our Lord and Creator, and His dealings with man, and purposes in history, that when the Spirit lays these things upon our hearts and minds, we find ourselves more than adequately prepared to live life in godliness.
So much of Scripture seemed foreign and useless to me in the past. However, the more I apply my mind to the acquisition of "the true knowledge of Him," I find that there is much to be learned about life and godliness outside of purely prescriptive passages. I get how the law and moral teachings fit me for life and godliness, but those alone do not constitute the "true knowledge of Him" through which the "everything" is granted. Christian, the entire word is extremely profitable for you, in the living out of a satisfying, and God-pleasing life this side of heaven.
Deep, complicated, thought provoking theology that requires assiduous study should be the object of even the simplest of Christian minds. This truth is made clear by two simple maxims. First, in Scripture God is presented as incomprehensibly massive and transcendent, and secondly, as stated in our Scripture above, "...His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him."
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