TOPIC: SHARPEN YOUR SWORD THROUGH KNOWLEDGE
TEXT: Genesis 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.”
Memory Verse: Proverbs 12:1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
FOCUS:
This morning we are looking at knowledge. How do we sharpen our sword? And we are talking about the sword of the spirit that we need to confront the enemies that wants to stop us. We are talking about knowledge today and what is knowledge.
Knowledge is what you know or have a full understanding of, but when it comes to knowledge, knowledge must be acquired. In the school of the spirit you just have to acquire; you have to consciously register as a learner. Infact in life you must remain a learner to remain Relevant. Somebody said the day you stop learning then you start dying. There is something you still need to know that you have not known. Learning continues until the day of death. You have to learn from everything that is available to you. It is not only on social media that you can learn. Infact there are good knowledge and there are bad knowledge.
We are going to take our text this morning from Genesis 2:9. So, in this world you cannot say oh I’m only going to learn good things; life will always present you with the knowledge of good and evil and you’re the one to choose the one to learn. Now this is the irony of life: we are all faced or will all be confronted with either good or bad. Knowledge is going to be good or bad. Teaching a five year old girl how to drive a car is actually evil but there is a level the child gets to that it may not be evil. Now when it comes to this understanding you will know that there are things that we have learnt that we need to unlearn and there are things we thought we have not learnt that we have to relearn and there are things that’s still fresh to us and we just have to bend down and learn. Now many people find it difficult to learn thank God for the universities and the colleges and all the seminaries where people learn and add to their knowledge but the truth of the matter is this; even the ants, the Bible said go to the ants ye sluggard . Do you know that everything around us is a teacher ? we can learn from them? The tres you can learn from them. Everything that God created, God designed them to be a subject of learning. Life itself is a school, you can’t grow well if you don’t learn well. God bless you. Amen.
LESSON:
Proverbs 24:4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
We are talking about how to sharpen our sword and we need to sharpen our sword through Knowledge. What is knowledge? Like I said that knowledge is not a gift, knowledge is acquired. Knowledge is not a spiritual gift either; it is not something you begin to ask the Lord to please give me knowledge, knowledge is acquired. You must register and become a life student; a learner. What you have not learnt, you can’t acquire it and you see in our society today, information pass from hand to hand; knowledge fly from one hand to another. It is also passed from one generation to another . Even your mistakes are teaching you how to act better next time?
There is an improvement on knowledge because knowledge can actually be obsolete. There are knowledge that are obsolete. There are things you learned before that you have to relearn and there are things you have learnt that you have to unlearn and there are things you have never learned that you have to summon courage and pick a humble spirit so that you can learn them.
Now what does knowledge do to your sword? It gives you the value to know when to use it. you will be able to use it appropriately, you’ll be able to use it rightly, you will not struggle to use it and you will not use it wrongly. Knowledge makes you to discern between good and evil. It is actually knowledge so you need another knowledge to be able to discern between good and evil. You see that mother Eve couldn’t discern between good and evil even though the serpent beguiled her and engaged her in a talkshow, she was supposed to just excuse herself from the discussion because for me, I don’t know how serpent looked like that time but I think that it is very strange for a woman to be having a discussing with a reptile for that matter, but you see because there was no Pre-knowledge, Eve became a victim and the whole world is suffering from it today because the Bible tell us so.
Now, you have to understand that even in knowledge there have to be a Pre-knowledge and that is why somebody said the day you stop learning, you start dying because learning is not limited to the four walls of a classroom. Just as you learn in the physical realm to obtain a certificate, so also in the spirit realm you have to learn and keep learning. Anything you are not doing now, probably you have not learnt about it. No wonder Hosea 12:6 said My people have gone into captivity because they lack knowledge. There is nothing that ruins any destiny like ignorance. Go and get Knowledge. Acquire one today and make sure you are free. God bless you in Jesus name. Amen.
PERSONAL CONFESSION: I receive grace to search out right knowledge in the mighty name of Jesus christ.
PRAYER FOCUS: Father deliver me from ignorance in the mighty name of Jesus christ.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Until you know the right things, your sword will remain blunt.
God’s knowledge brings Peace and Joy.