February 26, 1984
Knowledge of the Lord is good only insofar as it is connected to living a life worthy of Him. We can and should ask God for wisdom, not for its own sake but for the sake of living a life that pleases God. In fact, Alistair Begg explains, our lives reveal our true grasp of theology. Knowledge alone cannot save us. This combination of belief and behavior, of creed and conduct, is what empowers us to endure and to carry on doing what God has called us to do. It also enables us to be thankful, no matter what happens, because we are living for His glory.
9And so, rfrom the day we heard, swe have not ceased to pray for you, asking that tyou may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all uspiritual wisdom and understanding, 10so as vto walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, wfully pleasing to him: xbearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11ybeing strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for zall endurance and patience awith joy; 12bgiving thanks4 to the Father, who has qualified you5 to share in cthe inheritance of the saints in light. 13He dhas delivered us from ethe domain of darkness and transferred us to fthe kingdom of ghis beloved Son, 14hin whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
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