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Destroyed for Lack of. Knowledge. “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 NKJV. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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“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 NKJV
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“Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath 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
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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
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“For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.” Hosea 6:6
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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 Thes. 5:21
“…be ready always to give an answer” 1 Pet.3:15
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Medical = bloodletting Science = round earth
Columbus
Copernicus Galileo
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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
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Ignorance is sin:
Ps. 19:12 “secret faults’
Acts 17:30 command to repent
Matt. 22:29 “ye do err”
Zeal without knowledge - Rom. 10:1-2
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Matt. 13:15 ears dull of hearing, eyes closed lest they understand with their heart…
2 Thes.1:7-9 “on them that know not God”
Hosea 4:6 “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge”
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1 Thes.4:13 “But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren…”
1 Tim. 2:4 “to come unto the knowledge of the truth”
John 8:32 “the truth shall make you free.”2 Pet.2:20 - escaped through knowledgeHeb. 5:12-14 - need to be taught again
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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
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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.”
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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”
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Unquenchable Desire
1 Pet.2:2 “desire the pure milk of the word”Matt.5:6 “hunger and thirst for righteousness”
Socrates
How to be a learned man.
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Determine to study
Many things to attract our attentionWatch TV 14 to 30 hours per week
“Till I come, give attention to reading” 1Tim.4:13“From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures” 2 Tim. 3:15
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Andrew - Peter - John 1Philip - Nathaniel - John 1
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only.” James 1:22
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“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 NKJV
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“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:32
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Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga. 30809
706-855-1249
[email protected]@bellsouth.net
www.evansgachurchofchrist.orgwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org
Sunday Morning Feb. 27, 2011