Hosea 4:6 cautions that “God’s people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” The Apostle Paul exhorts believers to have an yearning to know Jesus Christ and that such knowledge supersedes all else (Philippians 3:7-10). But what if you already know that Jesus Christ is the Only begotten Son of God and that He is the only means to getting right with God, because He paid the sacrifice of our sins with His life? What next?
Think about this, if you needed a blood transfusion to stay alive and a friend of yours stepped in to give his blood to save your life, what would your attitude toward that person be? For a lifetime and more, you would be grateful to that person. Jesus’ blood was shed so that there could be remission (forgiveness) of not only your sin and mine, but that of the whole world. With this knowledge must come gratitude and love and with increased knowledge must come increased love (Philippians 1:9).
So to know the truth (knowledge of Jesus Christ) is freedom from destruction; a.k.a. life and love and to not know knowledge is destruction; a.k.a. death.
Philippians 1:9 (KJV)
9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
Hosea 4:6 (KJV)
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: …
