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"My sense is that the
students I've taught are
a lot like what T.S. Eliot
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called 'hollow men,'" he

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said. "They are living in
a world, and

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what they're here for –
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how to live their lives.”

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David K. Glidden, Professor Of Philosophy, UC
Riverside
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"My sense is that the
students I've taught are
a lot like what T.S. Eliot
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called 'hollow men,'" he

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said. "They are living in
a world, and they

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don't know what
they're here for –
they don't know

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how to live their lives.”
David K. Glidden, Professor Of Philosophy, UC
Riverside

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Text: 2 Peter 1:5-8

Topic: Growth in Christian Virtue.

Thesis: Believers must work out

their own salvation.

Title: Climbing
the Christian Construct,
Step Three-Knowledge
 “For this very
reason, you must make
every effort to add to KNOWLEDGE
your faith goodness, and
to goodness
knowledge…” GOODNESS

(2Pe 1:5 NRSV)

FAITH
UNBELIEF
EVIL INTENTIONS
“For it is from within,
from the human heart, that
FORNICATION evil intentions come:
fornication, theft, murder…”

(Mr 7:21 NRSV)

FAITH
GOODNESS

FAITH
 KNOWLEDGE

GOODNESS

FAITH
 SELF-
CONTROL

KNOWLEDGE

GOODNESS

FAITH
 PATIENCE
SELF-
CONTROL

KNOWLEDGE

GOODNESS

FAITH
 GODLINESS

PATIENCE
SELF-
CONTROL

KNOWLEDGE

GOODNESS

FAITH
 BROTHERLY
KINDNESS

GODLINESS

PATIENCE
SELF-
CONTROL

KNOWLEDGE

GOODNESS

FAITH
 LOVE
BROTHERLY
KINDNESS

GODLINESS

PATIENCE
SELF-
CONTROL

KNOWLEDGE

GOODNESS

FAITH
 HEAVEN?
LOVE
BROTHERLY
KINDNESS

GODLINESS

PATIENCE
SELF-
CONTROL

KNOWLEDGE

GOODNESS

FAITH
 Not heaven, but Spiritual Maturity!
LOVE
BROTHERLY
KINDNESS

GODLINESS

PATIENCE
SELF-
CONTROL

KNOWLEDGE

GOODNESS

FAITH
 “For this very reason, you must
make every effort to support your
faith with goodness, and goodness
with knowledge,”
(2Pe 1:5 NRSV)
Knowledge words:
diagnosis: opinion resulting from investigation.
Knowledge words:
diagnosis: opinion resulting from investigation.

prognosis: estimation of what will happen.

Knowledge words:
diagnosis: opinion resulting from investigation.

prognosis: estimation of what will happen.

understand: to know the meaning.

Knowledge words:
diagnosis: opinion resulting from investigation.

prognosis: estimation of what will happen.

understand: to know the meaning.

wisdom: good judgment based on experience.

Knowledge is…
1. Acquired_____________
 Knowledge is…
1. Acquired from God’s Spirit
“The LORD spoke to Moses: See, I have
called by name Bezalel son of Uri son of
Hur, of the tribe of Judah: and I have
filled him with ___________, with
_______, __________, and _________
in every kind of craft,”
(Ex 31:1-3 NRSV)
 Knowledge is…
1. Acquired from God’s Spirit
“The LORD spoke to Moses: See, I have
called by name Bezalel son of Uri son of
Hur, of the tribe of Judah: and I have
filled him with divine spirit, with ability,
intelligence, and knowledge in every
kind of craft,”
(Ex 31:1-3 NRSV)
 Knowledge is…
2. Available to_____________
 Knowledge is…
2. Available to Ordinary People

“Now when they saw the boldness

of Peter and John and realized that
they were __________ and ________
men, they were amazed and
recognized them as companions of
Jesus.”
(Acts 4:13 NRSV)
 Knowledge is…
2. Available to Ordinary People

“Now when they saw the boldness

of Peter and John and realized that
they were uneducated and ordinary
men, they were amazed and
recognized them as companions of
Jesus.”
(Acts 4:13 NRSV)
 Ta
fo e k
r t tim
ul
ip e
s!
 Kingdom Point:

On this side of eternity, we

will only ever “_______________.”
 Kingdom Point:

On this side of eternity, we

will only ever “know in part.”
 Kingdom Point:
“For now we see in a mirror,
dimly, but then we will see face to
face. Now I know only _________;
then I will know _______, even as I
have been fully known.”
(1Co 13:12 NRSV)
 Kingdom Point:
“For now we see in a mirror,
dimly, but then we will see face to
face. Now I know only in part; then
I will know fully, even as I have
been fully known.”
(1Co 13:12 NRSV)
 Therefore, ____ is never an
option for the believer.

“…we know that "all of us

possess knowledge." Knowledge
_______, but love _______.”

(1 Co 8:1 NRSV)
 Therefore, pride is never an
option for the believer.

“…we know that "all of us

possess knowledge." Knowledge
puffs up, but love builds up.”

(1 Co 8:1 NRSV)
 Knowledge is…
3. Practical in_____________
 Knowledge is…
3. Practical in Life and Godliness

“…by knowledge the rooms

are filled with all _________
______________.”

(Proverbs 24:4 NRSV)

 Knowledge is…
3. Practical in Life and Godliness

“…by knowledge the rooms

are filled with all precious and
pleasant riches.”

(Proverbs 24:4 NRSV)

 Knowledge is…
3. Practical in Life and Godliness
“…through great endurance, in
afflictions, hardships, calamities,
beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors,
sleepless nights, hunger; by purity,
knowledge, patience, kindness, holiness
of spirit, genuine love,”

(2 Co 6:3-6 NRSV)