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Remember when you went to
school and learned your ABCs? You learned them by using your five senses
and your logical abilities to gather information and sort it out. That
kind of knowledge is called natural knowledge and it's the only kind
most people know anything about.
But in the kingdom of God,
there's another kind of knowing. One that works its way from the inside
out instead of from the outside in. It's called revelation knowledge.
Jesus
spoke about this kind of knowledge in Matthew 16. He'd just asked the
disciples, "Who do you say I am?" Peter had answered Him by declaring,
"You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
"Blessed are you,
Simon," Jesus responded, "because flesh and blood has not revealed this
to you, but My Father which is in heaven."
In other words, Jesus
was saying, "Peter, you didn't learn this information through your
physical senses. You received it another way. You received it directly
from God."
If you've ever had a revelation like that, you know
that when it comes, it changes things. It makes you see old things in an
entirely new light. It gives you such unshakable confidence that, as
Jesus said to Peter, "The gates of hell can't prevail against you."
But
revelations like that don't come easily. You have to meditate the Word
and search the Spirit of God for them because they are "hidden" in Him.
The Bible says God has hidden His wisdom for the saints (1 Cor. 2:7-9).
Notice, He's hidden it for you, not from you. He wants you to have it.
Don't
think, however, that God is just going to drop great revelations into
your lap while you're watching television. You have to seek Him.
If
you're hungry for revelation knowledge, get yourself in a position to
receive it by meditating the Word, praying and fellowshiping with the
Lord. Begin to receive those revelations from Him. It's the most
exciting kind of learning there is.
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