2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (ESV)
For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.
Knowledge of God is very much underrated these days. I can understand why many would take this stance because so much of our world today relies on knowledge and science that we can't help but fight against that. First of all, though, we have no reason to be afraid of science. God created this world and so in the end science will only prove the existence of God. Second, unless we know God we cannot really know God. In other words, to use modern Christianese, if we are to have a relationship with God we must know who God is.
But to even move it farther, to be able to stand against this world's knowledge and the false teachers that surround us we must know the truth. We must know God. Now, I will be the first to acknowledge that we will never truly know all of God. To truly know all of God is to in a way be God and that is not possible. But we can know enough about God to fight the spiritual war of knowledge and souls with God as our power.
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