The Importance of Knowledge

[387 words] It has been suggested that the word “knowledge” is the key word of 2 Peter. A quick reading of Peter’s letter shows why that may be true. In the New King James Version, the word appears five times in chapter 1, once in chapter 2, and is found in the final verse of chapter 3. You also find “know,” “knowing,” “known,” and “knows” a total of eight times. There is an essential connection between knowledge and true freedom. Jesus said, “And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32). Paul tied salvation to the knowledge of truth in 1 Tim. 2:4. It is also clearly shown that ignorance of truth will not produce what God wants. In Acts 3:17, Peter credits ignorance with the killing of the Prince of life (15). Paul blamed alienation from God on ignorance on the part of…