II Timothy 6:20 - O Timothy! Guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge -
21 by professing it some have strayed concerning the faith.
The word for knowledge in this scripture (KJV says science) is the Greek word gnosis. From gnosis we get the English word Gnosticism. Gnosticism is the belief that man can educate himself into a higher moral plain. The more he learns about the mysteries of the universe, the better off he will be. While this may sound appealing to the intellectual among us, it is a dangerous thought process. Simply put, it equates man to the status of God.
If man is God, then he has no one to which he must answer for his deeds. If this is so, then there would be no moral absolutes. Without moral absolutes, then what is right and wrong are left up to the individual. There is nothing to say that Hitler was wrong; if he believed he was right, then he was.
The logical end to Gnosticism is chaos, a world without order. The world system of our day has convinced many that Christianity is outdated. Some would say it binds us to the dark ages. Others would say that the teachings of the Bible contradict modern science (gnosis). The Bible never contradicts true science or true knowledge. It only contradicts that which is falsely called knowledge. I would rather stick to that which has been proven true again and again. I would rather believe the word of God. It is true knowledge!
Forever, O Lord, your word is settled in heaven. Psalm 119:89
God Bless,
Sullivan Jones
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