A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. We must add knowledge to our our faith and virtue so that we can be renewed in the image of Jesus; outwit Satan; and overcome controversy.

1. The Surpassing Worth of
Knowing
Christ Jesus my Lord
2 Peter 1:5

2. Text
Omphaloskepsis
“contemplation of one’s navel
as a part of a mystical exercise”

3. “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.”

4. They say a little knowledge
is a dangerous thing, but it’s
not one half so bad as a lot
of ignorance.”
— Terry Pratchett
“

5. For I bear them witness that they have a
zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Romans 10:2

6. But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong,
because you know neither the Scriptures nor
the power of God.
Matthew 22:29

7. educated at the feet of Gamaliel
Acts 22:3

8. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of
the surpassing worth of knowing Christ
Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered
the loss of all things and count them as
rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
Philippians 3:8

9. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of
the surpassing worth of knowing Christ
Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered
the loss of all things and count them as
rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
Philippians 3:8

10. For this very reason, make every effort to
supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue
with knowledge,
2 Peter 1:5

11. How does KNOWLEDGE help me?

12. Renewed in His Image

13. and have put on the new
self, which is being
renewed in knowledge
after the image of its
creator.
Colossians 3:10
Renewed in His Image

14. For if, after they have escaped the
defilements of the world through
the knowledge of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ, they are again
entangled in them and overcome,
the last state has become worse
for them than the first.
2 Peter 2:20
Renewed in His Image

15. His divine power has
granted to us all things that
pertain to life and godliness,
through the knowledge of
him who called us to his own
glory and excellence,
2 Peter 1:3
Renewed in His Image

16. And it is my prayer that your love
may abound more and more, with
knowledge and all discernment, so
that you may approve what is
excellent, and so be pure and
blameless for the day of Christ,
filled with the fruit of righteousness
that comes through Jesus Christ, to
the glory and praise of God.
Philippians 1:9-11
Renewed in His Image

17. For if these qualities are
yours and are increasing,
they keep you from being
ineffective or unfruitful in
the knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:8
Renewed in His Image

18. until we all attain to the
unity of the faith and of the
knowledge of the Son of
God, to mature manhood, to
the measure of the stature
of the fullness of Christ,
Ephesians 4:13
Renewed in His Image

19. But grow in the grace and
knowledge of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 3:18
Renewed in His Image

20. Outwitting Satan

21. Outwitting Satan
so that we would not be outwitted by Satan;
for we are not ignorant of his designs
2 Corinthians 2:11

22. Outwitting Satan
Now concerning food offered to idols: we
know that “all of us possess knowledge.”
This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up.
1 Corinthians 8:1

23. Overcoming Controversies

24. Overcoming Controversies
always learning and never able
to arrive at a knowledge of the
truth.
2 Timothy 3:7

25. Overcoming Controversies
Woe to you lawyers! For you have
taken away the key of knowledge.
You did not enter
yourselves, and you
hindered those who
were entering.”
Luke 11:52

26. Overcoming Controversies
There are some things in them
that are hard to understand,
which the ignorant and
unstable twist to their
own destruction, as
they do the other
Scriptures.
2 Peter 3:16

27. Overcoming Controversies
We destroy arguments and every
lofty opinion raised against the
knowledge of God, and
take every thought
captive to obey Christ,
2 Corinthians 10:5

28. Overcoming Controversies
Have nothing to do with foolish,
ignorant controversies; you
know that they breed
quarrels.
2 Timothy 2:23

29. But grow in the grace and
knowledge of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 3:18

30. We implore you on
behalf of Christ,
be reconciled to God.
2 Corinthians 5:20

31. Text

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33. Supplement Your Faith
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The Surpassing Worth of Knowing
Christ Jesus My Lord
2 Peter 1:5
Compiled and Presented by:
Dave Stewart
2015 May 17
www.churchofchristmiranda.com
Synopsis: A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. We must add knowledge to our our faith and virtue so
that we can be renewed in the image of Jesus; outwit Satan; and overcome controversy.
“Let all that you do be done with love.”
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