There is a constant war between light and darkness to gain influence over this physical world. Sadly, by man’s disobedience to God, he came under the jurisdiction of the kingdom of darkness. This explains the misery we see and experience in the world today.
The kingdom of darkness thrives in the ignorance of men. As long as people are ignorant of what God has accomplished for mankind on Calvary’s Cross for our redemption, they would remain under the influence of darkness. But when we get to know what God has done for us and align our lives to it, we are set free from the power of darkness and translated to the kingdom of light where Jesus Christ is the Lord. In Jn.1:5, the bible says and the light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot comprehend it. Also, Jn.8:32 makes us understand that as we continue in the word of God, we would come to a point of being enlightened by the truth and then we gain freedom from the darkness of ignorance. The means by which we are enlightened is called Revelation Knowledge.
In this world, there are two Kinds of Knowledge namely the knowledge of the five senses or Carnal Knowledge and Revelation or Revealed knowledge. The former is acquired through the five senses of sight, smell, touch, hearing and speech. Whereas, the latter is revealed knowledge which we cannot receive by just the five senses. For our purpose, I am referring to knowledge acquired from the spirit realm through the Holy Spirit revealing the mysteries of God to us. In Mat.16:13 – 19, we read:
“When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
From this text of scripture we can identify two means of acquiring knowledge namely revealed knowledge and flesh and blood or carnal knowledge. With the premise that the spirit realm controls the physical and that the kingdom of light is greater than the kingdom of darkness, we can understand why the importance of receiving revelation knowledge from the Lord cannot be over emphasized. With revelation knowledge, we are blessed (empowered to prosper) and we receive keys or authority to rule over our world. In addition, revelation knowledge is the basis of our faith and faith, once resident in your heart, makes you a world overcomer. See 1Jn.5:4.
But at new birth, we are born babies into the kingdom of light, so we need to feed on the word of God which is revealed knowledge packaged in the bible so as to grow up spiritually. When we grow spiritually, we develop ourselves to be able to hear God and consequently receive revelation knowledge to guide us in our everyday life so as to be able to take charge over the forces of darkness around us. To this end, this month, we shall be doing a study on how to be led by the Holy Spirit. This would constitute a series of teachings on how to develop our spirits to be led by the Holy Spirit.
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