In the past couple of days I have been in discussion with a few friends over a very common disputed subject. It was more of an argument rather than a discussion I must admit. One thing was constant, none of my co-arguers could establish a proper scriptural quote without quoting wrong and out of context, and yet vehemently insisted they were right. Every item I put up in defence were direct quote of scriptures. We therefore argued, and I was clearly wasting my own time. But I kept at it because the online community is a repository and archive of valuable information for future generations, this was my motivation for the continued argument on my part because I was thinking of the future breeds who will need the information. If you are interested on reading that story, click
HERE.
One thing was very clear though, it was the contention between gnosis and epignosis.
GNOSIS means
knowledge of spiritual matters; mystical knowledge.
EPIGNOSIS means
precise and correct knowledge.
Apparently, my contenders possessed general revelation and knowledge. This is called gnosis. And by the way,
gnosis is a Greek word. We find it in the Bible. General revelation is the knowledge of God, as well as the knowledge of right and wrong, that can be obtained through nature. This general revelation of God’s existence and basic morality is known by everyone. First of all, the apostle Paul tells us that the people can obtain knowledge of God in creation.
