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Why Knowledge Matters for Christians.
Unfortunately, many people today think that you can’t know religious or moral truths. Why?
Because if physics, chemistry, biology, or genetics doesn’t deal with a topic, then they assume you can’t know it.
In other words, it’s fine for you to say you believe that Jesus is God but not that you know Jesus is God.
However, if this were the case, then Christianity would consist of mere opinion and not substantive knowledge.
Christianity Offers Knowledge of Reality
The crucial point to grasp is that Christianity (and religion in general) rises to the level of being either true or false, and it can be known to be true or false (see Luke 1:1–4; 1 John 5:13).
“Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. 3 With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.”–Luke 1:1-4
“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.”–1 John 5:13
If Christianity is relegated to the realm of fairy tales, which may provide personal significance or meaning but not knowledge, then people will continue not taking the claims of Jesus or the Christian worldview very seriously.
This will also reduce the confidence that Christians have in everyday life.
But if people are invited to consider the claims of Jesus as a knowledge tradition then there is a good chance they might come to know the living God and live life according to the knowledge provided in His Word.
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