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Hi Mike,
Interesting post. Consider 2 Peter 1:3 “God’s divine power has granted all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence.” Literally, all the power available from God to live and be godly comes through knowledge! Amazing! What a premium we should put on doctrine and instruction in the Scriptures! Life and godliness are at stake.
Not that knowing guarantees godliness. It doesn’t. But it seems that ignorance guarantees ungodliness. Because, Peter says, the divine power that leads to godliness is given through the knowledge of God.
Excellent point dear friend! If possible, would like to add this to be integral to the message, and I would, but parts 1 & 2 are near maxed out for character limits.

To contemplate what has kept us (if I’m reading your un-written bases correctly) may just simply work against His Spirit’s zeal (if I’m reading His intent correctly) to happily make it a second-hand aggravation to our foe, so I won’t try.

There’s no telling what we would perceive if the focus of the Body were spent reappearing here:

What a premium we should put on doctrine and instruction in the Scriptures! Life and godliness are at stake.
If there is lack of attention on my part of it being neglected by others, or myself; the only explanation I could see is an intensification of work He has called someone to, other than that, and again I hate to contemplate, but rather than a dispersion of “gifts”, is a mad dash to the tangent-trough.

Mike.