Love, honesty, obedience, kindness, compassion, gentleness, and truth
These are the seven gates our souls must pass through
To understand God more.
The more we understand God,
The closer we become to Christ.
For knowledge can be good or bad
Good if it leads us to Christ,
Bad if it leads us away.
So let our knowledge become truth,
Shaped by You, O God.
Teach us to be a light to the nations,
To those we meet each day.
Christ, help us walk Your path
Through each gate of Your holy will,
For each gate must be entered to be passed,
And each one leads to the next.
These seven gates of knowing Christ
Draw us closer to God
In all we think, say, and do.
And every intention of the heart
Is shaped by the God who made us
In His image and likeness.
Because we seek God’s understanding, not our own,
We walk the path to holiness.
For His understanding is greater,
His wisdom is higher than ours.
If we rely on ourselves,
We risk doing the wrong thing,
For lack of knowledge destroys.
But not all knowledge is good knowledge
There is knowledge from God
Through revelation,
Through Scripture and its meaning.
And there is knowledge from the world,
Anything or anyone opposed
To the Creator of the universe.
Amen.
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