2nd Peter 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness.
The spiritual factors we spoke of earlier are to guide our perspectives, and if they do, they will open doors to mitigations and solutions to difficulties that are entirely foreign to secular minds. Therefore, in our day, when secular perspectives, and thought patterns are being infused into many minds, we must be very careful, not to surrender the spiritual factors which God has given us to make all the difference.
Obedience as a spiritual factor, has toppled cities, choirs have been used in winning battles, faith has caused iron to float up from the bottom of a river to the surface, and thousands of individuals have been healed by The Lord without the use of conventional medicines. Through faith, lions have refused to eat their lunch, even as they were starving for food, and lepers have been restored to health, the dead have been raised to life on several occasions, so that these were not isolated events.
Let none be deceived by vain philosophy, or wisdom that is strictly secular in nature, which excludes the spiritual factors, because of the very strong spirit of unbelief that is now pervading the earth. Several examples of what we are referring to can be found in the Scriptures, so that we may know what is taking place currently. Whenever God declares a truth in His word, the secular begs to differ, so that there are always two opposing views on the menu.
2nd Peter 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!