Ask Ray.
I can't read B-T.com and come to the conclusion that knowledge has no part in understanding the Scriptures. A lot of things may come as 'inspiration', but I don't think knowledge and wisdom fall into that category. I don't know of any scripture that says they do, anyways...could be wrong.
I believed the Gospel over the course of one night's reading...after 50+ years of living. Like overnight stardom after many years of playing dives.
God didn't suddenly become Sovereign when He wasn't before. I didn't lose my 'free-will', as I'd never had it to begin with. God was all the time reconciling the world to Himself. I just didn't know it, and what I DID know, I didn't believe.
"The
sum of Thy word is truth." is a very powerful statement. Sponges like me have to soak up a lot, then get squeezed real good from time to time to stay clean. Eventually we learn where the cleanest water is. But even though I'm convinced beyond being unconvinced that we have a solid foundation on which to build, if the construction after that is shoddy, then what's the point?
Man, what a lot of metaphors in all that. Embarassing.