Proverbs 24:5 James 1:3, Colossians 1:10, Ephesians 1:17, 2 Peter 1:2,8. The Bible is gnostic, and the early Christians were gnostic. Like I said gnosticism is very broad. But when it comes down to knowledge (gnosis) it is gained through experience or works like the ones told that prove faith in Hebrews 11.
Sorry for derailing a bit...
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YES brother, we overcome the carnal with the spiritual, of that, and that ALONE, gnosticism has some form of correctness. However, to teach that the flesh is evil is to say that God created it evil, when in fact, the stones of the ground, the mountains, and the trees are righteous, and would gladly worship their Maker if given the opportunity.
The spirit of gnosticism is rooted in all the antichrist religions, free masonry being above all, and started by Nimrod, and will end with the a/c as he merges the Abramic faiths with those who worship false gods and demigods.
Christ Jesus came in the flesh, left in the flesh as the firstborn of the dead. When He is come again, He will burn away all that is MANMADE, and recreate eden without the corruption of sin. But that which He creates is physical in nature, but overcome by spirit.
For instance, the grizzly bears would gladly eat a human being if they were hungry.....but when we are in our new bodies, our spirits will have dominion over the animals, soas we might control them to do our will. Still, we will feel them, see them, and if we like, eat with them in the cold streams of the north.
The antichrist seeks to separate us from nature, putting us above the dirt from which we were fashioned, and by deceiving us into entering a collective consciousness, he might control it as such to recreate a technological eden in which he is ruler over all.
Simon Magus had those ancient teachings which started with Nimrod and were passed through the ancient religions to the false religions of Egypt, then to the nation of Israel by the Kahballa. The Khaballa was an early tool used to teach gnosticism to the early church soas they might fall into strong delusion and prepared the world for satans endgame and replication of the Christ, Jesus.