Gnostic  as defined by Dictionary.com is possessing knowledge, especially esoteric knowledge of spiritual matters.

Esoteric is defined by that same group as understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite: intended to be revealed only to the initiates of a group:

Here is my difficulty in relying on definitions imposed on me by the world.

Psalm 98:2 The Lord hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.

The Lord is not hiding from anyone. We do not hold secrets, nothing we believe is withheld from unbelievers. It is not our intention to hold ourselves as a secret society.

Matthew 28:19-20 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Rather than holding the truth close to the vest, we are shouting it from the rooftops. Who is listening? Certainly not the agnostic. Agnostics refuse to commit to anything. In a way the agnostic is more lost than the man who believes the lies. At least that man believes in something and will perhaps reason with us and discover the truth. The truth being that we hide nothing as it pertains to salvation.

So we battle with how the world views us, defines us, and gossips about us. There is little that can be done about that. We are only contributors. We are not the publishers. In this we can only live the life we are given and be what God has created in us.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Show them who you are.

Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

The last few devotionals I expressed my experiences with God. Do you want that? I cannot tell you how to have those experiences or that you ever will. It isn’t up to me. If it were I would grant it to one and all but it isn’t up to me.

God calls you and only He can bring you out. There is nothing you can do to change that. No amount of desire on your part, no wanting changes God’s will for you. Yet it is God who creates in you the pathway to salvation. That is not the same as self-will and self-determination.

Jesus said it is impossible for man to save himself. Neither can I save you. I can however describe to you with feeble words what happened to me. Just as my description in the devotional Words are inadequate to describe being in His presence, what happened to me is not a formula to follow to be saved.

John 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

That is between you and God. How He calls you out of the darkness and into the light is going to be personal. He knows best how to touch you. My experience is personal, mine and should not be seen as a formula to follow. As I said in the devotional Honestly Earnestly, it begins with admitting what you are and seeking God earnestly. Yet that is just a beginning, a first step towards God and what He is calling out to you personally.