Knowledge puffs you up with pride, but love builds up (1 Corinthians 8:1b, NIV). We need to be careful how we live. We may very well be the only Bible some people ever read. Knowledge – for the sake of knowledge – is worthless and can easily lead to pride and arrogance. But knowledge for the sake of love is priceless. In other words, no one really cares how much you know until they know how much you really care. Knowledge is powerful and should be used in love and love should always be controlled by knowledge. God gives us the ability to understand the Bible, and then wants us to use its truths to build each other up and meet the needs of others. A preacher once said, “Some Christians grow. Others just swell.” Arrogance and pride are the result of knowledge that is misused. Knowledge can be a weapon of destruction or a tool of construction. It all depends on how it is used. We can know doctrine and never know God. We can grow in Bible knowledge, but not grow in grace. We can attend church every time the doors are open but until we actually apply God’s truth to the way we live, something is lost in the way we translate the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Posted on: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 01:58:50 +0000
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