Knowledge isn’t the portal to a new life… Love is…

We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. 1 Corinthians 8:1

Scholars, philosophers, scientists, and inventors are highly esteemed for their intellect that largely contributes to our understanding of science and advancement of technology. We indeed benefit from the results of their brilliance and innovation. More provinces turn into cities, eventually filled with establishments and institutions to educate civilization. But does mere accumulation of knowledge bring inner transformation?
Enlightenment as part of the realization knowledge brings is intended to replace what is obsolete. Just as how technology improves our way of living. More often than not, we are too founded in our old habits that we approach even the point enlightenment in our own conventional way where pride is deeply seated. We believe but present our beliefs with the wrong motives. In other words, gaining knowledge feeds intellectual hunger while it starves the heart from chastity. Knowledge alone is insufficient to obtain freedom from bondage. Knowledge is only as useful as it brings forth self-denial.
Jeremiah 17:9, says “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Since the time of creation, woman had been lured by the Tree of Knowledge. She was tempted to pursue knowledge itself rather than to seek God. The fruit of the forbidden tree brought malice to mankind and so hid themselves from God for shame and fear. From then on our hearts have been inclined to look elsewhere for satisfaction rather than towards our Creator. Because of our iniquity we bear this unhealthy fear of the Lord.
1 John 4:18 says “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.” Our Father wants us to realize the concept of our justification in Christ, that God is love and we are therefore made in love. Our relationship with our Creator is never about how much we know or how much we make our wrongs right. In fact there is a greater expectation of righteousness from the one who claims to know much. It creates pressure in outward performance rather than developing innate compassion towards others as Jesus did.
There is a difference between knowing Him and knowing about Him. If we desire personal encounter with Him rather than merely gathering information about Him, there we will attain that gradual transformation as His light gracefully shines in us. Only then will we be able to reflect His love to our neighbor as He had been longing for.

 

 

For God so loved the world, He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16