Knowledge

Readings:
Job 11
I Corinthians 8:1-3

Focus:
I Corinthians 8:2: "If anyone fancies that he has some kind of knowledge, he does not yet know in the true sense of knowing."

In this passage, Paul is writing a warning against being too sure of our own knowledge and wisdom. As he says, knowledge inflates us, whereas love builds us up. This is interesting. Both make us bigger, but love makes us bigger and stronger, whereas knowledge makes us bigger, but on a very shaky foundation.

Our knowledge is really very limited. No matter how much knowledge we think we have, we nonetheless do not yet know in the true sense of knowing. It is God who truly knows. We may get glimpses of understanding, but our knowledge is nothing compared to God's knowledge. We can't rely on it to tell us all truth about important questions. Our knowledge is limited, and it is also fallible.

We must get our knowledge from God, and base it all on love. Then we will have a secure foundation.