Knowledge of God is Better Than Knowledge of Man
About food offered to idols. "We know that we all have knowledge". Knowledge inflates with pride, but love builds up. If anyone thinks he knows anything, he does not yet know it as he ought to know it. But if anyone loves God, he is known by Him. 1 Cor 8;1-3
I know these scriptures go on the address the opening sentence. However, I wish to talk about the heart of the passage.
At present God is dealing with me in a close way. I am constrained to keep a very short account. It is as if He is before my face and judgements, reactions or thought I once had, are no longer acceptable. I now know a new way.
We form opinions based on knowledge, our own knowledge and depending on the foundation of that knowledge, it is often flawed. Thoughts will come along as we interact with others, live life, do business. There are volumes of thought patterns we are used to processing daily. However, I am learning to take my thoughts captive and evaluate them in the light of God and His word. Many, many times I must hold a decision, hold a reaction, hold a thought and wait and allow God to go before me.
All I need to know is I am loved by God. As I walk in that love and leave the decisions about judgement to Him, I have an interesting experience. It is a lot quieter, more peaceful, slower, purer. In fact it is quite appealing.
This morning before church I played worship music and prayed and found myself interceding for souls. Guess what? we had several salvations today and also several spontaneous baptisms. Tonight I felt constrained to pray also for souls. How exciting! Salvation is flowing!
Yesterday I prayed for a friend who had been sick all week and looked like having a relapse. I prayed over the phone then had a shower and went into intercessory prayer. My friend got up and did a mountain of work and is sparking on all 6 cylinders. Now, is God doing something? Yes!
I know these scriptures go on the address the opening sentence. However, I wish to talk about the heart of the passage.
At present God is dealing with me in a close way. I am constrained to keep a very short account. It is as if He is before my face and judgements, reactions or thought I once had, are no longer acceptable. I now know a new way.
We form opinions based on knowledge, our own knowledge and depending on the foundation of that knowledge, it is often flawed. Thoughts will come along as we interact with others, live life, do business. There are volumes of thought patterns we are used to processing daily. However, I am learning to take my thoughts captive and evaluate them in the light of God and His word. Many, many times I must hold a decision, hold a reaction, hold a thought and wait and allow God to go before me.
All I need to know is I am loved by God. As I walk in that love and leave the decisions about judgement to Him, I have an interesting experience. It is a lot quieter, more peaceful, slower, purer. In fact it is quite appealing.
This morning before church I played worship music and prayed and found myself interceding for souls. Guess what? we had several salvations today and also several spontaneous baptisms. Tonight I felt constrained to pray also for souls. How exciting! Salvation is flowing!
Yesterday I prayed for a friend who had been sick all week and looked like having a relapse. I prayed over the phone then had a shower and went into intercessory prayer. My friend got up and did a mountain of work and is sparking on all 6 cylinders. Now, is God doing something? Yes!
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