What does it mean for knowledge if it is true that a man is saved by faith?
'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty. (zech 4:6)
Information (scripture, or what is plain and evident about God and man) is essential to create faith.
How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?
But knowledge of God can be used for evil. One need look no further than how the fossil record has been used to disprove the existence of God. Or how the beauty and brilliance of mother nature is used as an excuse to worship anyone except Him. In the same way, Paul admits:
We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know. But the man who loves God is known by God.
and again:
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, ... but have not love, I am nothing.
Knowledge that worships God is Spiritually gained:
We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
If it is true that a man is saved by faith, then information, logically, therefore, works its power in submission to the goal of faith: an all-sufficient conduit.
Knowledge is not a perfect or enacting channel for eternal life.
rom 10:14
1 cor 8:1-3
1 cor 13:2
1 cor 2:12
No comments:
Post a Comment