Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. (1 Corinthians 8:1)
Devotional
We, like the Corinthians, are often certain about things that are uncertain. They, for example, knew that eating certain things was wrong. They were wrong. I have found that there are few things that I can hold to with absolute dogma. There is absolutely nothing that I can hold to with arrogant dogma. The moment I do, God deals with my arrogance and reveals my ignorance. Knowledge truly has a tendency to puff up-especially among those who think that they may know something more than their peers. It often seems that those who have the least knowledge hold the most arrogant knowledge. Those who know the least know it the loudest. The only thing worse than a little knowledge is arrogant knowledge. Arrogance holds to an ignorant bias that is next to impossible to break. Knowledge without love is useless. Love even without knowledge is teachable. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.
Thought For The Night
“We are often unable to tell people what they need to know, because they want to know something else.” George MacDonald
Evening Text
1 Corinthians 8:1: Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.
Looking for Answers
Does not God have perfect knowledge?
Is there anything that He does not know?
Are you knowledgeable and is your knowledge guided by the love of God?
Evening Study Guide
Defining: “Knowledge” the fruit of learning and reasoning.
Referencing: “Know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God,” Ephesians 3:19.
Applying: Learn as much as you can about the things that you do. Do so realizing that the danger of this learning is arrogance. This arrogance can be overcome by sharing what you know in love for the edification of others and not necessarily yourself.