Love Not Knowledge

We know that we all possess knowledge. Understand this, knowledge alone makes people self-righteous and arrogant. However, love, that unselfishly seeks the best for others, both builds ups and encourages others to grow in wisdom. If anyone imagines that he knows and understands anything of divine matters, without love, he has not yet to know as he ought to know.  But if anyone loves God with awe-filled reverence, obedience, and gratitude, he is known by Him. That person is God’s very own and is greatly loved.

In 1 Corinthians 8:1-3 Paul said that knowledge makes people arrogant, but love builds up.  Knowledge can condemn. Words can condemn. But love heals. If we make it our priority to walk in real love above all else, we will be much better off.  God has all the answers; He knows.  We do not need all the answers. We only need to trust and obey Him while we love others.

Pride makes us think we do not need God.  Pride always comes before destruction.  Beware of pride and seek love instead.  Love is humble, not puffed up, or inflated with pride or arrogance.  Instead of being anxious to tell others what we know, we should do our best to encourage them and build them up.  We do not need to impress other people with our “knowledge” of God; we need to humble ourselves and show others love.  It is the same love that God has shown us; it is filled with mercy, forgiveness, and grace.  Those things will go a lot further and mean a lot more than our words ever could.  Sometimes words just get in the way of what we truly want to convey to others. Actions always speak louder than words.