KNOWLEDGE AND ARROGANCE
Have you ever been around
Someone who is arrogant
Someone-who knows it all
Who KNOWS everything
Knowledge is great
But these people can be tedious
So full of their own self-importance
It is knowledge of God
And God’s ways
That are most important
“Granted
But they were broken off
Because of unbelief
And you stand by FAITH
Do not be arrogant
But be afraid
For if God
Did not spare the natural branches
He will not
Spare you either” Romans 11:20
PUT ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
“The fear of the Lord
Is the beginning of knowledge
But fools
Despise wisdom and discipline”
Proverbs 1:7
Living off the knowledge of man
Put on
The knowledge of God
“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” 1
Corinthians 8:1-3
Knowledge puffs up
Love puffs up
LOVE GOD
LOVE OTHERS
“And I pray that you
Being rooted and established in love
May have power
Together with all the saints
To grasp how wide and long
And high and deep
IS THE LOVE OF CHRIST
And to know this love
That surpasses knowledge-
-That you may be filled
To the measure
Of ALL the fullness of God”
Ephesians 3:17-19
All earthly knowledge
Is somewhat arrogant
If used to rely on oneself
But godly knowledge
In humility
Is built upon
TOTAL dependency on God
Knowledge puffs up
LOVE BUILDS UP
Love God
Love others
This is the knowledge
That is built
ON GOD’S OWN WORDS
Robert P. Wallman
9-10-12
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