This, I Know
Many years ago when I was in college, our psychology class had an in depth debate about the distinction between knowledge and wisdom. Most opinions surmised that knowledge and wisdom are interrelated. The concluding summations offered that knowledge was absolutely essential for wisdom to be possessed.
But the conclusion of our discussions seemed to assert that wisdom could never be attained by the lesser educated. While I highly recommend education and the accumulation of knowledge, I don't think we can simply discount the "common sense" that seems to be either imparted by a Creator, or accumulated by personal experience, even by those who have never had the opportunity for higher education.
Perhaps you are familiar with Socrates famous quote: "The only true knowledge is in knowing you know nothing."
Over the years, and after accumulating a lifetime of experience and knowledge, my own personal observation has come to be this: "The greatest knowledge is coming to the point of acknowledging to myself that the vast amount of knowledge to be known, will never be known by me, and I surely do now know it."
Knowing you know nothing can be very disconcerting. It can make you feel downright ignorant. But even in my state of not knowing much, "This I Know.
There is a God who "KNOWS EVERYTHING"!
And when I need to Know something, I can ask him, and if I need Wisdom, he can provide that too! So the distinctions between knowledge and Wisdom, and knowing the difference begins with Knowing God!........ This, I Know!
I John 3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things!
Darrell G. Young
Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
August 23, 2018
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Monday, August 13, 2018
An Unimaginable Heaven
Have you ever wondered what Heaven will be like? It is only natural for us mortals to try to imagine what the paradise of God's Heaven must be like. But every time I try to imagine the glorious wonders of Heaven, I come away mentally frustrated, because the concept of the Biblical Heaven is too overwhelming for the human mind to comprehend. ("Heaven is literally out-of-this World")
Recently, in preparing for sermons on Heaven and Hell, I spent a great deal of time studying and researching through the Bible on the subject of Heaven. We all aspire to go to Heaven someday. Oddly enough, it seems we all have our own ideas of what Heaven is like.
It seems that there is lot of scriptures concerning Hell, but when you diligently search for information on Heaven, there just isn't much detail, outside of Revelation chapters 20 and 21. There we can read about crystal clear rivers, gold streets, and numerous precious gems that make up the structure of the holy city of God. These verses are fascinating to contemplate, but they tend to leave you dreaming for more imagery of Heaven!
As I continued studying the scriptures on Heaven, I eventually found that there simply wasn't a ton of information on what Heaven is actually like. The more I studied, the more my mind and the Spirit returned me to one single verse that Paul had imparted to early Christians at Corinth.
1 Cor 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Then, it the struck me like a bolt of lightning out of the blue! God does not want us to be overly preoccupied with the "THINGS" of Heaven, but focused on "HIM." God wants us to LOVE him, more than the things that he has prepared for those that LOVE HIM!
Darrell G. Young
Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
August 13, 2018
Have you ever wondered what Heaven will be like? It is only natural for us mortals to try to imagine what the paradise of God's Heaven must be like. But every time I try to imagine the glorious wonders of Heaven, I come away mentally frustrated, because the concept of the Biblical Heaven is too overwhelming for the human mind to comprehend. ("Heaven is literally out-of-this World")
Recently, in preparing for sermons on Heaven and Hell, I spent a great deal of time studying and researching through the Bible on the subject of Heaven. We all aspire to go to Heaven someday. Oddly enough, it seems we all have our own ideas of what Heaven is like.
It seems that there is lot of scriptures concerning Hell, but when you diligently search for information on Heaven, there just isn't much detail, outside of Revelation chapters 20 and 21. There we can read about crystal clear rivers, gold streets, and numerous precious gems that make up the structure of the holy city of God. These verses are fascinating to contemplate, but they tend to leave you dreaming for more imagery of Heaven!
As I continued studying the scriptures on Heaven, I eventually found that there simply wasn't a ton of information on what Heaven is actually like. The more I studied, the more my mind and the Spirit returned me to one single verse that Paul had imparted to early Christians at Corinth.
1 Cor 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Then, it the struck me like a bolt of lightning out of the blue! God does not want us to be overly preoccupied with the "THINGS" of Heaven, but focused on "HIM." God wants us to LOVE him, more than the things that he has prepared for those that LOVE HIM!
Darrell G. Young
Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
August 13, 2018
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