Knowldedge as Love by Margaret Manning

-Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. (Hebrews 1:1-2)

- Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that "all of us possess knowledge." This "knowledge" puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he is known by God. (1 Corinthians 8:1-3)

A Slice of Infinity snippets:
... My husband no longer has long hair, and he rarely dons his Yankees cap. These two “facts” that identified him to me long ago, no longer reflect the knowledge I now have of him. I’ve learned a great deal about him in the fifteen years of our life together. Granted, my knowledge of my husband encompasses certain “facts” I know about him, but truly knowing him comes from loving him. In the same way, truly knowing God comes in loving God--indeed, as we love God “we are known by God” in return. In this sense, we have a new understanding, and are on our way to a new definition of knowledge as love. As N.T. Wright has written about the search for knowledge, “We might perhaps expect that in studying Jesus himself we would find the clue to understanding not only the object we can see through the telescope, the voice we can hear on the telephone, but the nature of sight and hearing themselves. Studying Jesus, in other words, might lead to a reappraisal of the theory of knowledge itself.”

Indeed, knowing Jesus means loving Jesus, and loving Jesus alters the nature of knowledge from simply being the pursuit of an object to the transformation of the subject itself. With knowledge as love, we stop looking at Jesus, and start looking through him.


Chad's Comments:
In today's culture, it seems fashionable to pursue facts and knowledge as the ultimate goal of all truth and life. May I challenge you to not 'label' your neighbors or co-workers by what they wear or what their philosophical outlook is? Realize the falseness of mankind. Realize the cost of following Christ. Embrace HIS commands and start loving them.

Yesterday, I was very frustrated with a client who seemed to not offer me any grace. Although in the situation, I was selfish and wanted to control them, I realize that they too are fallen and in need of grace.

Today, seek justice for someone else - not yourself.

May the Love of Christ shine in your lives today oh blessed friends.

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Please continue to lift up Elaine's family, My neighbor Gerry and his wife Terri and my aunt Barbara who struggles with depression and alcoholism.

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