The Beginning of Knowledge
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” (Proverbs 1:7)
Today’s Morsel: One of the reasons for education is to teach people history, morals, and knowledge. In the olden days, many churches were used as schoolhouses. This really must never change. The church must always be a schoolhouse for education and teaching history, morals, and knowledge. Solomon states that the beginning of knowledge is to reverence and respect God. When a life is void of wisdom and understanding, it will soon be destroyed for a lack of knowledge. Wisdom must remain the principal thing. When we acknowledge God, it is the starting point for true understanding. Just as the alphabet is needed to learn how to read, honoring God is required to make sense of this life and world. Without this foundational truth, there is no anchor for the soul. True understanding and wisdom start with a deep respect and submission to God. Paul informed the church at Ephesus: “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.” (Ephesians 4:11-16) The church must herald the truth of the gospel and show people the right way for their life. Again, Paul states: “This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But ye have not so learned Christ; If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:” (Ephesians 4:17-21) If you learn Christ, you will learn the importance and value for obtaining knowledge. So, do not be your own self-destruction, keep learning.
Sing: I love you, Lord, and I lift my voice to worship You; O my soul, rejoice. Take joy, my King, in what You hear and let it be a sweet, sweet sound in Your ear.
We exalt Thee, we exalt Thee, we exalt Thee, O Lord. We exalt Thee, we exalt Thee, we exalt Thee, O Lord
Thought For Today: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” (Hosea 4:6)
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