When you begin to over-think what God has told you is truth, you presume on the knowledge of God. Hence, you assume said knowledge for yourself. God becomes secondary due to the one who has more intellect than an all knowing God does. Knowledge is a good thing. However, knowledge that takes our focus away from God is knowledge that is not of God. As in all things, the focus must be on Christ; else, what is the knowledge to accomplish? Where will the knowledge take one who wants to focus on the aspects of the world? Obviously, said knowledge might possibly bring fame or fortune to one who uses it in a materialistic way. It might help one discover what he perceives to be “the purpose of life.” It can even make one the most powerful person in the world or, at least, one of the most powerful in the world. Mark 8:36-38 says:
What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.
It is the power of the Holy Spirit that enables one to be able to understand the mind of God. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2:16 that believers have the mind of Christ. That powerful mind, able to understand the mysteries of God, comes through the Holy Spirit. When Philip asked the eunuch if he understood the Scriptures he said in Acts 8:31, “How can I,’ he said, ‘unless someone explains it to me?’ So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.” Without the power of the Holy Spirit common man cannot understand the Word of God.
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