Principle: Level 0 Knowledge
March 5, 2014 Leave a comment
“And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.” Deuteronomy 6:6, 7 ESV
There are several sources of knowledge available all over the world. Fire up your favorite search engine and research any topic that you would like to know and in a few minutes, you will absorb a certain opinion or knowledge about the subject.
The Bible is unique. Do a search on a subject, read the passage and then contemplate. Most of the time, you will get confused of what actually is the message and sometimes it feels like you are just reading an ordinary book, but you are not. What you are doing when you are reading a passage, God is giving you an important information through the revelation from the Holy Spirit. Your eyes sees the information, but then it is the Spirit of God that reveals the message – then a small voice whispers in your ears “did you get it?”.
For those of you that just started reading the Bible, be patient. The fact that you attempted to read this journal this far is already a good sign that God is trying to reach your heart.
I used to struggle of walking straight in life and I always miss the mark or not meet the moral standard (I still miss the mark sometimes) . Sometimes I will say, “tomorrow will be a new day, I’ll be a changed person”. But then the next day, I’m back again on the same predicament. When I started reading the Bible, things changed and I could not explain why all of a sudden there is someone inside me instructing me every step of the way, whispering “hey, you are not suppose to do that” or reminding me “go read this article or passage” or “hey, why do you start typing and I will tell you what to write”.
Part of the reason that I could not convince my family that there is God or explain to them my beliefs is that they have to experience Him in a personal way. It is simple to teach your wife, kids, brothers and sisters about the Bible but it is hard to teach how revelation works. Enlightenment is not something that you can write a mathematical formula or a step by step howto. Enlightenment is an experience, an encounter with the Spirit of God. The principle in the Bible is not like the laws of the land where the context is meant to be followed to the letter. Of course some part of it has to be followed to the letter but the message of the Bible is meant for a higher purpose, that purpose is for you and me to find.
Get the Level 0 knowledge, it is worth knowing.
RA
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