Is Too Much Head Knowledge Bad For Christians?

[@juniorkabana7776]

Acquiring knowledge is good. But lacking understanding is deadly.

[@daveyboy6985]

Amen😊

[@christiantaylor9200]

Well said!

[@gracec8935]

Yes it is!! Thank you!

[@velkyn1]

and since Christians can't agree on their understanding, well, it is deadly to their religion.

[@winterpatriot1429]

I like this! 👍

[@linux19]

I love that last comment. So true. The more I learn the more I realize how much I don’t know. Helps me to be humble.

[@hawhee]

Socrates would agree with you.

[@katiesmith5149]

I was just thinking the same thing. The more I learn about God, the more I realize how little I really know. I want to keep learning!

[@BirdDogey1]

Martin Luther noted the more he knew of God the more aware of his sin he was.

[@tomreichardt6044]

Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your MIND.' Matt 22:37

[@jolab1810]

People love "experts" just not experts about what really matters.

[@rudymancha5809]

So true 👍 so true

[@dctrbrass]

And often it's big-mouthed self-proclaimed "experts" over the credentialed ones. If someone claims to know something, I want to them to be able to quantify it...whether it's through sound academic teaching or college education.

[@WilliamtheWorst]

Knowledge without wisdom is meaningless.

[@Alex.Kalashnik]

There is also no wisdom without knowledge.

[@chrisj9892]

Wisdom > Knowledge at the end of the day though

[@WilliamtheWorst]

@@chrisj9892 Agreed. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge comes from that.

[@TheBestLife2184]

I've got knowledge you Christians want to see. It's on veedeeoh. See the longer of the two. It's on KZbin's Teach Otherrrrs Daaaaylee, but spell it correctly.

[@Window4503]

And knowledge and wisdom without love are worthless

[@prayersquad3391]

Wow!! That was good Alisa. I came out of the hyper charismatic world a few years ago and I dealt with all of that there. I was working on my PhD and was told that I should be more concerned with spiritual matters. My classroom is my mission field and I need to learn as much about the Bible so I can be prepared "in season and out of season." Good job!!! The brain is not evil. 🧠🧠🧠

[@thetruedaoster8863]

"Lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel" - that's a great line to hear. Thanks Alisa!!

[@Delgen1951]

There is an old saying that goes something like this " A wise man knows that he does not know, But a Fool knows all things".

[@bohem5568]

LOL,..I heard it like this....The difference between a wise man and a fool is that the wise man knows he is a fool, and the fool thinks he is a wise man.

[@michaelbrickley2443]

Plato said that Socrates said, the more that I know, the more I know that I know nothing

[@nicklandry8019]

I frequently come in contact with Christians who do not want to hear or have any intellectual conversations about faith and the bible. I find this is unhealthy because they can be swayed to believe any wind of doctrine that is appealing to the ears. And the teachers teaching them convince them that having an intellectual faith is a bad thing. Everything becomes hyper spiritualized and emotionally charged with next to no discernment or consideration for biblical teaching and doctrine.

[@pettifoggingpharisee]

You have summed up my daily fustrations.

[@dctrbrass]

:)

[@dctrbrass]

@@dummybear6772 100% correct. ♡

[@fred7206]

Well said Alisa. We need to devour the word of God and humbly share it's truth. Glory to God.

[@josedopwell9645]

Well presented. "My people are destroyed/die for lack of knowledge." --- Hosea 4:6. "And this is eternal life, that they KNOW THEE the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent." (John 17:3) How does one combat false teaching if one has not armed himself with true teachings?

[@cpoppa3875]

Knowledge is necessary today to defend the Gospel the challenge to this is allowing the unbelievers who are teaching in today’s colleges to influence your beliefs instead of allowing the Spirit of God to lead you and guide you into all truth.

[@forTHEHIGHESTname]

Knowledge through love, is a rare jewel indeed. TY Alisa, love this message & teaching! And thank you Father God for blessing me with a sound mind! 🙏🏼🤍☺️

[@6134219331]

You say that during the revivalist periods in our history the church seemed to abandon intellectual understanding. Who's at fault here, the new believers or those who were already scripture based Christians? The existing church was more at fault here than brand new believers. Why is it that when God begins to pour out his Spirit and sweep many into the kingdom of God, does the existing church spend more time pointing fingers than it does coming along side these precious new believers and teach then the things they need to become firmly based themselves?

[@dubyag4124]

I think we ARE pointing the finger at the "established" church because the revivals of the enlightenment were the first "seeker sensitive" church outreach. People heard the gospel yes but where they discipled as we are instructed to do? Same critique applies to Finney and Graham. Walk the aisle but is there anything more? There is! That is the point Alisha highlights very well and is described by Christ in the parable of the seeds. Some seed sprouts up quickly but burns up because it does not have deep roots in theology and truth. Warnings against theology and knowledge making us arrogant (which does happen all the time) doesn't mean you don't hunger and thirst for knowledge of God as a Christian.

[@htebazileeilsel2293]

Those "revivals" were false though and gave birth to all sorts of goofy nonsense- the people who started those movements weren't even Biblically sound. A revival isnt people falling over and "speaking in tongues", a revival happens when Gods people begin truly seeking God and obeying His Word. God has been pouring out His Spirit since Pentecost.

[@htebazileeilsel2293]

@@dubyag4124 Did they really hear the Gospel as it is written in Scripture though? Those "seeker focused" churches water down and sugarcoat the message so that theres just a bunch of false converts. We are called to be salt not sugar.

[@paulkern8847]

The revivalists over emphasized an experience. The earliest revivals were led by Calvinist who simply preached the Word. Finney brought in some questionable practices built on emotionalism.

[@htebazileeilsel2293]

@@paulkern8847 Welp if they were Calvinists, they weren't preaching the full Word.

[@lindsaybarlow7946]

Golly wow. This is just so chockful of so so much good information and application. Thank you.

[@thebreaker4404]

2:40 very true,I'm struggling a stress because of this situation...

[@gricketts6534]

I heard on my first day of seminary that knowledge can affect your faith. But, only having been a Christian for three years, and 40, it helped my faith grow exponentially. ✝️🙏

[@dmdb6696]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! My story is too long to post but do know your video has been an answer to a prayer. God bless and love your channel!

[@ParadeTheGospel]

I've had people misuse that quote from scripture to come against me when I was trying to correct some bad theology.

[@michellepenka543]

I’ve been thinking about the “knowledge puffs up” verse for some time and wrestling between gaining knowledge whilst still being loving and this video really provided a lot of clarity and wisdom for me 🙂

[@j.a.f8062]

Ecclesiastes 1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

[@alexwr]

Read the context of Ecclesiastes 1, it's not saying that wisdom is bad, or not worth pursuing. Solomon is clearly depressed at this stage and currently finds everything in life meaningless. In his current thoughts he feels, even though he has gained much knowledge and wisdom, that it is 'madness and folly' and is like 'chasing after the wind'. He no longer finds meaning in it, even when it actually does have value. I'm afraid you might have also fallen foul of the 'only read 1 bible verse' problem...

[@brando3342]

@@alexwr What you say is true, but also a life lived only for wisdom and knowledge with no admiration for the humbling greatness of God is similarly folly. We can seek knowledge, while understanding our place and if “understanding our place” requires us to say “You know what? I don’t exactly understand and I don’t have to.” in the face of God; then we ought to be willing to do that. Again though, we should seek knowledge, but there is nothing wrong with saying “I don’t know, but God wants that for me.” Much like Abraham didn’t know why God told him to sacrifice Issac.

[@aztec0112]

That's not a bad thing.

[@alexwr]

@@brando3342 It's one thing not understanding exactly what God is like, I agree with you there. It's another thing to disagree with basic theological points because somebody didn't research enough. I agree though, if we're not living any aspect for the glory of God, we aren't doing it right. We can make a pretty good assumption that Abraham thought that Isaac would be raised from the dead. He knew that God had promised Abraham would be the father of many, he also knew that nation would come from Isaac. In his mind, what's the only possible explanation? That God would bring Isaac back from the dead, right?

[@aztec0112]

Nature and Theology abhors a vacuum. When the thirst for knowledge abated, the thirst for inanity filled the void.

[@kenim]

Strong faith is directly tied to Strong knowledge of God.

[@hawhee]

Knowledge of God and the faith to act on it is what we need.

[@Bicyclechris]

Great perspective on this issue, thank you for sharing. I’ve observed this heavily in my previous Church, although it wasn’t an evangelical Church, they used this as a means to encourage followers to focus and not question their doctrine or hermeneutic approach.

[@janwaska521]

Excellent topic and message. Thank you

[@larrybedouin2921]

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. {The Preacher 1:18}

[@whitelady7872]

Thanks Alisa, I can really relate to this. I have an innate thirst for knowledge, which I need to quench in order to create some kind of stability within myself. This thirst for knowledge has now led me to deepen my biblical understandings and that just feels right to me. However, I have been accused of being "too intellectual" in the past by people who don't seem to have this burning desire for knowledge. To me, though, it's a passion. Thank God!

[@mramirez5239]

Yes, I was told apologetics is not very important, that "what you know will take the place of Who you know", that it just breeds arguments and that comes up against unity, yet...look at the direction of the Church, refusing to think, now...

[@chrisj9892]

Apologetics has its place for sure. However the lack of unity ultimately is due more to general human sinful behavior, and not so much the content itself.

[@TheBestLife2184]

You should Cee the veedeeoh on our channel. It's important for all good Christians. It gets more important as you watch it. Watch the longer one, which is still very short.

[@fireandworms]

Apologism can provoke arguments, but the church fathers argued and rebuked each other. This is even seen in the Scripture in Galatians 2. It's necessary to argue or debate Scripture sometimes, especially when a pastor is teaching something clearly untrue.

[@docbrown6797]

You nailed it..knowledge out of love instead of arrogance. Many Christians weaponize scripture through hubris instead of filtering it through "while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

[@jeffrohm776]

Alisa, I'm so much like you as I realize the more I learn the more there is to learn! One quick reminder that was good for me on perspective from a wise mentor was around what "knowledge" are we talking about? I love apologetics so I love to engage the intellectual side with others so I sometimes tend to get focused on issues and study from there. But I was told to make sure and have a good balance of also studying Biblical Theology as a whole as that is critical to inform and gain knowledge when focused on Apologetics. So I was challenged for my book reading (outside of reading the Bible of cours) to always read one Theology focused book for every Apologetics book...I thought that was helpful. Good stuff!

[@gregdelaney119]

This is excellent! Current secular wisdom holds that feelings are what matter most. The results of that mentality speak for themselves. Thank you for this insightful commentary.

[@ahhitskatie9094]

Dear sister Alisa, PLEASE be a guest on Stand Up For The Truth, hosted by David Fiorazo!! I value both of your voices so much and would LOVE an episode with both of you!! God bless you!

[@erinwilliams838]

Man what a joyous and liberating feeling I had when I discovered that God wants us to use or minds and intellects to know Him and His Word. That faith is not mere crudelity or blind emotion, but is rational, intellectual, logical, reasonable, probable... Although there is much I dont understand God has given me the ability to understand some stuff if only I apply myself. We become just as wise as we want to become in Christ thru effort, acquiring knowledge.

[@nathanlennon5990]

Alisa another great and strong word!

[@TheLincolnrailsplitt]

Like a 'prophetic' word?

[@htebazileeilsel2293]

Scripture says in Proverbs- " in all your getting, get understanding" Theres godly knowledge/wisdom and there's worldly wisdom/knowledge.

[@exploittheworld]

It was through/by wisdom, that all was created. Knowledge brings understanding and these bring about wisdom. So it is only fitting we build upon Knowledge and nourish it to its fullest.

[@Shallsoar]

This is so well put and presented! Thank you, Alisa!

[@Mas-NewYrs94]

You an Inspiration praise God for your work.

[@NewCreationInChrist896]

Be disciples shine bright. 1 Peter 3:15

[@hlokomani]

I wish I could like this video a thousand times

[@victorrene3852]

Very well said and put together. This is my new favorite channel. Thank you! 🙏

[@mikeq922]

Good info thanks for sharing!

[@briteddy9759]

I know of nothing that matters to me where only the heart (emotions) are involved or only the mind/intellect is involved. It is always both! What you love, you also want to know more about. What you get a good grasp of, you also get more enjoyment from. Always, always both!

[@Alex.Kalashnik]

Unfortunately a lot of people separate the two and juxtapose them.

[@domderio6294]

Colossians 2:8 "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ."

[@micheleflores321]

Thank you so much; this was for me Godbless you.

[@johnsmit5999]

Great exegesis! I've also heard that some people miss salvation by 8 inches, the distance from head to heart. God does His work of regeneration in the heart though this experience is not divorced from head knowledge.

[@aveekdas4948]

This is much required in the Church today

[@iceman4660]

There is also the false belief that Faith only requires trusting personal experience. In that scenario belief or Faith has nothing to do with our understanding of the Word.

[@nicklandry8019]

Spot on. Many churches are creating hyper emotionally charged services with next to no biblical teaching. We need to test all things with the word of God and not trust our heart or our feelings. Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”

[@tiletec1]

Right on. Great word. God Bless you and yours 🙂❤🙏

[@PaulA-os9pb]

Knowledge is a gift in 1 Cor 12:1-11 and Exodus 31:3. still trying to figure out my gifts at my age so I couldn't help but watch this. but I think what she said at beginning that everything (my addition) goes back to where your heart is, is right.

[@kvelez]

Good explanation. Thank you. Thanks for explaining 1 Cor 8, I had been having doubts since Friday.

[@bradharford6052]

WHAT??? This post makes a good point. I have used this illustration before but it was an eye opener for me concerning knowledge as opposed to just accepting tradition. My guess is that the vast majority of Christians in our part of the world believe that Christ was crucified on Good Friday rather than Wednesday which is 3 days and 3 nights from Sunday (resurrection day) which was the only sign Jesus said would be given concerning Him. The sign of Jonah. When is studied this and found that the Wednesday to Sunday scenario fit easily with all the gospel and other scripture accounts I was amazed that I was never taught this and when I had asked about it in the past I always got some theological answer that didn't answer my questions about there not being 3 days and nights between Friday and Sunday. So yes, knowledge makes a difference, sometimes inconsequential and other times very significant.

[@savedbymylovegodthelordjes8394]

praise the Lord and God bless you

[@Tyl3r_B]

Great video!!

[@FormerTrucker]

Ecclesiastes 1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Vanities of vanities

[@erhardtharris8727]

Is too much head knowledge bad for christians? :) Define. My fast one-word response these days. It's 2021, every single word is up for grabs, definitionally. Longtime CCM fan, good to see ya. I got your book, look forward to reading it. Maybe I should watch this video before commenting on the title, but I have a feeling that after I do, my response will be roughly the same. 1) Knowledge puffs up but love edifies. 2) My people perish for lack of knowledge. Also begs the question: who are my people? I have learned to trust those who believe in word-for-word Genesis 1-3 original meanings - or who treat such with seriousness and are kind to the young earth creationists. Similar with those who treat the gospel message of Jesus' atoning work with the same respect. This exact issue used to trip me. There's nothing like a good relational riddle in life. I struggled with this (as a oneness pentecostal, as I formerly identified myself - the early beginnings of my current overall philosophy). I was taught not to trust my own heart OR my own mind. Much of this, I later learned, was nothing more than (uh) family rivalry between I and the older members of my family who thought they knew more than I and would pre-empt any of my independent thought. :) Suffice to say, the battle isn't over yet. This is gonna be fun. Love and grace. It's hard won in my family, VERY hard one. I trust the Bible now more than ever. Certainly more than I trust myself or anyone that I have ever heard of. If that makes any sense. Now ask me again about head knowledge - I'm more likely to examine the life and trusted authority structures of the person asking the question. Now that I KNOW enough to examine such issues with any competency and consistency! I know who I believe: the God of the Bible. And how should I progress? In love and trust toward Him. I say this as - a grandchild of a rough-around-the-edges German immigrant who worked with wood (who really wasn't that good at communicating and was NOT a bible reader himself).

[@bukonla]

Great video

[@edwinzaragoza9606]

Awesome content. 👏 We should be bold about the wisdom and knowledge we receive from the revelation of God through scripture, but humble because it’s only through Gods grace that we have it.

[@yeshuathechrist5213]

The more I learn , the more I know this is not my home. Wise as a serpent 🐍gentle as a dove🕊

[@brando3342]

Seek knowledge, don’t get big headed.

[@chrisj9892]

Seek enough knowledge and concentrate then on obeying what you know.

[@TheBestLife2184]

I have very important knowledge Christians need to quickly see. You'll learn big things quickly if you see the short, but longer of two veeedeeohs. It's on our channel.

[@brando3342]

@@TheBestLife2184 That’s nice.

[@TheBestLife2184]

@@brando3342 I edited my reply. It's possible you misunderstood it. Did you view the channel?

[@prayersquad3391]

Amen @Chris J Amen.

[@jcaro1854]

What does it mean to “love God with all your mind” but, at least in part, to apply all your mental energy into your faith? Faith in Christ will require significant commitment to deeply thinking through difficult things...

[@darkhorses5394]

Too much of anything is bad. Knowledge + Application = Wisdom

[@mramirez5239]

And a void of it leaves the Church without the mind to act against injustice, without knowing how to lovingly interact with those who strongly oppose the Gospel, and leaves a weak witness.

[@martinbrown3161]

@@mramirez5239 what is your point you are making here ?

[@TheBestLife2184]

Christians can't get to much of our channel.

[@jhails112]

I really like this. I'm 60 and have a great desire to take bible classes this fall. Thank you so much!

[@areuaware6842]

Put Satan's book away.

[@martinbrown3161]

You should do this and remember the enemy will try to discourage you , just like this person who has been blinded by Satan and his lies.

[@areuaware6842]

@@martinbrown3161 , One voice does not a great deception make. The voices of many are the delusion.

[@martinbrown3161]

@@areuaware6842 you sound like yoda, probably some eastern mysticism, or more correct, Satan’s lies and you are trapped in them, wake up and seek the truth, that is Christ Jesus.

[@areuaware6842]

@@martinbrown3161 , Jesus is my brother.

[@IDMD8]

“The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind” by Mark Noel changed my life - it really helped me understand how the western church developed this anti intellectualism and made it vulnerable to conspiracy theories and fascism - believers like me who work in the sciences have been so discouraged by the church’s lack of desire to understand the world God made - reason is on our side even though we can’t understand everything and there is mystery - abandoning the intellectual means we don’t have a voice in places like universities

[@simonbaldwin-christianfree7362]

Great, well balanced and communicated very well

[@7DJSvideo]

Awesome...encouraging & motivating.

[@klarag7059]

Well spoken, sister.

[@prasannar4827]

Great work Alisa..., Christians must seek knowledge📚, we must gain more knowledge as soon as possible... See!!! now we are ruled by lunatics...and wicked people....

[@Phobos1483]

Thank you

[@gloriapichardo3310]

Thank you🙏🏼🙌🏼💝

[@wjckc79]

Knowledge without understanding puffs up. If you are extra wordy in speech and with a larger than normal vocabulary, it is easy to impress people on subjects one does not actually understand. It is a quick ego fix to experience an injection of pride by impressing people who think you are authoritative but do not know better.

[@mramirez5239]

A wide vocabulary does not equate to intellect.

[@wjckc79]

@@mramirez5239 Precisely.

[@thewellofnashville]

"... knowledge exercised in love." Great principle Alisa! / Right on! It IS both... we should be fully engaged in a deep spiritual and emotional relationship with the Lord AND at the same time growing in knowledge and wisdom. At our church "The Well of Nashville" the Lord has impressed us to "experience all the things of the Spirit", BUT... to also ground the believers in the word of God. It is not "either/or" ... it is "both/and". The Lord calls us to a mature life in Him. Blessings, Carl & Leann.

[@coffeetimeWEC]

Seeking knowledge is not the problem. Often times it’s the person seeking the knowledge and their reasons for seeking the knowledge that’s the problem. The other issue, we’ve made an idol of formal education. Would simple fishermen, be allowed to be church leaders in today’s education dominate society?

[@ma9081-l4y]

This is so good!!

[@prayersquad3391]

Also, a lot of pastors WANT their people to be ignorant. They want to peddle their "secret" revelation in their books, CDs, and other products they sell. It's really sad.

[@christiangadfly24]

That thing in the background is awesome looking. Looks like something from the Twilight in Zelda Twilight Princess.

[@ruanfritze5607]

I really enjoyed that video.. I struggle with pride and I do get arrogant when I have the opportunity to share something.. Usually it comes out like me sounding like an idiot anyway.. Funny how that works out.. 👀 But I guess I just need to change my perspective on why I am acquiring knowledge.. Like you said.. 🤷‍♂️ Start building up fellow believers instead of trying to impress people..

[@dctrbrass]

Anti-intellectualism is key. We keep allowing the ignorance from the surrounding culture to get into the church. This affects so much; ugh. We need to study constantly. Not only do we need to study constantly/deeply for our personal walk with Christ, but also to combat the mass amount ignorance/mis-information about scripture out there ("earnestly contend for the faith"). I love your example of Paul...he was one heck of an intellectual. Epistemology is an underrated subject for Christians. The question, "how do you know, that you know?" is very important. In a culture that values and promotes ignorance, you're shooting yourself in the foot if you're not studying. Master that exegesis!!!! It's hard to follow Christ if you don't understand what He said :) lol

[@upsd402]

Knowledge is good, but we must not downgrade believers that are young in the faith but encourage them to study and to gain wisdom. It all goes back to the simple fact that we must be born again and the Bible is our foundation of both faith and knowledge.

[@troyc4250]

Balance is key

[@janwaska521]

Knowledge is needed but without wisdom could be deceiving and misleading. Wisdom leads to understanding. Wisdom allows us to acquire and use knowledge the right way, to our spiritual benefit. Wisdom comes from our own Creator. The lack of wisdom has taken many well educated people astray.

[@aidanmcmanus2752]

It depends on what's in the heart (Mark 7:20-23).

[@WorshipMinistryTraining]

Knowledge without LOVE is deadly.

[@zerosparky9510]

Love builds up. Yes study. And I see to many that are puffed up in pride. And I study all the time of Scripture.

[@Window4503]

This history lesson is probably one of the major tragedies of the church. The very institutions of knowledge we created are now overrun by people who fail to acknowledge God and use their “knowledge” to sin against him while acting as though they were the founders. The same is true of the Nordic countries. They owe their thriving lifestyle to Lutheranism but few acknowledge that.

[@nancyyoung9799]

Good go at it! Knowledge.

[@GentlemanJack295]

This was also part of the Modernists/Fundamentalists dispute that gave us Bob Jones University. This has been part of the Sturm and Drang of christianity.

[@rustysruger]

Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

[@paulkern8847]

I learned early the God gave me a brain to use. I use both head and ❤️ An old saying, "all Spirit you blow up, all Word you dry up. Spirit and the Word you grow up

[@ScottJ5860]

At one point I was on a determined mission to gain absolute knowledge of certain biblical doctrines. My quest led me to knowledge overload and burnout. Unfortunately the reason was because I wanted that knowledge to affirm my own knowledge and biblical prowess. And while my quest did lead me to biblical understanding even beyond my focus, it did nothing to serve others or advance the Gospel.

[@tonyshumway7652]

Hosea 4:6 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. John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Galatians 1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 2 Thessalonians 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 Peter Chapter 1 5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. One thing is for certain we need knowledge if we don't have knowledge we wont know the truth and then after that we will get ourselves deceived and thrown right out of the narrow path and put in bondage to sin and we will not be able to repent of it at all with that being done God calls us to freedom to save us from our sins He doesn't call us to be left in sin and be destroyed by it. Understanding is much needed as well knowing the truth of what is written in Psalms 49:20 Psalms 49:20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. Too much sin is bad for us.

[@flowerpower3618]

Just remain teachable and humble.

[@whittakerdanielj]

Spot-on! Blind faith, or ignorance, is not encouraged in the Bible, sadly there is an extreme dichotomy going on in the Christian faith. Excellent job.

[@whittakerdanielj]

@@A-SON-OF-GOD And there you go. You placed my argument in there as well. Regardless of gender, we are all called to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord to all tribes, tongues, and nations until the end of the age.

[@whittakerdanielj]

@@A-SON-OF-GOD It's simple: the people, those who dwell in Christ. Here's the issue: she's speaking truth, so are you having issues with agreeing with her or the truth? Paul pointed out that there are those who are using the message of salvation for their own gain. He said to let them do what they are doing, as long as the message is being preached. So do you are do not agree with the Scriptures she is sharing or having a discussion with me about her speaking because she is a woman speaking Scriptures? Again, are you having issues with agreeing with her or the truth presented in Scriptures? I mentioned that God does not promote ignorance nor should our faith be of ignorance, or blind faith. Do you agree with this or not?

[@whittakerdanielj]

@@A-SON-OF-GOD Thank you for showing more of your perception about me. You have me very wrong. God bless.

[@whittakerdanielj]

@@A-SON-OF-GOD And if you are going to have a conversation, then at least answer the questions I present. I know that feminism is big, but that doesn't mean a woman sharing the Scriptures is being used by the enemy. That is the extreme opposite of feminism, of putting down a creation of God. That shows a lack of honor and respect for a creation of God that he sent his Son to save.

[@winterpatriot1429]

2 Timothy 2:15 KJV “Study to shew thy self approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” The ones I’ve seen that were the most puffed up were the ones with the college diplomas (not all of them!) and those who blindly follow. And therein lies the danger - if we, ourselves, don’t study, it becomes too easy to be misled. Remember the Bereans in Acts 17? Acts 17:11 “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” So, we should study daily, increasing our knowledge and in seeking the truth. The Bible provides us with correction and instruction in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16) We can do this while remaining humble at the same time. It doesn’t matter how much one knows if they are puffed up and not approachable. He/she won’t be able to teach anyone anything. Enjoyed your video, ma’am! It’s an older one (2 years now), but the first to come up in my KZbin feed.

[@Jenavee26]

I guess in a way, I understood the question in a different way. Knowledge and wisdom are two separate things, the first one utilizing IQ while the second one accesses EQ. This is where 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 enters. "¹If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. ²If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. ³And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing." I think it's something that we could all ponder about.

[@dolphinrose21]

Most intellectuals are in the therapists clinic, the mind has to be renewed by the Word of Christ. Knowledge, understanding, wisdom and intellectualism are different things I think. Intellects are mostly mind based.

[@bedtimesd.1247]

Hello Alisa. The Bible tells us the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. This fear is not a terror but an awesome respect for God. The awesome respect that we have for God should compel us to increase our knowledge of Him. The more knowledge that we have of God the more responsibility we have to share Christ with a lost and dying world. When the United States became a country with a Bill of Rights to protect the citizens of the United States came with it and Unwritten list of corresponding responsibilities of citizens to protect those rights. United States is in great trouble these days because the citizens have failed to understand their responsibilities to protect their freedoms. The church rushes toward the throne of grace to obtain mercy and help in time of need, that is failing in the knowledge and understanding that God has sent us to share that knowledge of his love and grace and power to save The Souls of the lost and dying in this world.

[@leonheart9720]

well i got a word for you! "Blessed is the mind to small for doubt "-warhammer 40k

[@harveyharveyness8773]

There are so many churches that live in "slap happy agappy land where they teach the "the six steps-the five keys-the secrets of-how to RECEIVE your whatever and the ever popular "going to the next level" ah yes the eisegesis clan hard at work shaping the Gospel to fit their teaching(s)

[@dctrbrass]

:) 100%

[@richardrice1032]

Proverbs 20:15. Amen 😎