I Corinthians 13:1-3 and II Peter 3:18
“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or clanging cymbal. And 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. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing”
“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ…”
It’s good to get smarter concerning things about God. We should study the Bible more and more as Christ followers. It is good to commit it to memory and be in regular bible studies with other believers and hear sermons every Sunday. There is a knowledge about God that is important as we learn. As Peter says above, we should grow in knowledge.
However, sometimes knowledge “puffs up” (I Corinthians 8:1) and makes us feel superior to those who don’t know all that we know. Paul addresses this with the Corinthian church in the first century reminding them that knowledge of God alone isn’t worth that much. In fact, when the knowledge of God is not paired with the love of God it is nothing.
Here’s the goal of learning about God: to act more and more like Christ as the Holy Spirit is forming us in him. We grow in knowledge AND grace expressed through love together. Yes, study the Bible to know more and more. But remember the more you know God, the more you’ll love like him.
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