1 Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars. 2 She has prepared her meat; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table. 3 She has sent out her female servants; she calls out from the highest points of the city: 4 “Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!” To the one who lacks sense, she says, 5 “Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine I have mixed. 6 Leave inexperience behind, and you will live; pursue the way of understanding. ~ Proverbs 9:1-6CSB
I remember when the Avengers movie first came out. It featured a song by Sound Garden entitled Live To Rise. The song opens with these lyrics:
What if all you understand,
Could fit into the center of our hand,
Then you found it wasn’t you,
Who held the sum of everything you knew?
I want you to think about that for a second. Imagine if everything you knew could only fit into the center of your hand. In other words, the entire universe is filled with knowledge, but the only bit you know fits in your palm. That’s such a tiny bit of knowledge that you think you know a lot until you start paying attention to the world around you and realize the things you know are insignificant to the knowledge out there. Then, to top it all off, as if the small amount of knowledge you have isn’t enough, now it’s not even you who has the power over the amount of knowledge you have and over the actual knowledge itself.
This is the world we live in today. We have mainstream media that will report a complete lie but present it as the truth. Then, to make it seem like you are choosing the knowledge, there will be two different sides. One saying they’re for this, the other saying they’re for that. When in reality, if you zoom out far enough, you’ll see that, sure, they’re two different sides, but it’s the same coin.
Sadly, the majority of us (the Church and the world) are so easily influenced by what the mainstream media says that we can’t see that we’re being controlled. We’re being taught and told how to think. We’re being programmed by what we watch and listen to. The worst part is that very few ever realize it.
When you’ve been fed lies from such a young age, it’s difficult to see the truth. This is the importance of Christ in your life. The world pushes everything except Christ. Islam is okay. Atheism is okay. Buddhism is okay. Hinduism is okay. Even Judaism is okay. And even a watered down, Jesus loves everyone, there’s a no need for change Gospel that is accepted. Why? Because that’s not Jesus. None of those things are. As long as we change who Jesus is but keep the name, they’re okay. Why? Because the name is useless unless you know who Jesus actually is.
The Seven Sons of Sceva knew of Jesus. They knew His name. They knew there was power in His name, but they didn’t know Him. So what happened? When they faced a man with a spirit too strong for them, they were beaten to the point where they ran away naked (Acts 19:13-16).
The enemy holds the knowledge of the majority because he has successfully divided and conquered. He’s divided us by race, convincing us Christianity is a white man’s religion. He’s divided us by politics so that we never actually pay attention to the policies; we just vote based on party. He divides us by denominations so that we don’t actually search the Word of God for Truth; we just cling to whatever the doctrine of our denomination says.
We no longer know nor understand the things that the first Church did. We read their writings, and we’re dumbfounded. We can’t grasp their ideas or teachings. I don’t believe it’s because we’re dumber. I believe it’s because we’ve become more and more ignorant over the years. We no longer have the knowledge we should because someone else is holding it, and we don’t even realize that there’s more than just what we’ve been taught.
God’s desire is that we have understanding and knowledge so that we aren’t easily deceived and overcome. He promised to give knowledge to anyone who is willing to ask and seek it out. There’s so much out there; don’t let the world keep you from knowing and understanding it. Always remember that knowledge is power.
Peace. Love. Go Forth and See Outside Their Palm.
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