Knowledge And Wisdom

Wouldn’t we all have been much better off if Adam and Eve would have been satisfied with the knowledge that they had already? God had given them a beautiful home, an eternal body and eternal life, and a personal relationship with Him. They had it all and threw it away for what: Just to know what God knew, and after they knew good from evil, they forever wished that they had never known what God knew again.

Every once in a while I hear some silly preacher, or unlearned layman in the church, say that they wish they knew what God knows. My friends I’m glad I’m not that knowledgeable. If God wanted me to know it, He will reveal it or teach it to me. I know that I have to study to be approved unto God, a workman that isn’t ashamed because of my ignorance of His word and His ways. But I don’t want to know everything for with knowledge comes tremendous responsibility to use that knowledge wisely. There are some other reasons that knowledge can be dangerous too.

I have discovered that the more we think we know, the more we presume to know more, or know better than God, concerning our own lives and the things we want to do.

God knew this would be a problem for mankind that was now caught in the grip of sin. He knew that, never again, would man be able to use the knowledge he learned within God’s righteous parameters. He knew that man would find a way to abuse the knowledge that he had attained.

Genesis 3:22, "And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:"

Can you imagine the evil that mankind could attain unto if he were live eternally in his sinful condition? I shudder to think of what the world would be like if no one could ever die! At the same time, I rejoice to think of what Heaven will be like with no more death for those who are redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb and have been given eternal life as God intends for it to be.

One thing that knowledge will do is that it will add greatly to the burdens of life that we must bear.

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

Who can deny the fact that the more we know, the heavier our burdens will become? While I don’t think that we should remain ignorant, I am also keenly aware that the more we know, the more life will demand from us.

If you don’t know how to repair a car, no one will ask you, but if you let it be known that you can, then there will be no end of people seeking your help and advice. If you don’t know how to cook, no one will ask, but if you say that you are a good cook, believe me, everyone will want to taste your product. If you don’t know how to repair a TV set, no one will ask, but if you do, then people will beat a path to your door to get you to take care of theirs. The more you know, and the more you let your knowledge be known, the more you will be in demand. No one goes to a ditch-digger for medical help, but a doctor can dig a ditch if he has to, and then practice medicine too. No one will ask a butcher to repair a computer, but if that butcher tells people that he can repair them, then he will soon have two jobs to do. That’s how it works for all of us. I can vouch for that and so can most of you.