Unintended Consequences of Collecting Knowledge
Unhealthy Curiosity Simplicity is Holy. Simplicity is the dispensation of the Kingdom of God from the human perspective. In the journey toward unity with Christ, He does not add to your life, He subtracts. He simplifies. Books are great, sermons are great, spiritual and theological concepts, theories, and explanations are great, but they feed the minds flesh and supply the opportunity for pride to swell up. None of these things can help a person die to themself and give up every desire to Christ. I now understand why Paul, a great theologian, philosopher, and pastor said I wish to know nothing except for Christ and him crucified. Paul here forsook the opportunity to praise the merits of gaining knowledge. More knowledge complicates things. It can make one believe they are in a place that they are not or have not gotten to yet. Just because a concept can be understood that does not mean that maturity in the subject has been perfected. The Lord can use learned vocabulary and curriculum ...