Monday Reading: 1 Corinthians 3:1-4
Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 3:3
3 For you are yet carnal. For in that there is among you envyings and strife and divisions, are you not carnal, and do you not walk according to men?
Devotion:
How much do you think you know about the bible? How much have you studied biblical writings? How well do you know God? Do you see the vast difference in the questions? There is a big gap between knowing the bible, knowing about Christianity and knowing God. There is a huge difference between going to church and being with God. On one side we are scholars of wonderful words, on the other we are partakers of those wonderful words.
To be a Christian does not mean that we have the know the bible inside out before we get to know Christ. Christ would have us to know Him first because getting to know Him is then accomplished through getting to know His Word better. If we do not first know Him then we may well find that getting to understand His Word is going to be a bit of an uphill struggle. When we do know Him then He will give us the knowledge that we require to understand His Word as He gives it to us.
As a child we could go to school and learn very little – that is a choice that we make and one that the teachers cannot do too much about; if we refuse to learn then we will remain in our useless state. But when we find a teacher that we get on well with we are more than willing to learn whatever they teach us. That same is with Christ; as long as we know Him then we are more than willing to learn from Him and from His Word. A Baby will soak up all manner of learning from their parents just as they will drink as much milk as they require when new-born. We need to take that first step of trusting Christ in order to get to know Him so we can get to know Him more... It’s all in that first step...
Points to Ponder:
Do you like learning about things you enjoy?
Do you know Christ enough to learn from Him?
