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Life Lessons
Self-Sins: The Pride of Knowledge and the “Self-Righteous” Indignation
But while knowledge makes us feel important, it is love that strengthens the church. Anyone who claims to know all the answers doesn’t really know very much. But the person who loves God is the one whom God recognises. (1 Corinthians 8:1b-3)
If only the judgment day will be a test on how much we know about doctrines, then it is better that we read books, Bible commentaries, sermons, autobiographies of great preachers, etc., so that we will pass the test with flying colors.
But apparently not.
We will not be judged on how much knowledge we have acquired but how much we have poured ourselves out for others, not on how fluent we speak/write and other talents but on what we have done with the talents entrusted to us. (Note: The judgment that is being referred to in this context is not the “Great White Throne Judgment” which is for unbelievers. Rather, it is the “Judgment Seat of Christ” for believers to give an account of their lives and to be rewarded for their works.)
