tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post801393226459815974..comments2024-03-28T13:07:51.025-07:00Comments on Winging It: Opinions are like ...Stanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04523232247971115247noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post-66086268264752745902015-10-08T09:41:07.027-07:002015-10-08T09:41:07.027-07:00There is certainly a difference. There are, biblic...There is certainly a difference. There are, biblically, three levels: knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. Knowledge is awareness of bare facts. Understanding is a grasp of the concepts and interconnections. Wisdom is the ability to apply it to life.<br /><br />In the opposite direction there is ignorance, stupidity, and foolishness. Ignorance is the lack of awareness of facts. Stupidity knows the facts, but ignores them. Foolishness knows the facts and how they work, but willfully does not apply them to life.<br /><br />There is an additional factor that is often overlooked or willfully ignored. There is the problem of the blind and deaf. The Bible speaks both of "blinded by the god of this world" (2 Cor 4:4) and blinded by God (e.g., John 12:40). Jesus spoke to "those who had ears" <i>and</i> could hear, suggesting <i>both</i> that there are those without ears (spiritually speaking) and those with ears who will not hear (spiritually speaking). As such, either blind or deaf (spiritually speaking), reading and understanding the things of God isn't as simple as reading any other book (1 Cor 2:14).Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523232247971115247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post-17331284480781663542015-10-08T05:43:21.493-07:002015-10-08T05:43:21.493-07:00Good Morning Stan
is it remotely possible that the...Good Morning Stan<br />is it remotely possible that there is a difference between knowledge and understanding?<br />we see in the previous post that the apostles had knowledge of Jesus as most people did at the time. but only Peter really understood Who Jesus was. it seems that knowledge requires understanding for it to be meaningful. exp. many people have knowledge about the acrostic TULIP, but do they really understand it's significance. most Christians have knowledge about the Gosple, but only those that have a true understanding of it, are moved to tears of joy. <br /> Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post-41291044369204376412015-10-08T05:18:26.419-07:002015-10-08T05:18:26.419-07:00 He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that t... He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that the * Son of Man is? ”7 <br /> 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” <br /> 15 “But you,” He asked them, “who do you say that I am? ” <br /> 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the * Messiah, the Son of the living God! ” <br /> 17 And Jesus responded, “Simon son of Jonah,8 you are blessed because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father in heaven.<br /><br />oh how we must depend upon the Spirit of God in understanding all things.<br />our fallibility is only exceeded by our sin. to move from opinion to knowledge is miraculous, the work of God. Thank you Jesus.. <br />Bobnoreply@blogger.com