Ah knowledge. I recently gained the knowledge of how to install a lid switch on a washing machine. It was something that I had no idea of and now I know how to do. Coca Cola has the knowledge of mixing a drink that is calorie free and still tastes like coke (coke zero). I went to seminary racking up a bit of debt to get the knowledge of how to read and understand Biblical Greek and Hebrew. People search for knowledge all the time, nowadays on the internet. Many times we do not get the knowledge we seek such as how to eat candy and drink pop and lose weight or how to spend all your paycheck impulsively and be a millionaire. The Bible, such as this verse, speak of the good of inheriting knowledge, such as the metal smith who passes the craft to his children. Today education is almost always emphasized. Education is seen as the foundation of all society. So why do I have it at #7.
Because two people in the Bible had a lot of knowledge - the first man and the first woman. Maybe knowing a lot is not the best thing. There is a danger to knowledge. Think of nuclear knowledge. Think of the internet. Knowledge in and of itself can be deadly. Many people who live a street life have knowledge. They have learned, or been forced to learn deadly knowledge. What is the quality of knowledge that we are passing on to our children? What quality of knowledge has been passed on to us?
Some knowledge is no doubt better than others
Some knowledge is to be avoided:
"O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge," - 1 Timothy 6:20 (ESV)
Some knowledge is to be filling us:
"And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding," - Colossians 1:9 (ESV)
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