Title: The Knowledge of the Lord
Contents
A. Preface
1. 「Learning is the only way to live」 (Jack Welch: CEO of General Electric)
1) the desire for knowledge
2) Ability to accept new knowledge
3) Verification through adventure: Knowledge is verified through adventure
4) Importance of learning attitude: ‘Learn from your enemies without having to ask the source’
B. Body
1. “My people perish for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6 p. 1260).
1) I will not let you become my priests because you have rejected knowledge.→ Caiaphas' strange logic and the destruction of himself and his kingdom (John 11:49 P.167)
2) Since you have forgotten the teachings of your God, I will also forget your children. : You already said, but you didn't hear Judas Iscariot's wailing (Why didn't you teach me that there is a resurrection?)
2. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction (Proverbs 1:7 p.909).
3. 3 types of people (Pangse: Pascal)
1) A person who is indifferent to God regardless of whether God is present or not
2) Let's try hard all our lives while struggling to find God → eventually fail
3) Those who discover and serve God through Christ
4. The command of the text Bible
1) Let's go back to God → Without this action we cannot know God.
2) Let's live in God → Faith: Let's do our best to know the Lord
5. 6 Knowledge from George Kneller
1) sensory knowledge 2) empirical knowledge 3) rational knowledge 4) authoritative knowledge 5) intuitive knowledge 6) revelatory knowledge
6. Conditions for acceptance of knowledge
1) Accept knowledge only with bright reason and free reason
2) Knowledge of experience is only accepted by faith: The Apostle Paul accepted even the thorn of suffering as grace.
3) Receptivity of knowledge known by love: ‘Why do I become small when I stand in front of you?’
7. Love of God is concreted in His wrath. Karl Barth
1) The love of God that can only be taught even by hitting
2) The love of God that beats, binds, and heals
C. Conclusion
1. Let's realize God's love in the midst of sickness and failure...