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The height of human wisdom is knowing we are ignorant about God and His essence. John the Apostle, who lived with Christ for three years, said that no one can see God. Paul also said we see as in a dim mirror. No, knowing we are ignorant is the beginning of human wisdom.
Who knows more of God? The man who sees through a glass darkly, or the man with his eyes shut who sees nothing?
8,279 posted on
10/04/2007 3:57:29 PM PDT by
Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
No, knowing we are ignorant is the beginning of human wisdom. Who knows more of God? The man who sees through a glass darkly, or the man with his eyes shut who sees nothing? Our "knowledge" of God is merely recognizing how much we don't know about God. Honestly, knowing God as He is, not as He is mediated to us by Jesus, is un-knowable, since He is transcendant and beyond our ability to know Him. Our minds cannot handle the concept of "infinity" or "eternity". Accepting this lack of knowledge is indeed human wisdom.
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