To Be Least

      I have decided that unless I am living it, I am not going to write it. In other words, I have to walk the walk if I want to talk the talk. If I am going to tell others to live holy, I have to live a holy life. If I am going to tell others to die to their self, I must die to my self. I am going to teach others, I have to live up to that teaching myself.
      1 Corinthians 8:1 says that, "Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up." A Christian needs to have love more than knowledge. If a theologian studies the Bible for his entire lifetime (and thinks that he is great because of that), but does not love, it means nothing. A verse that really applies is another verse from 1 Corinthians 13 which says, "²If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing."
      Again, what is love? One thing that the Bible makes clear is that love is the foundation of the law. Romans 13:10 says, "Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law," and again in Galatians 5:14 says, "The entire law is summed up in a single command: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" Love is the heart of the law. Jesus told us in John 14:15 that, "If you love me, you will obey what I command." This is essential to our understanding of what it means to love.
      I do not want to be one who just knows the Bible, but one who applies the Bible to my every day life. I want to teach out of experience, not out of factual knowledge. I want to spread the good news not because of what I know, but because of what God has done for me.
      Am I making any sense here? I hope so, and I will try to post more frequently.