Imagine standing outside the greatest restaurant on earth and experiencing the aroma of all that great food, knowing that a feast is going on inside. How satisfying is that?
Knowledge gets us close, but it's not all the way there. The scribe agrees with Jesus that these are the true and greatest commandments, and Jesus tells him that he is not far from the Kingdom. His knowledge has brought him near, he can perhaps peer beyond the wall and see inside... but only the experience of Jesus will carry him into the Kingdom. To know with our heads is one thing, to experience with the heart is another -- it's the second step that completes. We need both -- one without the other, I think, is incomplete.
So may we seek knowledge, but pair it with worship and service, where we experience what we learn and grow in faith and knowledge, drawing closer constantly to Christ.
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