The older I get, the more teachable I become, because I realize the more I learn the more I do not know. Holding onto what we know loosely is not a sign of weakness or instability, it is actually a sign of humility. Biblical humility is the ability to remain teachable. We reveal our arrogance when we think what we believe, or what we know is the final answer on the subject.

When I was in Bible school we used to stay up late into the night debating things in the word of God. We had a lot of zeal but next to no revelation knowledge. For we read the Bible through the lense of doctrine not the lense of Jesus. I had no idea how indoctrinated I was with the ideas of man as I argued my point. Looking back at that girl, I saw the passion, but I see how she lacked so much understanding.

Maybe you can relate. Maybe you can honestly say, as I am saying, we do not know as much as we think we do. In a world of access to unlimited information, humility should be our posture, for we do not know as much as we think we do.

Reading Ephesians 2 this morning it says, “Even when we were dead and doomed in our many sins, he united us into the very life of Christ and saved us by his wonderful grace! He raised us up with Christ the exalted One, and we ascended with him into the glorious perfection and authority of the heavenly realm, for we are now co-seated as one with Christ! Throughout the coming ages we will be the visible display of the infinite riches of his grace and kindness, which was showered upon us in Jesus Christ.”

We know we are seated with Christ, we know we are loved, but do we realize we are called to be a VISIBLE DISPLAY of the infinite riches of His grace and kindness? When people look at us do they see a visible display of grace and kindness? I know they hear doctrine. I know they come to church. But do they see a visible display of grace and kindness?

Jesus said the greatest commandment is love. Maybe we should work on embodying this commandment rather than arguing over things we do not know as much about as we think we do. I have learned over the years that zeal for doctrine can be a hinderance to being a visible display of grace and kindness. I pray we argue less and display more. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org