Are You in the Know?
James Merritt
Job 19:23-27
INTRODUCTION:
1. Most of us don't remember, but many years ago doctors used to make house calls. That is, they would actually come to your house with their little black bag, and they would examine you. One day a man took deathly ill, and his wife called the doctor and the doctor came out to the house.
2. When he walked in, the wife told him that her husband was upstairs. He told her to wait there; he went upstairs; was gone for a little while; after a few minutes came down and asked for a screwdriver. She gave him one. He went back upstairs; several minutes later he came back down and asked for a can opener. She gave him that.
3. He went back upstairs and shortly thereafter he came back and asked for a hammer and a saw. Well, finally the worried wife couldn't stand it any longer and she said, ''Doctor, please tell me what is wrong with my husband?'' The doctor said, ''I don't know yet. I can't get my bag open.''
4. You can have a great deal of knowledge about a great many things, but if you do not know the right things, at the right time, for the right occasion, then it really doesn't matter what else you do know.
5. We are living in a world that is sinking in a sea of subjectivism and reeling on the road of relativism. More and more people are becoming less and less sure that they know more and more about anything. Years ago, someone once wrote this in a periodical, and it really captures the times in which we live:
The world is engulfed in an almost limitless quagmire of opinions, while there is a dearth of convictions. This inevitably makes for confusion and despair. Opinions are abundant while convictions are scarce. Opinions are produced by the superficial, while convictions are the result of agonized struggle. Opinions are what we think, while convictions are what we know. Opinions are conjectures or guesses, while convictions are firm beliefs founded on evidence. An opinion is somethi ...
James Merritt
Job 19:23-27
INTRODUCTION:
1. Most of us don't remember, but many years ago doctors used to make house calls. That is, they would actually come to your house with their little black bag, and they would examine you. One day a man took deathly ill, and his wife called the doctor and the doctor came out to the house.
2. When he walked in, the wife told him that her husband was upstairs. He told her to wait there; he went upstairs; was gone for a little while; after a few minutes came down and asked for a screwdriver. She gave him one. He went back upstairs; several minutes later he came back down and asked for a can opener. She gave him that.
3. He went back upstairs and shortly thereafter he came back and asked for a hammer and a saw. Well, finally the worried wife couldn't stand it any longer and she said, ''Doctor, please tell me what is wrong with my husband?'' The doctor said, ''I don't know yet. I can't get my bag open.''
4. You can have a great deal of knowledge about a great many things, but if you do not know the right things, at the right time, for the right occasion, then it really doesn't matter what else you do know.
5. We are living in a world that is sinking in a sea of subjectivism and reeling on the road of relativism. More and more people are becoming less and less sure that they know more and more about anything. Years ago, someone once wrote this in a periodical, and it really captures the times in which we live:
The world is engulfed in an almost limitless quagmire of opinions, while there is a dearth of convictions. This inevitably makes for confusion and despair. Opinions are abundant while convictions are scarce. Opinions are produced by the superficial, while convictions are the result of agonized struggle. Opinions are what we think, while convictions are what we know. Opinions are conjectures or guesses, while convictions are firm beliefs founded on evidence. An opinion is somethi ...
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