Why is knowing Christ better than education and knowledge?
Knowing Christ surpasses human knowledge because the love of Christ goes beyond knowledge. Such knowledge is not merely intellectual; it results in being filled with all the fullness of God. Education and technology may expand knowledge, but they cannot compare to knowing Christ.
Les teaches that Paul prayed believers might enter into a fourth dimension and know the love of Christ, which goes beyond knowledge, so they might be filled with all the fullness of God. Les says he has nothing against education and acknowledges today’s explosion of knowledge and technology, but he insists that to know Christ is far better. Knowing Him is beyond human knowledge. As an illustration, Les recalls Dwight L. Moody, who read a quote from a dying man of God who hoped to be fully used by God but felt he had failed; Moody then said he hoped to be that man.
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.