How do I love?
To love, I must consider Him.
To consider, I must learn Him.
To learn, I must search for Him.
To search, I must have information about Him.
To have information, I have been reached by Him.
To be reached, I am found by Him.
To be found, I am known by Him.
To be known by Him, I am loved by Him.
We love because we were first loved by Him.
When we consider God, then, who, according to the Biblical text, injected perfect information into the universe, we can be amazed:
1 ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.2 οὖτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν θεόν.
He was with God in the beginning.3 πάντα δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἕν. ὃ γέγονεν
Through him all things were made; without him, nothing was made that has been made.4 ἐν αὐτῶ ζωὴ ἦν, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων·
In him was life, and that life was the light of men.5 καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν.
The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
Did you catch that? This parallel of Genesis asserts that Jesus the Christ is the Word who is somehow concurrently with–and in being–God. A perfect word is perfect information set forth. It is flawless in nature, containing in itself patterns and rhythms which can be observed, studied, and known if revealed. Therefore, it is our duty and our pleasure to learn this Word, the information contained therein, and put it to use in our lives that we might live to the fullest intended for us.
The quest for knowledge is a great one, but it is largely misunderstood and corrupted…