Wallace D. Wattles, in his writings, provides three key lessons among many: 1. That the Lord is interested in sincere relationship and an experience with His children based on sanctification of the heart and sincere service, free of the vain motives of self-glorification or improper desires for social, earthly authority that is not in the heart of a true servant of the Lord; 2. That the avoidance of true study and learning leads to the development of souls that are never sure of themselves, their purpose or reason for existence as underdevloped in self-knowledge as to be any servant or of help to another soul; 3. That the scribe and pharisee may succeed in study and knowledge but he will fail with lesson number one and is of no use to the Lord and His service. A sincere student is a better master than an insincere master who is, in fact, afraid of the sincere student who seeks approval only from the Lord who sees what you are in secret. This is just a summary of three key lessons among many as also witnessed in the experience of Christ. See Mark 3 and Mark 4.