reason, human perspective and/or human experience to the status or function of a god. Reference to God in the pursuit of knowledge is like reference to the North Star for purposes of navigation, of knowing where you are. Once you know the position of the North Star, the positions of the other stars indicate your position on the earth. If there was no North Star in the sky, no star whose position is stable year round, navigation would not be possible. In a similar way, God and His Word serve as the objective, stable perspective from which all other human knowledge has any significant meaning.
(This analogy breaks down in the contemporary world because we now use satellite technology for navigation on the oceans. However, it should be noted that such navigation depends upon man-made devices. Thus, the navigational references (satellites) remain a function of human knowledge and experience. They can help us understand where we are on earth, but not where we are in the universe.)
And we all know this at some level. Paul quoted popular Greek poetry to the Greeks at Mars Hill. A popular poet was quoted as saying, “In him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28). Paul was pointing out that the Greek pagans understood the importance of an objective, stable point of reference regarding life and the pursuit of knowledge. This Pagan Greek poet was right to suggest that all human knowledge and experience are dependent upon God.
Paul goes on to say that it is the Lord who judges him. Again, he offers a contrast between the judgment of the world and the judgment of God. His point in part is that it is not his own limited knowledge that has reached out to know (discern or evaluate) the Lord, but rather that it is the unlimited