Good Morning. Unless we allow the word of God to become a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path we will receive the counsel given to the children of Israel found in Hos. 4:6. The word of the Lord said, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” It is the word of God that will instruct us in righteousness so that we will not sin against God. Matthew Henry in his commentary on this verse said, “Those that rebel against the light can expect no other than to perish in the dark. Or it is a charge upon the priests, who should have been still teaching the people knowledge (Eccl. 12:9), but they did not, or did it in such a manner that it was as if they had not done it at all, so there was no knowledge of God in the land; and because there was no vision, or none to any purpose, the people perished, Prov. 29:18. Both priests and people rejected knowledge; and justly therefore will God reject them. The reason why the people did not learn, and the priests did not teach, was not because they had not the light, but because they hated it-not because they had not ways of coming to the knowledge of God and of communicating it, but because they had no heart to it; they rejected it. They desired not the knowledge of Gods ways, but put it from them, and shut their eyes against the light; and therefore I will also reject thee; I will refuse to take cognizance of thee and to own thee; you will not know me, but bid me depart; I will therefore say, Depart from me, I know you not. Thou shalt be no priest to me. Gods people, by rejecting knowledge, forfeit their honour and profane their own crown. I pray that we will continue to study God’s words so that we can be guided into the path of righteousness. Thy Word https://youtube/watch?v=2SLHWFpSlq4 Have a blessed and Holy Spirit-filled day.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 09:38:53 +0000
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