The Danger of Ignorance Roger Rush The motto of the Bonehead Club of Texas is to know more and more about less and less until eventually they know everything about nothing. Sometimes I think some folks have embraced another philosophy, especially when it comes to the Bible and religion. These folks want to know less and less about more and more until eventually they know nothing about everything! Ignorance is a dangerous thing. It results from an unwillingness to learn. Obviously, it is impossible to know everything and those who think they do are extremely annoying. Sometimes ignorance can be our friend and at other times our foe. I am reminded of the story of the elderly woman who arrived for worship to be greeted by a friendly usher who asked, Where would you like to sit? The front row please, she answered. You really dont want to do that, the usher said. The preacher is really boring. Do you happen to know who I am? the woman inquired. No. he said. Im the preachers mother, she replied indignantly. Do you know who I am? he asked. No she said. Good he answered, as he quickly retreated. There are many things we do not need to know, but when it comes to the Scriptures we cannot afford to be ignorant. God warned Israel, My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children (Hosea 4:6). They were ignorant, not because they could not know, but because they chose not to know. He went on to say of Israel, I have written for him the great things of My law, but they were considered a strange thing (Hosea 8:12). What do you know about God? About Jesus? About eternity? God has revealed Himself and His will in His word. We cannot know it if we do not study it. Ignorance will not be an acceptable excuse for facing Him unprepared at the Judgment (Acts 17:30,31). We would be wise to heed the injunction of Paul to Timothy to be a careful student of Gods word (2 Timothy 2:15). It is a dangerous thing to be ignorant of the word of God, but the rewards of knowing it are immeasurable (Psalm 19: 10).
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 10:33:39 +0000
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