I is for Ignorance
Everyone has heard of the 12 Days of Christmas. I thought I would do my version of the 12 days of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving: the act of giving thanks; a prayer of gratitude to God.
Ignorance: the state of being ignorant; lacking knowledge; uninformed; being unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to others and having certain other kinds of knowledge that others know nothing about.
Ignorance gets a bad rap. People use it as a slang term and treat it as though it means people are just plain stupid…goes to show how much ignorance we have in this world. People strive for wisdom, they want to be smart. Think about how much money is spent every year on further education for people to better themselves with knowledge. Think about this, the truth is all the knowledge in the world cannot save a person’s soul. A person has to humble themselves and give up their pride, give up what the world says is true and what they want to believe and live for what the Bible says is true.
Ignorance is not to be confused with ignoring. Romans 10:3 for they being ignorant of God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness have not submitted to the righteousness of God. True righteousness is a matter of faith. We cannot pick and choose the parts of the Bible that we like and live by them and ignore the parts that we don’t like. We cannot determine what parts of the Bible we think are true and what parts we think are not true. We cannot say yes, we believe there is a God and create the kind of god we want for our lives. God is a just and righteous God. He forgives ignorance, but He hates pride and arrogance. Truly these times of ignorance God overlooked but now commands all men everywhere to repent Acts 17:30. If we are truly living by faith and for God, then we will understand this mystery and not be ignorant.
We come in contact with ignorance every day. We should be compassionate to these people and their lack of knowledge.
© Crackerberries 2011
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