FAITH CAPSULE: Ignorance is a lack of knowledge that makes a believer destitute.
2 Samuel 6
When there is understanding, one will demonstrate a knowing edge.
A lack of knowledge and understanding is the state of being ignorant.
God knows all!
No pretender can escape the knowing of God.
God alone is the creator of all.
God sees heaven and earth, and no one can successfully hide from God.
Before God, there is no excuse for ignorance.
The lack of knowledge and understanding is engaging in a journey of self-destruction.
Hosea 4:6 records, “My people are destroyed, for lack of knowledge.”
Ignorance is a lack of knowledge that makes a believer destitute.
Among believers, doing right in the wrong way or doing wrong instead of doing right does not have an excuse before God, but prompts consequences.
The ignorant do not have a place before God.
Romans 10:3 states, “For they, being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.”
Set yourself before God:
Study to know God and not be an ignorant believer.
Always do right and know there is no excuse for ignorance before God.
Taking the doings of God for granted is unacceptable and constitutes ignorance.
Do not take God for granted.
Taking God for granted is disobedient to His word.
Abraham demonstrated not taking God for granted by obeying God.
The word of God speaks to Abraham, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now, I know that you fear God since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.” (Genesis 22:12)
Abraham obeyed God, not withholding from the word of God.
Answering Abraham to command is the character of seeking God diligently.
One who seeks God to find Him does not give an excuse for being ignorant.
Deuteronomy 4:29 records, “But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Abraham found God.
One who seeks God with all heart and soul is seeking God diligently.
Abraham could not take God for granted; he obeyed God and lived life for God by seeking God with all his heart and soul.
Are you taking God for granted?
The life of Uzzah is evidence of ignorance with no excuse for doing wrong in the place to do right before God.
Uzzah made a wrong choice in an attempt to save the ark from falling.
When returning the Ark of God to Jerusalem, Uzzah touched the Ark of God.
Uzzah was ignorant when he touched the Ark of God and lost his life.
The bible records that Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God, and God struck him there for his error, and he died there by the ark of God. (2 Samuel 6:6-8)
The ignorance of Uzzah led to his untimely death.
There is no excuse for not having experienced wrongdoing before.
Prayer for today: Ask not to become a victim of ignorance before God.