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| "But I would not have you to be ignorant..." |
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November
13, 2010
Again
and again, and yet again the Apostles wrote to believers these words, "But
I would not have you to be ignorant..." I don't know whether they felt insulted
by such reminders from the Apostles. One stated task of the Apostles was to
dispel ignorance from God's children.
But for smart alecks who would not be taught, Apostle Paul said, "But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant."
John
the Baptist's ministry is described thus:
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And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go
before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
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To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
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Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath
visited us,
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To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide
our feet into the way of peace.
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To give knowledge of salvation unto His people...
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To give light to them that sit in darkness...
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To give light to them that in the shadow of death...
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To guide our feet into the way of peace...
Them
that sit in the shadow of death is NOT the same as them that in the state of
death!
One
can only give knowledge to God's redeemed people... those that are spiritually
alive! "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God:
for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned."
One
can only give light to those that are alive but are in the darkness of
ignorance... ignorance that can cause them their destruction in this life.
Whoever
is sent for to guide the feet of the dead into the way of peace?
John was sent
to guide the feet of God's people into the way of peace.
