“If ignorance of
the Word is condemned where light shines, surely God commands us to open our
eyes to take in the knowledge it sheds forth.
"Search the
Scriptures" John 5:39, the command could not be any plainer. But even if
God had not expressed this duty so explicitly, the very penning of His Word
would unmistakably convey His purpose. The passage of a law is enough to make
subjects obey it. And it does not do any good for us to plead ignorance; the
publication of law carries with it an obligation for us to find out exactly
what it means and how it applies to us.
Christ fastens
condemnation on the ignorance of men when He Himself has provided knowledge:
"This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men
loved darkness" John 3:19. Many people avoid the light because they do not
intend to walk in it. Now if ignorance of the Word is condemned where light
shines, surely God commands us to open our eyes to take in the knowledge it
sheds forth; for a law must be broken before a condemning sentence is
pronounced. Because you live within the sound of this gospel, you will be
judged by it whether you know it or not.
The Jews once had
the Word deposited right into their hands: "Unto them were committed the
oracles of God" Romans 3:2. These Scriptures were given to them, and now
to us, as a dying father leaves his will to his son, not for him to throw it
aside among waste papers, but for him to study it so as to perform everything
written in it.
God's Word is
called "the faith, which was once delivered unto the saints" Jude 3--
delivered to their study and care. If we had lived when Christ was here in the
flesh, and He left us one last special thing to take care of, would we not have
abandoned everything else to perform the will of our dying Savior? It is for
His sake that we keep and transmit this faith from one generation to the next
as long as this world lasts.
”
Quoted material from,
”The Christian in Complete Armour Daily Readings in Spiritual Warfare” by
Gurnall and James S Bell. http://www.moodypublishers.com/pub_productDetail.aspx?id=41823&pid=53617
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