Don't Be Ignorant!

 Happy Sunday!

"God wants you to silence stupid and ignorant people by doing right. You are free, but still you are God's servants, and you must not use your freedom as an excuse for doing wrong."(1Peter 2:15-16 CEV).

 

So many times, the inspired writers of the Bible urged us not to be ignorant! The definition of ignorant is "lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated" or "lacking knowledge, information, or awareness about a particular thing".  Don't miss this!  God is the God of More Than Enough!  He's got everything we could ever need and He's happy to share it with us!  James 1:5 says, "If any of you lacks wisdom [to guide him through a decision or circumstance], he is to ask of [our benevolent] God, who gives to everyone generously and without rebuke or blame, and it will be given to him."(Amplified).

The Apostle Peter told the Believers there are "stupid and ignorant" people in the world!  BUT we should NOT be named in that group!  We can Silence them by living right, and doing right!  Yes, we were once like them but now we are changed by the Holy Spirit within us!  1 Corinthians 6:9-11 says, "Don’t you realize that this is not the way to live? Unjust people who don’t care about God will not be joining in his kingdom. Those who use and abuse each other, use and abuse sex, use and abuse the earth and everything in it, don’t qualify as citizens in God’s kingdom. A number of you know from experience what I’m talking about, for not so long ago you were on that list. Since then, you’ve been cleaned up and given a fresh start by Jesus, our Master, our Messiah, and by our God present in us, the Spirit."(Message).

How can we ensure that we are not stupid or ignorant?  Great question!  I'm so glad you asked!  "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."(2 Timothy 2:15 KJV).

Love and prayers, Cynthia