By Ron Thomas
In Hosea the Lord said His people are destroyed for lack of knowledge (4:6). In Romans, Paul said faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the words of Christ (10:17). In 2 Peter, Peter said the saints are to grow in knowledge, that is, knowledge of God’s word. In 2 Corinthians, Paul wrote one does not walk by sight, but by faith (by God’s word). In each of these passages we learn those who love the Lord are people/saints who know the Lord’s will. They don’t find reasons to not read, but instead make opportunities to read and learn.
In Hosea the Lord said His people are destroyed for lack of knowledge (4:6). In Romans, Paul said faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the words of Christ (10:17). In 2 Peter, Peter said the saints are to grow in knowledge, that is, knowledge of God’s word. In 2 Corinthians, Paul wrote one does not walk by sight, but by faith (by God’s word). In each of these passages we learn those who love the Lord are people/saints who know the Lord’s will. They don’t find reasons to not read, but instead make opportunities to read and learn.
No doubt, it
is beyond disappointing for the Lord to see those who say
they belong to Him fail in desiring to gain understanding of
His will. Why would anyone operate in this way?
1) they
don’t like to read,
2) so many activity involvements,
3) not
really redeemed, but Christian in name only.
It’s not their
lack of knowledge, but their lack of effort and even desire
to gain knowledge.
When these people are put in stressful
situations, they fail the Lord and themselves because they
took no time to hear the Lord by reading His word, thus
learning what can be and needs to be done. Will the Lord
hear them when they call out? “Then shall they call upon me,
but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they
shall not find me: For that they hated knowledge, and did
not choose the fear of the Lord” (Proverbs 1:28-29, KJV).
There is a correlation between this failure to learn and the
exhortations from the Lord when He said many are called, but
few are chosen AND why call me Lord when you do not hear me
(Luke 6:46).
- Ron Thomas preacher
for the Sunrush Church of Christ, Chillicothe, OH. He may be
contacted through the congregation's website. http://sunrushchurchofchrist.com/
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