BE
AWARE OF THE DEADLY EFFECTS OF IGNORANCE
6 My
people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.
“Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.” Hosea 4:6 (NIV)
1 “Put
the trumpet to your lips! An eagle is
over the house of the LORD because the people have broken my covenant and
rebelled against my law. Hosea 8:1 (NIV)
12 I
wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something
alien. Hosea 8:12 (NIV)
21 “This
is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Go ahead, add your burnt
offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! 22 For
when I brought your forefathers out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just
give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices, 23 but
I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my
people. Walk in all the ways I command you, that it may go well with you. 24 But
they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn
inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.’” Jeremiah 7:21-24 (NIV)
4 And
though the LORD has sent all his servants the prophets to you again and again,
you have not listened or paid any attention. 5 They
said, “Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and
you can stay in the land the LORD gave to you and your fathers for ever and
ever. 6 Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them; do
not provoke me to anger with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm
you.” 7 “But
you did not listen to me,” declares the LORD, “and you have provoked me with
what your hands have made, and you have brought harm to yourselves.” Jeremiah 25:4-7 (NIV)
1 Brothers,
my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be
saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for
God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since
they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish
their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. 4 Christ
is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who
believes. Romans 10:1-4 (NIV)
20 Where
is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age?
Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For
since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God
was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who
believe. 22 Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for
wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to
Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24 but to those whom God has called, both Jews and
Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For
the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is
stronger than man’s strength. 1 Corinthians
1:20-25 (NIV)
15 Do
your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not
need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 (NIV)
12 For
the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it
penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the
thoughts and attitudes of the heart. 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight.
Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must
give account. Hebrews 4:12-13 (NIV)
12 Apply
your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge. Proverbs 23:12 (NIV)
3 His
divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our
knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through
these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through
them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the
world caused by evil desires. 2 Peter
1:3-4 (NIV)
23 Buy
the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding. 24 The
father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him.
Proverbs 23:23-24 (NIV)
3 By
wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; 4 through
knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures. 5 A
wise man has great power, and a man of knowledge increases strength. Proverbs 24:3-5 (NIV)
BUTTER
“I will honor My Word, and I will honor
those who give My Word the sacred preeminence it deserves. My Word shall never return void. It shall accomplish My purposes.” Frances J. Roberts
“Meditation is a lost art today, and Christian people suffer
grievously from their ignorance of the practice. Meditation is the activity of calling to
mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various
things that one knows about the works and ways and purposes and promises of
God. It is an activity of holy thought,
consciously performed in the presence of God, under the eye of God, by the help
of God, as a means of communion with God.” J. I. Packer
“Simple assent to
the truth of the Word is but an act of the understanding. Reprobates and devils may exercise this, but
justifying faith takes its seat both in the understanding and the will. The promises of God call for an act of the
will to embrace and receive it.
Therefore, he who only notionally knows the promise, and speculatively
assents to the truth of it, without clinging to it, and embracing it, does not
believe to the saving of the soul.”
William Gurnall
“If there were one piece of advice, one
bit of encouragement, that I could give you, that would be: know God’s word for
yourself and have it memorized. Take those Scriptures that you read and take
the time to get them deep and embedded into your heart and your mind. Because
here’s what happens in life: you hit a moment of crisis. Many times, it can
come out of the blue. It’s not something that you always get a forewarning or
impression that something’s coming. And what will hold you, and what held me on
that darkest day, are God’s word and His promises.” Cathe Laurie
“Be willing to
show others how they can communicate personally with God through His Word by
His Spirit and ‘hear from heaven’ themselves – this is the greatest blessing
you can ever give to another human being.
God is uniquely personal and desires for each one of us to approach Him
individually and humbly. Each of us are simply beggars sharing with other beggars
where to get bread.” BHY
“The brilliance of
man cannot appreciate the plan of God (Isaiah 55:8-9). It is not self-confident
erudition but self-effacing faith that allows one to enter the narrow way.” Bible Knowledge Commentary
“Faith and freedom are never more than one
generation away from extinction. We have to be intentional about being sure our
children, and our children’s children, will hear the Word of God like we have
heard it. We don’t pass it on to our children through our bloodstream; it’s not
a genetic relationship. It must be fought for. It must be protected. It must be
held onto. You must not veer from it or deviate from it no matter what culture
tells you. If it is in opposition to the Word of God, you hold onto the Word of
God. His Word will never fail. Heaven and earth will pass away, but we are told
God’s Word will never pass away. It is eternal. It is God-breathed. We can bank
on it. Live it. Know it. Understand it. Share it.” Cathe Laurie
“Faith finds that Christ has made full
payment to the justice of God having poured out His blood to death upon the
cross. All of His previous acts of
humiliation were but preparatory to this.
He was born to die; He was sent into the world as a lamb bound with the
bonds of an irreversible decree as a sacrifice.
There is no redemption but by His blood.
Christ did not redeem and save poor souls by sitting in majesty on His heavenly
throne, but by hanging on the shameful cross, under the tormenting hand of
man’s fury and God’s just wrath. And
therefore, the poor soul that would have pardon of sin, is directed to place
its faith not only on Christ, but on a bleeding Christ, whom God has set forth
to be a propitiation through faith in His blood. Believing implies a union of the soul to
Christ with full trust and reliance.” William Gurnall
“Believe
God’s Word and power more than you believe your own feelings and experiences. Your Rock is Christ, and it is not the Rock
which ebbs and flows, but your sea.”
Samuel Rutherford
“The One who is the Word wants to
have a word with you. To neglect the
only Voice that calms waves is to invite internal chaos. One day, either this world is going to blow apart, or your
own world is going to blow apart, and the only way you’re going survive is if
you’ve set time apart to let God’s Spirit blow in. Apathy for God’s Word leads to atrophy of a
soul.” Ann Voskamp
HEART SAVOR
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If you know
the Truth it will set you free.
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The Bible is
your lifeline, we ignore it to our own detriment.
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Wisdom brings much joy. Be able to correctly handle and apply God’s
Word – you will not be disappointed.
