Knowledge

(I'll be offline for a few days -- not another interruption in service this time -- we're going on a Ladies Retreat. Should be a great time for new looks at the Bible, new devotional topics!)

The New Testament tells us that knowledge is important. During Christ's reproach in Luke 11 He accuses the religious leaders of taking away the key of knowledge. He continued, saying: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. (Luke 11:52 KJV)

Paul describes those who reject God: And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; (Romans 1:28 KJV)

Each of us must determine whether or not to retain God within our knowledge. Within the list of “things which are not convenient” (KJV), "things which are not fitting" (ASV) or "what ought not to be done" (ESV) is "without understanding" (KJV and ASV) or "foolish" (ESV). I find it interesting that it is included in the same list as "haters of God" (KJV and ESV) or "hateful to God" (ASV).

The chapter's end isn't the close of the thought, though.

Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. (Romans 2:1 KJV)

Paul moves through the logic and descriptions of God's judgment. Who will render to every man according to his deeds: (Romans 2:6 KJV)

“Ignorantia juris non escusat” or in English, ignorance of the law does not excuse. There are very few who are not aware of God’s law. Some have declined to accept God’s law, but they are not ignorant of its existence. It continues to be published and proclaimed.

Mankind’s response has been the same through millennia – some have accepted, some have rejected. We have the written testimony of many over those same millennia that God was In the beginning (Genesis 1:1) – that He is One which is, and which was, and which is to come; (Revelation 1:4 KJV)

Let’s share the knowledge.