ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS

Proverbs 2:1-5 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; (2) So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; (3) Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; (4) If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; (5) Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

Is the adage, ‘Ignorance is bliss’ true?

If we were ignorant of responsibilities, we could cruise through life with seemingly not a care. But God doesn’t absolve us for ignorance, so when this life is over we are judged by what we know, and by what we should have cared to know.

In this age of information overload, knowledge is at our fingertips, and yet, we read God’s Word as if it were a fiction novel. If we realized that the Bible contained the simple solution to all the socio-politico-economic problems of the earth, maybe we would care to research and understand it more.

Why should we not want to understand the Word? Why do we read it without researching it for ourselves? Why do we not seek to understand it fully and without the shadow of a doubt? Why do we not ask the hard questions? Or worse, why do we satisfy ourselves and hide behind the seemingly absolving hypocritical statement, “we were not made to understand’? Why do we not cry after knowledge; lift up our voice for understanding; seek her as silver; and search for her as for hid treasures? Are we afraid of the answers?

Yes, with knowledge comes responsibility. With knowledge comes the responsibility of obedience. With knowledge the excuses are gone in our eyes and we have to do something about what we know. So we find all the excuses possible for not knowing. Some of the favorites are, “There are so many Bible translations . . .” “Every Church has a different doctrine . . . “, I read the Bible and I did not understand . . . “, I went to Church and I saw . . . “,. We use these easily pre-made excuses in order to absolve ourselves from the responsibility of knowing the Word of God. Thus we excuse our ignorance and absolve ourselves in our own spirit. Will God excuse us?