IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS

Pastor Rick Jackson

Acts 17:23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Romans 1:13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
Romans 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
1 Corinthians 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
1 Corinthians 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
2 Corinthians 1:8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
1 Thessalonians 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

God does not put a premium on ignorance and nor should we. The lost are ignorant, young Christians are ignorant, and alas, older Christians are ignorant.

I. IGNORANCE OF UNBELIEVERS IS EXPECTED

1. Their Ignorance of Christ’s Person can be Forgiven [Acts 3:12-19]

2. Their Sins Can Be forgiven [I Tm. 1:13-14]

3. Their Ignorance should Change when they Do [Eph. 4:17-20]

II. IGNORANCE OF BABES IN CHRIST IS UNDERSTANDABLE

1. Growth in Grace is Characterized by Godliness [I Peter 1:13-16]

2. Growth in Grace is Based on God’s Word [I Peter 1:23-25]

3. Growth in Grace is Commanded for Christians [1 Peter 2:1-3]

III. IGNORANCE OF MATURE CHRISTIANS IS SHAMEFUL

Ignorance often leads to conceit. [Romans 11:25] For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

1. It is Carnal [I Cor. 3:1-4]

2. It is Babyish [I Cor. 3:1]

3. It is Spiritual Laziness [Heb. 5:11-6:3]