IGNORANCE

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Non-Belief

Persecution

Various Other

Consequences

Leads to

Props Up

Works In

Ignorance

Consequences

Alienation From Life In God

Ephesians 4:18

“Having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart” Past feeling (v. 19) Given to lewdness (v. 19) Learning Christ sheds the old man

(vv. 20-24)

alienated

Consequences

Alienation From Life

In God

Blindness

Blindness

2 Corinthians 3:14, “But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ.”

Isaiah 59:10, “We grope for the wall like the blind, And we grope as if we had no eyes; We stumble at noonday as at twilight; We are as dead men in desolate places”

Blindness“But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes” (1 Jn. 2:11)

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Proverbs 26:24-28

Remedy To Blindness

Learning the love of Christ and walking in that walk (1 Jn. 2:7, 8) To love is not new (7)

They heard it from the beginning of their reception of the gospel

The life without love is only noise (1 Cor. 13:1ff)

To love as Christ is the new commandment which Jesus brought It is true in Him (cf. Jn. 13:1ff) It is true in you (cf. Jn. 13:34, 35; 1 Jn. 2:10)

Ephesians 4:18

“Having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart” Ignorance never helps a man achieve

clarity Ignorance never helps a man make better

decisions Ignorance never helps a man see things

correctly

Blindness Revealed In Lifestyle28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.

Romans 1:28-32

Consequences

Alienation From Life

In God

Accepting False

Teaching

Blindness

Mistaken “And He answered and said to them,

‘Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning “made them male and female”’” (Matt. 19:4)

“Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God” (Matt. 22:29)

“For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead” (Jn. 20:9)

Vain Worship9 “ ‘And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’10 When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, ‘Hear and understand: 11 Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.’12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, ‘Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?’ 13 But He answered and said, ‘Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.’”

Matthew 15:9-14

Consequences

Alienation From Life

In God

Accepting False

Teaching

Blindness

Death

Death19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness.20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.22 But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:19-23

8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,

10 when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.

2 Thessalonians 1:8-10

Death

IGNORANCE

!“Even the stork in the heavens knows her appointed times; And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow observe the time of their coming. But My people do not know the judgment of the LORD” (Jer. 8:7)

Know Jesus

“For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know Him, nor even the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled them in condemning Him” (Acts 13:27)

“Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead” (Acts 17:30, 31)

Pursue the Knowledge of the Lord and Be Blessed

Prov. 2:3-5, “Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God”

Prov. 3:13, “Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding”

Jer. 9:24, “ ‘But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,’ says the LORD”

John 17:3“And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”