Are You Ignorant Of God's Will?

We cannot know God's will if we are ignorant of God's Word.

Unfortunately, there are many professing 'Christians' today who say that they not only know God, but also know His will. I say unfortunately, because many do not.

Look at the religious leaders of Jesus' day that didn't know the Scriptures (Mt. 22:29; Jn. 5:39; 16:3). Even His apostles didn't always understand (Acts 1:6). 

Even some of those that handled the Word of God in the OT did not know God (Jer. 2:8; Mal. 2:8).

Even in the NT people claimed to know God and His will yet proved to be workers of iniquity (Mt. 7:21-23; Rom. 2:17-24; Titus 1:16). 

Just because one spends a lot of time in Scripture, knows a lot about Scripture, can quote a lot of Scripture, does not mean they are a genuine child of God.

Jesus said that we would know them by their fruit (Mt. 7:15-20). Are they given to drunkenness? Are the homosexuals or given over to other sexual perversions? Are they liars? Covetous? Gluttonous? I could go on (Rom. 1:26-32; 1 Cor. 6:9-10; Gal. 5:19-21). They may have a form of godliness (2 Tim. 3:5), but have not come to the knowledge of the Truth (2 Tim. 3:7). They've possibly been given over to a reprobate mind (Rom. 1:24, 26), or been given a strong delusion because they don't have a love of the Truth (2 Th. 2:10-12).

How about you? Oh, no, you don't indulge yourself in such things. Glory be to God! Yet, do you take pleasure in them on a "one-eyed monster" (TV, cell phone, tablet, etc)? Do you watch or read or listen to things that are ungodly like hatred, fornication, cursing, rebellion, disrespect to parents or others in authority, etc? If so, you are not better off than those which do them (Rom. 1:32-2:3).

Again, can we know God's will if we are ignorant of if? No. Be not deceived! (Gal. 6:7) Make sure that you are a doer of God's Word (Jam. 1:22). Check EVERYTHING that you've EVER been taught about Scripture by EVERYONE (Acts 17:11), to make sure that your ears have never been tickled (2 Tim. 4:3-4). You will have to stand before the righteous Judge one day to give an account (Rom. 14:12; 2 Cor. 5:10; 1 Pet. 4:5). Do you teach or preach the Word? You need to be even more careful in how you handle it (Mt. 5:19; Jam. 3:1). 

As Paul told the Thessalonians, "prove all things". (1 Th. 5:21) Grace and peace to you.