IGNORANCE

IGNORANCE I. MEMORY IS A QUALITY THAT TENDS TO LESSEN INSTEAD OF INCREASE AS WE AGE. A. WHO WAS IT THAT SAID: “IGNORANCE IS BLISS?” B. EVER BEEN TEMPTED AS AN ADULT TO PLEAD IGNORANCE? II. A REASON FOR NOT READING THE BIBLE: “IF I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT SAYS, I WON’T BE RESPONSIBLE.” A. EXODUS 20:7 B. BY PLEADING IGNORANCE WAS THIS MAN FREE FROM THE GUILT OF “MISUSING” THE LORD’S NAME? C. LEVITICUS 5:17 ACTS 17:30 KJV III. A FAMILIAR PHRASE: “WHERE THERE’S A WILL THERE’S A WAY.” A. OPPOSITE IS TRUE: IF YOU HAVE “NO WILL,” YOU WILL NOT TRY TO FIND A WAY.” B. NOT HAVING A WILL, MEANS WE LOOK FOR AN ESCAPE OR EXCUSE. IV. KNOWING GOD’S WILL AND FOLLOWING GOD’S WILL, IS OFTEN A CHALLENGE, IF NOT A BATTLE. A. TO DISCOVER GOD’S WILL, REQUIRES THAT WE FIRST HAVE “THE WILL” AND THEN TO SPEND TIME IN PRAYER AND STUDYING GOD’S WORD. B. DOING THE WILL OF GOD, WILL AT TIMES REQUIRE THAT WE DENY OURSELVES OUR WILL. V. JESUS OUR EXAMPLE: INTENTIONALLY SURRENDERED HIS WILL TO DO THE WILL OF THE FATHER. A. JOHN 6:38 B. LUKE 22:42 KJV MATTHEW 7:21 VI. QUESTION: “HOW DETERMINED ARE YOU TO DO THE WILL OF THE FATHER? A. YIELDING TO THE FATHER’S WILL IS NOT EASY OR CONVENIENT. B. 1 PETER 1:14-16 C. OUR HEAVENLY FATHER KNOWS THE SINCERITY OF OUR HEARTS.