My life is a series of
episodes of profound ignorance. Ironically, I know this. Yesterday I climbed on
a Ferris-wheel at a county fair with two kids and three tickets, not realizing
that the ride required four tickets apiece. I seemed to be the only person who
made this mistake. How can everyone else just naturally know these things?
As was discussed, a
great measure of ignorance is required to kill the Son of God. This may be,
perhaps, the most profound act of ignorance in the history of the world. Yet
Israel did not think they were ignorant. Israel seemed to think they knew
exactly what they were doing. They even went so far as to request
that they be held responsible for the death of Jesus (Matt.27:25).
It was mentioned that we
do not have a lot of examples of people asking for forgiveness in Scripture.
Maybe they don't ask for forgiveness because they don't realize what they did.
Ignorant people are not only ignorant, but they are often ignorant of their
ignorance.
As sinners, we are all
ignorant. None of us realize the significance of our sin. We may like to think
of ourselves as the blind given sight, but we still live in ignorance, missing
the mark without knowing it. A characteristic of being forgiven is not that we
have risen above being ignorant, but rather we have learned just how ignorant
we might be.
Daniel
Daniel
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