Know-ye-nots… negative of knowing…
There are lots of things I don’t know. It is quite impossible to know every thing…lots of the things I DO know, I wish I did NOT. And…there are a lot of things I SHOULD know and NEED to know that I do not know.
Jesus knew about know-ye-nots. He taught that there were many things we should be concerned about knowing. We begin with the elementary.
“Don’t you understand (know-ye-not) this parable?…” …but He says we must not stop there… “How then will you understand any parable?”(Mark 4:13) The parable in this passage stresses to us the importance of understanding basic truth and building on it.
There is absolute truth. It is imperative to accept that fact, submit, and seek it.
Scripture has many know-ye-nots that we should be sure we benefit from.
“Know ye not that friendship of the world is enmity with God?”(James 4:4)
“Examine yourselves…do you not realize (know-ye-not) that Christ Jesus is in you- unless, of course, you fail the test?” (2Cor. 13:5)
“Know-ye-not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.” (1 Cor. 9:24)
“ Know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body?…flee fornicication…Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are ought with a price…”(1Cor. 6:16, 18,19,20) (Archaic you think? …It is written.)
“Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? (1Cor. 6:9)
“Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?” (1Cor. 5:6)
“Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are…” (Rom.6:16)
“Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death?”(Rom. 6:3)
Ignorance causes a lot of damage.
“God overlooks it as long as you don’t know any better…but that time is past. The unknown is now known, and He’s calling for a radical life change. He has set a day when the entire human race will be judged and everything set right.” (Acts 17:30,31 The Message)
Ignorance is no excuse. Not anymore. Especially when Truth is so readily available and easily accessed.
It is simply a choice.
Know what God has said.
Or know-ye-not.
