Ignorance destroys!

Ignorance destroys!
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

Hosea: 4. 6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

This verse gives us the reason why many believers are living a defeated life. No believer should ever be defeated in life. The verse doesn't say Satan is responsible for the destruction of saints, it's ignorance that destroys. Too many of us instead of taking responsibility pass the blame on Satan.

Satan has no authority over a believer because Jesus has defeated him and left him with zero power over those that are in Christ. Your ignorance is Satan's strength and He works very hard to keep you ignorant of the word of God. The verse says my people are destroyed for a lack of word knowledge. Destruction is a result of word ignorance. The Lord is speaking about people who had easy access to the word of God but they refused to grow in it, neglected and even rejected the word of God. They didn't honour the word and give it first and final place in their lives and hence they lived defeated lives. Believers know more about politics, sports, news and about the lives of other people than they know the word of God. Peter says as new born babies desire the pure milk of God's word so you can grow thereby. Growing in the word knowledge is the responsibility of every believer and must be taken very seriously.

Friend, refuse to be ignorant of God's word. God has something to say about everything and you need to know what your Father has to say in order to live a victorious life. The word of God is the only stable and eternal foundation, for heaven and earth will pass away but the word of God will never pass away. Be ever hungry for God's word and be totally obedient to God's word so you can represent Him properly as stars in this wicked world. Give great honour and reverence to God's word for God and His word is one. This is your time to shine.