Skeletons of Sermons Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you… Ignorance disqualifies a man for those situations in life that require the exercise of wisdom and discretion: it degrades him in society below the rank of those who would otherwise be deemed his equals or inferiors; and it not unfrequently leads to idleness, dissipation, and vice. But ignorance of religion is of infinitely worse consequence, because it ensures the everlasting destruction of the soul. I. THE IGNORANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD. Among nominal Christians there is a great lack of knowledge: an ignorance — 1. Of themselves. Of their blindness, guilt, depravity, helplessness. 2. Of God. Of His holiness, justice, truth. 3. Of Christ. They may confess His Godhead, and acknowledge Him as a Saviour. But what do they know of Him as He is in Himself, or as He is to us? II. THE FATAL CONSEQUENCES OF THIS IGNORANCE. Lack of spiritual knowledge — 1. Tends to men's destruction. 2. Will issue in their destruction.Infer — 1. How carefully should we improve the means of grace, 2. How earnestly should we pray for the teachings of God's Spirit. 3. How thankful we should be for any measure of Divine knowledge. (Skeletons of Sermons.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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