Is honesty enough?

In Acts 3, when Peter and John where in the temple, they saw a lame man and healed him. The people were amazed and ran to them and Peter said, “And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled” (vss. 12-18).

Peter plainly said the Jews crucified Christ in ignorance but the point was they were still guilty; they needed to repent. This meant that they had to acknowledge their sin, obey Christ, and live righteously. No matter what you do, please remember that ignorance is no excuse. The apostle Paul preached, “And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent” (Acts 17:30).

My sincere ignorance will not keep me from getting electrocuted if I mess around with electricity. Likewise, people must realize that when they misunderstand parts of the Bible, ignorance will not get them out of a condemnation from God. That’s why your diligent study is so important Don’t throw away eternity because you’re not willing to pick up your Bible!

Kyle Campbell