Lack of Knowledge

Ken

“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” (Hosea 4:6 KJV). Jehovah declares His “people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (4:6), indicating a purposeful ignorance about God for whatever reason — crowded out by other priorities. An old saying, That which weighs most, weighs most. We may claim a bondage of our will, not to do something — anything. But, God views it as our choice, and He treats us that way. Forget God’s law, and He will forget your children. We claim promises, such as, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6); but, the reverse is also true here in Hosea 4:6. If we have had difficulties with Proverbs 22:6, we should evaluate how we have interpreted or handled Hosea 4:6. In my opinion, we have denigrated God’s Law in the name of the Gospel, when Christ’s complaint was really, ‘Give Me the Love from Your Heart required by the Law. But, since you failed in doing that, My work on the Cross allows you to be forgiven. In addition, I have sent you My Spirit to inspire your future obedience to that Law.’ Father, may You awaken Your Church to this message that Your Kingdom would come and Your would be done on earth as it is in Heaven. In Jesus’ name, we ask this. Amen.