THE GOSPEL OF LUKE: - Vital Christianity

42those very laws have been published. Much knowledge is a dangerous thing if it be not improved; as thiswill greatly aggravate the condemnation of its possessor. Nor will it help a person to be ignorant becausehe will be judged for what he might have known; and, perhaps, in this case, the punishment of thisvoluntarily ignorant man will be even greater than that of the more enlightened; because his crimes areaggravated by the fact that he refused to receive the light that he might neither be obligated to walk in thelight nor account for the possession of it. So we find that the plea of ignorance is a useless refuge forthose who have the Bible available and live in a country blessed with the preaching of the Gospel of JesusChrist.APPLICATIONIf we know what time it is, we know that now is the time to get right with God, before we haveto give an account to the Judge of the universe. If we wait until we stand before His throne, then it's toolate.We must make every effort to settle out of court by accepting God's offer to settle our accountat Calvary before the Day of Judgment.