IGNORANCE IS THE GREATEST ENEMY OF MAN - THE WORD OF LIFE

 THE WORD OF LIFE

MONDAY 30TH MAY, 2022

IGNORANCE IS THE GREATEST ENEMY OF MAN

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Isa. 55:2

Writers who are unbelievers or even God’s enemies quote the Word of God not infrequently. Their reasons for doing so are varied; some do not give the matter any thought proving that they, too are “at home” in the Bible. Some simply wish to mock at Holy Scripture. The Bible is the inspired Word of God and should not be used for no purpose at all or cited frivolously.

Over the entrance to an arts centre stood the verse, “Man shall not live by bread alone”. In large letters, so that it was visible at a great distance. For all its truth, the verse should rather have been quoted in full: “Man doth not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live” (Deut. 8:3). The Lord Jesus quoted this scripture in Matt. 4:4.

Bread is necessary food for the body, but it does not nourish the soul any more than culture, science, philosophy or the fine arts. None of these fields of learning satisfy the soul, which is rather parched or even disgusted by them in the long run. We need the Word of God that proceeded from His mouth, for it is the Word of Salvation and Life. Jeremiah the Prophet said, “Thy words were found and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart” (Jer. 15:16). In the light of the Word of God we recognized that we are sinners, but we also learn that God has given us a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.

 PRAYER
O Lord deliver me from ignorance, which is the way to destruction.