From Pastor John Collins:
“Then the Lord God said, ‘Behold, the man has become like
one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take
also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever’- therefore the Lord God
sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.”
Genesis 3:22-23 (NKJV).
Maya Angelou has said when you know better you do better. I
don’t agree. I don’t believe that people cheat on their spouses because they
don’t know better. I don’t believe that people murder because they don’t know
better. I don’t believe that people gossip and slander one another because they
don’t know better. I don’t believe that people drink and drive because they
don’t know better. I don’t believe that people are aborting children because
they don’t know better. I don’t believe that people neglect their children
while they entertain themselves and pursue their own lives because they don’t
know better. I could just go on and on with so very many examples of knowing
better and doing anyway. There is a time when you know right from wrong. That
is what is called the age of accountability.
God gave us emotions and we need to learn how to handle
them. We need to learn wisdom and take responsibility and that is life. God
gave us guilt because our heart knows better than we give them credit for. When
you do wrong, you know. Do it long enough and you won’t care anymore and will
make excuses.
We do better when we WANT to do better. We obey the gospel when
we want heaven more than earth. We submit to God when we want salvation more
than anything. We do better when we want to do better. We all make mistakes but
you learn from them and stop repeating them when we want to. It is not in the
knowing it is in the wanting to know because your heart will tell you that you
have hurt those you love, even when it is you.
We live in a world of education and knowledge. Jesus is not
a secret. The bible is the most sold book in existence with over 5 BILLION
copies sold. Think about that. It is not a secret how to get to heaven. It is
not a secret how to act with righteousness. This world knows better. It is time
to do better. There is not going to be the excuse of ignorance to claim when
judgment must come.
“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them.” Romans 1:18-19 (NKJV).
