The Difference Between Ignorance and Indifference?
I Don’t Know and I Don’t Care
Ok, enough with old jokes already, though, when I heard a pastor exclaim this from the pulpit, regarding the account of creation in Genesis, it was my last day in that church. It’s one thing to be obtuse, but openly declaring your ignorance as a point of pride is truly breathtaking. To state “I tend toward a young earth position but you know what? “I don’t know and I don’t CARE” was the last thing I wanted to hear. It’s a church that has made its bones on not fighting about things that ‘don’t matter’. A corollary to that stance is that most of the Bible doesn’t matter.
Our indifference to the word of God is bolstered by productions like The Chosen, devotionals like Jesus Calling, and false bibles, like The Passion Translation. They are all examples of ‘rat poison’ theology. Rat poison has many harmless ingredients, some of them might even contain some nutrients, but that’s just to make them attractive enough to consume. Once eaten, the 5% that is poison, kills you.
So it is with sugary, skewed representations of God and His word.
You can read about the great apostasy in II Thessalonians and we know the day of Christ will not come unless the falling away comes first. I believe all these false presentations of God are part and parcel of the falling away because people will fall away more readily if they are fooled into thinking they are following the truth.
The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. ~ II Thessalonians 2:9-12
We feed on spiritual toxins that softly and insidiously lead us astray because we’re not grounded sufficiently to comprehend the lies. If we ever knew it, we’ve already forgotten Galatians “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again If any many preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.” It was so important, Paul said it twice!
Why should we be such sticklers for knowing the Word?
All who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you learned them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.2 Timothy 3:12-17
Wise for Salvation Through Faith Which Is In Christ Jesus
