LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
36 years ago Anita and I were living in an old farmhouse just outside of Waterloo. Our 3-year old daughter, Jennifer, was playing alone in her bedroom. I went in to talk to her and she was curled up in the fetal position against her wall chewing her nails with a horrified look on her face. Next to her was an electrical outlet with a hairpin inserted in each opening. She had gotten the shock of her life and didn’t understand what had happened.
The prophet Hosea said, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6). Jenny didn’t have the knowledge that the hairpin would complete the circuit and give her a jolt. The same happens to each of us if we don’t have the knowledge that our acts today have repercussions tomorrow. Our society focuses upon freedom and liberty, but if people aren’t made aware of the results of their actions, they will always want to blame someone else when the disaster comes.
Fifty years ago almost everybody knew marriage to be a sacred institution. They recognized homosexual practices as perversion. They had no problem identifying abortion as a form of murder. But today many people lack moral knowledge in all these areas. The result? Thousands of emotionally scarred children. Unprecedented numbers of suicide. Overcrowded jails. Lack of knowledge can be a killer.
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