Part 2
Works In
Ignorance
Non-Belief
Props Up
Persecution
Leads to
Various Other
Consequences
Alienation
From Life
In God
Consequences
“Having their understanding darkened,
being alienated from the life of God,
because of the ignorance that is in them,
because of the blindness of their heart”
 Past feeling (v. 19)
 Given to lewdness (v. 19)
 Learning Christ sheds the old man
(vv. 20-24)
Alienation
From Life
In God
Consequences
Blindness
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2 Corinthians 3:14, “But their minds were
blinded. For until this day the same veil
remains unlifted in the reading of the Old
Testament, because the veil is taken away in
Christ.”
Isaiah 59:10, “We grope for the wall like the
blind, And we grope as if we had no eyes;
We stumble at noonday as at twilight; We
are as dead men in desolate places”
“But he who hates his brother is in
darkness and walks in darkness, and
does not know where he is going,
because the darkness has blinded his
eyes” (1 Jn. 2:11)
I Am A
Christian
Ignorance &
Blindness
Brother
Proverbs 26:24-28
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Learning the love of Christ and walking
in that walk (1 Jn. 2:7, 8)
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To love is not new (7)
 They heard it from the beginning of their reception
of the gospel
The life without love is only noise (1 Cor.
13:1ff)
 To love as Christ is the new commandment
which Jesus brought
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 It is true in Him (cf. Jn. 13:1ff)
 It is true in you (cf. Jn. 13:34, 35; 1 Jn. 2:10)
“Having their understanding darkened,
being alienated from the life of God, because
of the ignorance that is in them, because of
the blindness of their heart”
 Ignorance never helps a man achieve clarity
 Ignorance never helps a man make better
decisions
 Ignorance never helps a man see things
correctly
Blindness Revealed In Lifestyle
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their
knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to
do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled
with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality,
wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy,
murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are
whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent,
proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient
to parents, 31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving,
unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the
righteous judgment of God, that those who practice
such things are deserving of death, not only do the
same but also approve of those who practice them.
Romans 1:28-32
Alienation
From Life
In God
Consequences
Blindness
Accepting
False
Teaching
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“And He answered and said to them, ‘Have
you not read that He who made them at the
beginning “made them male and female”’”
(Matt. 19:4)
“Jesus answered and said to them, "You are
mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the
power of God” (Matt. 22:29)
“For as yet they did not know the Scripture,
that He must rise again from the dead” (Jn.
20:9)
9 “ ‘And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines
the commandments of men.’
10 When He had called the multitude to Himself, He
said to them, ‘Hear and understand: 11 Not what goes
into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the
mouth, this defiles a man.’
12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, ‘Do You
know that the Pharisees were offended when they
heard this saying?’
13 But He answered and said, ‘Every plant which My
heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14
Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And
if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.’”
Matthew 15:9-14
Alienation
From Life
In God
Consequences
Death
Blindness
Accepting
False
Teaching
19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of
your flesh. For just as you presented your members as
slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to
more lawlessness, so now present your members as
slaves of righteousness for holiness.
20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in
regard to righteousness.
21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which
you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is
death.
22 But now having been set free from sin, and having
become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness,
and the end, everlasting life.
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is
eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:19-23
8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not
know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction
from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His
power,
10 when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His
saints and to be admired among all those who believe,
because our testimony among you was believed.
2 Thessalonians 1:8-10
“Even the stork in the heavens knows her
appointed times; And the turtledove, the
swift, and the swallow observe the time of
their coming. But My people do not know
the judgment of the LORD” (Jer. 8:7)
“For those who dwell in
Jerusalem, and their
rulers, because they did
not know Him, nor even
the voices of the
Prophets which are read
every Sabbath, have
fulfilled them in
condemning Him” (Acts
13:27)
“Truly, these times of
ignorance God
overlooked, but now
commands all men
everywhere to repent,
because He has
appointed a day on
which He will judge the
world in righteousness
by the Man whom He
has ordained. He has
given assurance of this to
all by raising Him from
the dead” (Acts 17:30, 31)
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Prov. 2:3-5, “Yes, if you
cry out for discernment,
and lift up your voice
for understanding, if
you seek her as silver,
and search for her as for
hidden treasures; then
you will understand the
fear of the LORD, And
find the knowledge of
God”
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Prov. 3:13, “Happy is the
man who finds wisdom,
And the man who gains
understanding”
Jer. 9:24, “ ‘But let him
who glories glory in this,
that he understands and
knows Me, that I am the
LORD, exercising
lovingkindness,
judgment, and
righteousness in the
earth. For in these I
delight,’ says the LORD”
“And this is eternal life,
that they may know You,
the only true God, and
Jesus Christ whom You
have sent.”