Today's encouragement comes from Matthew 22:29, where we read these words:
"Jesus answered and said to them, 'You are mistaken, not knowing the Scrip-tures nor the power of God.' "One sure way for us to be in error, or to be mistaken, is by not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. The greatest truths are all too wonderful, to be apprehended by the exercise of the fallen human mind on its own. Also, how would we know that God powerfully saves sinners by the atonement achieved by His Son; or how would we know that the True God is Trinity—were it not for the special revelation of the Scriptures?
. . . Ignorance is *not* bliss—instead, it is a sure road to perdition and misery. Let us who know and love Christ, seek to become more acquainted with Him: in His church, through the doctrines preached in His Word.
[Puritan quote of the day: "A man may think himself into hell. What were the apostate angels damned for? Was it for anything more than proud thoughts?” —Thomas Watson, in, "The Great Gain of Godliness"]
