If you never read the Motor Vehicles guide to safe driving, you would still be subject to the rules of the road. If the police officer stops you for running a stop sign, explaining to him that you didn’t know what it meant will not prevent you from getting a ticket.
In the same way, Paul tells us that ignorance of the law is no excuse before God…
When the Gentiles sin, they will be destroyed, even though they never had God’s written law. And the Jews, who do have God’s law, will be judged by that law when they fail to obey it. 13 For merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It is obeying the law that makes us right in his sight. 14 Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. 15 They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right. 16 And this is the message I proclaim—that the day is coming when God, through Christ Jesus, will judge everyone’s secret life. Romans 2:12 - 16 (NLT)
The day is coming…for those of us that have surrendered our lives to Christ, He is our covering…
For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Colossians 3:3 (NASB)
Those that have rejected Christ will have to appear before Him
I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God’s throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up its dead, and death and the grave gave up their dead. And all were judged according to their deeds. 14 Then death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death. 15 And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:12 - 15 (NLT)
Choose today to accept Christ’s sacrifice on your behalf. Your past will melt away in His glorious presence.
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