I remember hearing people say things like, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.” The person usually saying that, was operating under the impression that they were looking out for the best interest of someone else that didn’t need to know the whole story or what was really going on. Now my personal favorite was, “No news is good news.” Meaning, if I didn’t hear news or information on something, good or bad, than I can assume that everything was alright or ok. Now you may feel that theres a time and place for actions such as these. Or maybe you want to get all spiritual on me and use part of a scripture that says, “Do not let the left hand know what the right hand is doing.” First, the scripture doesn’t say that. In Matthew 6:3-4 (NKJ), “But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. That your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.” This is clearly referring to being a blessing to people and not bragging about it. This has nothing to do with deceiving others or yourself. God wants us to know and have knowledge of, most importantly, Him. So that we will be used of Him and walk in the blessing He has for us. Hosea 4:6, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” So “what you don’t know, will hurt you.”
What you have not known: Deuteronomy 13:1-4 (KJV), 1 “If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, 2 and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods’—which you have not known—‘and let us serve them,’ 3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 You shall walk after the LORD your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him." The first mistake the word shows us here is listening to wrong information. Verse 2 'Let us go after other gods' - which you have not known-'and let us serve them'. Now lets not limit this to just another beflief or religion but things that take priority or value above God (job, relationships, family, material things) these are gods that you have not known , but some believers get caught up in pursuing them for a long time or chasing them the rest of thier lives, but God says in Exodus 20:3 "you shall have no other gods before me." Now why did he say that? Because God knows what we set our affections on, priorities on, or put our attention on, will become our god.
Secret entices: Deuteronomy 13:6-7 6 “If your brother, the son of your mother, your son or your daughter, the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, secretly entices you, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers, 7 of the gods of the people which are all around you, near to you or far off from you, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth," People who suffer with addictions fall victum to this most of the time. People entices them, running after them to serve thier gods of addiction, to become a slave to meth and crack and to be enslaved be alchohol and porn, the secret desire (wrong desires of thier hearts , that they haven't layed down to the Lord. So it lays dormant until someoone or something wakes it up. What are the secret entices that are dormant but not dead in your life? Maybe its unforgiveness, gossip, anger, abuse, someone, back stabbing, or adultery.
Its a test to serve the one you love: Deuteronomy 13:3 "3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul." Noe the test is not for the purpose of tempting you. The devil is in the tempting business, not God. God is in the proving business. First thing he proves is that you are who he says you are (read 2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV ) (read 1 Peter 2:9 NKJV) then he proves ro to your enemy that you are who you said you are (read Phillipians 4:13 and 1 Peter 2:4-6.)
Victory in our love: Deuteronomy 13:4 "4 You shall walk after the LORD your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him." We show our love to God by walking after him and by having a relationship with him (read John 10: 4, 27.) We know his voice and he knows us, when we both know each other we dont worry about what to do, we just follow.
Fear the Lord (not like a terrorist): Reverence him excedingly. Deuteronomy 6:24 "24 And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is this day." Keep his word (read Ephesians 6:17 and Hebrew 4:12) when we follow after him , have a relationship with, reverence(him) and love him, God will destroy all false gods in your life, never to be constructed in your life again! Deuteronomy 13:16 "16 And you shall gather all its plunder into the middle of the street, and completely burn with fire the city and all its plunder, for the LORD your God. It shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again."
God Loves you and so do I.
