Called to be an Ignoramus

Last evening, my wife returned from the ladies' study and we stayed up late talking about Lloyd-Jones' chapter on the Mortification of Sin. As a commentary on the passage "Make no provision for the flesh", Lloyd-Jones states:

"There is a fire within you; never bring any oil anywhere near it, because if you do there will be a flame, and there will be trouble."

He speaks of the media of the day, newspapers and books, and warns not to read those things that will contain things that are suggestive and draw our minds from holiness to vain things, to sinful things. The argument of some is that we need to keep up on the happenings of the day, we need to be educated or else we shall be considered as an ignoramus. Lloyd-Jones replies:

"Our Lord's reply is that, for the sake of your soul, you had better be an ignoramus, if you know it does harm to know these things. Even the most valued thing must be sacrificed."

In this day, we are faced with even more numerous avenues of graphic and intense exposure to sin. Let us each be a blissful ignoramus for the sake of holiness and for the glory of our Lord!