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Harman Rector Jr.
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Ignorance
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Ignorance is expensive; in fact, it is the most expensive commodity we know anything about. Certainly we make many mistakes through ignorance. If it is a violation of a commandment of God which we have never received and thus do not know, then the Lord does not hold us guilty of the sin. ??to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.? (James 4:17.) And in Paul?s words, ??where no law is, there is no transgression.?(Rom. 4:15.)But even though we may not be guilty of the sin because of our ignorance, neither can we receive the blessing, which is predicated on obedience, without rendering obedience to that law. Therefore, we are denied the blessing through our ignorance. If it is a traffic law we have violated through ignorance, the penalty assessed us is exactly the same as if we had known. Also, if we stick a finger in an electric light socket, we will receive the same shock, irrespective of our knowledge of electricity. I repeat, ignorance is expensive. Particularly is this true since the Lord has decreed, ?It is impossible for a man to be saved in ignorance.? (D&C 131:6.) For surely no man is truly enlightened unless he knows the Lord.
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