ignorance

Proverbs 24:12
If you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it?
He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?
And will He not render to each man according to his deeds?

There is no plea of ignorance before God on the day of judgment. When God weighs our hearts and souls we will be saved or condemned by our deeds, not our knowledge or lack there-of. "For since the creation of the world, God's invisible qualities... have been clearly seen through what has been made so that men are without excuse," (Romans 1:20). Jesus Christ, the Son of God has come to demonstrate to us the way of life and display for us the depth of His love for us (1 John 5:13). And all of the Holy Scriptures have been written so that we may know God's will for our salvation and how He has set out to accomplish it (1 John 5:20). With Creation, the Son of God and the Holy Scriptures all perpetually displaying God's truth... there is no excuse for ignorance on the day of judgment. "His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness," (2 Peter 1:3).
So those of us who have come to know Him must continue to hunger and thirst for knowing Him. We must grow in grace and love according to His revelation of truth. And we must join the testimony of creation, the Son and the Scriptures for those who have yet to know Him. For we are not only responsible to know Him, but also to make Him known; there is no excuse for silence either.

Father - instruct my heart and let me hear from You daily. Fill me with Your knowledge and wisdom to overflowing that I may be a testimony to those who have not yet come to know You. Make me prudent and wise that all my deeds may honor You and edify those around me. Amen.