Ignorance of the law is no excuse, says the officer...
If this is the case in civil law -- and it is -- then how much more are we to be held responsible for not knowing divinely revealed law?
The answer, I feel, is self-evident...
We hear the old adage: "let your conscience be your guide"...
Does this mean that if we follow what our hearts tell us (our gut feeling) -- especially in mattes of faith and morals, that we will always choose the right thing to do in all circumstances?
I think not...
It sounds nice, and it may "work" sometimes, but that's like playing "Russian Roulette" with our immortal souls!
Take the extreme example used by the Modernists of the "ignorant native on a desert island," and what his chances are for being justified in this life, and attaining salvation in the next, if he only follows the Natural Law and seeks to do what is right -- does this mean that God wishes all men to be saved at all costs?? No. If one completes the sentence: and comes to the knowledge of the truth! (I Timothy 2;4 -- King James version of the Protestant Bible.)
Without the help of GRACE! and FAITH, it is impossible to please God (St. Paul)... Not only that, but if one still has Original Sin on the soul -- which, by its very nature is mortal -- then no matter how "nice" or "charitable" he/she is, they cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven (our Lord's words in St. John, Chapter 3; 5 -- King James version of the Protestant Bible).
There is something else that is rarely mentioned about this "ignorant native": he may not be guilty of disbelief of revelation, but what about his other sins??? In fact, ignorance of the true faith can very easily lead to other mortal sins committed during his lifetime simply because he is "letting his conscience be his guide."
If a conscience is not rightly formed, then major "mistakes" can, and will be made.
And how is a conscience rightly formed? Specifically, by following Christ and His teachings through His (Catholic) Church. "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" (Acts 4;12 -- King James version of the Protestant Bible.)
Do those who kill the pre-born really think they are doing the work of God? I don't think so, but one thing is for sure, their conscience is either corrupted or DOA (dead on arrival); they can no longer distinguish right from wrong, all at the costs of human life still in the womb. We even hear radical feminists bragging about their abortions! Truly sick!
Another barbaric example comes, not only from our own times, but also from the Bible: the killing of the born -- INFANTICIDE: Herod slaughters the Innocents in order to get to the Christ child and kill him. We know what happens from that point going forward...
The following selected verses of Scripture shows what can and will happen to obstinate, unrepentant sinners...
"I will punish them for their sin" (Exodus 32: 34); "he does not leave the guilty unpunished" (Exodus 34: 7); "I will punish you for your sins seven times over" (Leviticus 26: 18); "I will choose their punishments" (Isaiah 66: 4); "on the wicked he will rain coals and sulphur" (Psalm 11: 6); "I will punish their sin with the rod" (Psalm 89: 32); "the wicked will not go unpunished" (Proverbs 11: 21); "God knows how to keep the unrighteous under punishment" (2 Peter 2: 9); "the Lord will punish the powers in heaven and the kings on earth" (Isaiah 24: 21); "the Lord is coming to punish the people of the earth for their sins" (Isaiah 26: 21); "the Lord will punish men for all such sins" (1 Thessalonians 4: 6).
When you come right down to it, culpable ignorance of the true faith will not save, but will condemn...
Pray for discernment, and pray for our country..
Viva Cristo Rey! Fr. Miguel Pro, pray for us!!
Gene DeLalla
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