For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.
- Romans 10:2
The Jewish folks in those days love God but according to the law. They based all their lives in doing what the law says in the hope of making heaven.
The Jews built on this false foundation, and refused to come to Christ for free salvation by faith, and numbers in every age do the same in various ways.
So many persons suppose that, provided they are sincere and zealous, they must of course be accepted of God.
So many of us have Zeal for God but not according to knowledge but to the law. The terrorist and extremist believes in this faulty doctrine which is why they believer they are killing for God.
But the zeal which is acceptable is what aims at the glory of God, and which is founded on true benevolence to the universe; and which does not aim primarily to establish a system of self-righteousness, as did the Jew, or to build up our own sect, as many others do.
Not according to knowledge - Not an enlightened, discerning, and intelligent zeal. Not what was founded on correct views of God and of religious truth. Such zeal is enthusiasm, and often becomes persecuting. Knowledge without zeal becomes cold, abstract, calculating, formal; and may be possessed by devils as well as human beings. It is the union of the two - the action of the man called forth to intense effort by just views of truth and by right feeling - that constitutes true religion. This was the zeal of the Saviour and of the apostles.
To have zeal for God is not enough but having the zeal according to the knowledge of God. Knowing and serving God is more than just been sincere. You must study and know Him rightly and Be guided.
The enemy is misguiding those with the wrong zeal for God. I pray for you that You will have the right zeal for God and you will not be misguided.
Good Morning and do have a lovely day
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