If You Have To Ask, You Already Know The Answer

A pastor I respect and love made a profound statement years ago in one of his sermons that I remember to this day. He said that when people come to him and ask him if it is right or wrong to do this or that, he often replies, "If you have to ask, you already know the answer." This is so true. If we truly know God and His Word, then, in our hearts, we know the correct answer. Sometimes, however, we like to reason against that answer, or we like to search people out in the hopes that they will give us the answer we want to hear.

The Bible warns us that we must be very careful to not be carried away with the error of lawless people and lose our own stability. Rather, we must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

"You therefore, beloved,

knowing this beforehand,

take care that you are not carried away

with the error of lawless people

and lose your own stability.

But grow in the grace and knowledge

of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

To Him be the glory both now

and to the day of eternity.

Amen."

2 Peter 3:17-18 (ESV)

As God's children, we are blessed to have His Word and His Holy Spirit to guide and counsel us. There should be no need to question what we should already know the answer to by searching His Word and seeking His voice. If we have to ask someone else, it is usually because we desire a different answer than the one we know is correct.