{"id":94859,"date":"2026-03-31T12:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=94859"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:03:37","slug":"ignorance-crucified-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/ignorance-crucified-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignorance Crucified Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>by Terry Wane Benton<\/p>\n<p>Ignorance is not bliss. From the cross, Jesus said, &#8220;<em>they know not what they do<\/em>&#8221; (ignorance), and later Peter told the Jews that I know that you did it by ignorance (Acts 3). Ignorance is not knowing what is vitally important. When there are things we know we should do, but we don&#8217;t do them, this is the same ignorance that crucified Jesus. When we don&#8217;t know Jesus well enough today to be bolstered to serve Him and stand up for Him, it is the same ignorance that brought about His crucifixion. If they knew and appreciated who He was, they would have supported Him and stood for Him. Our ignorance is compared with theirs. Ignorance was no excuse then, and especially after the powerful testimony of His resurrection. But if you are willingly ignorant, you would have done the same thing those Jews did who shouted, &#8220;<em>crucify Him.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Paul said that if they had known, they would not have crucified Jesus (I Corinthians 2:9). Our not knowing Jesus well enough to stand up for Him now is the same ignorance that crucified Him then, and that is how God sees us and compares us to the ignorance of that crowd back then. Do you see that? We must own our part in the guilt of Jesus&#8217; crucifixion before we can ever own the blessings it can potentially bring us. &#8220;Were you there when they crucified My Lord?&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-sins-that-crucified-the-savior\/\"  target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Sins That Crucified the Savior\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Terry Wane Benton Ignorance is not bliss. From the cross, Jesus said, &#8220;they know not what they do&#8221; (ignorance), and later Peter told the Jews that I know that you did it by ignorance (Acts 3). Ignorance is not knowing what is vitally important. When there are things we know we should do, but&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[228,999],"class_list":["post-94859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-crucifixion","tag-ignorance"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30738,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/sins-of-ignorance\/","url_meta":{"origin":94859,"position":0},"title":"Sins of Ignorance!","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"by Russell H. Dunaway via\u00a0Guardian of Truth\u00a0XXVII: 12, pp. 372-373, June 16, 1983 Perhaps one of the most controversial issues among brethren today is that which arises concerning the child of God and his sins of ignorance. Some brethren teach that if a child of God sins through ignorance, that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":94807,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-sins-that-crucified-the-savior\/","url_meta":{"origin":94859,"position":1},"title":"The Sins that Crucified the Savior","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton The fact that the Bible says we can \"crucify afresh\" the Son of God (Hebrews 6:6) and \"put Him to an open shame\" is something that ought to weigh on our consciences. When we see how Jesus was mishandled and mistreated, it is easy to dismiss\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":36285,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-a-sin-of-ignorance-keep-us-out-of-heaven\/","url_meta":{"origin":94859,"position":2},"title":"Can a sin of ignorance keep us out of heaven?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 28, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hello! I was reading through the website again and came across a subject, which in short was discussing things that are sinful that we may do and don't know or understand the teaching. You mentioned to me that you think that is where God's mercy comes in. 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I was at a small study with one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9028,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-lost-who-never-heard-the-gospel\/","url_meta":{"origin":94859,"position":4},"title":"The Lost Who Never Heard the Gospel","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 4, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Text: II Thessalonians 1:3-10 Suggested Invitation: \u201cWhat Can Wash Away My Sin?\u201d (454) \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In any game, we want an equal chance of winning, otherwise the game would not be fun. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0To that end, we want the rules of the game spelled out clearly at the beginning. 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