“Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.”
(James 4:17)
I hasten to say that this verse is not excusing someone who sins through ignorance. Chapters four and five of the book of Leviticus address the subject of sinning through ignorance. Whether it is the sin of the individual, or the Old Testament priest, or the ruler of the people, the person or persons were accountable and an offering of an innocent animal, a lamb, goat, ram, bullock or other had to be made.
Our sins of ignorance or our sins of full knowledge require the shedding of blood. The Bible says, “And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without the shedding of blood is no remission.” (Hebrews 9:22) For our sins to be forgiven the shedding of the blood of Jesus, the Lamb of God was required.
When we know to do good or right, to assemble with our church, to tithe, to love our neighbor, to forgive, and to love God but not to do so, we sin. Since 4:13 we have been looking at the sin of presumption. The height of presumption is to know to do good and not to do it.
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