I CAN`T IMAGINE a journey of a thousand miles beginning with a thousand-mile step. When you say a single step, it is a very small beginning compared to the length of a journey that Lao Tzu is trying to tell or impress in this quotation.
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Home Programs Are they Contradictory? Ephesians 5:17 and I Cor. 14:38

No program of this kind has challenged the intelligent thinking man and skeptics who quickly dismiss the Bible as a source of truth, and claims that the Bible is inaccurate and self-contradictory.

But the seemingly contradictory verses that Bro. Willy Santiago posed will surely trickle down as to who is the rightful preacher and pastor gifted with the mastery of the Word of God in the Bible. Who will stand to answer the seemingly paradoxical verse? That is the challenge of this segment to everyone!
 
Are they Contradictory?

ood evening! Tonight we are going to continue with the examination that we are making of the verses in the Bible – verses, which seem to contradict one another. And these verses will be the subject of our study. This is what Ephesians 5:17 says—

“Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is,”

St. Paul said, “be ye not unwise.” This means that, according to St. Paul, God does not want us to be unwise. But if we are going to move on to the next book, which was also written by St. Paul, this is what he said in I Corinthians 14:38

“But if any men be ignorant, let him be ignorant.”

This time, St. Paul said, “If any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.” Which is which? Are we prohibited from being unwise, or are we commanded to be ignorant? Do these verses contradict each other?

Let us ask our preachers … our pastors … our priests … and our ministers. If they could not give you any answer, let us ask Bro. Eli Soriano.