Following God's true way produces unity in truth. We have now studied several suggestions people offer to explain religious confusion and division. The problem with all these explanations is that they place the blame on God and the Bible. But God is not the author of confusion - 1 Cor. We must look elsewhere for the real causes of the problem.
Ignorance causes confusion and division.
The Sadducees were in error because they did not know the Scriptures. The Israelites had zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. Many circumstances may lead to a lack of knowledge of the truth. Consider some of them. Some people simply have never had opportunity to learn the truth.