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You no longer obey the truth. Jesus Christ was evidently set forth to you. You received the Spirit, not by works of law, but by the hearing of faith. You are very foolish. You began in the Spirit, but now you think that you can be perfected by your own flesh. All of these questions are exclamation
If its cool to be a fool, then I guess a young person might laugh about his foolishness, even boast about his foolishness—and, no doubt, he’ll find others to laugh and boast with him—but the fact remains when we do not use our knowledge of the Bible to guide us in the way of righteousness, we are fo
The Bible doesn’t use the word fool in that way. Rather, scripture refers to those who lack faith as fools. Foolishness is “not the absence of intellectual capability but the presence of moral perversity” (Alistair Begg). Consequently there are very intelligent, well-educated men and women who are f
No matter how foolish our programs may seem to be, no matter how unwise our principles appear to men, they are the most wise and sensible thing in this world. * * * * Strive more and more to become one who is a fool according to the measure of men but is wise in the eyes of him who makes a
The last days appear to be far away. But do not be deceived. Those days are upon us now. Therefore, faithfully redeem the time. Thus, you will not be fools. A fool is one who knows the basic facts but cannot or will not apply these in a concrete situation. In this text, a spiritual fool is one who k
itself guarantee that the man will be wise. He remains a fool as long as he lacks the ability to apply this knowledge to his own life, and to the problems which confront him in life. On a purely natural level, this is immediately evident. A man may acquire a degree in
Do you remember which psalm that was? Psalm 14. Then we learned that those who lack faith are fools. Foolishness is “not the absence of intellectual capability but the presence of moral perversity” (Alistair Begg). Fools deny God, the God who alone is worthy of their praise, the God on whom they are
The fool in his speech, which is the focus here in the text, swallows up himself, that is, he works his own self-destruction by his words. He saith to every one that he is a fool (Eccl. 10:3). His speech is that of a poisonous serpent -- evil, dissembling, full of arrogant folly. His mouth is an u
The subject of folly is one we must heed. There are two kinds of people in the world: the wise and the foolish. We must learn how to live with and among the foolish. Verses 4 and 5 seem to contradict each other. But they, too, are among Solomon’s wise sayings. In verse 4 Solomon tells us to be quiet
The commands of our Lord Jesus Christ are below his self-esteem. He finds the various exhortations and admonitions of Scripture to be unworthy of his attention. Would we not call him a fool? However, in this Proverb, young pilgrim, the “fool” is to be distinguished from the one who is “wise in his o