Post by Lee on Jan 7, 2014 1:42:03 GMT
The Fool Hath Said
BY BROTHER OSCAR BEAUCHAMP
"The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. "
-Psa. 14:1; 53:1 -
The word "fool" in Scripture seldom ever refers to a mentallydeficient
person, but rather to an arrogant, self-sufficient person who
orders his life as if there was no God. The simple-minded person, who
lacks ability in relation to material things, but in his simplicity has faith
in God, is not a fool in the scriptural sense, though be considered
so by the wise of the world. But a person, although having profound
knowledge and wisdom of the worldly type, yet lacking in divine
understanding, is a fool, according to the divine estimation.
There are several kinds of fools mentioned in the Scriptures.
There is the rich fool spoken of in Luke 12:16-20 who was no doubt
an efficient and wise tiller of the soil and a good businessman, capable of
accumulating a rich store of goods, but whose heart was set on his
worldly possessions which he considered of great value which is the way
of the world. Yet he was a fool; failing to recognize the brevity of this
life and the priceless value of the life to come.
Then there are wise fools. "Professing themselves to be wise, they
became fools" (Rom. 1:22). Such are the highly-educated agnostics
who profess to have acquired knowledge about the origin of the earth
and man upon it, discounting the Bible record of the creation, and treating
with scorn everything which the Bible teaches.
The Apostle Paul classes ALL the wisdom of the world as foolishness,
when he says (1 Cor. 1:18-31): "Hath not God made foolish the wisdom
of this world." God's estimation of worldly wisdom, of whatsoever
type, as compared to divine wisdom is all classed as foolishness, and all
who put their trust in it are fools in the scriptural sense. — O.B.
BY BROTHER OSCAR BEAUCHAMP
"The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. "
-Psa. 14:1; 53:1 -
The word "fool" in Scripture seldom ever refers to a mentallydeficient
person, but rather to an arrogant, self-sufficient person who
orders his life as if there was no God. The simple-minded person, who
lacks ability in relation to material things, but in his simplicity has faith
in God, is not a fool in the scriptural sense, though be considered
so by the wise of the world. But a person, although having profound
knowledge and wisdom of the worldly type, yet lacking in divine
understanding, is a fool, according to the divine estimation.
There are several kinds of fools mentioned in the Scriptures.
There is the rich fool spoken of in Luke 12:16-20 who was no doubt
an efficient and wise tiller of the soil and a good businessman, capable of
accumulating a rich store of goods, but whose heart was set on his
worldly possessions which he considered of great value which is the way
of the world. Yet he was a fool; failing to recognize the brevity of this
life and the priceless value of the life to come.
Then there are wise fools. "Professing themselves to be wise, they
became fools" (Rom. 1:22). Such are the highly-educated agnostics
who profess to have acquired knowledge about the origin of the earth
and man upon it, discounting the Bible record of the creation, and treating
with scorn everything which the Bible teaches.
The Apostle Paul classes ALL the wisdom of the world as foolishness,
when he says (1 Cor. 1:18-31): "Hath not God made foolish the wisdom
of this world." God's estimation of worldly wisdom, of whatsoever
type, as compared to divine wisdom is all classed as foolishness, and all
who put their trust in it are fools in the scriptural sense. — O.B.