Answering a Fool According to his Folly

Answering a fool according to his folly never works.

I heard a woman say she was going to fight fire with fire by putting up the real rainbow flag with the proper number of godly colors as described in the Bible to combat the rainbow flag of the wicked.

While that sounds good to some, remember the world doesn't know the difference and will think anyone with that flag is supporting the wicked agenda.

"God never told us to fight fire with fire, it is not the rainbow symbol that gets people saved, it is the gospel, please put that up instead" was my answer.

Some prominent church preachers are jousting at windmills, attempting to answer every foolish comment by the unsaved when they should be preaching the gospel.

Since God never told us to put up a symbol of anything to reach the unsaved we can confidently ignore the flag of the wicked and answer the wicked with the gospel message of salvation.

When the wicked become saved they will understand these things, but before that, it becomes a war of foolishness that believers should not be engaging in with unsaved people.

Proverbs 26:3-5 "…3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! 4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he becomes wise in his own eyes.…"

When we answer a fool it ought only to be according to the Bible, the gospel, not arguing over things they cannot understand because they have an unregenerate mind.

1 Corinthians 2:13-15 "…13 And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. 14 The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment."

Since God never commanded us to put up a flag to do a flag war with the unsaved, then we ought to use only the tools of the Bible and not human wisdom that just likes to act superior.

Many prideful Christians are fighting over political matters, flags and symbols and never speaking the gospel, the very thing every unsaved person needs to hear. They end up throwing gasoline on the fire rather than the pure water of the Word into a soul.