Fools Folly

The Fools Folly                                                                                  

One way to know a person to find the fruit, is to challenge them on something they are wrong about and watch what comes out. A calm loving Spirit controlled person will not lash out and attack, but will ponder while answering with reasonable contemplation.

Those who lash out and attack because they are challenged walk in serious pride.

One of the next steps that occur when a prideful person is challenged is the tactic of manipulation through personal attacks, bringing into question our character when our character was not the subject addressed.

Ignore those who are ignorant, do not answer a fool according to their folly, but expose their evil and move on.

1 Corinthians 13:28 "But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignored."

Proverbs 26:4 "Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him."

John 3:20 ""For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed."

God Will Keep Every Promise!

God Will Keep Every Promise

Malachi 4:1-6
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Final Admonition

1 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”

2 “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall.

3 You will tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says the Lord of hosts.

4 “Remember the law of Moses My servant, even the statutes and ordinances which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel.

5 “Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord.

6 He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse.”

Fear of Man Brings A Snare

Most believers don't know what it feels like to be controlled by Christ Who lives in them. When it is the Holy Spirit speaking we know it, it is far different from when we are concocting our own answers and conversation.

Those who are used to hearing the promptings of the Holy Spirit know what it feels like, the strong sense of driveness to say or do something. The results are not very important, it is personal obedience that takes center stage.

When someone reacts badly to our warning or teaching, it doesn't change our resolve, intimidate us or make us feel guilty, because it is the Holy Spirit handling things, not us.

Those who have figure out effective ways to their deliveries, are trusting in their own ingenuity and flesh rather than the Holy Spirit. When the Holy Spirit speaks it is spontaneous, no need to figure anything out. The reaction of the hearer is irrelevant, obedience is paramount.

God tells us often in His Word that we are to obey the Holy Spirit, even that the people hearing will not listen or heed our warnings or teachings, but we are to speak anyway.

Ezekiel 2-3
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
The Prophet’s Call
"12 Then He said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet that I may speak with you!”

2 As He spoke to me the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet; and I heard Him speaking to me.

3 Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to a rebellious people who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day.

4 I am sending you to them who are stubborn and obstinate children, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’

5 As for them, whether they listen or not—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

6 And you, son of man, neither fear them nor fear their words, though thistles and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions; neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house.

7 But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious."

Happy 66th Birthday Israel

Happy Birthday Israel, 66 years ago today the 14th day of May 1948, she was born as a nation for the first time in 2000 years. Prophesy was fulfilled one more time that day just as God said it would. A nation was born in one day then.

Isaiah 66:8 ""Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Can a land be born in one day? Can a nation be brought forth all at once? As soon as Zion travailed, she also brought forth her sons."

Children Shall Rule Them

Children Shall Rule Them

Has anyone noticed that children seem to rule this nation and their families, in various ways?

How many families have we met in which the children call all the shots. When they don't get their way they have a tantrum and the parents immediately give them what they want to stop the tantrum, instead of disciplining them to teach them respect rather than self indulgence.

We see the consequences of this mentality of lack of training in our culture every day. We see young children slapping their own parents in the face while the parent giggles in embarrassment.

We see children who are never content with what they have, they lack gratefulness, manners and kindness, nothing seems to satisfy them except temporarily while they are getting a new present or toy.

The parents of these children are frustrated all the time, using yelling as their method in an attempt to get their children to obey, but it doesn't work. The parents of these children do not enjoy their children, they are wanting to leave them with baby sitters and Grandmas often to escape the little monsters.

God spoke of this in His Word. These children grow to be the leaders of companies and nations. They love themselves with little regard for others, this is the plight of our nation and many families right now.

Isaiah 3:11-13
New American Standard Bible (NASB)

"11 Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him, For what he deserves will be done to him.

12 O My people! Their oppressors are children, And women rule over them.
O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray And confuse the direction of your paths. God Will Judge

13 The Lord arises to contend, And stands to judge the people."

Atheists Are Lying

Atheists Are Lying

I don't believe atheists, when they say they don't believe in God.. They are lying, they know there is a God but they refuse to confess He exists.

"For the choir director. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds; There is no one who does good." Psalm 14:1

God said, "only the fool says in his heart....NO....God!" The atheist knows but refuses.

"For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse." Romans 1:20

God said "you have no excuse because you have seen my handiwork in nature." If the atheist really didn't believe in a God, then they would not be upset when others want to pray to Him.

They would treat God like another ferry story like Santa Clause or the Tooth Ferry. We don't see atheists bothering to become enraged when our culture puts a Santa in the public squares. We don't see these people attempting to take Santa out of the public places. We don't see the atheists angry with the Easter bunny or other ferry personalities.

The reason atheists are so angry and quick to condemn any form of Christian expression of the works of Christ, is because they know He is the truth and want no accountability to Him.

For the atheist God is an affront to their freedome, He has authority, one thing the atheists hate more than anything else, is authority that would demand compliance.

Santa and the Easter bunny never require anything from their followers, they simply give them what they want, indulging mankind in fantasy, any way one chooses to express themselves.

Christ, even though He gave His all, expects us to confess our wrong, these other fantasy figures merely indulge us in personal freedom and happy thoughts, without accountability or shame over sin.

Christ offers a much greater blessing and eventual existence than the imaginary personalities. These personalities focus on happiness and fun for the moment, while Christ offers and eternity in a pure and perfect relationship with a loving God.

Which will you choose? Difficulty for a time on this earth to follow Christ with an eternity filled with perfection and love, or the fantasy that lasts for one day, gives temporary fun and happiness, after which it leads to a fiery eternity in darkness without hope?

I have chosen Christ, He died for me, He continually cleanses and grows me, and one day He will come for me to take me to my perfect and eternal home full of the love that could not be found on this earth, except through Christ Who lives in us.

We may not have much time left to choose!

Joshua 24:14-15

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

“We Will Serve the Lord”

14 “Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Arguing With A Fool