4 Fools Found in the Bible
Introduction: D.L. Moody was a great and witty evangelist. One time as he approached the pulpit to preach, he noticed a letter meant for him, which had the word inscribed- “FOOL”! While reading the word, “FOOL,” out loud, he announced to the congregation, “You know, I’ve gotten a lot of letters in my lifetime where the person wrote the letter and forgot to SIGN their name. This is the first time I’ve seen where the person SIGNED their NAME and forgot to write the letter”!
1. Atheistic FOOL! (Psa 14:1)
“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”
Notice the problem with the HEART is the HEART of the problem! The FOOL does not say in his or her HEAD but the HEART!! Get the HEART fixed and the HEAD will follow.
Their HEART is set against TRUTH (John 8:32; John 14:6).
Do you know anybody that denies there is a God? God calls them a FOOL.
2. A SINNING FOOL! (Prov 14:9)
“Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.”
Paul writes that whatever a man SOWS, that is what he will REAP! (Gal 6:7, 8)
“7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”
In other words, he is saying, “You can’t turn your nose up at God.” He will not be mocked- made fun of.
The word is μυκτηρίζω – mook-tay-rid’-zo), which means to turn up the nose or sneer at…I sneer at, disdain. God has the final say so. He does not always settle His accounts in October.
**At a later date than we SOW…
**And More than we SOW!
3. SHORT-SIGHTED FOOL! (Luke 12:16- 21)
“16And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? 18And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? 21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
Jesus called the rich man a FOOL. Why? Not because he was rich. But because he wasn’t prepared to die and face a holy God. All he was doing was living the world’s philosophy….eat, drink and be merry. Don’t worry about tomorrow, death or life after death. The world would call him SUCCESSFUL! “Rich & Famous.” I imagine all his friends and neighbors would walk by his casket and say, he had a lot of MONEY! LAND! BUSINESSES! REAL ESTATE! ASSETS! OWNED a lot of STOCKS! FABULOUS HOMES! FANCY CARS! STYLISH CLOTHES! FORBES magazine!
Jesus called him a FOOL!
Do you know anybody heading in that same direction?
Why not lovingly warn them?
(2Cor 5:11, 20)
4. CHRISTIAN FOOL! (1Cor 3:18; 4:10)
“18Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.”
“We are fools for Christ’s sake.”
Paul identified himself as a “FOOL” for Christ!
- A FOOL for the devil?
- A FOOL for the world?
- A FOOL for money?
- A FOOL for sports?
- A FOOL for glamour?
- A FOOL for popularity? Or….
- A FOOL for Jesus?