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In the Old Testament, the word fool is actually a translation of five different Hebrew words that reflect subtle differences in types of fools. Sadly, the English translation makes it more difficult to identify the characteristics of five types of fools, but with a careful search of Scripture these differences can be distinguished.
Transformation results as we behold the Lord and yield to the Holy Spirit’s work in our lives. “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord” (II Corinthians 3:18).
“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”
Do a study of fools in Proverbs and of the various Hebrew words behind the English word fool. Learn to identify five types of fools: the simple fool, the silly fool, the sensual fool, the scorning fool, and the steadfast fool. Talk about attitudes and actions that indicate foolishness. Ask the teen which foolish characteristics he sees in himself.
Soon, he contrasted the hatred of his own heart with the love of God revealed in Jesus Christ. Jesus loved His enemies and prayed for those that tortured and killed Him. What a miserable and bitter fool Jacob realized that he had been to reject the love of God! On June 8, 1944, in the solitude of his cell, Jacob DeShazer called upon the Lord ...
Just when Eric Liddell’s dream was coming true, he stunned the world by refusing to run his Olympic race on a Sunday, a day he believed was for honoring God. Many people thought Eric was a traitor and a fool, for they were sure he would have won. But Eric believed God’s promise “He who honors me, I will honor”–and God kept His promise ...
A wise person will love the one who rebukes him, but a fool will react to reproofs. (See Proverbs 9:8.) A wise person learns from his mistakes and also from the mistakes of others, while a foolish person fails to see the cause-and-effect relationship between his actions and the reproofs of life.
Every courtship is unique because each couple and their circumstances are unique. More significantly, God’s ways are unique, and He has creative, timely, and even miraculous ways of bringing a man and woman together for marriage. In every courtship, both individuals and families should diligently seek God’s direction.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the Giver of life. The Gospel of John tells us “All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men” (John 1:3-4). Jesus gave us life in creation, and He also gives us life in redemption. He told Nicodemus, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that ...
“Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding” (Proverbs 17:28). “The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly” (Proverbs 18:8).
