When WE Were the Fools

When WE Were Fools

A fool thinks his or her way is best, even superior to God's thoughts on a thing. It's not that they are ignorant or unteachable, they're just unwise toward God because they believe their means and methods and mode of learning have no need for God or His favor and His wisdom. The fool will go to great lengths, as needed, to find someone or something or a system of thinking to affirm their opinion, justify their reasoning and validate their experience. Some fools are much smarter than other fools, but no matter how brilliant or brutish they may be, a fool is still a fool. A genius, without God and His redeeming grace, is still a fool... they just have a bigger trash can to collect and distribute more garbage. Like landfills... some are more toxic than others but all are toxic. Garbage is garbage not matter how shiny or rotten it may be. For any person, no matter the size of their intellect, that functions freely and fruitfully, in a world full of folly, without Jesus, is a walking, talking and balking fool. The natural result response of a fool to God and His way is disobedience. Why disobedience? Because they have not been convinced or persuaded that God's way is better than theirs or the system they are trusting. Therefore, they are led astray, again and again, by their own opinions, reasoning and experience. The problem with living like this is that it came so natural.

And that's exactly Paul's point. Notice what verse three is teaching. Prior to Jesus interrupting my life, and invading me with His saving grace, I lived for myself. I was foolish or unwise, unpersuaded that God's way was the right way, led away bu my corrupted thinking to roam..