Foolishness is not a virtue; rather it is a vice that costs its victim
eternity in hell fire. The Bible says that the fear of the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 9:10). In other words, lack of the fear of
God is the beginning of foolishness. So, when someone decides to live without
the fear of God, he does whatever he pleases without consideration for the Word
of God, he feels he is free to do whatever he likes with his life, he behaves
as if he owns his life, but in actual sense, his life is borrowed and the Owner
may ask for it anytime. Our Lord Jesus told a parable of a prosperous farmer
who did not reckon with God in all his dealings. Considering the wealth he had
possessed he said:
“And I
will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take
thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But 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?” Luke 12:19-20
Some people who claim to be children of God behave foolishly sometimes.
Our memory verse for today says: “As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool
returneth to his folly.” Some brethren who had been modest and holy are now
regretting their past pure Christian life! Those vanities they forsook in the
past are now back in full force. This scripture is now fulfilled in their
lives. Jesus said when a demon is cast out of a man, he goes away but after
sometime he comes back to check whether that life is still empty. If he finds
the life empty he goes back to take seven more powerful demons to take
possession of the life (Luke 11:24-26). It is foolishness to go back to your
old lifestyle after you have been cleansed from your former sins and
impurities. The Bible says:
“For if
after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of
the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and
overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.” 2nd Peter
2:20
In the past, you could identify a child of God from afar off (with the
few exceptions of those who were pretenders). Many things that are now being
celebrated were abominations in those days. It is unfortunate that a wholesale
return to those vanities is now in vogue. Some Christian scholars were brought to
me in my office by their leaders many years ago and I saw assorted wild
paintings – red, green, silver, brown, pink etc on their faces and lips. I
could not help but tell them that was the first time I would see Bible scholars
in such a wild exhibition of vanities. Their leader then promised that he would
do something about it and that when Lazarus came out from the dead he was
gradually striped of the grave clothes he had on. Theologians know how to
explain things away. Beloved, going back from your first love is not a virtue;
it is rather a vice. Repent today, tomorrow may be too late. (22 July 2016 Open
Heavens)
Action
Point: Check your life and see if there is any foolish act of sin,
unrighteousness or backsliding. Repent.
Bible in one year: Ephesians 1:1-4:16, Psalms 18:20-28
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