Foolishness

Foolishness is bound in he heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. (Pro 22.15)

Don't spank him but correct him unless this is the third time!

Was he told not to play with the ball in the house?
Correction must follow.

For the preaching of the cross is the that perish foolishness: but unto us which are saved it is the power of God (I Cor 1.18)

In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. (Job 1.22)

The foolish shall not stand in Thy sight: Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. (Psa 5.5)

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God...(Psa 14.1)

Webster says that a fool is "one destitute of reason or the common powers of understanding."  A fool could also be described as one somewhat deficient of intellect or acts absurdly without reason but is not necessarily an idiot. In scripture, fool is often used for a wicked or depraved person who acts contrary to sound wisdom or moral deportment.

When examining the first verse noted in Pro 22.15 regarding foolishness, one could compare the lack of training in a child to that of an immature or disobedient believer.

Children simply do not know better, usually, when caught in a foolish act.  Instruction that "The stove is hot" means nothing until that little hand touches the hot stove eye and realizes what the grownup said was true!  Do they learn better?  Sometimes it takes a few burnt hands to understand the truth. As baby, juvenile and immature believers, sometimes it take a long time to realize what God said in His Word about sin in any form, is true! 

Did God mean what He said?

When we disobey, repeatedly, what we are really admitting is found in Psa 14.1; There is no God... We would never utter the phrase out loud but often our behavior says exactly that.  One may think "I know stealing is wrong BUT the office will never miss a pen, a paperclip, or a sheet of paper." What we are conceding is that "God didn't really mean what He said when He told Moses to write, thou shalt not steal in Exo 20.15 and Jesus did not mean it when He told the rich young ruler the same thing in Mat 19.18. When one recalls this the very first untruth, yes, an outright lie, spoken by the devil himself in the Garden of Eden in Gen 3.1.  He saw the woman looking and lusting after the forbidden thing and said, yea hath God said...?  In other words, "God did not really mean it when He instructed not to eat of this tree."

All sin and misbehavior begins when the truth of the Holy Word of God is questioned.  It's been said to this blogger that "you're just a little soldier when doing as the preacher preached, aren't you."  The  reply was, "we are soldiers in the Lord's army."  It is never wrong to do right.  It is always wrong to disobey.

You know better, don't you?  So, when presented with a "no-no," will you respond with righteousness or foolishness?

God bless and keep you is my prayer.  Ps 57.7