Foolproof-week 5

August 8, 2021 – The Steadfast Fool

Psalm 14:1-7

There are certain people who will totally reject God and his ways.  This is the steadfast fool.  Of all the types of fools in the Bible, this is the worst.  The steadfast fool is self-confident and closed-minded.  The steadfast fool is his or her own God.  While believers in Christ should maintain a faithful witness, the reality is some hearts are hardened to the Lord.  And, we should all recognize, it is only by God’s grace that any of us is not a steadfast fool.

Psalm 14:1-7 ¹ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good. ² The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. ³ They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one. ⁴ Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the Lord? ⁵ There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous. ⁶ You would shame the plans of the poor, but the Lord is his refuge. ⁷ Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Proverbs 30:32-33  If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.  For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife.  

Proverbs 17:7  Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.

Proverbs 17:21  He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

Proverbs 30:21-23  Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up: a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food; an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.