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“Every word of God is pure:” Proverbs 30:5 Each word in the Bible is important. Information that God has given to us.
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“Every word of God is pure:” Proverbs 30:5
Each word in the Bible is important.
Information that God has given to us.
CompoundPrefix “a” = negativeFrhn
diaphragm, parts of the heartthe mind – perceiving, judging
“against true perception / rational thought”Thayer
without reason, senseless, foolishstupid, without reflection / intelligence
Atheist
Translated11 Times in KJV“fool, foolish, foolish ones, unwise”
“Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:” 1 Corinthians 15:36
Word Picture - Hebrew O.T.Nebhalah
“folly” “wickedness” “shameless impropriety”
Nabhal“fool” wicked person“evil character” “son of Belial”1 Sam.25:23-25 “Nabal”
Word Picture - Hebrew O.T.
“For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profaneness, and to utter error against Yahweh, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.”Isa. 32:6
Greek N.T. = mindless, wanting of wisdom
Nabhal Nebhalah
Wisdom and Vision ???
Pr. 10:8 “a prating fool will fall.” [babbling]Pr. 12:15 “The way of a fool is right…Pr. 13:16 “but a fool lays open his folly”Pr. 14:16 “a fool rages and is self-confidentPr. 26:4 “Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him.”
Lacks Self-control
Pr.7:22 “as an ox goes to the slaughter”Pr.14:3 “In the mouth of a fool is a rod…”Pr.17:12 “rather than a fool in his folly”Pr.20:3 “Since any fool can start a quarrel”Pr.26:6 “by the hand of a fool”Pr.29:11 “A fool vents all his feelings”
Engages in Gossip
Pr.10:18 “whoever spreads slander is a fool” Pr.10:23 “To do evil is like sport to a fool”Pr.19:1 “perverse in his lips, and is a fool.”Pr.29:9 “the fool rages or laughs”Pr.29:20 “Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.”
Impossible to Improve
Pr.17:10 “A hundred blows on a fool.”Pr.26:1 “So honor is not fitting for a fool”Pr.26:11 “As a dog returns to his own vomit, So a fool repeats his folly.”Pr.28:26 “He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But whoever walks wisely will be delivered”
Matt.5:21-22Thou shalt not killAngry without a cause“Thou fool”
Eph.4:25-27 “be ye angry, and sin not”
Eph.4:29 “no corrupt communication”
Ephesians 4:31-32 “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
Parable of Rich Fool – Lk. 12:13-23Farmer built bigger barnsGod calls him a fool
“Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? 21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
Become a fool to discover true wisdom
1 Cor. 3:18-20If any seemeth to be wiseLet him become a foolThat he may be wiseWisdom of this worldFoolishness with God.
Moros
2 Cor. 11:23 “Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft”
Rom. 1:16 “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ…”
Learn a lesson from Paul
“But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.” Luke 11:28
Will You
Become a Christian !Live faithfully
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga. 30809
706-855-1249
[email protected]@bellsouth.net
www.evansgachurchofchrist.orgwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org
Sunday Morning October 19, 2014