“Every word of God is pure:” Proverbs 30:5 Each word in the Bible is important. Information that God has given to us.

Compound Prefix “a” = negative Frhn diaphragm, parts of the heart the mind – perceiving, judging “against true perception / rational thought” Thayer without reason, senseless, foolish stupid, without reflection / intelligence Atheist

Translated 11 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-confident Pr. 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.5:21-22 Thou shalt not kill Angry 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. 12:13-23 Farmer built bigger barns God 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. 3:18-20 If any seemeth to be wise Let him become a fool That he may be wise Wisdom of this world Foolishness 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 Sunday Morning October 19, 2014