When God Needs Foolish Men. Part [4] 01/01/2025 (Morning thought)

Luke 12: 16 And he spoke a parable unto them, saying, the ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully. 17 And he thought within himself, saying, what shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? 18 And he said, this will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

[2] A foolish man, according to the Scriptures is one who has gotten rich, by using his intelligence, and God’s resources to become wealthy and successful in life, yet there is neither a thought or care about God or man, in that man’s reckonings, and planning. Many persons living on our planet have done very well financially, for they have carefully thought out their monetary strategies and some have made solid investments over the years.

Others have used intelligence, thrift, patience and hard work, so that over a period of time they have accumulated great wealth. And, having become successful financially they now can look forward to a comfortable, and well-funded retirement which often evades the poorer classes in their golden years. Such persons are usually looked up to by the masses of people, as being wise. This may be true on a temporal level.

Yet, in spite of their apparent worldly success, if the God- factor is never brought into the equation, such a person is designated as a fool in the Bible. It is not what people are accustomed to hearing, but it is the truth. In other words, the fact that a person may be doing well financially is not unmistakable evidence that such a person is not a fool.

Luke 12:19 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. 20 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? 21 So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

When God Needs Foolish Men. Part [3] 01/01/2025 (Evening thought)

Romans 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.

After Darwin visited the Galapagos islands, he used his so-called intelligence to conclude that the world we live in came about by chance evolution, and, no doubt, he is venerated in most of the higher schools of learning as an intelligent man and one who made a significant contribution to science. But if the truth, revealed through God’s handiwork leads folks to Darwinism, and evolutionary theories, then the designation of a fool becomes appropriate.

And if a change of heart, and perspective does not occur, the books of record in heaven will have the designation of “fool” written beside the names of such persons. If all the billions and trillions of other planets, suns, and stars can be spinning, and moving out there in outer space without accident, then the only logical and sensible conclusion is that there must be Godly intelligence involved.

[Patriarchs & Prophets pp 112] Apart from Bible history, geology can prove nothing. Those who reason so confidently upon its discoveries have no adequate conception of the size of men, animals, and trees before the Flood, or of the great changes which then took place. Relics found in the earth do give evidence of conditions differing in many respects from the present, but the time when these conditions existed can be learned only from the Inspired Record. In the history of the Flood, inspiration has explained that which geology alone could never fathom.

Romans 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!