FOOLS WISDOM

VERSE 1
Got myself some wisdom from a leather back book Got myself a Saviour when I took a second look
I opened up the pages and what did I find
A black and white portrait of a King who's a friend of mine

NOTE: So opens the song Fool's Wisdom by Malcom and Alywn...two "Jesus Freaks" from England. In a world where there is a plethora of religious materials to read...after much searching they came to the conclusion to listen to the advice of FOOLS.

VERSE 2
Funny how when you think you're right...everybody else must be wrong
Till someone with fool's wisdom...somehow comes along
His voice was strange and the words he said...I didn't quite understand
Yet I knew that He was speaking right...by the leather back book in his hand

NOTE: In a world filled with various -isms...each with proponents of the -isms...and each with documents of their -isms...Fool's Wisdom speaks of a God who not only reaches down to mankind...but came in the flesh in the form of Jesus to become the sacrifice, substitute and propitiation (satisfaction) for us.
People who believe this purported fairy tale...are aka FOOLS.

CHORUS
Hey...Hey...what a day...Foooools Wisdom
Hey...Hey...what a day...Foooools Wisdom
Got myself some wisdom froma leather backed book
Got myself a Saviour when I took a second look.

NOTE: I have been a FOOL for 58 YEARS. For the first 19 years of my life from 1951 to 1970 I was a FOOL because I either said or acted like there was no God. "The fool has said in his heart...there is no God." (Psalm 14:1) From 1970 unitl now...I became like Paul who was a FOOL FOR CHRIST..."We are FOOLS FOR CHRIST'S sake...but you are prudent in Christ...we are weak, but you are strong, you are distinguished, but we are without honor." It's sad to say...but sometimes...I act like "there is no God." (I Corinthians 4:10) In the words of Gary S. Paxton..."I am a FOOL for Christ...tell me...whose FOOL are you." Either way...you're gonna be a FOOL.

Jesus...who was the LIVING WORD...the LIVING EXPRESSION of God on planet earth...dealt with people and their scripture interpretations...

"But the witness which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish the very works that I do, bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me. And the Father who sent Me to accomplish the very works that I do, bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent me.. And the Father who sent Me, He has borne witness of Me, You have neither heard His voice at any time,nor seen His form. An you do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent. YOUR SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES, because you think that IN THEM you have eternal life; and it is these that bear witness of Me...and you are UNWILLING TO COME TO ME...that you may have life." (John 5:36-40)

There is NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN...including man's reasoning's. Paul Little who was a Christian apologist for Inter-Varsity...would hold "rap sessions" back when rap was talking in small groups. He would gather at fraternity houses...and discuss religion, Christianity and Jesus. His philosophy for sharing Jesus was..."Put the cookies on the lower shelf." Get down to the peoples level. Mr. Little found that people's reasons and excuses for not accepting the Bible or Jesus was a SMOKE SCREEN versus INTELLECTUAL DIFFERENCES. In his book KNOW WHY YOU BELIEVE, he tells of holding a session in a fraternity house...

"A student once told me I had satisfactorily answered ALL HIS QUESTIONS. 'Are you going to become a Christian?' I asked. "No"...he replied. Puzzled, I asked..."Why not?" He ADMITTED...Frankly, because IT WOULD MESS UP THE WAY I'M LIVING." He realized that the REAL ISSUE for him was not intellectual but moral." (Know Why You Believe: Is Christianity Rational Paul Little)

Little continues..."The question is often asked..."If Christianity is rational and true...why is it that most EDUCATED people don't believe it? The answer is simple. They DON'T BELIEVE it...for the same reason that most UNEDUCATED people don't believe it...THEY DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT. It is not a matter of brain power...for there are outstanding Christians in every field of the arts and sciences. It is primarily a matter of the WILL/CHOICE/VOLITION. John Stott struck a balance when he said...We cannot pander to a man's INTELLECTUAL ARROGANCE...but we must cater to his INTELLECTUAL INTEGRITY." (Know Why You Believe: Is Christianity Rational?)

RUMINATIN' ROD'S RECOMMENDED READIN' (For Christian Apologetics) NOTE: Not apologizing for your faith...but apologia...defending your faith.

1. Know What and Why You Believe: Paul Little

2. The Case For Fair and The Case for Christ (2 books): Lee Strobel

3. Who Moved The Stone: Frank Morrison

4. Mere Christianity: C.S. Lewis

5. Evidence That Demands a Verdict: Josh McDowell

6. Youth Aflame: Winkey Pratney

7. Jesus Outside the New Testament: F.F. Bruce

8. Renewal Theology (Volumes 1, 2, 3) J. Rodman Williams

9. God Doesn't Believe in Atheist: Ray Comfort

10. The Bible (66 books)...aka FOOL'S WISDOM...aka...MANUFACTURER'S HANDBOOK

FINAL THOUGHTS...FINALLY

Paul gave his testimony...King Agrippa heard Paul's defense (apologia)...and stated this..."Then King Agrippa said unto Paul...ALMOST thou PERSUADEST me to become a CHRISTIAN." (Acts 26:28 Read Acts 26 for full details).

Almost...in Christianity and Horseshoes is the same thing...close...but no cigar. You can assimilate all of the facts...but the choice is still yours... and God allows us to choose hell or heaven...life or death...blessing or curse. I am convinced that if I can talk someone into their faith...then someone can talk them out of it. Only God can change a heart...and we are called to (1) defend our faith...what we believe (I Peter 3:14,15) (2) Plant and water the seed of faith (I Corinthians 3:5,6) (3) God gives the increase (I Corinthians 3:6-9)

Love and Apologetic Kisses
Rodney "Fool For Christ" Boyd

OF FOOLS, ATHEISTS AND INTELLECTS

Greetings A-Team Fans. In the words of Hannibal Smith..."I love it when a plan comes together."

THE A-TEAM was a T.V. show on the air from 1983 to 1987. It was about four Vietnam Vets...framed for a crime they didn't commit (robbed the Bank of Hanoi under direct orders). They help the innocent while on the run from the military.

The A-Team consists of (1) John "Hannibal" Smith the leader and master of disguise, played by George Peppard (2) Templeton "The Face" Peck the con man and ladies man played by Dirk Benedict (3) Hector "Howling Mad" Murdock the crazy pilot played by Dwight Schultz (4) And last but not least...
B.A. Baracus, the mechanic and muscle, played by Tyrese "Mr. T." Gibson.

The catch phrase of the show...made popular by Mr. T. was "I PITY THE FOOL." The good new for many A-Team fans...a movie is in the works. Get your PITY MONITOR READY!


FOOL DEFINED: (1) A person lacking in judgement or prudence (2) A retainer (person) kept in great households to provide casual entertainment and commonly dressed in motley with cap and bells and baubles (3) One who is victimized or made to appear foolish, a dupe (4) A harmlessly deranged person of one lacking in common powers of understanding.

"Carlyle said that men are mostly FOOLS. Christianity...with a surer and more revered realism...says that they are ALL FOOLS." (G.K. Chesteron)

"There are a good many FOOLS who call me a friend...and also a good many friends who call me a FOOL." (G.K. Chesterton)

"The [empty-headed] FOOL has said in his HEART there is NO God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable deeds, there is none that does good or right." (Psalm 14:1/Romans 3:10 The Amplified Bible)

"The [empty-headed] FOOL has said in his HEART...There is NO God. Corrupt and evil are they, and doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good."
(Psalm 53:1 The Amplified Bible)

"You have heard that it was said to the men of old, You shall not kill; and whoever kills shall be liable so that he cannot escape the punishment imposed by the court (Exodus 20:13; Dueteronomy 5:17; Dueteronomy 16:18)...But I say to you that every one who continues to be angry with his brother or harbors malice [enmity of heart] against him shall be liable to and unable to escape the punishment imposed by the court; and whoever speaks contemptuously and insulting to his brother shall be liable to and unable to escape the punishment imposed by the Sanhedrin...and whoevers says...YOU CURSED FOOOL!---You EMPTY-HEADED IDIOT! shall be liable to and unable to escape the hell (Gehenna) of fire." (Matthew 5:21-22)

Oooooooooh...ya gotta love that Jesus...with his peaceful, non-confrontational...politically and religiously correct message of hope.

The first couple of QUOTABLE QUOTES are from a man by the name of G.K. Chesterton. He was an author, poet, historian, Christian apologist, mystery writer, and intellectual...who ran around with...a contemporary of men like George Bernard Shaw...the playwright... J.M. Barrie...creator of Neverland, the Lost Boys and Peter Pan...H.G. Wells author of works that peered through the curtain of the future...and Clarence Darrow...debater and lawyer. One of Chesterton's collective works was a collection of murder mysteries investigated by a Catholic padre called FATHER BROWN.

"The Christian ideal has not been TRIED and found wanting....It has been FOUND DIFFICULT and left UNTRIED." (G.K. Chesterton) One last quote from Chesterton..."Fairy tales are more than true...NOT because the tell us dragons exists...but because they tell us THAT DRAGONS CAN BE BEATEN." (G.K. Chesteron)

The other quote is by someone who left a place of prestige to hang around with riff-raff, fools, and common folk. His name is JESUS. He places an ominous warning for using the word FOOL. The other quotes from Psalms...contrasts that there are FOOLS...and the criteria for someone being a FOOL is saying in their hearts....THERE IS NO GOD.

Well Rod...what's up with this Rambling? What triggered the ruminations about FOOLS? Well...I'm glad you asked. I have been hearing in the wind...about someone who has declared...that they have RESEARCHED the existence of God...and has determined that GOD DOES NOT EXIST!!! WOW!!!!!!!!! That is some heavy research. When someone has researched (reviewed all available material about God)... and has come to the final conclusion that there IS NO GOD...has got to have the intellect...the size of a billion computers...and the insight of Einstein extrapolated out to QUANTUM LEAPS. To make the statement THERE IS NO GOD...brings the INTELLECT...into the FOOL REALM. This is not an emotional statement that condemns one to hell...but a statement of fact, underscored in the Bible.

Atheists...denies the existence of God...but God does not deny the existence of atheists. "For God so love the ATHEISTS that He gave His only begotten Son...that if the ATHEISTS believes in Him...should NOT PERISH (be a fool)...but have EVERLASTING LIFE...versus an existence of CAUSE and EFFECT." (John 3:16 The Ruminator Version) Ray Comfort has a book out called GOD DOESN'T BELIEVE IN ATHEISTS (Proof That The Atheist Doesn't Exist).

"For the wrath of God (who they don't believes exists)...is REVEALED (not by flesh and blood but by the Father)...from heaven against ALL ungodliness and unrighteousness of men...who SUPPRESS THE TRUTH in unrighteousness...because that which is KNOWN ABOUT GOD...is EVIDENT...WITHIN THEM....for God (who they don't believes exists)...made it EVIDENT TO THEM. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes...His eternal power...and divine nature have BEEN CLEARLY SEEN....being UNDERSTOOD what through what has been made...so that THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE. For even though THEY KNEW GOD....they DID NOT HONOR HIM AS GOD...or GIVE THANKS...but...they BECAME FUTILE in their SPECULATIONS...and their FOOLISH HEARTS was darkened."
(Romans 1:18-21)

QUESTION: What is the cause and effect of suppressing of the truth...lack of understanding....no excuses...non-honoring of God...thankless
futile speculations and foolish hearts?

ANSWER: "PROFESSING TO BE WISE....THEY BECAME FOOLS" (Romans 1:22) These people...KNOW THE TRUTH...but under the guise of intellectualism/humanism...the go from a position of WISDOM...down to the position of FOOLISH. They have SAID IN THEIR HEARTS THERE IS NO GOD. The cause and effect of saying in your heart there is NO GOD....FOOL! They have positioned themselves for a slide into the Valley of Hennum (Gehenna)...that Jesus compared a perpetual burning garbage dump outside of Jerusalem. You can debate the existence of Hell all day long...but that does not remove the stench of your smoldering soul.

NOTE: A FOOl may say in their hearts that there is NO GOD...but one thing is worse than a FOOL That would be a CHRISTIAN who lives AS IF there is NO GOD.

The next step for the FOOL...is to manifest their FOOLISHNESS in their actions and lifestyle. A FOOL will make very unwise decisions based on their FAULTY REASONING...and INTELLECTUAL FOIBLES. Christians and non-Christians make these decisions all the time in the FLESH and not in the SPIRIT. Romans continues....

"Professing to be wise...they became fools....and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures. Therefore...God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, that their bodies might be dishonored among them. For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and WORSHIPED and SERVED THE CREATURE rather than the CREATOR, who is blessed forever. Amen." For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural...and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire towards one another...men with men...committing indecent acts and receiving in their won persons the due penalty of their error. And just as they did not see fit to ACKNOWLEDGE GOD ANY LONGER (they once did)...God gave them over to a depraved mind...to do those things which are not proper being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, malice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice they are GOSSIPS, slanderers, HATERS OF GOD...insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING, untrustworthy, unloving unmerciful; and although THEY KNOW THE ORDINANCE OF GOD...that hose who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same...but also give hearty approval to those who PRACTICE THEM." (Romans 1:22-32)

This is the PORTRAIT OF AN INTELLECTUAL FOOL. Let's look at ANOTHER PORTRAIT.


Malcom and Alwyn...a duo from England...who were pioneers in the JESUS MOVEMENT MUSIC SCENE...has an album called FOOLS WISDOM. They sing of a GOOD TYPE OF FOOL.

"We are FOOLS FOR CHRIST'S SAKE...but you are prudent in Christ...We are WEAK...but you are strong...you are distinguished...but we are without honor."
(I Corinthians 4:10 NASB)

"Let no man DECEIVE himself...if ANY MAN among you THINKS....that he is WISE in this age...let him BECOME FOOLISH that he may become WISE. For the WISDOM of this world is FOOLISHNESS BEFORE GOD...for it is written...He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness...and again the Lord knows the REASONING of the wise...THAT THEY ARE USELESS."
(I Corinthians 3:18-20 NASB)

"For the Word of the CROSS (D.B.R.) is to those who are PERISHING...
FOOLISHNESS...but to those of us who are being SAVED it is the POWER OF GOD. For it is written...I will destroy the WISDOM OF THE WISE...and the CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER I will set aside." (I Corinthians 1:18-19 NASB)

NOTE: Read I Corinthians chapters 1 and 2 for contrast between wisdom and foolishness. Also read the book of PRO-VERBS (Positive-Action) for insight in the contrasts between fools and the wise.

"I am a FOOL for CHRIST...tell me whose FOOL you are." (Gary S. Paxton)

"You've got to love some body...it may be the devil...it may be the Lord...but you got to love somebody." (Bob Dylan)


FOOLS WISDOM

I got my self some wisdom from a leather bound book
I got myself some wisdom when I took a second look
I opened up the pages and what did I find
A black and white PORTRAIT
Of a Saviour whose a friend of mine
Heeeyyy....Hey What a daaay...
Fooooooolls Wisdom

FINAL THOUGHTS....FINALLY!!!

God is NOT afraid of our doubts and questions. If someone can talk you out of your FAITH...then your faith was a STRAW MAN in the first place. Over the years...I have doubted...and acted on my doubts...and reaped what I sowed. God allowed me to WALK AWAY... because He desires true lovers...not robots. He gave us volition...free choice. In Romans we see that God gave them over to their desires...and let them worship whoever they wished to worship. He will let a married man have sex outside of marriage as a whoremonger in heat for a whore. He will let you harbor bitterness and resentment until it consumes you. He will allow you to pursue sexual deviance and let you call it gay. He will allow you to eat until you explode. He will allow you to choose curses and deaths or blessings and life. He will let you RESEARCH all of the man made intellectual concepts of God...and allow you to come to the conclusion that GOD DOES NOT EXISTS. He will allow you to be a FOOL...either a FOOL FOR CHRIST...or A FOOL FOR YOURSELF. I am a FOOL for CHRIST...tell me WHOSE FOOL YOU ARE.

Love and Fool for Christ Kisses
Rodney "Ain't Gonna Commit Intellectual Suicide" Boyd