To Know The Truth

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
TO KNOW THE TRUTH
Prov 14:7
7 Stay away from a foolish man,
for you will not find knowledge on his lips.
NIV
The original language uses a word here translated as foolish which carries the idea of stupid or silly. It would seem those who are the readers of this saying who believe and understand it to be the very words of God are to go from the presence of those who are stupid or silly which is implied as foolish. What would God call foolish? What condition in man would refer as stupid or silly? Although many people have a great deal of knowledge about many subjects in the world, they may well be stupid because they refuse to accept God’s provision for their salvation. There are many people who have a great deal of education and would appear to be very intellectual in the matters of the human thought, but when it comes to the matters of God, they refuse to acknowledge his truth as having validity for their lives. This would then mean although God still loves them dearly and still died on the cross for their sins, he sees them as silly, as foolish and therefore warns his followers to stay clear of their philosophy, to stay away from the influence of their thinking. A believer should not allow the ideas and philosophy of the un-believer to infiltrate into his being. There is a distinct difference between the realm of this would and that of the realm of God. Surely believer are not to shun those God considers as foolish, but rather make every effort to sow the seeds of the Gospel among them. This requires relationships in the form of social intercourse, for the purpose of exposing them to the truth of God, but being cautious not to be influenced by their worldly thinking. How can we go into the entire world to tell them if we are to keep away from their physical presence? That is why this is a warning to stay clear of their false and foolish thinking. Nothing they have to say has real and truth meaning. They only speak of human thought and no knowledge of God is found in that. How blessed it is to know the truth.