A fool saved

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PROVERBS

A FOOL SAVED

Prov 19:29

29 Penalties are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

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It matters not if a person says there is no God, or mocks sacred rights, or spiritual thought and behavior. In fact that person is a fool for no matter their disbelief or making fun of the things of God, they will still have to stand before him. The hardship these individuals will have to face is unimaginably horrific. There are those who espouse we humans cannot grasp the fullest of God, that there are mysteries beyond human understanding. It may be true in the sense those who mock him, the fools of this world cannot understand the pain and suffering and ultimately the end they will have to face. These people may face such an end, but there are also those who do not necessarily mock God, make fun of him, or as the Hebrew word implies to make mouths at, i.e. scoff at God, but merely do not believe. There may even be people who say they believe in God, but do not believe a person as to be born again in order to enter the kingdom of God. There are also people who believe in God, or say they believe in God but do not follow any of his commands. These are the people who think they are good persons, doing no harm to others, but at the same time do not acknowledge they need to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior, confessing and repenting of sin. Would all these people classify as fools? Or is it just reserved for those who mock God. Yet the Hebrew word can also be seen as making mouths at, or giving God lip service. This then might include us believers. We might fall into the category of saying we will obey his commands but then going about doing that which we want to do instead. This could also include when we interpret the scriptures to fit our own set of beliefs, so to justify the way we live, as being in accordance with is will. These varied forms of interpretation has been a core issue with man since the beginning of his time on earth. Satan proposed to Eve that very thing, questioning what exactly God has told them about that one tree. Was Adams interpretation correct, or did God mean something else. We have been arguing that same issue forever. What does the word of God mean? Could some of us be fools in that sense, misunderstanding the truth, believing what we want to believe rather than hearing the truth of the matter? Yet the point is we are still believers, we still all accepted Jesus Christ, we are all saved. Those who mock God, make fun of him are not saved, and that should give us a moment to thing how important it is for us to make every effort to share the truth of salvation with them. They still might mock the truth, they still might sneer at us, or at God rather. But the fact is they may not be aware of the disaster awaiting them. They still might be open to the Spirit if they here the truth. How can they know, unless someone tells them.

Rom 10:8-15

"The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame."   12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile — the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."   14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"  

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The mocker may simply not know the truth about God, about salvation, so who is going to tell them if it is not us? We merely have to look at our feet. Are they beautiful? Are we bringing the good news to the fools? We cannot do that if we do not mingle with them. We cannot do that if we only associate with other believers. We cannot do that if we are not living the truth before them in the first place. The worse thing would be for them to consider us a hypocrite. We might live well before them, hoping they will ask us why, but unless we speak up about the truth of God, they cannot hear, if they cannot hear, they cannot believe. How can they hear unless we tell them? Let us pray the Spirit will reveal those fools to us in hopes we will be able to bring them to the saving knowledge of Christ so they can avoid the punishment prepared for them.