Proverbs 14:18a The simple inherit folly…
We read Proverbs 14 during a recent Wednesday night Bible
study and verse 18 jumped off the page at me, specifically the first half. This
verse has a very strong spiritual application. I looked up a few Biblical definitions
to help put it into context and this is the summary I ended up with:
A simple person is undiscerning and too easily
impressionable. In other words – they don’t hold to an absolute truth based on
God’s Word. They can be swayed by others into things that are false. Folly in
the Biblical sense is spiritual or moral failure, or choosing to behave like
there is no God.
In other words, if we don’t put forth the time and energy to
study and become rock solid in what the Word of God really says, and hold fast
to that truth, we are guaranteed to end up walking away from God.
God was gracious enough to give us a complete instruction
book – full of not only advice and good ideas, but also commandments and
absolutes if we intend to go to Heaven. And in that Book, He told us part of
what He expects is that we will study it, learn what He REQUIRES of us, OBEY
what He has said, and share it with others. He also told us clearly to SHUN
things that are go against what is in His instruction Book. It is not rude, judgmental,
narrow minded, prideful, or any of a number of other things to look at behaviors,
beliefs, and teachings and say, firmly and without apology that is WRONG when
they don’t line up with God’s Book.
We can’t afford to be complacent, listen to teachers/preachers
who don’t believe or obey Biblical truth, or go along with things that the Bible
says are sin. If we do, we aren’t just “risking” a problem – we “inherit”
it. Inherit means, “promised possession derived from a covenant relationship.” That
means it is absolutely guaranteed that we will face spiritual or moral failure
if we choose to approach truth in a relaxed manner.
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