Fools

The fool hath said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’” (Psalm 53:1)

Years ago there was a song that asked the question, “What Kind of Fool Am I?”  The man in our text is a “Godless” fool. There are other kinds of fools.

In one of His parables Jesus spoke of a man whose crops yielded better than ever. So he said to himself, I have no room to store all my goods. I’ll tear down my old barns and build greater ones. But God said, “thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” (Luke 12:20-21) He is the rich fool.

Then there is the man in our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount who heard the teachings of Jesus but would not give heed to them. Jesus said that man is “likened to a foolish man who built his house on the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, an beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.” (Matthew 7:26-27) He is the “unheeding” fool.

The person who is deceived by alcoholic beverages is said to be unwise, or foolish.

Then there is the “fool” for Christ’s sake. He looks foolish to this mad world because he has forsaken everything for Christ. (I Corinthians 4:10-13) Life is much better for the “fools for Christ’s sake.”