{"id":9,"date":"2012-06-17T18:36:20","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T02:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/r-davis.net\/blog\/?p=9"},"modified":"2012-06-18T04:07:09","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T12:07:09","slug":"foolishness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/r-davis.net\/blog\/?p=9","title":{"rendered":"Foolishness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From the June 3rd sermon delivered in a revival tent on the Tulalip Reservation.\u00a0 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men. Thanks to Brother Andrew<\/div>\n
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Proverbs 22:15
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15 <\/sup>Foolishness is<\/em> bound up in the heart of a child;
\nThe rod of correction will drive it far from him.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Proverbs 20:30<\/span><\/h3>\n

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30 <\/sup>Blows that hurt cleanse away evil,
\nAs do<\/em> stripes the inner depths of the heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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1 Corinthians 1:18-25<\/span><\/h3>\n

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18 <\/sup>For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 <\/sup>For it is written:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI will destroy the wisdom of the wise<\/span>,
\nAnd bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

20 <\/sup>Where is<\/em> the wise? Where is<\/em> the scribe? Where is<\/em> the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 <\/sup>For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22 <\/sup>For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23 <\/sup>but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, 24 <\/sup>but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 <\/sup>Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men<\/span>, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.<\/span><\/p>\n

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1 Corinthians 3:18-20<\/span><\/h3>\n
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18 <\/sup>Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 19 <\/sup>For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God<\/span>. For it is written, \u201cHe catches the wise in their own<\/em> craftiness\u201d; 20 <\/sup>and again, \u201cThe Lord<\/span> knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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1 Corinthians 9:16-18<\/span><\/h3>\n

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16 <\/sup>For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 <\/sup>For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship. 18 <\/sup>What is my reward then? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge<\/span>, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Romans 10:1-3<\/span><\/h3>\n

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10 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.<\/span><\/p>\n

2 <\/sup>For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n

3 <\/sup>For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness<\/span>, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2 Timothy 4:2-5<\/span><\/h3>\n

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2 <\/sup>Preach the word! Be ready in season and<\/em> out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 3 <\/sup>For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because<\/em> they have itching ears<\/span>, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 <\/sup>and they will turn their<\/em> ears away from the truth<\/span>, and be turned aside to fables. 5 <\/sup>But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2 Timothy 3:1-9<\/span><\/h3>\n

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3 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 <\/sup>For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 <\/sup>unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 <\/sup>traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 <\/sup>having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away<\/span>! 6 <\/sup>For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, 7 <\/sup>always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth<\/span>. 8 <\/sup>Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disapproved concerning the faith; 9 <\/sup>but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, as theirs also was.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Philippians 3:8-11<\/span><\/h3>\n

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8 <\/sup>Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 <\/sup>and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is<\/em> from the law, but that which is<\/em> through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; 10 <\/sup>that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, 11 <\/sup>if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.<\/span><\/p>\n

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1 John 3 <\/span><\/h3>\n

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3 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God![a<\/a>]<\/sup> Therefore the world does not know us,<\/span>[b<\/a>]<\/sup> because it did not know Him. 2 <\/sup>Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. 3 <\/sup>And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Acts 17:22-31<\/span><\/h3>\n

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22 <\/sup>Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, \u201cMen of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; 23 <\/sup>for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:<\/span><\/p>\n

TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you: 24 <\/sup>\u201cGod, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. 25 <\/sup>Nor is He worshiped with men\u2019s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. 26 <\/sup>And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, 27 <\/sup>so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; 28 <\/sup>for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, \u2018For we are also His offspring.\u2019 29 <\/sup>Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man\u2019s devising. 30 <\/sup>Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, 31 <\/sup>because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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2 Timothy 2:15-16<\/span><\/h3>\n

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15 <\/sup>Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 16 <\/sup>But shun profane and<\/em> idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Romans 1:18-32<\/span><\/h3>\n

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18 <\/sup>For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 <\/sup>because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it<\/em> to them. 20 <\/sup>For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes<\/em> are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even<\/em> His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 <\/sup>because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him<\/em> as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish<\/span> hearts were darkened. 22 <\/sup>Professing to be wise, they became fools<\/span>, 23 <\/sup>and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man\u2014and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.<\/span><\/p>\n

24 <\/sup>Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 <\/sup>who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n

26 <\/sup>For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 <\/sup>Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.<\/span><\/p>\n

28 <\/sup>And even as they did not like to retain God in their<\/em> knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 <\/sup>being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality,[a<\/a>]<\/sup> wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are<\/em> whisperers, 30 <\/sup>backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 <\/sup>undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving,[b<\/a>]<\/sup> unmerciful; 32 <\/sup>who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Isaiah 55:8<\/span><\/h3>\n

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8 <\/sup>\u201cFor My thoughts are<\/em> not your thoughts,
\nNor are<\/em> your ways My ways,\u201d says the Lord<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Job 38 <\/span><\/h3>\n

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38 Then the Lord<\/span> answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:<\/span><\/p>\n

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2 <\/sup>\u201cWho is<\/em> this who darkens counsel
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\nI will question you, and you shall answer Me.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4 <\/sup>\u201cWhere were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
\nTell Me,<\/em> if you have understanding.
\n5 <\/sup>Who determined its measurements?
\nSurely you know!
\nOr who stretched the line upon it?
\n6 <\/sup>To what were its foundations fastened?
\nOr who laid its cornerstone,
\n7 <\/sup>When the morning stars sang together,
\nAnd all the sons of God shouted for joy?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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8 <\/sup>\u201cOr who<\/em> shut in the sea with doors,
\nWhen it burst forth and<\/em> issued from the womb;
\n9 <\/sup>When I made the clouds its garment,
\nAnd thick darkness its swaddling band;
\n10 <\/sup>When I fixed My limit for it,
\nAnd set bars and doors;
\n11 <\/sup>When I said,
\n\u2018This far you may come, but no farther,
\nAnd here your proud waves must stop!\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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12 <\/sup>\u201cHave you commanded the morning since your days began,<\/em>
\nAnd<\/em> caused the dawn to know its place,
\n13 <\/sup>That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
\nAnd the wicked be shaken out of it?
\n14 <\/sup>It takes on form like clay under<\/em> a seal,
\nAnd stands out like a garment.
\n15 <\/sup>From the wicked their light is withheld,
\nAnd the upraised arm is broken.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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16 <\/sup>\u201cHave you entered the springs of the sea?
\nOr have you walked in search of the depths?
\n17 <\/sup>Have the gates of death been revealed to you?
\nOr have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?
\n18 <\/sup>Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth?
\nTell Me,<\/em> if you know all this.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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19 <\/sup>\u201cWhere is<\/em> the way to<\/em> the dwelling of light?
\nAnd darkness, where is<\/em> its place,
\n20 <\/sup>That you may take it to its territory,
\nThat you may know the paths to<\/em> its home?
\n21 <\/sup>Do you know it,<\/em> because you were born then,
\nOr because<\/em> the number of your days is<\/em> great?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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22 <\/sup>\u201cHave you entered the treasury of snow,
\nOr have you seen the treasury of hail,
\n23 <\/sup>Which I have reserved for the time of trouble,
\nFor the day of battle and war?
\n24 <\/sup>By what way is light diffused,
\nOr<\/em> the east wind scattered over the earth?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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25 <\/sup>\u201cWho has divided a channel for the overflowing water,<\/em>
\nOr a path for the thunderbolt,
\n26 <\/sup>To cause it to rain on a land where there is<\/em> no one,
\nA wilderness in which there is<\/em> no man;
\n27 <\/sup>To satisfy the desolate waste,
\nAnd cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass?
\n28 <\/sup>Has the rain a father?
\nOr who has begotten the drops of dew?
\n29 <\/sup>From whose womb comes the ice?
\nAnd the frost of heaven, who gives it birth?
\n30 <\/sup>The waters harden like stone,
\nAnd the surface of the deep is frozen.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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31 <\/sup>\u201cCan you bind the cluster of the Pleiades,
\nOr loose the belt of Orion?
\n32 <\/sup>Can you bring out Mazzaroth in its season?
\nOr can you guide the Great Bear with its cubs?
\n33 <\/sup>Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?
\nCan you set their dominion over the earth?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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34 <\/sup>\u201cCan you lift up your voice to the clouds,
\nThat an abundance of water may cover you?
\n35 <\/sup>Can you send out lightnings, that they may go,
\nAnd say to you, \u2018Here we are!<\/em>\u2019?
\n36 <\/sup>Who has put wisdom in the mind?
\nOr who has given understanding to the heart?
\n37 <\/sup>Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
\nOr who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
\n38 <\/sup>When the dust hardens in clumps,
\nAnd the clods cling together?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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39 <\/sup>\u201cCan you hunt the prey for the lion,
\nOr satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
\n40 <\/sup>When they crouch in their<\/em> dens,
\nOr<\/em> lurk in their lairs to lie in wait?
\n41 <\/sup>Who provides food for the raven,
\nWhen its young ones cry to God,
\nAnd wander about for lack of food?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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John 1:1-5<\/span><\/h3>\n

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1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 <\/sup>He was in the beginning with God. 3 <\/sup>All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 <\/sup>In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 <\/sup>And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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