For the past few sections of this discussion we have been revealing and dealing with; The
Light of Christ in Your Life.
"The
fool hath said in his heart, no, God...."
Not
that there is no God, because we do not think there is a person alive
that can honestly say that. Even those who call themselves atheists or claim agnosticism
are acknowledging God's existence by calling themselves as such. But
way down deep inside of them, when the death angel comes knocking on
their door, they are suddenly going to realize too late, that there
is a God, and that there is an eternity, waiting to received them. So
we don’t like to look at this verse in that light, but rather if we
will put a comma after the word no, the fool says no to God. Do you
see that? The
fool says, No, God, I’m not going to do what you tell me, I’m not
going to believe what you say. Now that’s a fool!
Now as soon as you get the concept that the fool is the person who
says no to God, he is the man who is then destitute of faith. And
this is exactly what Israel did with Jesus. And then through Acts it
is recorded in at least six more places where Christ is rejected. Man does not understand the
obdurate pride and steadfast hate in the nature of guile found in his
heart. For Peter reveals this about our LORD in:
1Peter
2:21-24 “For even hereunto we were called: because Christ also
suffered for us, leaving us an example, that we should follow His
steps: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth: Who,
when He was reviled, reviled not again; when He suffered, He
threatened not; but committed to Him that judges righteously: Who His
own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being
dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes we
were healed (restored
to righteousness, thereby being made whole again).
For we were as sheep going astray; but are now returned to the
Shepherd and Bishop of our souls.”
The
true problem stems from mans perception of the word “heal”
as used throughout the synoptic gospels and in Isaiah 53:5 “where
it states:But
he wounded
for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement
of our peace upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”
In both cases the word “healed”
in
the ancient Hebrew Lexicon the number is H7495 and it means: The
pictograph of
the square with the top and right borders darkened,
is a picture of the head of a man, the of
the square with all borders darkened,
is a picture of an open mouth. Combined these mean "man open".
Wounds, sickness and illnesses are cured with medicines made from
plant materials which were pulverized into a medicinal power. When we
search for our number in the list of meanings we find physician,
repair. In Brown-Driver-Briggs Dictionary we find; That God
liberates, restores grace, to both individuals and nations from
distress. In Peters case the Thayer's Greek Dictionary for G2390
states: to
free from errors and sins, to bring about (one’s) salvation. And
this is exactly what Peter reveals in 1Peter
3:18 where he states:
“For
Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that
He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but
quickened by the Spirit:”
Over
the past postings we have revealed that where the word spirit is used
in relationship to man it is mans soul being restore to God. God's
kingdom is restored just as John the Baptist introduced to Israel by
way of repentance from dead works and then Jesus taught through the
revealing of scriptures in the Jewish synagogues and confirmed by
sings, wonders or miracles. All was a restoration of God's righteousness among or in man.
So
the definition of a fool then is actually a person who is destitute
of faith, and we have had examples in the Scriptures of such people.
Cain was the first one. The guy was destitute of faith, and
consequently he didn’t bring the kind of sacrifice that God had
told him to bring, because he didn’t believe what God had said,
he rationalized. The next one we come to early on in Scripture is
Ishmael. Ishmael was not a man of faith. He went and did just
exactly opposite of what God, through his father Abraham had said,
"Not to marry Canaanites," so he went and did it
anyway. He showed the fact that he was destitute of faith because he
said no to God.
Well
the next one that is a classic example of no faith is Esau. He was
probably a nicer guy than his brother Jacob, but what was his
problem? He had no faith! He couldn’t put an ounce of importance
on anything God said, so consequently, what happened to him? He
became the epitome of a man with no faith. He very well could have
been God's choice because of the way he is described at birth, that
is being of red flesh and ruddy or hairy. We also have the example of
the nation of Israel when they were there at Kadesh Barnea, and God
had told them, "The land of promise is ready for you, the
land is flowing with milk and honey, it’s productive. I’ll drive
the Canaanites out of the land with hornets, you won’t even have to
fight with them and lose a drop of blood, just go in and occupy the
land." But you see the nation of Israel did not believe
what God said. So what did they say? "No, we can’t
take the land, because we would be like grasshoppers in their sight,"
and consequently because they couldn’t believe what God said, they
missed the blessings of the land of milk and honey. Instead for 40
years ended up out there on that old barren dessert, and died like
flies because they had no faith. And of course Hebrews chapter 3
teaches that.
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