CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 1, 2025
TODAY IS APRIL FOOL’S DAY (NO FOOLING), SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WISE TO CONSIDER HOW MANY TIMES THE WORD “FOOL” AND RELATED WORDS APPEAR IN SCRIPTURE.
PROBABLY THE BEST KNOWN IS PSALM 14:1: “THE FOOL HAS SAID IN HIS HEART ‘THERE IS NO GOD.’”
THE WORD “FOOL” AND VARIATIONS APPEAR 360 TIMES IN SCRIPTURE. IN PROVERBS IT SHOWS UP 42 TIMES. JESUS CALLS HIS FOLLOWERS “FOOLS” FOR NOT BELIEVING WHAT HE SAID.
GENERALLY, THE TERM “FOOL” DESCRIBES PEOPLE WHO LACK WISDOM, THE BEGINNING OF WHICH
IS FEAR OF THE LORD. FOOLS DESPISE SUCH THINGS SAYS PROVERBS 1:7.
HERE ARE SOME OTHER VERSES: “THE WISE IN HEART ACCEPT COMMANDS, BUT A CHATTERING FOOL COMES TO RUIN (PROVERNS 10:8) “THE WAY OF A FOOL IS RIGHT IN HIS OWN EYES, BUT A WISE PERSON HEEDS COUNSUL.” (PROVERBS 12:15)
GOD GAVE US THIS WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HIMSELF – AND OURSELVES – SO THAT WE MIGHT BELIEVE WHAT HE SAYS AND NOT ACT AS FOOLS.
PEOPLE WHO ARE FOOLS DENY WHAT IS BEST FOR THEM – THAT IS A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND HEAVEN WHEN WE PASS FROM THIS EARTH. SO, DON’T BE A FO0L. IT HAS SEVERE CONSEQUENCES. I’M CAL THOMAS.
