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 When you think about someone who is unteachable,

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 someone who just thinks they know it all,

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 and they just won't listen to wise counsel,

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 what kind of person comes to mind?

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 Don't answer out loud.

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 Don't call your husband's name

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 or your parent's name

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 or your teenager's name.

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 The truth is,

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 any of us at any age,

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 at any stage in life,

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 can be unteachable.

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 Think we know it all.

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 Unwilling to listen.

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 Let me give you an example,

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 a real-life example,

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 practical example,

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 that happened many years ago near where I grew up.

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 A man in his early 30s moved to the country,

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 never lived in the country,

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 never owned a tractor, but he bought one.

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 Just like that one.

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 Farm all, tricycle wheels.

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 Well, he's got him a nice little place here,

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 got his new tractor.

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 He's got some tree stumps he's going to pull up.

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 And so he attaches a chain to those tree stumps,

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 the other end of the chain to his tractor.

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 And he's going to pull them up.

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 Well, across the road,

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 there's an older man who's farmed all his life.

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 He's been driving a tractor longer

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 than this young man's been alive.

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 And he sees what he's doing.

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 Now, I knew this man growing up very well.

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 He was kind of a man who minded his own business.

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 He would not even think about,

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 just out of the blue,

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 telling you how to do anything.

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 But he saw this young man across the street

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 doing what I just said he was doing

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 and knew that he didn't know what he was doing.

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 So this older man walked over there,

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 got the man's attention.

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 Young fella came up to him.

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 And he said something along this line,

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 I don't want to tell you how to do what you're doing.

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 But I've been on tractors all my life.

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 And if you continue out here like you're doing,

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 you're going to try to pull up a stump

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 and that tractor is going to come up

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 and it may flip back over on you.

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 And I just want to try to prevent you from getting hurt.

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 That's why I'm telling you this.

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 That young man looked at him in the eye

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 and said, I'm doing this

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 and turned around and walked off

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 and continued doing that.

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 Now, I didn't tell it in the first story.

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 He did not flip it over.

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 But it was just by the grace of God.

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 The point I want to make is

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 that young man,

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 30-something years old,

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 had that new tractor

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 and he thought he was going to be Farmer Dan.

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 He knew what he was doing, he thought.

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 But he really didn't have a clue.

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 He was clueless.

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 And what was worse,

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 he was unteachable.

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 He was unwilling to listen to that man

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 who could have taught him

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 and would have invested his life in this young man

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 and taught him everything he knew.

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 But he was unteachable.

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 He was unwilling to listen.

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 He didn't want to learn.

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 That young man

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 is one of the best examples I can think of

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 of what the book of Proverbs calls a fool.

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 And the way I learned about that story,

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 the older farmer and my dad were good friends

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 and the older farmer told my dad,

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 they actually lived very close,

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 and my dad said,

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 that young man's a fool.

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 Because he was.

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 He acted like what Proverbs calls a fool.

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 Over the past several weeks,

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 we've been looking at what Proverbs says

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 about the power of our words.

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 And they are powerful,

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 for good or bad.

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 They can hurt.

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 They can also help.

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 Last week,

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 we looked at how wise people

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 use words to teach.

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 And we looked at two different kinds of teaching,

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 positive teaching.

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 We looked at how that's described in Proverbs

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 as giving thoughtful, wise counsel.

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 You can be a positive teacher

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 and think.

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 And the wisdom that you know God's given you,

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 you've acquired,

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 seek to pass it on.

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 But there's another kind of teaching,

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 negative teaching,

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 giving constructive criticism.

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 Correcting.

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 The book of Proverbs is filled with statements

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 that stress the importance

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 of both kinds of teaching,

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 especially the correcting.

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 But it equally emphasizes

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 the necessity of us being teachable.

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 And that's what we're going to look at this morning.

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 Let's look first.

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 Wise people are teachable.

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 I can't imagine anybody in this room

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 not wanting to be wise.

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 Not wanting to develop greater wisdom.

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 One of the key characteristics

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 of becoming wise,

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 growing in the development of wisdom,

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 is you've got to be teachable.

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 A wise person understands the value

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 of listening to and learning

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 from wise teachers.

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 I want to bring up two verses

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 from Proverbs that we looked at last week

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 to show you what I'm talking about.

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 From chapter 15,

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 it says,

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 Reproof simply means correction.

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 Or it can even be translated

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 constructive criticism.

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 The New Living Translation

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 translates the word reproof

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 in verse 31

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 as constructive criticism.

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 And the word correction

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 in verse 32.

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 These verses are telling us

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 a wise person will listen

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 when somebody,

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 that they recognize to be wise,

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 that they know,

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 knows what they're talking about.

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 A wise person will listen.

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 Because one of the characteristics

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 of being a wise person

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 is being teachable.

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 Now let's go a step further.

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 A wise person will not only be teachable,

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 but a real wise person

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 will actually seek good counsel.

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 Seek godly counsel.

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 I want you to look at Proverbs chapter 11.

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 It says,

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 Where there is no guidance,

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 a people falls.

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 But in an abundance of counselors,

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 there is safety.

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 And a similar,

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 chapter 15,

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 Without counsel,

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 plans fail.

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 But with many advisors,

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 they succeed.

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 You see what he's saying?

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 If you are a wise person,

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 you don't think you know it all.

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 You don't think you have all the answers.

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 You're going to seek other people

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 who,

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 if it's related to something about

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 seeking to live your life

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 in a way that pleases God,

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 as a Christian,

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 you're going to seek somebody

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 who's a more mature Christian than you.

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 If it's something practical,

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 like that man I was talking about,

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 about using a tractor,

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 you're going to find somebody

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 who actually knows what he's doing

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 and give you wisdom.

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 A characteristic of maturity.

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 A characteristic of wisdom

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 is not only to be open

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 to being taught

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 or being corrected,

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 but it's also to actively seek out

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 good help,

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 wise counsel.

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 Let's just pause here

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 and I want you to think about yourself.

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 You think about you.

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 Do you show signs

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 that you are a mature person

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 or that you're growing in maturity?

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 Because you are open to correction.

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 You'll listen

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 to your parents,

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 to your teachers,

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 to a friend

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 who's just more knowledgeable

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 than you about something.

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 Are you willing to listen

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 and change the way you think

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 when you understand,

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 when you hear,

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 I'm wrong.

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 Change the way you do things.

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 Do things differently

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 because somebody wiser than you

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 helps you understand

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 there is a better way.

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 Do you seek the counsel

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 of people who are wiser

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 and more experienced than you?

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 We've got a lot of people

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 in here right now.

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 You're in high school

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 and you've always got friends

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 you talk to.

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 When you're really trying

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 to learn something,

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 figure something out,

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 I hope you don't just

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 talk to them

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 and ask their opinion.

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 Somebody who's

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 never been there,

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 done that.

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 But I want us to think

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 about all of us in this room.

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 When you think about

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 what you're going to do,

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 let's think about money.

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 Everybody likes to think

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 about money.

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 Everybody's doing something

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 with their money.

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 Most people try to save

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 and invest their money.

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 Do you try to figure

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 all that out yourself?

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 Or do you read and study

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 and maybe ask somebody

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 who knows a whole lot more

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 than you,

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 who's been more successful,

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 for their advice?

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 What about as you're

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 raising your children?

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 Who are you seeking

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 counsel,

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 wisdom,

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 guidance

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 to help you

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 lead your child?

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 To help you

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 to develop

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 new skills

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 that you

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 want to learn?

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 Think about it.

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 Are you really and truly

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 teachable?

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 Correctable?

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 Do you seek out

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 wise counsel?

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 Or do you have

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 a lot in common

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 with that younger man

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 with the tractor

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 who didn't just

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 not know what he was doing,

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 but he didn't want

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 to learn

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 the correct way?

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 He didn't want

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 to listen to a man

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 who had far

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 greater experience

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 and was willing

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 to help him.

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 Proverbs

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 stresses the

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 importance

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 of listening

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 and learning

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 from wise

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 counselors.

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 You need them

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 in your life.

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 I need them.

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 The book also

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 has a lot to say

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 though about

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 people who refuse

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 to listen,

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 people who are

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 just not interested

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 in learning

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 and they are

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 called

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 fools.

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 So let's look

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 at that.

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 Fools are

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 unteachable.

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 I want us to

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 look at how

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 the word fool

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 is used in

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 Proverbs because

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 some people

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 you feel very

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 uncomfortable.

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 Every time I

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 brought it up

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 or we've read

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 a verse

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 and I've said

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 something about

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 a fool,

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 some of you

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 have cringed.

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 I can remember

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 many, many

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 years ago

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 I was going

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 to preach a

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 sermon or

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 had preached a

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 sermon and

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 talked about

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 fools.

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 I mean,

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 Lisa and I

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 were young

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 and we were

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 riding down

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 the road.

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 She said

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 something about

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 you ought not

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 use that word

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 fool.

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 That just

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 didn't sound

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 good.

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 And lo and

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 behold,

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 a little bit

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 later,

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 we turned on

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 the radio

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 and there

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 was a

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 Billy Graham

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 message and

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 the title of

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 it was

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 something to

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 do with a

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 fool.

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 And I

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 looked at

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 her and I

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 said,

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 I love

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 fools.

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 Great

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 word.

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 Great

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 word.

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 She's not

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 tried to

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 correct me

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 on preaching

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 about fools

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 ever since.

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 Now,

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 when speaking

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 of a person,

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 as we read

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 all these

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 verses,

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 and it's

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 over 72

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 times,

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 Proverbs

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 uses the

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 word fool

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 or foolish

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 or something

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 like that.

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 The word

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 fool describes

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 someone who

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 lacks wisdom

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 really in

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 varying degrees.

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 But a fool

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 is the opposite

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 of a wise

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 person.

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 A fool

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 is the opposite

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 of a teachable

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 person.

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 When the

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 speaking of

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 what a fool

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 does,

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 the word

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 folly or

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 foolishness

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 is being

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 used.

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 They're

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 referring to

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 the opposite

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 of wisdom.

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 They talk

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 about what

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 a fool

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 does in

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 Proverbs.

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 Somebody who

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 is foolish

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 or they talk

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 about folly.

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 They're talking

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 about someone

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 who acts

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 contrary to

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 wisdom.

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 Now,

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 the word

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 fool is

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 never used

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 in Proverbs

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 to describe

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 someone who

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 can't help

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 being foolish.

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 foolish.

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 The book

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 of Proverbs

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 is not

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 describing

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 someone who

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 is mentally

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 slow or

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 challenged or

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 just someone

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 who's too

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 young and

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 immature to

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 really understand

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 what they're

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 doing.

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 The book

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 of Proverbs

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 always uses

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 the word to

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 describe someone

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 who knows

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 better or

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 someone who

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 should know

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 better than

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 to do some

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 of these foolish

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 things that it

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 talks about.

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 The fool

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 in Proverbs

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 is called a

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 fool because

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 of the choices.

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 he makes.

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 Ray Ortlund

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 defines the

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 word fool

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 in a good

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 way, I think.

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 Look at it.

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 A fool is a

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 thick-headed,

00:14:52.300 --> 00:14:53.899
 stubborn dolt.

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 He doesn't

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 listen.

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 He always

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 knows better,

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 always has an

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 excuse.

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 Nothing is

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 ever his

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 fault.

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 That's a

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 fool.

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 As Proverbs

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 uses the

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 word.

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 fool.

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 Now, I

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 know some

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 of you want

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 to stand up

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 and yell at

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 me and say,

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 well, Jesus

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 said you

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 ought not

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 use the

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 word fool.

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 Let's look

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 at what he

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 actually said

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 and how he

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 said it.

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 It's in

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 Matthew

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 chapter 5,

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 verse 22.

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 Jesus said,

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 but I tell you

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 that anyone

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 who is angry

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 with his

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 brother will

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 be subject

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 to judgment.

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 Again, anyone

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 who says to

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 his brother,

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 Raka, is

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 answerable to

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 the Sanhedrin,

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 but anyone

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 who says you

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 fool will be

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 in danger of

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 the fire of

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 hell.

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 Now, was

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 Jesus condemning

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 Solomon and

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 other Old

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 Testament writers

00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:51.120
 for using the

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 word?

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 Absolutely

00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:53.700
 not.

00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:55.800
 Jesus is not

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 condemning all

00:15:56.680 --> 00:15:57.600
 uses of this

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 word because

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 he even used

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 it at times.

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 In Matthew

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 23, he

00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:02.900
 called the

00:16:02.900 --> 00:16:03.660
 Pharisees

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 blind fools.

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 He told two

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 of his

00:16:07.259 --> 00:16:08.139
 disciples that

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 they were

00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:10.019
 being foolish

00:16:10.019 --> 00:16:11.340
 in Luke

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 chapter 24.

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 What Jesus

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 is condemning

00:16:15.560 --> 00:16:16.639
 here is the

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 use of angry

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 words, words

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 of contempt.

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 Words of

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 being judgmental

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 and really

00:16:25.400 --> 00:16:26.460
 putting someone

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 down and

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 especially in

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 anger.

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 Look at it.

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 Can you back

00:16:32.400 --> 00:16:33.560
 it up to that

00:16:33.560 --> 00:16:34.480
 verse in Matthew

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 5?

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 He's pointing

00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:37.420
 out that

00:16:37.420 --> 00:16:40.100
 murder begins

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 in a person's

00:16:40.920 --> 00:16:42.420
 heart with

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 anger.

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 And that anger

00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:45.400
 is often

00:16:45.400 --> 00:16:47.000
 expressed in

00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:48.519
 words that

00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:49.980
 attack a

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 person.

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 you're on

00:16:53.259 --> 00:16:54.019
 the offensive

00:16:54.019 --> 00:16:55.080
 against the

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 person in

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 your angry

00:16:57.320 --> 00:16:58.220
 words.

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 And if they

00:16:59.620 --> 00:17:00.240
 continue to

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 build up

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 sometimes, they

00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:02.299
 come out in

00:17:02.299 --> 00:17:03.340
 physical actions

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 and the

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.559
 ultimate being

00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:05.400
 murder.

00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:07.539
 We should be

00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:09.539
 careful about

00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:10.240
 using the word

00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:11.099
 fool for sure.

00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:12.920
 We should not

00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:13.720
 call one another

00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:15.420
 fools when we're

00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:16.440
 mad, when we're

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 angry, when we're

00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:18.140
 trying to put them

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 down, make them

00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:20.100
 feel bad.

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 We shouldn't use

00:17:21.140 --> 00:17:21.620
 any kind of

00:17:21.620 --> 00:17:23.080
 words like this,

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 angry, words of

00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:25.920
 condemnation, words

00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:26.759
 to try to just cut

00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:28.060
 someone down, tear

00:17:28.060 --> 00:17:28.880
 someone down,

00:17:29.380 --> 00:17:30.620
 anything like this.

00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:36.400
 But the words,

00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:37.800
 the word fool in

00:17:37.800 --> 00:17:39.800
 Proverbs is not

00:17:39.800 --> 00:17:40.580
 used like that.

00:17:41.520 --> 00:17:42.500
 It's talking about

00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:43.420
 somebody who is

00:17:43.420 --> 00:17:44.960
 just willingly

00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:47.200
 unteachable.

00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:49.680
 Someone who is

00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:51.420
 just, I know it

00:17:51.420 --> 00:17:53.039
 all, and

00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:53.819
 unwilling to

00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:54.299
 listen.

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 I want you to

00:17:55.700 --> 00:17:56.079
 look at some of

00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:56.740
 the ways it is

00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:57.920
 used in the book

00:17:57.920 --> 00:17:58.500
 of Proverbs.

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 These are some

00:18:01.140 --> 00:18:01.640
 verses that

00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:03.559
 highlight how a

00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:04.019
 fool is

00:18:04.019 --> 00:18:04.759
 unteachable.

00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:06.680
 from Proverbs

00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:07.140
 12.

00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:08.359
 The way of a

00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:09.140
 fool seems

00:18:09.140 --> 00:18:10.180
 right to him,

00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:11.900
 but a wise man

00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:12.579
 listens to

00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:13.160
 advice.

00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.799
 He who trusts

00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:16.119
 in himself is a

00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:17.779
 fool, but he

00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:18.660
 who walks in

00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:20.220
 wisdom is kept

00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:21.079
 safe.

00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:22.920
 A fool finds

00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:23.920
 no pleasure in

00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:25.079
 understanding, but

00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:27.099
 delights in airing

00:18:27.099 --> 00:18:28.420
 his own opinions.

00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:30.180
 Let's just pause

00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:30.579
 here and think

00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:31.079
 about something.

00:18:32.579 --> 00:18:33.220
 You've heard it

00:18:33.220 --> 00:18:33.680
 said,

00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:36.779
 that a young

00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.360
 person, a

00:18:37.360 --> 00:18:40.960
 teenager, may be

00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:41.600
 spending some

00:18:41.600 --> 00:18:42.960
 time on Fool's

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.240
 Hill.

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:47.519
 Well, most all

00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:48.220
 of us in this

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 room, we've been

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 there.

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 Some of us took

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 even a scenic

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 tour of Fool's

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 Hill.

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 Can't you remember

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 the time in your

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 life when you

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 thought your

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 parents were the

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 fools?

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 They didn't know

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 anything.

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 Your teachers

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 were idiots.

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 They didn't know

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 what was going on

00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:07.119
 in life.

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 They weren't going

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 to be telling you

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 what to do.

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 We've been there.

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 We've done that.

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 What's real

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 dangerous is if you

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 still think that

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 way.

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 That's the danger.

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 The way of a fool,

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 look at it,

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 seems right to him.

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 In other words, I

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 know it all.

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 I don't need anybody

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 to tell me.

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 I don't need to be

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 taught.

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 But a wise man

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 listens to advice

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 because a wise

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 person knows I

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 don't have all the

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 answers.

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 Let's move on.

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 A similar type of

00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:46.599
 person that God

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 calls a fool is a

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 person who rejects

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 correction, refuses to

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 learn from his

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 mistakes.

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 Not somebody who's

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 just plain unteachable,

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 but somebody who

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 rejects it, returns,

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 doesn't learn from the

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 hard lessons.

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 Look at some examples.

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 Proverbs 23, do not

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 speak to a fool for he

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 will scorn the wisdom

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 of your words.

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 That's talking about

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 somebody who has proven

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 by their track record

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 they're not going to

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 listen.

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 They won't learn.

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 They know it all.

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 They're just a fool.

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 And what Proverbs is

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 saying is if you know

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 somebody who's just that

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 way to the core, don't

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 even waste your

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 breath.

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 They've got to learn

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 everything the hard way

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 and then they don't

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 learn.

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 Look at the next one

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 from Proverbs 1.

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 That's the second part.

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 We're going to look at

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 the full one a little

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 bit later.

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 Fools despise wisdom

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 and discipline.

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 A fool doesn't need to

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 be corrected.

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 They know it all.

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 And then Proverbs 26,

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 as a dog returns to its

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 vomit, so a fool repeats

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 his folly.

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 He doesn't learn.

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 Doesn't learn lessons.

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 Don't even learn lessons

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 the hard way.

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 Now, because we're on the

00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:08.680
 subject, we need to look

00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:09.519
 at another way the word

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 fool is used in Proverbs.

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 It's not really about

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 teaching.

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 This is about anger.

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 But because there is so

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 much about a fool and

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 anger, since we're on the

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 subject, we need to look

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 at it.

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 From Proverbs 20.

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 To a man's, it is to a

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 man's honor to avoid

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 strife.

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 But every fool is quick to

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 quarrel.

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 We ought to want to avoid

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 conflict.

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 You know, sometimes you can't

00:21:43.679 --> 00:21:43.980
 help it.

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:45.539
 Sometimes you just got to do

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 it.

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 It's the right thing to do.

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 But nobody should relish it.

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 No one should enjoy it.

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 No one should just meet it

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 head on because I like to

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 have conflict.

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 I like to be confrontational

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 and have hostile feelings and

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 words for people.

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 That's foolish.

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 Look at Proverbs 14.

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 A wise man fears the Lord

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 and shuns evil, but a fool

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:14.539
 is hot-headed and reckless.

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:17.680
 A wise man fears the Lord.

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:21.120
 A wise man realizes he's

00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:22.340
 always living in the presence

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 of God.

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 A wise person wants to live

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 and show reverence and respect

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 to God and God's people.

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 People created in the image of

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.720
 God.

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 God's word.

00:22:31.820 --> 00:22:32.840
 God's ways.

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 But a fool doesn't care.

00:22:36.899 --> 00:22:37.819
 Doesn't think.

00:22:38.699 --> 00:22:40.079
 Just hot-headed and reckless.

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:41.539
 And then the last one, 29.

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 A fool gives full vent to his

00:22:45.199 --> 00:22:45.559
 anger.

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 But a wise man keeps himself

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.579
 under control.

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:50.319
 A fool just lets it go.

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:51.919
 Explodes.

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:53.500
 Erupts.

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.980
 Gets it off his chest.

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 Blows up like a grenade.

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 Hurts everybody around.

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 But he's had his say.

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 That's a fool.

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.920
 Proverbs is saying.

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 Now I want you to just,

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 I want you to stop and think.

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 That the word of God says,

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 if you are easily angered,

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.240
 quick-tempered,

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:22.360
 I don't take anything off nobody.

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 Always erupting in anger.

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 You don't care.

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 You don't mind saying all kinds

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:31.559
 of hurtful, profane,

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:33.180
 hateful words.

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 The word of God says,

00:23:36.859 --> 00:23:37.779
 you are a fool.

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 That's harsh.

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:44.379
 That's hard.

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.460
 But that's the reality.

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:48.119
 This is a fool

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:50.159
 according to the word of God.

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:53.000
 There's a common thread

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:55.019
 in all of this

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.759
 that we've been reading.

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:58.519
 A fool's problem

00:23:58.519 --> 00:24:00.120
 is his mouth.

00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:02.720
 His uncontrolled tongue.

00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:06.040
 His unguarded words.

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.800
 Look at it.

00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:09.040
 A fool reveals himself

00:24:09.040 --> 00:24:09.620
 to be a fool

00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:10.400
 by his words.

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.340
 Proverbs 17.

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.500
 Even a fool

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.480
 is thought wise

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:15.140
 if he keeps silent

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:16.480
 and discerning

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.779
 if he holds his tongue.

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:20.119
 You know that common saying

00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:21.180
 that's based on that

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:23.160
 better to remain silent

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:24.539
 and be thought a fool

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:26.119
 than to speak out

00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:27.700
 and remove all doubt.

00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:29.740
 That's been attributed

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:31.460
 to more than one person.

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:31.720
 I don't know

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.920
 where it really comes from.

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:35.200
 But a fool's mouth,

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.240
 tongue,

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.379
 words

00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:39.579
 gets him into trouble,

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.879
 gets her into trouble

00:24:40.879 --> 00:24:42.279
 more than anything.

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.660
 Look one more time

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:46.480
 at how Proverbs describes

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:48.140
 the fool and his words.

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.360
 See, what I want you

00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:50.240
 to understand here is

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.519
 I know it.

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:52.940
 Some of this stuff,

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:55.480
 it can be convicting

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.420
 to all of us.

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.880
 Certain ones.

00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:59.539
 It can make you mad.

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.779
 You can take it

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.480
 as an insult.

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:04.940
 And so what I'm trying

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:06.000
 to do here is show

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:08.160
 there's just a whole lot

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:09.559
 of Scripture,

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:12.740
 words from God,

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:16.120
 that addresses this issue

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:17.700
 and points out

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:19.099
 that it really is serious.

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.460
 It's something

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.519
 we need to take to heart

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:23.359
 because nobody wants

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:25.440
 to really be thought of

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:27.140
 as a fool.

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:29.019
 Look at these.

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.819
 Proverbs 29.

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:31.039
 Do you see a man

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:32.579
 who speaks in haste?

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:34.240
 There is more hope

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.559
 for a fool

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:37.079
 than for him.

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:41.099
 Chapter 15.

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:43.059
 The tongue of the wise

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:44.639
 commends knowledge,

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:46.059
 but the mouth

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:47.579
 of the fool

00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:49.359
 gushes folly.

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.699
 A fool's mouth

00:25:51.699 --> 00:25:53.379
 is his undoing,

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:55.159
 and his lips

00:25:55.159 --> 00:25:56.240
 are a snare

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.740
 to his soul.

00:26:00.679 --> 00:26:01.359
 Now just think about

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:02.419
 what all we have seen.

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:05.440
 If a lot of what

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.039
 you've read

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.840
 on the screen

00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:08.180
 describes you,

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.440
 be honest

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.279
 with yourself,

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.500
 be honest

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.580
 before God,

00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:16.259
 and just admit,

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.759
 I've got

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.500
 a problem.

00:26:20.840 --> 00:26:21.500
 Now,

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.640
 whose fault

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.039
 is it?

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:25.140
 If you've got

00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:25.660
 this problem,

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.360
 whose fault

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:26.740
 is it?

00:26:27.580 --> 00:26:27.920
 Well,

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:30.100
 it's no one's fault

00:26:30.100 --> 00:26:30.759
 but your own.

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:32.559
 And it doesn't matter

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.059
 what's happened

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.879
 in your life.

00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:36.200
 If you fit

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.759
 the description

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.920
 in any of these ways,

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:39.359
 it's just obvious.

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.980
 From Proverbs'

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.680
 perspective,

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:46.319
 I'm a fool.

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.980
 Don't blame

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.720
 your parents.

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.940
 Don't blame

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:53.359
 the environment

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:54.079
 you've been brought

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:54.559
 up in.

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.259
 Don't blame

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.720
 anyone.

00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:57.500
 Don't blame

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.319
 your circumstances.

00:26:58.319 --> 00:27:00.440
 If you've caused

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:00.980
 problems

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.980
 for yourself

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.860
 or others

00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:04.240
 because you've

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.920
 done foolish

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.640
 things,

00:27:06.320 --> 00:27:07.100
 then you take

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:07.740
 responsibility.

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:10.240
 Don't say to God

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:10.640
 if you're going

00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.620
 to confess your sin

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:12.039
 to God

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.799
 and seek His forgiveness,

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.420
 don't say,

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:13.680
 God,

00:27:13.860 --> 00:27:14.039
 Lord,

00:27:14.120 --> 00:27:14.740
 I'm guilty

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.279
 but,

00:27:16.320 --> 00:27:16.779
 and if the Lord

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.559
 has convicted you,

00:27:17.620 --> 00:27:18.100
 you need to go

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:19.539
 and make some things

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.539
 right with some people,

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.820
 admit you're wrong,

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.940
 ask for their forgiveness,

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.840
 don't go to them

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:25.180
 and say,

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:26.299
 I know I've been wrong

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.759
 but,

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:28.799
 accept full

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.660
 responsibility

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:31.500
 that's how we

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.200
 must always

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:33.040
 confess all

00:27:33.040 --> 00:27:33.759
 of our sin.

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:36.300
 Listen to Proverbs

00:27:36.300 --> 00:27:36.960
 one more time

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.860
 about this

00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:39.259
 from chapter 19.

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.920
 A man's own

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.660
 folly

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:43.540
 ruins his life

00:27:43.540 --> 00:27:45.200
 yet his heart

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:46.000
 rages

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:47.480
 against the Lord.

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:48.860
 It may be

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.519
 that right now

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.279
 you feel like

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:51.640
 you have messed up

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.640
 some major things

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:53.300
 in your life

00:27:53.300 --> 00:27:53.980
 and you're just

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.800
 plain mad

00:27:54.800 --> 00:27:55.560
 and you're mad

00:27:55.560 --> 00:27:56.380
 at some people

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:57.080
 but it may be

00:27:57.080 --> 00:27:57.700
 that you're mad

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.279
 at God.

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:58.960
 You're mad

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.400
 at God

00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.980
 because of the

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.340
 home

00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:01.240
 he allowed you

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:02.100
 to be brought up in.

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:03.019
 You may be mad

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.340
 at God

00:28:03.340 --> 00:28:04.380
 because who you're

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:05.200
 having to live with

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:06.080
 is your spouse

00:28:06.080 --> 00:28:07.140
 or your child

00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:08.059
 or your parent.

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:09.160
 You may be mad

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.500
 at God

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:10.120
 at the job

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:10.620
 you've got

00:28:10.620 --> 00:28:11.080
 and you can't

00:28:11.080 --> 00:28:12.380
 find anything else.

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.960
 And the result,

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:16.539
 and the truth is

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.140
 you're acting

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.660
 a fool

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.220
 at home

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.920
 or at work

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.500
 or with you

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.340
 certain people

00:28:20.340 --> 00:28:22.080
 and you want

00:28:22.080 --> 00:28:22.860
 to blame them.

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.519
 What the scripture

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.080
 is saying is

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:27.179
 if you are acting

00:28:27.179 --> 00:28:27.579
 a fool

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.059
 it's because

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:29.079
 you are a fool

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:30.699
 by your own choice

00:28:30.699 --> 00:28:31.480
 and the way

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.339
 you have chosen

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:33.299
 to respond

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:34.799
 to maybe hard

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.639
 situations

00:28:35.639 --> 00:28:37.099
 and difficult people

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:38.039
 that you have to live

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.279
 with

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:39.279
 or be around.

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.779
 But don't start

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.359
 blaming

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:44.659
 and pointing fingers

00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:45.799
 and saying

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.839
 it's his fault

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.939
 it's her fault

00:28:47.939 --> 00:28:49.179
 it's their fault

00:28:49.179 --> 00:28:49.939
 it's this

00:28:49.939 --> 00:28:51.460
 something's fault.

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:54.220
 Admit

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:56.220
 God

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.640
 I have

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:57.420
 been a fool

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.740
 I'm acting

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.440
 a fool

00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:00.920
 and I'm tired

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.339
 of it.

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:03.000
 I want

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.740
 your help

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:05.039
 I want

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.579
 to overcome

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:06.380
 this.

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.519
 Let's move

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.160
 on quickly

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.920
 here's the way

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.360
 to overcome

00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:12.319
 being foolish

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:13.559
 number one

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:14.880
 fear God

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:16.160
 that's what

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:17.180
 Proverbs repeats

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.660
 let's look at

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.180
 two of them

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:19.500
 the fear of the

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.000
 Lord is the

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.460
 beginning of

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.900
 knowledge

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.620
 but fools

00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:22.839
 despise wisdom

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.439
 and discipline.

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.119
 The fear

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:25.539
 of the Lord

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:26.059
 is the beginning

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.779
 of wisdom

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.799
 and knowledge

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.359
 of the Holy

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:28.759
 One

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.939
 is understanding.

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:33.539
 If you're tired

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:33.959
 of living

00:29:33.959 --> 00:29:34.699
 like a fool

00:29:34.699 --> 00:29:35.759
 acting

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.559
 like a fool

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.619
 maybe just

00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:38.359
 in some areas

00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:38.959
 of your life

00:29:38.959 --> 00:29:40.399
 if you're tired

00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:41.039
 of suffering

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:42.000
 the consequences

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:43.779
 of your actions

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:45.099
 or of your words

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:47.119
 then learn

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:48.179
 to fear God

00:29:48.179 --> 00:29:48.959
 and first of all

00:29:48.959 --> 00:29:49.500
 let's think about

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.480
 that means

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:50.980
 take God

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.799
 seriously.

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.579
 If you take

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.160
 God seriously

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:55.460
 you're going

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:55.880
 to think of

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:56.360
 Him more

00:29:56.360 --> 00:29:56.819
 than just

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.360
 when you

00:29:57.360 --> 00:29:57.779
 happen to

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.079
 come to

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.400
 church

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:59.920
 or when

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.240
 you're in

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.559
 some kind

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.200
 of desperate

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:02.319
 situation

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:03.079
 and then you

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:03.559
 think about

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:04.039
 praying.

00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:06.259
 If we are

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:07.180
 truly God's

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.599
 children

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.059
 we're talking

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.440
 to Christians

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:08.759
 now

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.500
 we're truly

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:09.980
 God's

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.400
 children

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:11.660
 we do

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.099
 take Him

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.500
 seriously.

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:14.059
 He is real

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.839
 to us

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:17.180
 and we

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:18.000
 talk to Him

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.799
 we should

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.539
 talk to Him

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.420
 want to talk

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:20.840
 to Him

00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:22.080
 listen to Him

00:30:22.080 --> 00:30:22.740
 fellowship

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.320
 with Him

00:30:23.320 --> 00:30:24.560
 hear His

00:30:24.560 --> 00:30:24.940
 word

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.279
 put it

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.759
 into practice

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.259
 every day

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:27.140
 of our lives

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:29.620
 sometimes though

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:30.360
 we forget

00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:31.460
 we get busy

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:33.160
 sooner or later

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.720
 as God's

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.100
 children we

00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:34.900
 get convicted

00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:36.259
 because we

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.240
 do take

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.800
 God

00:30:37.800 --> 00:30:38.920
 seriously

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:40.560
 but if you

00:30:40.560 --> 00:30:40.980
 take God

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.380
 seriously

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:41.759
 a part of

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.200
 this fearing

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.720
 God is

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:42.920
 you'll

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.259
 demonstrate

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.759
 true

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.779
 reverence

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.700
 and respect

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:47.140
 to Him

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:48.000
 and for Him

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.460
 because He

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.019
 is holy

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:50.420
 He is

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:50.920
 separate

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.279
 He is

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:52.120
 not like

00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:52.660
 us

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.340
 He is

00:30:53.340 --> 00:30:53.840
 Almighty

00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.340
 God

00:30:54.340 --> 00:30:54.779
 and He

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.460
 is pure

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:56.680
 He is

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.160
 perfect

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:59.380
 and we

00:30:59.380 --> 00:30:59.700
 need to keep

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.140
 in mind

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.660
 we've looked

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.180
 at it every

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.880
 week in this

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:02.299
 series

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:03.340
 we're going to

00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:03.759
 stand before

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.380
 Him one day

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:04.759
 and give an

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.240
 account of

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.759
 how we've

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.319
 lived and

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:07.120
 how we have

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:08.400
 used our

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:09.039
 words

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:11.360
 all true

00:31:11.360 --> 00:31:11.660
 wisdom

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.120
 comes from

00:31:12.120 --> 00:31:12.500
 God

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:14.100
 wisdom is

00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:14.640
 not something

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.079
 that just

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:16.000
 can be

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.839
 acquired

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:19.019
 true

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:20.359
 wisdom

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:20.680
 that the

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:20.900
 book of

00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:21.220
 Proverbs

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.660
 is talking

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.039
 about

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:24.859
 is given

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.539
 by God

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:27.599
 it's a

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.099
 gift

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:30.940
 now

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:32.339
 while the

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:32.599
 book of

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:32.980
 Proverbs

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.579
 teaches much

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.420
 about wisdom

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:34.859
 and truth

00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:35.380
 and life

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:37.240
 ultimate

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.960
 wisdom

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:39.200
 and truth

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:40.099
 and life

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:41.480
 is found

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.859
 in Jesus

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.420
 Christ

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:44.619
 that's the

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:45.279
 bottom line

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:47.119
 so I want

00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:47.559
 to ask you

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:48.019
 this morning

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:49.440
 do you know

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.799
 that have

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.139
 you made

00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:50.980
 that discovery

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:54.000
 do you have

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.359
 a real

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.960
 relationship

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:56.059
 with Him

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:58.420
 if you don't

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:58.799
 I want you

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.379
 to understand

00:31:59.379 --> 00:32:00.500
 that the

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.059
 problem

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:03.740
 that you

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.240
 need to have

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.799
 solved

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.920
 is a right

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.379
 relationship

00:32:06.379 --> 00:32:07.019
 with God

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.920
 first

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:10.960
 if you

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.440
 will admit

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:11.960
 to God

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:13.220
 that you

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:14.240
 need His

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:14.859
 salvation

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:16.719
 be willing

00:32:16.719 --> 00:32:17.759
 to turn

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.199
 from your

00:32:18.199 --> 00:32:18.659
 sin

00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:19.879
 be honest

00:32:19.879 --> 00:32:20.219
 with God

00:32:20.219 --> 00:32:20.759
 about it

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.579
 put your

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:22.119
 trust in

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:22.419
 Jesus

00:32:22.419 --> 00:32:23.019
 that when

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.299
 He died

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:23.519
 on the

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:23.740
 cross

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.199
 He actually

00:32:24.199 --> 00:32:25.019
 took your

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.459
 punishment

00:32:25.459 --> 00:32:25.979
 that He

00:32:25.979 --> 00:32:26.279
 paid the

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.439
 penalty

00:32:26.439 --> 00:32:26.799
 for your

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.279
 sins

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:28.659
 if you'll

00:32:28.659 --> 00:32:29.240
 trust Him

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.699
 call upon

00:32:29.699 --> 00:32:29.859
 Him

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.099
 to come

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.379
 into your

00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:30.559
 life

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:30.740
 and be

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:30.899
 your

00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.159
 Savior

00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:32.019
 He will

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.599
 do that

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:34.899
 it may

00:32:34.899 --> 00:32:35.359
 be that

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:37.019
 you are

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.519
 a Christian

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:39.399
 but God

00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:39.699
 has been

00:32:39.699 --> 00:32:40.259
 convicting

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.919
 you of

00:32:40.919 --> 00:32:41.240
 some of

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.539
 the

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:42.539
 attitudes

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.819
 some of

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.599
 the words

00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:45.500
 some of

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:45.960
 the ways

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.399
 you've been

00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:47.039
 living as

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.460
 just sort

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:47.819
 of a

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:49.460
 selfish

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:50.819
 I know

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.379
 it all

00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:51.859
 I don't

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.220
 need to

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.559
 listen

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:53.099
 kind of

00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:53.579
 way

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:55.879
 it may

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:56.180
 be that

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.639
 you truly

00:32:56.639 --> 00:32:57.159
 have been

00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:57.579
 living

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:58.899
 more like

00:32:58.899 --> 00:32:59.440
 a foolish

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.039
 person

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:01.279
 than a

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.700
 wise

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.220
 person

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:04.619
 and right

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:05.180
 now God's

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:06.319
 just made

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:06.899
 it clear

00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:08.579
 and maybe

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.240
 even broken

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.779
 you over

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.039
 it

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:11.319
 that's

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.720
 good

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.259
 that's

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.859
 healthy

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:14.500
 just

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:14.859
 confess

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 it

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:17.000
 ask God

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.440
 to forgive

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:17.680
 you

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.359
 to cleanse

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:18.759
 you

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 give you

00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:20.319
 a fresh

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.619
 start

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:21.000
 this morning

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.259
 as you

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.700
 draw back

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.359
 closer to

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:22.680
 Him

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.460
 surrender

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.019
 your life

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.899
 anew

00:33:24.899 --> 00:33:25.379
 and afresh

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:25.799
 to Jesus

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.200
 Christ

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:27.379
 as your

00:33:27.379 --> 00:33:27.940
 Lord

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:30.299
 you don't

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:31.039
 have to be

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.519
 a fool

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:31.799
 you don't

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:32.059
 have to

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.279
 live

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.039
 foolishly

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:34.579
 by God's

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:35.039
 grace

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:37.119
 you can

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.480
 change

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:37.899
 your life

00:33:37.899 --> 00:33:38.319
 can change

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.879
 you can't

00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:39.079
 do it

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.460
 yourself

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:40.759
 but He

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.120
 can do

00:33:41.120 --> 00:33:41.319
 it

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:43.000
 and He

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.400
 does it

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:43.880
 through

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.519
 Christ

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.440
 He does

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.759
 it through

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.180
 His word

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:46.440
 He does

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:46.700
 it through

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.240
 His spirit

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:49.180
 so I

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:49.380
 want to

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:49.660
 encourage

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:50.000
 you

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:51.259
 if God's

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.940
 calling you

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.799
 you respond

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.319
 to Him

00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:54.920
 you obey

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.420
 whatever He's

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:55.819
 calling you

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.160
 to do

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:57.860
 let's bow

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:58.319
 together in

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.799
 prayer right

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.920
 now and

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.319
 you just

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:00.600
 make the

00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:00.840
 kind of

00:34:00.840 --> 00:34:01.160
 commitment

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.440
 He's

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:01.819
 calling you

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.100
 to make

00:34:02.100 --> 00:34:02.360
 would you

00:34:02.360 --> 00:34:02.779
 pray with

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.279
 me

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:04.259
 dear God

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:05.079
 speak in

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:05.519
 a way that

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:05.900
 we all

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.799
 understand what

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.259
 we need to

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:08.340
 do how we

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:08.639
 need to

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.220
 respond

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:11.980
 Lord no

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:13.399
 one wants

00:34:13.399 --> 00:34:14.039
 to be a

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.379
 fool

00:34:14.379 --> 00:34:15.699
 wants to

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.579
 be looked

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.119
 at as

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:18.419
 living foolishly

00:34:18.419 --> 00:34:21.379
 so show us

00:34:21.379 --> 00:34:21.939
 how we should

00:34:21.939 --> 00:34:23.139
 respond if

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.679
 you've shown us

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:24.219
 that that's how

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:24.759
 we are

00:34:24.759 --> 00:34:27.219
 show us

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:27.879
 Father what we

00:34:27.879 --> 00:34:28.299
 need to do

00:34:28.299 --> 00:34:28.839
 this morning

00:34:28.839 --> 00:34:31.179
 we might leave

00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:32.139
 here not as

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:34.119
 unteachable

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:35.279
 fools

00:34:35.279 --> 00:34:38.460
 but as

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:39.500
 faithful

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.279
 men

00:34:40.279 --> 00:34:41.279
 women

00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:42.379
 young people

00:34:42.379 --> 00:34:45.199
 who know

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.619
 you and

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.219
 love you

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:47.259
 and want

00:34:47.259 --> 00:34:48.199
 your way

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:49.879
 more than

00:34:49.879 --> 00:34:50.239
 our own

00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:50.559
 way

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:54.259
 in an

00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:54.679
 attitude of

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:55.099
 prayer you

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.539
 listen to the

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:55.819
 Lord and

00:34:55.819 --> 00:34:56.319
 respond to

00:34:56.319 --> 00:34:56.699
 Him and

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:57.579
 if you'd like

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:57.839
 for me to

00:34:57.839 --> 00:34:58.219
 pray with you

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:58.519
 during this

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:58.900
 time I'll be

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.199
 here at the

00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.679
 front and be

00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:00.179
 happy to do

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:01.119
 that but you

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:01.899
 listen to God

00:35:01.899 --> 00:35:03.059
 and do what

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.599
 He tells you to

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:03.759
 do

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:05.540
 message Böyle

00:35:05.540 --> 00:35:05.980
 to

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 he

00:35:07.160 --> 00:35:07.660
 hi

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 h

00:35:08.520 --> 00:35:11.160
 it

00:35:11.160 --> 00:35:11.800
 it

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.540
 hi

00:35:12.540 --> 00:35:12.620
atsächlich

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