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April's Fool

When the Bible speaks of the fool it is not a pleasant thing.  The fool is the opposite of the wise - unwilling to learn from anyone or anything.  He is boastful, arrogant, and confidant in his own wisdom.  He does not submit to God and, therefore, God has only punishment for the fool's future.  One does not want to be a fool.

There is, however, one exception.  In 1 Corinthians 1, the apostle Paul tells us that the wisdom of God is foolishness to the world.  He says that God has deliberately chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise (1:27).  I gladly count myself as one of those fools whom God has chosen to shame the wise.  You see the preaching of the cross is foolishness to those who are wise according to the standard of the world - but to those of us who are being saved it is the power of God.  I'll gladly be that kind of fool any day.

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