Don't Be A Fool

The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God. Psalm (14:1)

The atheistic fool. It's said, 'An atheist can't find God for the same reason a thief can't find a policeman.' Sometimes pride is at the core of atheism. Without God, you become your own god, which means there's no higher power than yourself! But the God of the Bible proves His existence in three ways:

1) Creation. Many people are in prison today who weren't caught at the scene of the crime, and no one actually witnessed the crime. What proved they did it? Fingerprints! DNA! Creation carries God's fingerprints and DNA. 'Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. Isaiah (40:26).

2) Calvary. In creation you see God's power, at the cross you see His love for you. In creation you see His hand, at the cross you see His heart.

3) Conscience. 'Gentiles even without having heard it demonstrate that God's law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right' Romans (2:14-15). Conscience is like having a Bible in your soul; no one was born without one.

Voltaire, the French atheist, said, 'It took twelve fishermen to build Christianity. I will show the world how one Frenchman can destroy it.' After Voltaire died, the home in which he had lived became Europe's most famous Bible distribution center. Bottom line: Voltaire is dead; our God lives! Atheism is the greatest gamble of all. After all, what if there is a God and you stand before Him one day?

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
Luke (12:20)

The ambitious fool. Jesus told the story of a successful farmer who said, 'I will pull down my barns, and build greater. Evidently he was a good businessman and planner. But then he said: 'I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee. So is he that layed up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God'.

This man had a plan for time, but none for eternity. He thought about himself, but not God. He paid attention to his body, but not his soul. It's said that the average body has enough phosphorus to make eight hundred thousand match heads, enough sugar to go into sixty cubes, enough salt to cover twenty spoons, and enough iron to make about ten dollars' worth of nails.

The rest is just dust and water. When you pamper, promote and protect the part of you that will only live seventy or eighty years and neglect the part of you that will live on in either heaven or hell, God says you're a fool.

This man told himself he had 'many years,' but God said, 'This night thy soul shall be required of thee.' Don't you realize that an accident, a blocked artery, a stray bullet, a plane with engine failure or a drunk driver could take you out in an instant? Wise up! The question is not will you die, but when? And are you ready to stand before God?