Sunday, September 9, 2007

Wisdom or Folly?

The Call of Wisdom
Proverbs 9:1-6 "Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars; She has slaughtered her meat, She has mixed her wine, She has also furnished her table. She has sent out her maidens, She cries out from the highest places of the city 'Whoever is simple let him turn in here!' As to him who lacks understanding, she says to him, 'Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine I have mixed, Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the way of understanding"

The Call of Folly
Proverbs 9:13-18 "A foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knows nothing. For she sits at the door of her house, On a seat by the highest places of the city, to call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their way: 'Whoever is simple, let him turn in here'. And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him, "Stolen water is sweet And bread eaten in secret is pleasant." But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Hell."

Notice the similarity between wisdom and folly, although both are completely opposite. Both, if you will, have the same marketing plan, calling to those who pass by (both from the highest places of the city...the "well respected" perhaps)"WHOEVER IS SIMPLE LET HIM TURN HERE". Then, specifically both voices target the man passing by who lacks understanding. Wisdom offers freely what the man lacking understanding cannot attain for himself, and tells him "GO in the way of understanding". The voice of folly calling to the man lacking understanding offers only pleasures that are not even her own to offer. Notice also, the differences between wisdom and folly. Wisdom is diligent and hard working, tending to the needs at hand. But folly only sits at the door of her house playing as though she has everything together.
Such similarity in characters exists also in the description of Christ and the Antichrist at the end of the age.
Revelation 6:2 "And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer"

Revelation 19:11 "Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war."

Both are on white horses, but the Antichrist goes "conquering to conquer" What is not his inheritance. But Christ is Faithful and True, and he Judges and makes war in RIGHTEOUSNESS and in perfect humility and servanthood.

We know the difference between what is good and bad through the fear of the Lord, and wisdom, which He gives to all who ask and seek Him. His sheep know His voice...which is wisdom and righteousness. Let us know Him now that we might not be decieved and offended at the end of the age.

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