31
May
Text : Colossians 4:5
- If Paul had written to Colossians about wisdom,it could imply that some were being foolish Man is born into congenital/natural foolishness (Titus 3:3).We live in a fools’ world where foolish men do foolish things.
- In the contemporary world, it is generally assumed that wisdom comes from experience therefore old people are normally categorized as been wise, but this is not true from the bible.
- Foolishness starts from the denial of God in the heart and this culminates into foolishness in conduct or lifestyle (Psalm 14:1, Ps 53:1)
- A foolish man replaces God with himself and his mouth disseminates folly (Proverbs 12:15, 15: 2,Romans 1:19-22)
- Christ has become our wisdom therefore Christians do not have any excuse to be foolish. 1 Cor 1 :30, col 2:2-3, 9- 10, Eph 5 : 15-17)
Key Points
- For believers, walking in wisdom implies following God’s principles for life. Christians are bound to walk in foolishness if they do not understand these principles or whenever they choose to compromise them (Eph 5: 8-14)
- When we disbelieve and disobey God’s principles, we walk as fools (Gal 3:1-3)
- When we act on our disobedience (James 3 :13-18)
- Misuse of time is the greatest act of disobedience (Col 4:5,Acts 17:24-26,Job 14 :1-2,5,14, James 4:13-14, Psalms 39:4-5, 89:47,Romans 13:11. In the parable of the ten virgins, the five foolish ones could not meet up with time despite the oil they finally got into their lamps.
Conclusion
- As Christians we have to take the opportunity of time to do God’s purpose for life ( Jhn 9:4, Col4:2-5, Jhn 13:33, Jhn 12: 35-36).
- We must maximize God-given opportunities doing his will per time.