A person who stinks does not know he/she stinks. The fool does not know she/he is a fool
This is the voice of an old dying American in the wilderness who does not seek money or power.
International community, knowingly or unknowingly, is greatly mistaken. Gaza does not belong to Palestinians. Gaza belongs to Israeli. Palestinians are originally Arabs who invaded Palestine under British rule. It is good and right for Palestinians to relocate permanently in lands of Arabs to establish a Palestinian State of their own.
Hamas released 3 Israeli hostages, Israel released 369 Palestinian prisoners of war. That is stupidity, the numbers are stupidity. Hamas who killed hostages must be killed. Hamas who mistreated hostages must be punished. Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis are wicked terrorists, they must be destroyed without mercy.
Palestinians do not have homeland. Gaza, West Bank, Golan Heights, etc. belong to the Jews. It is good and right that Palestinians be resettled permanently in any Arab land to make a living and build a Palestinian State of their own.
Palestinians must be evacuated from the Jewish lands and resettle permanently in Arab lands to build their own Palestinian state. Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis are terrorists to be destroyed completely. That is the only way to peace.
Palestinians are also useless, shameless and worthless peoples to loot and rob international aid trucks. They are violent and unproductive. Leaders and politicians of Palestinian Authority lead them to the path of destruction by illegally occupying the Jewish lands. They do not want to go to the Arab lands to build their Palestinian state. They rather stay in Jewish lands in order to receive aid for nothing. No aid should enter to help Palestinians.
Hamas should be held responsible for killing hostages and be punished. The UN chief speaks and supports terrorists should be gone. All UN high-paid officials should be replaced; and UN to be reformed in 100 days. It is a false peace. Gaza, West Bank, Golan Heights, Rafah, etc. are Jewish lands. UN, WHO, Arab-Muslim-Black nations and Palestinian Authority speak and support terrorists Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis without making any demand. Palestinians do not have homeland in Jewish lands. They must evacuate from Jewish lands and go to lands of Arab to build a Palestinian state. That would be true peace but they do not want peace.
This is the voice of an old dying American in the wilderness who does not seek money or power.
1. The new President must attack Mexico militarily for violating American sovereignty, being the conduit of unlawful migrants for years AND drugs trafficking. Drop a few bombs on Mexico City may be a good start.
2. Deport 45 million illegal aliens already residing in America and use military to prevent invasion of hordes of illegal migrants from entering the United States and reject all asylum seekers. Build walls and militarize the borders for safety and security.
3. Mexico threatens loss of US 400,000 jobs, US by canceling NAFTA will cost Mexico 4 million jobs.
4. Use military to repel unlawful migrants and shoot at migrants who cut the fence or destroy the wall.
5. Withdraw support from Ukraine, END the war, and execute the Ukraine leader for war crimes and corruption.
6. Enact the law to require citizenship to apply for welfare, and all welfare recipients must work to get benefits.
7. Annihilate Iran, terrorists Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis; and force Palestinians to evacuate from the Jewish lands and go to lands of Arabs.
8. America has been playing the fool so long, of course America must be FIRST for America.
9. Former imperialists and colonialists must pay compensations to their former colonies. African nations are big talkers but small doers. Africa must be self-sufficient and receive no aid.
10. A nation has no reason to exist if it does not have water, food and fuel and basic infrastructure.
11. It is strangest that UN, WHO, ICC (International Criminal Court) etc. Speak and Support terrorists HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH and HOUTHIS.
12. It is a felony to harbor, hire or help unlawful migrants or illegal aliens.
Is there any future or hope for the world where the terrorists Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis make demands and UN, WHO, EU, all Arab-Muslim-Black nations serve and support them willingly?
America and EU can change the world by changing course, cease all hostilities against Russia and China, like President Nixon sought a just and lasting peace for the world. I believe the overwhelming majority of Americans want this.
I propose the world to impose a moratorium of 20 years on the undeveloped, unproductive, insufficient and useless nations. No matter what internal conflict and tensions, civil war and war with neighbors, coups d’etat, famine, drought, or man-made disasters, the international community will not interfere. Moratorium means no communication, no diplomacy and no aid in whatever form. After 20-year of burning themselves out, many nations will vanish, and those who do well will survive. That is when the international community can help those nations who really want to become decent and respectable and responsible nations.
WHO IS WILLIE WONG?
I am a Christian by grace, a Chinese by grace, an American by nationality. I am neither a communist nor a capitalist. Above all I am a follower and servant of Jesus Christ. In English I am a Ruskinian, In Management I am a Koontzian. In Politics I am a Nixonian. In Philosophy I am Willie Wong Thought.
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WHO IS WILLIE WONG?
I am a Christian by grace, a Chinese by grace, an American by nationality. I am neither a communist nor a capitalist. Above all I am a follower and servant of Jesus Christ. In English I am a Ruskinian, In Management I am a Koontzian. In Politics I am a Nixonian. In Philosophy I am Willie Wong Thought.
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WILLIE WONG AND HIS WORLDVIEW. THIS IS NOT A
COMPANY OR A BUSINESS. IT DOES NOT SEEK
CUSTOMERS OR PROFITS. IT DOES NOT BUY OR
SELL. IT DISSEMINATES KNOWLEDGE AND PROCLAIMS
TRUTH AND WISDOM. IT PREACHES THE GOSPEL OF
JESUS CHRIST ABSOLUTELY FREE. WE DO NOT WANT DONATION. WE ONLY WANT YOU TO KNOW THE TRUTH.
Most people in the world think they are smart, a few even confess boldly that they are wise. This is the worldview of mankind. Things are not what they believe. This article is written from the sight of God. Who and what God considers a fool. Mankind engages in a vast variety of activities that seem more lie to incur pity than admiration when viewed objectively. The fool does not know. Many human pursuits are self-destructive and yet they are so proud of themselves. The fool not only does not have wisdom, the fool does not have self knowledge.
Pro 9:12, “If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
And if you scoff, you alone will suffer from it.”
There are some men who are fathers and very wise, but their sons were stupid. A wise father is no guarantee to have wise sons.
Pro 12:15, “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
But a person who listens to advice is wise.”
Have you ever met a fool who confessed that his way was wrong? Some leaders and politicians are leading his country to suicide and destruction, and yet they think they are doing great for “democracy”!
Epicurus said, “ The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.”
Alexander Pope said, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”
Fools rush in to conflict, confrontation, competition, rivalry, war, irresponsibility, madness, ignorance, spendthrift, sanction, self-conceit, self-indulgence, self-deception, repeated mistakes; rage; jealousy and envy, excess, illusion, injustice, debt, insolvency, immorality, death and destruction.
Benjamin Franklin said, “The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.”
The danger of this age is not just foolish talk, there is organized fake news, fake statements, and out-and-out lies and falsehoods everywhere.
Someone facetiously said, “The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.”
Nowadays the world is too dangerous to let fools have their own ways. The whole problem with the world is not that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, they actually want to force their way to the whole world whether you accept it or not. They want to dominate the world with their ways. Not only they do foolish things, they do dangerous things through unilateralism.
It is ironic that Napoleon Bonaparte said, “Fools have a great advantage over the wise; they are always self-satisfied.”
For over 500 years the European imperialists and colonialists and capitalists have been self-satisfied. They have never confessed their guilt and started to pay reparations and compensations to their victims.
1Co 2:14-15, “But a natural person does not accept
the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. But the one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is discerned by no one.”
Albert Einstein said, “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”
When will the stupidity of wars end? When will the Ukraine war ends even its nincompoop and puppet does not want peace?
George Orwell said, “Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise.”
As a rule, life is full of trouble and tragedy.
Clement of Alexandria had a correct view of life, “Therefore let us repent and pass from ignorance to knowledge, from foolishness to wisdom, from licentiousness to self-control, from injustice to righteousness, from godlessness to God.”
Someone said, “ The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool.” If excess means too much, I do not know anyone in history had excess of wisdom. Solomon turned into a old fool when he loved foreign women who led him to idolatry.
There is a saying that you cannot fool a person twice. But do you know American people have been fooled by phony democracy for more than 300 years?
But do you know the foolishness of political bigotry? Do you know any country which is free from the foolishness of political bigotry? The White peoples have so much political bigotry for centuries that they act, talk, and think God has decreed them to rule the world? They even believe they have the right to dominate to the world, which is the perennial cause of conflict and confrontation in the world today.
Socrates who was born 470 B.C. and died 399 B.C. talked vividly as if he was talking about American youth, “The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint. They talk as if they alone knew everything and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with them. As for girls, they are forward, immodest and unwomanly in speech, behaviour and dress.”
If any American speaks about American youth like that, he may be ostracised. Look at how American women and girls dress today intentionally to expose their breasts. Funny part is the whole world of women and girls are following them.
The enemies of truth even frustrated and hindered me in writing this article. So you see the importance and value of this article.
I. WHAT IS FOLLY.
Merriam Webster defines a fool as “a person lacking in judgment or prudence.”
Folly is synonymous with foolishness and stupidity. A fool is a foolish and stupid person.
Edward Gibbon said, “History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.”
In this article we focus only on follies of mankind.
Due to the sinful nature of mankind, there are almost infinite varieties of folly. I have identified the following as categories of folly. There are too much follies in human affairs. Man can make a fool of himself in infinite varieties. The following are only 26 categories identified as follies or foolishness.
1. Uselessness
Uselessness means a person is not fulfilling his/her functions, not doing what he/she is expected to do. A thing can be useless too. Besides to salvation, the greatest blessing God had bestowed upon me was my wonderful mother. When I compare all the women I have known to my mother, the concept of uselessness is most relevant. I don’t want to say much to offend many people. Useless people are usually shameless people. Dog owners are useless and shameless people because they plainly practice an immoral principle: what they do not want, they give it to others. They do not want their dogs to urinate and defecate at home, so they walk their dogs to urinate and defecate outside. A good country and smart city must have laws to punish polluters.
There are useless nations, useless leaders and politicians, useless doctors, useless teachers, useless parents, useless supervisors, useless repairmen, useless husbands, useless wives, useless children, useless friends, useless human beings.
If I list the useless nations, won’t I be the target of many nations?
Marcus Tullius Cicero said, “All places are filled with fools.” Fools may be useless persons.
A corporation is miserable when top management does not know what management is.
Man can be useless in infinite varieties. Friends turned traitors are of a bitter kind. There are innumerable useless people in the world.
Do you know useless people never feel ashamed?
However, I concur with Charles Dickens who said, “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.”
2. War
War is folly because it is destructive and wasteful.
I concur with James Madison who said, “War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.”
I concur with Abraham Lincoln who said, “There’s no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending.”
Ukraine war is a case in point. The nincompoop and puppet of Ukraine loves war because he receives billions of dollars and weapons from America and EU and NATO. He spends $7 billion a month just for his puppet government.
Millions of lives and trillions of dollars are lost in wars from the beginning of history. When will mankind become wise?
3. Losing one’s secret.
One who cannot keep his/her secret is a fool.
Samuel Johnson identified one kind of folly when he said, “To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.” I pity the members of the Roman Catholic Church who regularly practice telling their secrets to their priests.
4. Making mistake twice.
Marcus Tullius Cicero said, “To stumble twice
against the same stone, is a proverbial disgrace.“
In other words, a person is considered a fool who make the same mistake twice.
A smoker and drunkard repeated do the bad things.
A gambler displays his folly. The folly of mankind is making the same mistake many times. As a case in point, European powers knew they had done evil under imperialism and colonialism, yet not one European nation has repented of their sins and crimes and made reparations and compensations to their victims. Instead even today they support American hegemony to dominate the world.
Pro 26:11, “Like a dog that returns to its vomit,
So is a fool who repeats his foolishness.”
A person who repeats his foolishness is a fool.
5. Anger
An angry person loses his self-control, that is folly.
I believe if you are right, you have no need to be angry. If you are wrong, then you have no right to be angry. Psychopathic supervisors are angry all the time because they do not know how to solve problems. Most psychopathic supervisors have no idea what management is. They think management means controlling and humiliating subordinates.
For psychopathic supervisors their angers are deemed as demonstration of their powers. They enjoy humiliating their subordinates.
I concur with Aristotle who said, “Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.”
6. Laziness
When I was a boy I was instilled with this Chinese proverb, “If you do not work hard when you are young, it is regret in vain when you are old.”
Sophocles said, “Laziness is the mother of all evils.”
The folly of laziness is to get what you deserve. The value of a lazy person hits the bottom.
The Bible says, Pro 6:6, “Go to the ant, you lazy one,
Observe its ways and be wise.”
A man without descendants is considered unfortunate; but he does not have the burden of worrying about his children.
7. Jealousy or envy
The West used to despise China because of its backwardness and weakness. Now the West is jealous and envious of China because of its spectacular successes in all areas.
Pro 14:30, “A tranquil heart is life to the body,
But jealousy is rottenness to the bones.”
Do you see the rottenness of Western nations who label China as a national threat?
CPC must be credited for the spectacular success of China modernization. The West is reluctant to admit that. But there are no Western parties which are better than the CPC? Also must be credited are millions of Chinese scientists, engineers, managers, technicians, and workers. If you don’t believe it, come to China and see it for yourself.
Mat 27:17-18, “So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”
For he knew that it was because of envy that they had handed Him over.”
Pilate the governor knew it was envy that the Jewish religious establishment wanted to crucify Jesus.
Job 5:2, “For irritation kills the fool,
And jealousy brings death to the simple.”
I do not know how jealousy brings death to the simple.
8. Excess
America is a nation of excess. It is the greatest folly to legalize same sex marriage, and obsessed with money, power, and sex. America is a slave to power and money that it wants to dominate the world at any cost.
Plato said, “Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.”
A foolish American politician shouted jubilantly, “We don’t have to apologize for American exceptionalism or western values.” Western nations which claim to be Christian nations have disgraced Christianity. Western values are nothing but money, power, and sex; which no true Christian can subscribe to. As an American, I have duty to tell the truth about America. In fact, every nation has its follies. Do I want to be hated by all nations?
As an American, I must tell the truth about America. America is the nation of excess: oversexed, overfed, overspent, overindulged, overaggressive, overprivileged, overmedicated, overopinionated, etc.
Can you think of obesity as physical excess?
Plato said, “The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.”
9. Over the limit
America is a nation which lives above its means, its national debt has exceeded $31 trillions. Not one American leader and politician worries about it because it is their debt. The tragic funniness is the fact while America is incurring the largest national debt in history, yet its leaders and politicians find money to support the proxy war in Ukraine in order to weaken Russia. They want to dominate the world at all cost. An individual can charge his credit cards to the point he cannot pay and has to declare bankruptcy. Just as a driver cannot go over the limit on a freeway, so
individuals and nations cannot go over the limit in expenditures.
10. Unpreparedness
Sun Tzu said, “He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.” Do you know how many fools go to take exams unprepared and hoping they have good luck to pass? There are even people who go to interview for a job but they arrive late? Being unprepared heightens one’s folly. The Lord teaches a practical lesson: count the cost. Luk 14:28-30, “For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it—lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, “saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.” I disagree with a white preacher who preached a racial gospel but his philosophy of “Finish the job” had a great impression on me a young boy. Sun Tzu also said, “He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.”
Parable of Ten Virgins
Mat 25:1-13, “Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom. Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. For when the foolish took their lamps, they did not take extra oil with them; but the prudent ones took oil in flasks with their lamps. Now while the groom was delaying, they all became drowsy and began to sleep. But at midnight there finally was a shout: ‘Behold, the groom! Come out to meet him.’
Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps. But the foolish virgins said to the prudent ones, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’ However, the prudent ones answered, ‘No, there most certainly would not be enough for us and you too; go instead to the merchants and buy some for yourselves.’ But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the groom
came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut.
Yet later, the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open up for us.’ “But he answered, ‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you.’ “Be on the alert then, because you do not know the day nor the hour.”
This Scriptures cited above does not mean half of the world’s population are foolish. It does not mean half the world’s population will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven. It means those who are not ready for the second coming of Jesus Christ will not enter.
11. Madness
Irrationality or go after the wind is considered folly. For example, buying $10,000 lottos hoping to win. The mad behavior of mankind is almost infinite. There are not a few blacks who believe because they were descendants of slaves, therefore they are entitled … in America. There are also whites who believe because they were born white therefore they are Christians. It is a fool who believes madness is freedom. A young woman was madly in love, when she was pregnant, the man abandoned her. Western leaders and politicians are mad because they label China a national threat. European leaders and politicians are mad to boycott and sanction Russian cheap gas and oil. They display a form of political madness in following American unilateralism and hegemony. Phony democracy is a form of madness insisting all is well when Americans are miserable with inflation, high crime, invasion of illegal migrants, threat of nuclear war, the few rich and powerful rule America, and injustice becomes a way of life. Isaac Newton said, “I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.”
Thomas Fuller said, “ It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.”
Albert Einstein said, “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Americans doing the same thing (elections) over and over again cannot expect different results. How about Americans vote for revision of the Constitution to stipulate the national sovereignty lies in the hands of American citizens so that through National Referendum with a majority (51%) Americans have power to remove bad and wrong leaders instantly and change national policy such as foreign wars immediately.
It is madness to believe in American Exceptionalism and practice manifest destiny to rule the world.
12. Waste
Waste if a form of folly. Waste may involve time and resources. I never waste my time to argue with unbelievers. To do what is unnecessary is also a waste. Peter Drucker identified one kind of uselessness when he said, “There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.”
Victor Hugo said, “Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.”
According to https://newyorkessays.com/essay-americans-are-wasteful-people/
“Americans were annually wasting 130 million dollars of energy and 165 million dollars of food. In addition, each American wasted an average of 2. 3 million liters of water per year. The most dangerous items wasted by America are: water, paper, energy, glass, food and plastic.”
This is not counting America wasting trillions of dollars in fighting unjust wars for so long!
I have the same temperament as William Lloyd Garrison who said, “With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.”
13. Underestimation
Underestimation is overestimation of one’s capacity, like a lightweight fighting a heavyweight. It is a fool to bear a burden that his strength is short. Underestimation can also be a faulty planning. For example, no one can complete $100,000 project with half price. It is a fool to buy a house he is not qualified and he cannot afford. It is a fool to live on credit, everything he owns is bought by installment.
14. Ignorance
Example is the belief if you drink liquid detergent, it will cure you from the Pandemic.
George Bernard Shaw said, “Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance..”
False knowledge is a false belief. Many Chinese believe in the next life they can marry the ones they love. The next life is not what the Bible describes as the life to come, the eternal life in the Kingdom of Heaven. The Bible teaches when you die you do not change into any other animal. You either go the Hell or enter Heaven for good.
Granted we are all born ignorant, and we are ignorant in the things we do not know. I was a stupid boy who could not swim and did not realize the danger of crocodile. Had not been the grace of God I would have been drowned and eaten by a crocodile in my childhood. False beliefs can constitute ignorance.
Those drivers who do not respect pedestrian right not only are ignorant, they are uncivilized and dangerous. Those drivers who speed up when they see pedestrians crossing are candidates for murders.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said, “There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.”
I am frightened by American and Europeans leaders and politicians who insist on going the wrong way in conquering and dominating the world at all cost!
15. Unsuitability
A carpenter is unfit to perform a surgery. A round peg cannot go into a square hole. You cannot wear shorts in a cold winter. Coconuts are not grown in North Pole. A black or Asian woman does not have blonde hair. These are simple truths which are apparent. An unsuitable national policy is not transparent. An unsustainable national program may not be apparent. However, a 5 ft. shortie does not have a promising career in playing basket ball or volley ball. Suitability is a concept which is applicable to individuals or nations alike.
16. Wrong instrument
In a age of technology, technology obsolescence can mean a demise of a corporation or nation. Chinese leaders were smart in building modern infrastructure of high ways, rail ways, high speed trains, subways, bridges, etc. to increase the speed of transportation and reduce its costs. You cannot use microscope to study the distant stars. Capitalism is the wrong ideology in developing any nation, even today many are not aware of it. I think in the face of inflation, high costs of living and energy crisis, Europeans of many nations begin to awaken. Thousands and thousands of them demonstrate against the national policies of their countries. When will American and European leaders and politicians open their eyes and realize what they have been doing for so long are wrong and a waste of time, money, and efforts. When will they realize imperialism, capitalism, hegemony, oppression, aggression, military conflict, unjust wars, boycott, embargo, sanctions, high tariffs, unilateralism, white supremacy, gender inequality, racial discrimination, etc. are no longer fashionable in this world, they do not work and they become political and economic bypass and burdens.
17. Incivility
Incivility does not welcome you in a civilized society. Incivility also cannot get and keep an employment. Arthur Schopenhauer said, “It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire. For politeness is like a counter–an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy.”
Incivility is usually identified in words and deeds. The following are only some considered uncivilized behavior:
1. Polluting the environment.
2. Cursing and shouting in public.
3. Spitting.
4. Smoking where it is not allowed.
5. Graffiti.
6. Violation of traffic laws.
7. Obscenity and vulgarity.
8. Walking dogs to urinate and defecate in pubic places.
9. Forced begging.
10. Selling hard drugs.
11. Pimping and prostitution.
12. Police brutality.
13. Damaging public property.
14. Causing disturbance.
I am especially disgusted whenever I hear American girls and young women indulge in vulgarity and profanity.
18. Lies
It is a folly to lie because you will be found out. As a manager I could interview a person for 15 minutes to determine his/her expertise. The American and British leaders who lied about the weapon of mass destruction of Saddam Hussein will go down in history no one can erase. The journalists who wrote many lies about Richard Nixon got rich at the expense of a great leader. Plato said, “False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.” I wonder how Western leaders and politicians and mass media can live with themselves by spewing out so many black lies about China.
China has done so many good things in Asia, Africa, etc. The Western media blinded their eyes and sealed their lips never mentioned one item of good deed. Just mention one example, the Jakarta-Bandung Railway, the first high speed train in South-east Asia. In comparison, the richest and strongest nation on earth – USA – does not have even one high speed railway. What America and Europe have done for any nation in the world? Nothing but wars and a bunch of related evil deeds such as sanctions and creation of hardship and poverty.
A great American Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.”
It has been proven many times that Western mass media is a liar, and it stabs the human society too many times. Soon no one will pay attention to Western media for all its lies and falsehoods. American mass media tells big lies so frequently that no one will believe anymore.
19. Deception
This is the age of deception and misinformation. How many individuals and organizations thrive and live on lies through false ads and scams. How many spams and phishings are committed daily by those who use empty millions to fish a few hundreds real money from greedy individuals through Emails. This is being done in the names of the rich and famous. No government is doing anything to stop this big business deception! Benjamin Franklin said, “Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don’t have brains enough to be honest.” Honest and dependable persons are rare in this world.
American culture is a culture of promiscuous sex and fornication starting with high school students and adultery among married adults. It is like a birthright for dating young people to have sex as if it is abnormal if you don’t. American culture is contrary to Bible teaching of Christian conduct and holiness. According a magazine that promotes promiscuous sex, “The share of Americans who say sex between unmarried adults is “not wrong at all” is at an all-time high.” This immoral sexual practice and escapade is vulgarly known as “hookup”, “sexting”, “kink”, “polyamory”, and “ “fifth base”, etc. It is and it will be harder and harder for Christians to live in such a secular and sex-indulgent and un-Christian America. Let me warn Americans, if you practice sexual immorality, don’t you dare comfortably call yourselves Christians.
The American and Western mass media have no sense of shame or morality, continuously spew out fake news, false statements, smears and slurs at China — which is the only nation accomplishes so much for its own people and marching boldly and speedily to achieve its many lofty goals. China unselfishly and most generously is helping many nations in particular Asia and Africa, while America and Europe only do evil things and nothing else.
Marcus Tullius Cicero said, “Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.)”
Customers who have been defrauded by banks know even better.
20. Injustice
Those who commit injustice never think of themselves being fools. Banks defraud customers by deliberately not sending out monthly statement which they are under law required to do freely. If you ask for a monthly statement which never reaches you, you must pay $5 for each monthly statement. Since banks do not regularly and consecutively send customers monthly statement, you have no way to audit your account and the banks can easily fail to post your credits, and you have no way of knowing it. This is an injustice the US government is not interested to right. It is shocking if you find the regulators protect the regulated industries at the expense of the helpless individuals. Hos 10:13, “You have plowed wickedness, you have harvested
injustice, you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because
you have trusted in your way, in your many
warriors.” In America the rich and powerful rule with injustice. American leaders and politicians want to keep power and money for themselves. They never support an election to vote for revision of the Constitution to stipulate national sovereignty lies in the hands of American citizens, with a majority (51 %) they have power to remove any office and change any national policy.
Plato said, “The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.”
Aristotle said, “No democracy can exist unless each of its citizens is as capable of outrage at injustice to another as he is of outrage at unjustice to himself.”
21. Lack of self-control
People who are lack of self-control actually do not think they are fools, they think they are smart and can get away with it.
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our behaviour. Only God knows your thoughts. Your private thoughts no matter how evil, if it does not translate into an act won’t bother anyone.
Benjamin Franklin said, “Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.”
Thomas a Kempis said, “No conflict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself.”
Herbert Spencer said, “The most important attribute of man as a moral being is the faculty of self–control.”
Napoleon Hill said, “It is a fact that the majority of a man’s griefs comes about through lack of self-control.”
22. Immorality
There was a famous black preacher who preached a false gospel. Black people made exception of him and made excuses to cover up his sins, but he was an FBI certified immoral person. Immorality disqualifies any preacher. An immoral person is more than a fool, he is moral trash and garbage of any community.
Jane Addams said, “The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.
An American leader committed well-known immorality instead of repenting of his sins, he blamed Christians for their so much hatred.
Theodore Roosevelt although dead yet he speaks, “There are those who believe that a new modernity demands a new morality. What they fail to consider is the harsh reality that there is no such thing as a new morality. There is only one morality . All else is immorality.”
Sad is the new morality of America.
23. Accidents
A drunkard who drives and kills people is no accident. An evil drug company that manufactures wrong drug or vaccine to harm and kill people for profit is no accident. There are many things which appear like accidents are actually not accidents because they are caused by irresponsible parties.
China is beginning to build a socialist nation with high quality of life. Western leaders and politicians and mass media are frightened, busy and actively attacking China with fake news and false accusations laughable. China has had so many spectacular successes in many fields and fronts, I have no doubt that China is able to build a society of great quality of life before any Western nation could even dream of.
To build a good society is no result of accidents.
Pablo Picasso said, “I don’t believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.”
24. Babbling
Babbling is the fool who talks too much meaninglessly.
My nephew used to make fun of a Chinese professor who always began to say something with the words, “I think…” He never seemed to know what he was talking.
Pro 9:13, “A woman of foolishness is boisterous,
She has a lack of understanding and knows
nothing.”
Pro 21:9, “It is better to live on a corner of a roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.”
Pro 21:19, “It is better to live in a desert land
Than with a contentious and irritating woman.”
Pro 25:24, “It is better to live on a corner of the roof,
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.”
Pro 27:15, “A constant dripping on a day of steady rain and a contentious woman are alike.”
These are not sexist statements. King Solomon had intimate knowledge of a great number of women.
1Ki 11:1-10, “Now King Solomon loved many foreign
women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,
from the nations of which the LORD had said to the sons of Israel, “You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you; they will certainly turn your heart away to follow their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.
He had seven hundred wives, who were princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned
his heart away. For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away to follow other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of his father David had been. For Solomon became a follower of Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and of Milcom the abhorrent idol of the Ammonites.
So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not follow the LORD fully, as his father David had done. Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abhorrent idol of Moab, on the mountain that is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abhorrent idol of the sons of Ammon. He also did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
Now the LORD was angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice, and had commanded him regarding this thing, that he was not to follow other gods; but he did not comply with what
the LORD had commanded.”
You see even Solomon with all his wisdom, his foreign wives turned his heart away to follow other gods. The influence and seduction of women succumb even the wise Solomon. Women can turn men who loved them into fools. Solomon was not like his father David who kept God’s commandments and followed the Lord with all his heart, to do only that which was right in His sight; — son not like the father.
25. Illusion
Illusion is something unreal taken by fools as real. People who have illusion usually have also delusion.
For example, Europeans have illusion in believing joining EU and NATO they will have national security. Not knowing by joining NATO they would be first subject to nuclear attack. They are joining the death camp. False beliefs are also illusions.
Europe and America have an illusion that they are Christian nations. There are pleasures in believing an illusion where truth is painful.
Friedrich Nietzsche said, “Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.”
Having lived an advanced age, I realize what Emerson said is true.
Worldly human existence is illusory.
Mahatma Gandhi said, “God alone is truth, everything else is transitory and illusory.”
It is too much and I am embarrassed to say to American and European leaders and politicians, “Wake up!” As an American citizen, it is my duty to be concerned about the future of America. As a servant of God, it is my duty to warn world leaders and politicians of the judgment to come.
Zec 10:2, “For the household idols speak deception,
And the diviners see an illusion
And tell deceitful dreams;
They comfort in vain.
Therefore the people wander like sheep,
They are wretched because there is no shepherd.”
Let me tell the truth: Americans are wretched because there is no leader. The world is also wretched because there are many false leaders.
Although I do not know Paul Watzlawick, I agree with what he said, “The belief that one’s own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous of all delusions.”
John Steinbeck said, “I suppose our capacity for self-delusion is boundless.”
I completely concur with George Muller who said, “The Spirit and the Word must be combined. If I look to the Spirit alone without the Word, I lay myself open to great delusions also. If the Holy Ghost guides us at all, He will do it according to the Scriptures and never contrary to them.”
I also completely concur with the great Martin Luther who said, “From the beginning of my Reformation I have asked God to send me neither dreams, nor visions, nor angels, but to give me the right understanding of His Word, the Holy Scriptures; for as long as I have God’s Word, I know that I am walking in His way and that I shall not fall into any error or delusion.”
I think the greatest danger or delusion today is cherished and espoused firmly by American end European leaders and politicians. They believe they are exceptional and they have been appointed by God to rule the world. They believe they are blessed by God because they deserve to be blessed.
26. Irresponsibility
Irresponsibility not only makes fools, it also makes immoral persons. Irresponsibility is the general term that applies to many categories of fools. An irresponsible doctor commits malpractice which may harm or kill patients. An irresponsible teacher ruins the future of his students. An irresponsible bus driver may take a whole load of tourists down to the valley of death. I have never read the study of the consequences of irresponsible parents, because it is a longitudinal study from childhood to adulthood that deters researchers from engaging in such a project. We have a few historical cases such as the virtues of Mencius’ mother undoubtedly contributed to the positive results of making Mencius a good man and a great philosopher. Next to salvation, I am forever grateful to God for giving me such a wonderful mother, whose godly influence lasts a lifetime. You never meet a bad and wicked person who is responsible.
Among the irresponsible persons, dog owners are the most disgusting. They plainly practice the immoral principle: What they do not want they give it to others. Dog owners do not want their dogs to urinate and defecate at home, so they walk their dogs to urinate and defecate in public places. They are not only most disgusting, they are also shameless. Smart cities and responsive governments must establish laws to severely punish the shameless polluters of the environment.
There is no such a thing like a responsible criminal, a responsible robber, rapist, and terrorist. Someone said, “There are two reasons why people fail. One is irresponsibility. The second is fear.” I agree that irresponsibility is the first reason that many fail. I don’t agree with the second reason of fear. Hitler was the German leader who was irresponsible in killing 6 million Jews. Hitler had no fear of God or men.
America is practicing an era of organized irresponsibility. Can you tell who is responsible for the largest national debts exceeding $31 trillions? Who is responsible for waste of lives and money in unjust foreign wars for so many years? Who is responsible for the two parties which betray American interest? Who is responsible for the federal bureaucracy which is costly and self-serving? Who is responsible for inflation, high crime, injustice, and invasion of illegal migrants? Who is responsible for the most costly and fraudulent and organized crime healthcare system in the world which enriches corrupt doctors and hospital owners with indemnity? Who is responsible for continuously practicing the phony democracy of elections without removing bad leaders and changing the wrong national policies?
William Temple said, “A man’s wisdom is his best friend; folly, his worst enemy.”
The point is depending whether you have wisdom or folly.
Can a mistake be considered folly?
Is there a difference between a folly that injures the public and a folly which is self-inflicted?
Henry Fielding said, “There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love.”
Are natural infirmities counted as follies?
Who is responsible for the folly of one age or generation?
Is political folly of the leader be blamed on the nation?
Richard Whately said, “It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.” I have discovered, The first step of morality is responsibility.
II. WHAT CONSTITUTES A FOOL.
In the sight of God, who is the greatest fool?
Psa 14:1, “For the music director. A Psalm of David.
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed detestable
acts; there is no one who does good.”
An atheist is the greatest fool of all fools.
The folly of all follies is the fool who has said in his heart, “There is no God.” It is like a blind man who shouted in the day that there is no existence of the Sun because he cannot see it. A man who denies the existence of God must also deny the creation of God;
deny truth, beauty, righteousness, holiness, love, light, goodness, morality and justice.
I completely concur with R. C. Sproul who said, “As the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness.”
Another fool said, “The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses.”
Psa 14:2, “The LORD has looked down from Heaven upon the sons of mankind to see if there
are any who understand, who seek God.”
Psa 25:2-6, “My God, in You I trust,
Do not let me be ashamed;
Do not let my enemies rejoice over me.
Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed; those who deal treacherously without
cause will be ashamed.
Make me know Your ways, LORD;
Teach me Your paths.
Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
For You I wait all the day.
Remember, LORD, Your compassion and Your faithfulness, for they have been from of old.”
Heb 2:3-4, “how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard, God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, and by various miracles
and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will.”
Jde 1:24-25, “Now to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority before all time and now
and forever. Amen.”
Isaac Newton said, “Atheism is so senseless & odious to mankind that it never had many professors.”
III. HOW DOES THE FOOL DO.
No one knows the fool like the Lord Jesus Christ. Because He knows all men.
Mat 7:24-29, “Therefore, everyone who hears
these Words of Mine, and acts on them, will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and its collapse was great.” When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching;
for He was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.”
Jesus Christ defines everyone who hears the Words of Jesus and acts on them is a wise man. And everyone who hears the Words of Jesus and does not act on them is a foolish man.
Dale Carnegie said, “Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.”
Lord Byron said, “Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.”
Lord Acton said, “A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.”
Ecc 2:14, “The wise person’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that one and the same fate happens to both of them.”
The fool walks in darkness. The whole West walks in darkness but Westerners do not know.
Job 12:25, “They grope in darkness with no light,
And He makes them stagger like a drunken person.”
The Scripture cited above describe how the fool walks in darkness.
Psa 82:5, “They do not know nor do they understand;
They walk around in darkness;
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.”
American and European leaders and politicians do not know nor do they understand; they walk around in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Pro 2:13, “From those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness.”
America and Europe leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness.
Pro 4:19, “The way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know over what they stumble.”
Ecc 2:13, “Then I saw that wisdom surpasses
foolishness as light surpasses darkness.”
Isa 5:20, “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!”
Woe to American and European leaders and politicians and mass media who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet of bitter. Woe to those who call phony democracy good, and good evil; who substitute injustice for sweet and justice for bitter.
Mat 6:23, “But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!”
Mat 22:13, “Then the king said to the servants, ‘Tie his hands and feet, and throw him into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place.’”
The Bible calls Hell the outer darkness.
Mat 25:30, “And throw the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.”
Jhn 1:5, “And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp it.”
Jesus Christ is the Light of the world who shine in the darkness.
Jhn 3:19, “And this is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and people loved
the darkness rather than the Light; for their deeds
were evil.”
Can anyone reason and debate whether Western leaders and politicians and Western media do not love darkness rather than the Light and their deeds are not evil?
Jhn 8:12, “Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I AM the Light of the world; the one who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”
Is it not clear as the day that Western leaders and politicians and Western media do not follow Jesus Christ but walk in darkness?
Jhn 12:46, “I have come as Light into the world, so that no one who believes in Me will remain in
darkness.”
If Western leaders and politicians and Western media believe in Jesus Christ, they will not remain in darkness. No one can dispute that.
Act 26:18, “to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’”
It is my hope and prayer that Western leaders and politicians and Western media may open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may
receive forgiveness of their sins.
2Co 4:6, “For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.”
Eph 5:11, “Do not participate in the useless deeds
of darkness, but instead even expose them.”
In obeying the Word of God I expose the useless deeds of darkness of Western leaders and politicians and Western media.
Eph 6:12, “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly
places.”
Are you surprised how much the Scriptures talk about darkness, do you now see the Light shining in darkness?
IV. WHAT A FOOL DOES
1. A fool does not delight in understanding.
Pro 18:2, “A fool does not delight in understanding,
But in revealing his own mind.”
2. A babbling fool will come to ruin.
Pro 10:10, “He who winks the eye causes trouble,
And a babbling fool will come to ruin.”
3. A fool spreads slander.
Pro 10:18, “One who conceals hatred has lying lips,
And one who spreads slander is a fool.”
4. A fool is doing wickedness like sport.
Pro 10:23, “Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool,
And so is wisdom to a person of understanding.
The Word of God hits the nail in the head. For the fool, doing wickedness is like sport.
5. The way of a fool is right in his own eyes.
Pro 12:15, “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
But a person who listens to advice is wise.”
6. A fool displays foolishness.
Pro 13:16, “Every prudent person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays foolishness.”
7. A fool is arrogant and careless.
Pro 14:16, “A wise person is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is arrogant and careless.”
Have you ever met a fool which is not arrogant and careless?
8. A fool rejects his father’s discipline.
Pro 15:5, “A fool rejects his father’s discipline,
But he who complies with rebuke is sensible.”
9. A fool has no sense.
Pro 17:16, “Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, when he has no sense?”
10. The eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
Pro 17:24, “Wisdom is in the presence of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.”
That is exactly the description of a bad leader in Ukraine, he sees victory over Russia, he cannot see destruction in Ukraine. Since he has victory, why does he need any international help to rebuild his country anyway?
11. A fool is perverse in speech.
Pro 19:1, “Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than a person who is perverse in speech and is a fool.”
12. Any fool will quarrel.
Pro 20:3, “Avoiding strife is an honor for a person,
But any fool will quarrel.”
13. A fool repeats his foolishness like a dog that returns to its vomit.
Pro 26:11, “Like a dog that returns to its vomit,
So is a fool who repeats his foolishness.”
14. The provocation of a fool is heavier than a stone and weightier than the sand.
Pro 27:3, “A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.”
15. A fool is one who trusts in his own heart.
Pro 28:26, “One who trusts in his own heart is a fool,
But one who walks wisely will flee to safety.”
16. A fool always loses his temper.
Pro 29:11, “A fool always loses his temper,
But a wise person holds it back.”
17. The fool walks in darkness.
Ecc 2:14, “The wise person’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that one and the same fate happens to both of them.”
The worst and most characterizes a fool is that he walks in darkness. Don’t you think all these years the Western leaders and politicians are walking in darkness?
18. The fool folds his hands and consume his own flesh.
Ecc 4:5, “The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.”
Are these not the accurate description of many corrupt leaders and politicians of underdeveloped and unproductive countries who are overpopulated and underachieved in the world but always ask international community for humanitarian aid?
19. The fool’s sense is lacking and he demonstrates to everyone that he is a foo.
Ecc 10:3, “Even when the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he demonstrates to everyone that he is a fool.”
20. The lips of a fool consume him.
Ecc 10:12, “Words from the mouth of a wise person
are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him.”
21. The fool multiplies words.
Ecc 10:14, “Yet the fool multiplies words. No person knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?”
22. A fool speaks nonsense.
Isa 32:6, “For a fool speaks nonsense,
And his heart inclines toward wickedness:
To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the LORD,
To keep the hungry person unsatisfied
And to withhold drink from the thirsty.”
23. Honor is not fitting for a fool.
Pro 26:1, “Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.”
24. Making an unjust fortune will be a fool in the end.
Jer 17:11, “As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid, So is a person who makes a fortune, but unjustly; in the middle of his days it will abandon him, and in the end he will be a fool.”
25. There is more hope for a fool than for a person wise in his own eyes.
Pro 26:12, “Do you see a person wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.”
26. Give honor to a fool is like one who binds a stone in a sling.
Pro 26:8, “Like one who binds a stone in a sling,
So is one who gives honor to a fool.”
27. To hire a fool is like an archer who wounds everyone.
Pro 26:10, “Like an archer who wounds everyone,
So is one who hires a fool or hires those who pass by.”
28. Answer a fool as his foolishness deserves.
Pro 26:5, “Answer a fool as his foolishness deserves,
So that he will not be wise in his own eyes.”
29. Even a fool is considered wise when he keeps silent.
Pro 17:28, “Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is
considered prudent.”
30. The father of a fool has no joy.
Pro 17:21, “He who fathers a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.”
Euripides said, “Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
V. INDIVIDUALS PLAY THE FOOL.
Play the fool means to behave in a silly or foolish way. Play the fool is not a play because it has bad consequences.
Mary Wortley Montagu said, “People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.”
Pro 30:32, “If you play the fool and exalt yourself, or if you plan evil, clap your hand over your mouth!”
1Sa 26:21, “Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will not harm you again since my life was precious in your sight this day. Behold, I have played the fool and have made a very great
mistake.”
Whenever I read the historical account of King Saul, I always feel sorry for his son Jonathan. Jonathan was a handsome, courageous and good young man.
2Sa 1:17-27, “Then David sang this song of mourning
over Saul and his son Jonathan, and he told them to teach the sons of Judah the mourning song of the bow; behold, it is written in the Book of Jashar.
“Your beauty, Israel, is slaughtered on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!
“Tell it not in Gath, proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice, the daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate. “Mountains of Gilboa, May there be no
dew nor rain on you, or fields of offerings!
For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,
The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
From the blood of those slaughtered, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back,
And the sword of Saul did not return unstained.
Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life,
And in their deaths they were not separated;
they were swifter than eagles, they were mightier
than lions. Daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,
who clothed you in scarlet, with jewelry, who put
gold jewelry on your apparel. How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle!
Jonathan is slaughtered on your high places.
I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
You have been a close friend to me.
Your love for me was more wonderful than the love of women.
How the mighty have fallen,
And the weapons of war have perished!”
Jonathan was a good man who had a bad father. Like it or not, your destiny is tied up with members of your family.
WHAT ACTIVITIES MAY RUIN ONE’S BODY.
A. SMOKING
B. DRINKING
C. HARD DRUG
D. SEXUAL IMMORALITY
E. BAD DIET
F. LACK OF SLEEP
G. LACK OF DISCIPLINE
WHAT ACTIVITIES MAY RUIN ONE’S CHARACTER.
1. Bad association.
2. Smoking.
3. Drinking.
4. Hard drug.
5. Sexual immorality.
Rom 1:27, “and likewise the men, too, abandoned
natural relations with women and burned in their desire toward one another, males with males
committing shameful acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.”
6. Greed.
7. Lack of integrity.
8. Bad habits.
9. Bad debt.
10. Gambling.
11. Shameful activity.
12. Undependable.
13. Disloyal.
14. Bad reputation.
15. Temper.
1Ti 6:9-10, “But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced
themselves with many griefs.”
WHAT ACTIVITIES MAY RUIN ONE’S CAREER.
1. Laziness.
2. Neglect of duty.
3. Shameful activity.
4. Incompetence.
5. Insubordination.
6. Negligence.
7. Tardiness.
8. Carelessness.
9. Bad dress.
10. Bad image.
WHAT ACTIVITIES MAY RUIN ONE’S FINANCE.
1. Spendthrift.
2. Gambling.
3. Charging credit too much.
4. Borrowing.
5. Late payment.
6. Debt.
7. Buying what one cannot afford.
8. Love of luxury.
Once on TV a fallen from grace female Pentecostal preacher was interviewed on TV, she said she loved expensive things without a contrite heart, as if because she preached the prosperity gospel and so she was entitled to have expensive things. There are preachers in America who considered Christian offerings their own money.
An individual can play the fool by practicing what one cannot afford.
Once I asked my students, given the facts:
IF I HAVE $50,000 IN MY BANK Account. Mercedes-Benz A-Class is enjoyable to drive and has a first-rate interior, but it’s not as roomy or comfortable as some other luxur… »
$35,950 MSRP
My not financed-savvy students all agreed I could afford it. They had simple-minded mentality. They did not take into account of car insurance, car repairs, car maintenance, etc.
Judas the Traitor is the greatest and worst person who played the fool for time and eternity.
Jhn 6:69-71, “And we have already believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God.” Jesus answered them, “Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil.” Now He
meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot; for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray Him.”
There is a mystery here that Jesus called Judas Iscariot a devil, not a demon. I do not know why. I do not speculate. I do not transmogrify the Word of God because I fear God.
Mat 26:14-16, “Then one of the twelve, named Judas
Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What are you willing to give me to betray Him to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver. And from then on he looked for a good opportunity to betray
Jesus.”
According to https://inflationhedging.com/how-much-is-30-pieces-of-silver-worth-today/
“30 pieces of silver is worth something like $216 USD in today’s money.”
Would you sell the Lord for $216 USD?
Jhn 13:1-3, “Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that His hour had come that He would depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them
to the end. And during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him. Jesus, knowing that the Father had handed all things over to Him, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God.”
There is one important truth that many still do not know. The devil is able to put evil thought into the heart of man. The devil cannot enter the heart of a child of God because he has the Spirit of God living in him and the devil is afraid of the Spirit of God.
Mat 27:3-5, “Then when Judas, who had betrayed
Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt
remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You shall see to it yourself!” And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary
and left; and he went away and hanged himself.”
Judas really played the fool for he returned the money and acknowledged Jesus was “innocent” and hanged himself. One who plays the fool always has consequences.
Act 1:18, “(Now this man acquired a field with the price of his wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.”
It was an awful tragic end for Judas.
Should we have any pity on Judas? Never. For Jesus says, Mar 14:21, “For the Son of Man is going away just as it is written about Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.”
You know the world would be better off if the historical wicked men had not been born! In this world a lot people do not know that Juvenile record, school F record, and criminal record can ruin one’s future. Once I witnessed a White’s teenage girl shoplifting and so I stared at her as a warning but I did not report her.
WHAT ACTIVITIES MAY RUIN ONE’S SOUL?
Wickedness
Unbelief
Greed
Lust
Love the world
Jesus asks you, Mat 16:26, “For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?”
VI. COUNTRIES WHICH PLAY THE FOOL.
The following factors make any country play the fool:
1. OVERPOPULATION
2. BACKWARDNESS
3. CORRUPTION
4. CIVIL WAR
5. WAR WITH NEIGHBOR
6. UNDERDEVELOPMENT
7. LARGE NATIONAL DEBT
8. LACK OF PUBLIC HYGIENE
9. LACK OF BASIC NECESSITIES
10. LACK OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
11. LACK OF MOTIVATION
12. JOINING DEATH CAMP – NATO
I think Sweden and Finland play the fool by joining the death camp of NATO. In a nuclear war, the Europeans will first taste nuclear destruction! American leaders and politicians are guilty for incurring the largest national debt in history exceeding $31 trillions.
A small poor city cannot afford a subway system. American mismanagement cannot even build a subway in Los Angeles.
In a short period of time, China has done so much good for its own people and the world. It is tragic and sad that America and Europe are blind by prejudices and self-conceits, pretty soon the whole Asia and Africa will be indebted to China.
VII. GOD SAYS TO THE FOOL
Luk 12:16-21, “And He told them a parable, saying:
“The land of a rich man was very productive.
And he began thinking to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’
And he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down
my barns and build larger ones, and I will store all
my grain and my goods there. And I will say to
myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years to come; relax, eat, drink, and enjoy
yourself!” But God said to him, ‘You fool! This
very night your soul is demanded of you; and as for all that you have prepared, who will own it now?’
Such is the one who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich in relation to God.”
You know you can die any time. What about tonight?
Jesus is asking you,
Mar 8:36-37, “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? For what could a person give in exchange for his soul?”
Mat 23:33, “You snakes, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of Hell?”
Jesus says,
Jhn 3:16-21, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. The one who believes in Him is not judged; the one who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, so that his deeds will not be exposed. But the one who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds will be revealed as having been performed in God.”
Will you come to the Light of the world?
Heb 2:2-3, “For if the Word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every violation and act of disobedience received a just punishment, how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard.”
If you don’t, you cannot escape!
You who are rich and powerful, what if God says to you tonight, “You fool!”
IN CONCLUSION
You have learned so much from the Scriptures about the fool. I am sure you do not want to play the fool.
IF YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, GOD BECOMES YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER. IF YOU REJECT CHRIST, GOD IS YOUR JUDGE!
The choice is yours!
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August 9, 2025
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