Look what the Bible says in verse 9.
But avoid foolish questions.
Okay, these are the things that are not profitable, these are not benefiting our fellow man, these
are not helping anyone, edifying anyone, saving anyone.
He said avoid foolish questions.
He's saying avoid genealogies and contentions and strivings about the law, for they are
unprofitable and vain.
They are worthless, they don't matter.
Let's look at some of these things that don't matter.
Foolish questions.
Now, foolish questions, I've heard it said before, you know, the only stupid question
is the one you don't ask.
Well that's not biblical.
Because a lot of times that saying should be the only foolish question, the one that
you just asked.
You know, the Bible says that there are foolish questions.
And the Bible says that we should avoid foolish questions.
What's a foolish question?
Translation into modern English, a stupid question.
People who ask dumb questions.
People who ask questions like, can God make a rock so big that he could not pick it up?
You know, just these strange paradoxes or hey, did Adam have a belly button?
Or you know, which came first, the chicken or the egg?
You know, just this kind of navel gazing stupidity and just dumb questions and just
questioning things that don't really need to be questioned.
You know, here's a dumb question.
My dad was in his Sunday school class, somebody raised their hand and said, well when the
Bible says preach the Gospel to every creature, you know, what about dogs?
You know, every creature.
What about the animals?
Do we need to get the Gospel to the animals?
You know, that's just the kind of stupidity where you don't even want to dignify it with
an answer.
Questions like that don't even deserve to be answered, which is why the Bible says answer
not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be found to be like unto him.
So the Bible tells us avoid foolish questions and there are people who sit around doing
nothing more than just asking dumb questions and just questioning things that really don't
matter.
They don't profit.
And I think a great question was found there in James chapter 2 that we should ask ourselves
every day of our lives when it comes to the things that we read, the things that we do,
the things that we watch, the things that we spend our time on, what does it profit?
That question should be something we ask ourselves every day about everything we do.
What does it profit?
Is it vain?
Is it something that doesn't matter or is it good and profitable unto men?
That's a question that should be asked every day of our lives.
And there are so many people who waste so much of their lives on things that don't matter
and they don't ask themselves the question, what does it profit?
What's the point?
Why does it matter?