What is a fool good for?
Let me show you what a fool is good for. Okay. It says in verse 21 of Proverbs 7 with her much fair speech
He caused him to yield with flattering with the flattering of her lips. She forced him
He goeth after her straight way as an ox goeth to the slaughter
Look what it says here or as a fool
To the correction of the stocks the correction of the stocks is another way of saying is is to be arrested if you think of
Stocks that are placed on the feet so they don't move, you know
These are people who are often put on public display as a public example to everyone else
So what is what's something that we can learn from the fool? Well anything
All you have to do is look upon the fool and learn from him
They're like a person who is in the correction of the stocks. They're not necessarily meant to be discipled
They're not meant to be invested in they're not meant to be dealt with or have companionship with they're actually meant to just be observed
And learn from them you understand as a person who is in the correction of the stocks
Go to Proverbs chapter 26 go back to Proverbs 26 if you would
I'm gonna reach you from Proverbs 19 verse 29. It says judgments are prepared for scorners and
Stripes for the back of fools stripes means a whipping a beating
it says that the stripes are prepared for the backs of fools Proverbs 26 verse 3 says a whip for the horse a
Bridal for the ass and a rod for the fool's back
That's some pretty strong language there
So it's comparing the fool to the ass and to the horse which are both animals
You know an animal someone who you whip you you know you got a discipline
They don't necessarily have human judgment and God places a fool on the same level as an animal sometimes
Because sometimes they just don't listen most of the time fools don't listen, okay?
So the best thing you can do with the fool is learn from them don't try to convert them
Don't try to argue with them. You know answer not a fool according to his folly
Let's all be like also like unto him the Bible tells us
You know all you're gonna gain when you argue with the fool. It's just frustration
You're gonna get angry you're gonna grow frustrated. You're just gonna be upset
you're gonna you know you're gonna be stressed out the best thing to do is to observe them from afar and
Recognize that this person undermines God's Word doesn't want to know what God's Word says therefore. It's not worth
engaging with them you understand