What Kind Of Fool Are You?

With no running water, no electricity, etc. one night, Mikes' wife begins to deliver a baby.

The local doctor is there in attendance.

Mike said, "What d'ya want me to do, Doctor?"

"Hold the lantern, Mike. Here it comes!"

The doctor delivers the child and holds it up for the proud father to see. The doctor said, "Mike, you're the proud father of a fine strapping boy."

But before he could get the words out of his mouth, he said, "Wait a minute. Hold the lantern, Mike." Soon the doctor delivers the next child. "You've a full set now, Mike. A beautiful baby daughter."

Again the Doctor cuts in, "Hold the lantern, Mike, Hold the lantern!" Soon the Doctor delivers a third child.

The doctor holds up the baby for Mike's inspection. But Mike is amazed and he says to the doctor, "Do you think it's the light that's attracting them?"

People have SAID and DONE some very foolish things!!!

Illus: These Hollywood actors and actresses are known for doing dumb things.

For example, remember when Jane Fonda during the Vietnam war went to the enemy side and got into one of the enemy’s tank aimed at our American troop and said some disgusting things.

This is when she earned the name of ‘Hanoi Jane’ thanks to her radio broadcasts, which attempted to shame American troops.

She later apolized for getting into the tank but said she did not apologized for what she said. THAT WAS A DUMB THING TO DO!!!

That is, there has been times when some of us have talked some very foolish things we did in the past, especially in our youth.

When we start thinking about these things it is hard to believe for us to believe that we could have been so foolish!!!

For example, we have SAID THING AND DONE and afterward we asked ourselves, “WHAT WAS I THINKING OF WHEN I DID SUCH A FOOLISH THING?”

We did these things because we were not thinking at all. If we were, we would not have done them.

Illus: When it comes to THINKING, have you noticed that women are very curious by nature what men are thinking?

For example, you will be sitting in a restaurant eating a plate full of spaghetti, and your wife will say to you, "What are you thinking about?"

Now immediately every man knows this is a very important question and he had better answer it right if he wants to finish his meal. He certainly better not say, “I was thinking about that pretty red head over there!”

To him, the answer should be obvious to her. He is eating spaghetti and he is concentrating as hard as he can on how he can wrap that spaghetti around his fork without getting it all over his suit and tie!

Everyone of us have SAID THINGS and DONE THINGS if we thought it through we never would have done it or said it.

We have all SAID THINGS and DONE THINGS that was very foolish.

But did you know the Bible tells us there are two kinds of fools. For example, some are-

I. SATAN’S FOOLS

Look at Psalms 14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God…”

There are foolish people who will walk around saying, “There IS NO GOD!” Those who make these statements are the dumbest people on the face of the earth.

In fact, God’s Word tells us they are fools.

Notice the word “Said”. That is, there are folks who are so foolish to say THERE IS NO GOD!”

There are some folks you do not know how dumb they are until they start talking. But after they start talking they remove all doubt about their foolishness.

Listen, there are a lot of dumb people, but the dumbest person on this earth is the person who lives on this earth and says to himself and to others, “There is no God!”

Here they standing on God’s Creation and declaring publicly THERE IS NO GOD!

Illus: Anyone know if there is a watch, there has to be a watch maker, but they will not acknowledge there is God the Creator!!!

There are TWO KINDS OF ATHEISTS that the Bible says are FOOLS!

(A) THE MOUTH FOOL (THE PROFESSING ATHEIST)

People have DONE some very foolish things with their lives, but most of all they have SAID some dumb things. People’s mouths have gotten them in trouble more than anything else.

For example, remember when…

• The “Dixie Chicks” made unpatriotic remarks in a foreign country and it has cost them greatly AND HAD HUNDREDS OF DEATH THREATS.

• Trent Lott made some racial slurs at Senator Strong Thurmond’s retirement party, and he paid for those remarks dearly in the political world.