January 22 – Don’t Play the Fool

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in Scripture and relevant
for today, January 22nd.

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Don’t play the fool, you’ve
probably heard someone say.

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Don’t be that guy.
You know the type, the one who’s

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always stirring something up,
twisting words, playing games,

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and somehow thinking it’s funny
or harmless.

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In real life, that kind of
behavior might even get rewarded

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for a while.
People might laugh, follow, or

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hype it up, but God sees past
the act, and Proverbs chapter 6

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doesn’t sugarcoat it.
Proverbs chapter 6, verses 12 to

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15, describes a person who uses
crooked speech, subtle signals,

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and hidden intentions to stir up
trouble.

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This isn’t someone who makes an
honest mistake.

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This is someone who lives with a
divided heart, constantly sowing

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discord and assuming there will
be no consequences.

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And then Scripture gives a
warning.

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Calamity comes suddenly, not
slowly, not eventually suddenly.

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Foolish living always catches
up, even when it looks clever at

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1st.
Psalm 10, verse 13 exposes the

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mindset behind that kind of
behavior.

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It says, why does the wicked
renounce God and say in his

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heart, you will not call to
account?

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That’s the lie at the center of
foolishness, the belief that God

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doesn’t see, doesn’t care, or
won’t respond.

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But silence from God is not the
same as absence.

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God is patient, but He is not
blind.

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He sees the motives behind the
words, the intentions behind the

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actions, and the pride hiding
behind the performance.

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Then Matthew chapter 19 flips
the whole picture.

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While the disciples try to push
children away, Jesus does the

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opposite.
He says, let the little children

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come to me and do not hinder
them, for to such belongs the

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Kingdom of heaven.
Children don’t come with masks.

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They don’t come with schemes.
They come honest, dependent, and

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open.
And Jesus says that’s the

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posture that belongs in God’s
Kingdom.

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Here’s the contrast.
Foolishness says I can get away

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with this.
Wisdom says, God, I want to walk

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close to you.
Foolishness hides behind

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sarcasm, manipulation, and
drama.

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Wisdom chooses truth, humility,
and peace, even when that path

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doesn’t get applause.
God isn’t impressed by how slick

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you sound or how well you can
play the game.

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He’s drawn to a heart that’s
real.

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In a world that celebrates being
savage, shady, or self

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protective, choosing wisdom can
feel countercultural.

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But staying close to Jesus
requires honesty.

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It requires humility.
It requires refusing to stir

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what God wants to heal.
Don’t play the fool by trading

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character for attention.
Walk in wisdom.

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Walk in truth.
Stay close to Jesus and let your

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life reflect Him.
Let’s pray.

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Heavenly Father, search my heart
and show me anything that pulls

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me toward foolishness instead of
wisdom.

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Help me turn away from
dishonesty, pride, and drama and

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teach me to walk with a humble,
honest heart.

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I want the kind of faith that
draws me closer to Jesus and

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reflects Your love to others.
Shape my words, my actions and

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my motives so they honor You in
Jesus name, Amen.

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Proverbs Chapter 6 Verses 12 to

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15 World English Bible A
worthless person, a man of

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iniquity, is he who walks with a
perverse mouth, who winks with

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his eyes, who signals with his
feet, who motions with his

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fingers, in whose heart is
perverseness, who devises evil

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continually, who always sows
discord.

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Therefore his calamity will come
suddenly, he will be broken

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suddenly, and that without
remedy.

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Psalm Chapter 10 World English
Bible Why do you stand far off

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Yahweh?
Why do you hide yourself in

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times of trouble?
In arrogance the wicked hunt

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down the weak.
They are caught in the schemes

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that they devise, For the wicked
boasts of his heart’s cravings.

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He blesses the greedy and
condemns Yahweh.

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The wicked in the pride of his
face has no room in his thoughts

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for God.
His ways are prosperous at all

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times.
He is arrogant, and your laws

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are far from His sight.
As for all his adversaries, he

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sneers at them.
He says in his heart, I shall

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not be shaken for generations.
I shall have no trouble.

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His mouth is full of cursing,
deceit and oppression.

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Under his tongue is mischief and
iniquity.

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He lies in wait near the
villages from ambushes.

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He murders the innocent.
His eyes are secretly set

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against the helpless.
He lurks in secret as a lion in

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his ambush.
He lies in wait to catch the

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helpless.
He catches the helpless when he

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draws him in his net.
The helpless are crushed.

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They collapse, They fall under
his strength.

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He says in his heart, God has
forgotten.

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He hides his face.
He will never see it arise.

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Yahweh, God, lift up your hand.
Don’t forget the helpless.

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Why does the wicked person
condemn God and say in his

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heart, God won’t call me into
account, but you do see trouble

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and grief, you consider it to
take it into your hand.

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You help the victim and the
fatherless break the arm of the

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wicked.
As for the evil man, seek out

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his wickedness until you find
none.

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Yahweh is king forever and ever
the nations will perish out of

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his land.
Yahweh, you have heard the

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desire of the humble.
You will prepare their heart,

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You will cause your ear to hear,
to judge the fatherless and the

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oppressed.
That man who is of the earth may

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terrify no more.
Matthew Chapter 19 World English

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Bible When Jesus had finished
these words, he departed from

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Galilee and came into the
borders of Judea beyond the

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Jordan.
Great multitudes followed him,

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and he healed them there.
Pharisees came to him, testing

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him and saying, Is it lawful for
a man to divorce his wife for

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any reason?
He answered, Haven’t you read

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that he who made them from the
beginning made them male and

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female, and said, For this cause
a man shall leave his father and

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mother and shall be joined to
his wife, and the two shall

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become one flesh, so that they
are no more 2 but one flesh.

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What therefore God has joined
together?

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Don’t let man tear apart.
They asked him, Why then did

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Moses command us to give her a
certificate of divorce and

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divorce her?
He said to them, Moses, because

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of the hardness of your hearts,
allowed you to divorce your

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wives, but from the beginning it
has not been so.

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I tell you that whoever divorces
his wife, except for sexual

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immorality, and marries another,
commits adultery, and he who

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marries her when she is divorced
commits adultery.

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His disciples said to him, If
this is the case of the man with

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his wife, it is not expedient to
Mary.

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But he said to them, Not all men
can receive this saying, but

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those to whom it is given.
For there are eunuchs who were

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born that way from their
mother’s womb, and there are

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eunuchs who were made eunuchs by
men, and there are eunuchs who

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made themselves eunuchs for the
Kingdom.

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Of heaven’s sake, he who is able
to receive it, let him receive

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it.
Then little children were

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brought to him, that he should
lay his hands on them and pray.

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And the disciples rebuked them.
But Jesus said, Allow the little

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children, and don’t forbid them
to come to me, for the Kingdom

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of heaven belongs to ones like
these.

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He laid his hands on them and
departed from there.

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Behold, one came to him and
said, Good teacher, what good

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thing shall I do that I may have
eternal life?

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He said to him, Why do you call
me good?

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No one is good but one.
That is God.

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But if you want to enter into
life, keep the commandments.

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He said to him, Which ones?
Jesus said, You shall not

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murder, you shall not commit
adultery, you shall not steal,

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you shall not offer false
testimony.

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Honor your Father and your
mother, and you shall love your

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neighbor as yourself.
The young man said to him, All

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these things I have observed
from my youth, what do I still

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lack?
Jesus said to him, If you want

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to be perfect, go sell what you
have and give to the poor, and

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you will have treasure in
heaven, and come follow me.

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But when the young man heard
this, he went away sad, for he

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was one who had great
possessions.

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Jesus said to his disciples,
Most certainly, I say to you, a

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rich man will enter into the
Kingdom of heaven with

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difficulty.
Again, I tell you, it is easier

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for a camel to go through a
needle’s eye than for a rich man

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to enter into God’s Kingdom.
When the disciples heard it,

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they were exceedingly
astonished, saying, Who then can

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be saved?
Looking at them, Jesus said,

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With men this is impossible, but
with God all things are

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possible.
Then Peter answered, Behold, we

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have left everything and
followed you.

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What then will we have?
Jesus said to them?

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Most certainly.
I tell you that you who have

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followed me in the regeneration,
when the Son of Man will sit on

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the throne of his glory, you
also will sit on 12 Thrones

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judging the 12 tribes of Israel.
Everyone who has left houses or

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brothers or sisters or father or
mother or wife or children or

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lands, for my name’s sake, will
receive 100 times and will

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inherit eternal life.
But many will be last.

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Who are first and first who are
last?

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