PSALM CHAPTER 53

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~~ The Fools And Their Fall. ~~

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"For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient,
deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice
and envy, hateful, and hating one another." —Titus 3:3

1. THE EPITOME OF A FOOL DENIES GOD.    V. 1.
   A. THAT IS NOT THE ONLY CHARACTERISTIC OF A FOOL.
        —HE ARGUES, AND HAS A FALSE CONFIDENCE. PROV. 14:16.
        —HE REFUSES CORRECTION (INSISTING HE IS RIGHT ALL
             ALONG, ANYWAY). PROV. 10:8, PROV. 12:15, PROV 15:5.
        —HE HIDES HIS HATRED WITH LIES. PROV. 10:18.
        —HE ALWAYS JUMPS TO ANOTHER PROJECT IN THE WORLD
             RATHER THAN LEARN WHAT IS AT HAND. PROV. 17:24.
        —HE IS PRIMARILY CONCERNED ABOUT UNDERSTANDING
             HIMSELF RATHER THAN GOD. PROV. 18:2.
        —HE DOES NOT OVERCOME HIS FOOLISHNESS. PROV. 26:11.
        —HE OVERLOOKS THE INEVITABLE. LUKE 12:20.
        —HE MOCKS AT SIN. PROV. 14:9.
   B. THEY REJECT WHAT IS EASILY SEEN. V. 1. ROMANS 1:18-20.
        —THEY OBSERVE, BUT REFUSE TO GET DEEPER AND
            COMPREHEND WHAT THEY SEE REALLY MEANS. PS. 92:5-6.
   C. THEY ARE CORRUPT IN THEIR ACTIONS. V. 1
        —THEIR MINDS SPEAK THINGS THEY DON’T COMPREHEND.
            JUDE 1:10, AND THIS RESULTS IN CORRUPT ACTIONS.
        —THEIR ACTIONS BETRAY THEIR HEARTS. LUKE 6:43.

2. GOD’S VIEW OF THE FOOL.   V. 2-3
   A. THEY ARE EVALUATED BY A HOLY GOD. TITUS 1:2, HEB. 6:18.
   B. THE VERDICT:
        —THEY ARE GONE BACK. (LIT. “BACKSLIDDEN”) JOSH. 23:12.
        —THEY ARE FILTHY. JUDE 1:8 (APOSTATES), ISAIAH 64:6.
        —NONE DOES GOOD. ROMANS 3:12.
             NOTE THE EMPHASIS OF SCRIPTURE: PS. 14:1,3, PS. 53:1,3.

3. DAVID’S AMAZEMENT AT THEIR THINKING.    V. 4.
   A. DON’T THEY KNOW ? NO EXCUSE. DEUT. 1:39. TITUS 2:11.
   B. THEY HAVEN’T CALLED UPON GOD. (GETTING THROUGH).
   C. THEY FEAR FOR NO GOOD REASON. ISAIAH 66:4.
   D. YET, GOD HAS PROVEN HIMSELF BEFORE THEM.
        ROMANS 1:19.