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Chapter 14

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The fool has said in his heart,

“There is no God.” (Psalm 14:1)

The word fool today usually means “a senseless fellow, a dullard.” However, the Bible defines a fool as a person who denies the existence of God .

The Hebrew word used for “fool” in Psalm 14:1 is “nabal” and means “foolishness” or “senseless” and indeed it is foolish not to believe that God exists.

In the New Testament, the Greek word used for “fool” is “aphrōn” which means “without reason,” “without intelligence” or “senseless” as we read in Luke 12:20 where Jesus says “Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'”

In both of these cases, it is foolish to deny the existence of God and for the one who Jesus spoke about in Luke 12, it was foolish for the rich man to deny God and at the end of life, “the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God” (Luke 12:21).

The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men,

To see if there are any who understand, who seek God. (Psalm 14:2)

Understanding comes as you seek the Lord. True understanding is ‘seeking the Lord’