by Pat Lunsford

Created on: October 10, 2009   Last Updated: October 20, 2010

In the Bible, fools are often characterized by their disbelief in God or one who lacks wisdom which is essentially the same thing. The Bible clearly lays out the way in which God intends for us to live and those of us who ignore the wisdom of God, living contrary to what the scriptures say, will ultimately end up suffering the consequences.

Those who have no fear of God go about life believing they are in control of their own destiny. When fools ignore the counsels of God, he turns them over to the wickedness of the world with all of its vices such as drugs, alcohol, and sexual immorality. (Prov. 12:15)

However, Christians also have a tendency to play the fool. We often fall from grace and thereby suffer chastisement. At the very moment where God's ordinances are ignored is where fools go wrong. "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." (Gal.6:7) Paul has said many times in his epistles what happens when we ignore what the scriptures say.

Nevertheless, as if totally void of wisdom some of us ignore the possible consequences and experiment with drugs or alcohol regardless of all the warnings given in scripture about such things. (Prov.10:8)

Substance abuse is a fool's game and one of Satan's shrewdest devices. It begins cunningly by giving the user a feeling of euphoria or control but then comes the deception. The user ends up taking the substance, not to feel good, but to keep from feeling bad. Many of us foolishly believe the devil's lies when he tells us we can handle it after God has told us to stay away from such things. Just like he told Eve in the garden of Edan, "Yea, hath God said... Ye shall not surely die."

In order to avoid the path of fools, examine their lifestyles. Those who indulge in worldly vices don't live meaningful lives and the only time they are truly happy is when indulging in their particular vice. In time it will no longer satisfy them and consequently they move on to something even worse.

The best way to avoid falling into the same trap is to avoid those who indulge in such things. "Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing." (2Cr.6:17) God isn't telling us to withdraw from society but not to be closely associated with those who practice such things.

Paul mentioned this to the Corinthians (1Cr.5:10). He said that even though we live and work around them we are not to socialize with them or participate in their worldly affairs. To do

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