King James Daily Bible Study: Foolish Decisions
Date: Tuesday January 04, 2010
Chapters: Genesis 10-12
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Details of Today's Reading: The genealogy of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the tower of Babel, Abram, God blesses Abram and promises him the land of Canaan, Abram goes to Egypt and lies to the Pharaoh.

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We all want to succeed in life, there is nothing more satisfying than accomplishing something we worked so hard at achieving, but we have to be careful in what ways we set out to accomplish what we are trying to accomplish. We may not realize it, but the decisions we make in life not only affect us, they everyone else around us as well. Of course, we are going to make so foolish decisions once in a while, but there is a difference between being a fool and just making some foolish choices. The Bible says, “The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil. He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.” - Proverbs 13:19-21.

A fool is a person who lacks judgment or sense, tricks or deceives people, or tries to make others look foolish.

No matter who you are or what family you come from you are always going to have one black sheep in the family, a person who thinks they know everything, never wants to obey any kind of rule, and wants to deceive everyone to get ahead in life. When Ham dishonored his father he had no idea the affect it would have on future generations of his, that one foolish decision paved the way for generations of fools rebelling from the one true God and creating their own. “And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan...And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.” - Genesis 10:6,8-10.

Nimrod was a great man in his day, he began to be mighty upon the earth, he was good with his hunting, not only the wild beasts, but the affections of his neighbors, and got to be their prince. He became a mighty hunter, a violent invader of his neighbor's rights and properties. Nimrod established the first world empire and ruled it, the city was known as the city of Babel (Babylon).He thought himself a mighty prince, but before God, he was but, a fool. With Nimrod as their leader he convinced them to build a city and tower that could reach up to heaven. “And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.” - Genesis 11:3-7.

It is fitting that a man that had no interest in God would be trying to claim he was trying to reach Him. His ambition to build a tower had nothing to do with trying to reach the throne of the Almighty God, it meant that his desire was to make himself and his followers rulers of the world. God dealt with this rebellion by dividing the people into nations and giving them different languages. God does the same today by only letting the saved understand His Word. Jesus said, “And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.” - Mark 4:11,12.

Fools enjoy what they think are victories for a season, but in the end it is the wise, those who put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ that get the victory. Incidentally, you will often here God say, “Let us...” This does not mean that He is referring to other gods, God is referring Himself through the Godhead, God the Father, God the Son, who is the Word made flesh, and God the Holy Spirit. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” - John 1:1,14.

You know, before the Bible, these people did not have a book to guide them and teach them about God. Instead they had to rely totally on their faith, not knowing what the future might hold. Of course they made mistakes, but it was through those mistakes that they learned to trust only God. Shems descendents would be the lineage of the Jews, “These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:. And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.” -Genesis 11:10,26. Abram, which means exalted father, was chosen by God to become the father His people. “Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” - Genesis 12:1-3.

Abram responded to God's call and by faith gave up his country, home, and friends trusting in Him to guide the way. Of course, being blessed to be the father of a great nation did not mean that he was not going to make any foolish decisions once in a while. During a famine Abram and Sarai headed for a place where they could go for food. “And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.” - Genesis 12:10-13.

Abram not only committed sin when he hid the truth, he also exposed his wife and the Egyptians to sin. The grace Abram was most noted for, was faith, yet he fell through unbelief and distrust of the Divine, even after God had appeared to him twice. What will become of weak faith, when strong faith is shaken! If God did not deliver us so many times out of the messes we bring ourselves into, by our own sin and folly, we would be ruined. Praise God that even when we do make some foolish decisions and go to Him He is always faithful to those who just humble themselves and ask Him for forgiveness. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” - I John 1:9. When you mess up, don't be afraid, just admit it, the amazing thing about God is that He loves to fix our messes and He will as long as we ask Him for help. Praise God!

Jesus Christ Revealed: Jesus is revealed as the Promised Seed of Abram, “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.” - Galatians 3:16.

God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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