There is another camp that causes all of us to make dumb, "What was I thinking?" decisions; and we've all been there before. I know I have in this next camp. It's called the camp of the indifferent. The book of Proverbs calls this camp, the camp of the fools. Let's go ahead and read.
Proverbs 10:23, "A fool…" Oh, this is hard here, "…finds pleasure in evil conduct…" If you're a fool, if you're making decisions in this camp, then dumb decisions, evil pleasure is just like a sport to you - an extreme sport. Fools think, "Yeah! Evil conduct! Yeah, man, party!"
The inexperienced person sees the line, says that other people are overreacting, and then just makes dumb decisions. In this camp, the indifferent, they're warned. "Hey, if you keep doing this to your spouse, do you realize what'll happen to your marriage?" They say, "I don't care." "Hey, if you keep on treating your kids like this, do you realize what'll happen to them." Still they say, "I don't care." "Hey, if you realize…" And they say, "I don't care." "If you spend your money so recklessly..." And again they say, "I don't care. I've read the warning label. I don't care. I'm going to do what I want to do." You're a fool. Foolish and indifferent.
[The verse reads] "A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct," I don't care, "but a man of understanding delights in wisdom."
Close your ears if you have a squeamish stomach for this next one. Proverbs 26:11 says, "As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly."
Now, I've seen dogs eat vomit. It's not pretty. I've got a lot of dogs, a lot of massive dogs that I talk about often. My parents, years ago, gave us a dog named Brute. Today he weighs about 160 pounds. Brute loves to camp out in our driveway and he looks like a big log. He's purebred, but he's as dumb at a stump. Here's the thing about Brute. Brute will not move when you drive in our driveway. You can honk. He has great hearing. You can ease your car up. You can even yell at him, "Brute! Get out of the way!" But he just sits there like a log. I sometimes have to physically move him. I can't pick him up, but just I can push against him to get him out of the way.
I told you awhile back that Lisa ran over him inadvertently. This dog had tire tracks on his back legs. But he just shook it off. And guess where Brute ended up. Right back in the driveway! Then, a couple of months ago, she ran over Brute again. Pastor Ed Young [http://sexperiment.me] tells us that this time he got trapped beneath her SUV. He was flailing underneath the car, so she had to run over him again to get him untangled. This time, he had tire a track over his back. I kid you not. But, he just shook it off and then drank some water. This afternoon when I come home, where do you think Brute will be? The driveway. I'll honk the horn but he won't move.
Proverbs 10:23, "A fool…" Oh, this is hard here, "…finds pleasure in evil conduct…" If you're a fool, if you're making decisions in this camp, then dumb decisions, evil pleasure is just like a sport to you - an extreme sport. Fools think, "Yeah! Evil conduct! Yeah, man, party!"
The inexperienced person sees the line, says that other people are overreacting, and then just makes dumb decisions. In this camp, the indifferent, they're warned. "Hey, if you keep doing this to your spouse, do you realize what'll happen to your marriage?" They say, "I don't care." "Hey, if you keep on treating your kids like this, do you realize what'll happen to them." Still they say, "I don't care." "Hey, if you realize…" And they say, "I don't care." "If you spend your money so recklessly..." And again they say, "I don't care. I've read the warning label. I don't care. I'm going to do what I want to do." You're a fool. Foolish and indifferent.
[The verse reads] "A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct," I don't care, "but a man of understanding delights in wisdom."
Close your ears if you have a squeamish stomach for this next one. Proverbs 26:11 says, "As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly."
Now, I've seen dogs eat vomit. It's not pretty. I've got a lot of dogs, a lot of massive dogs that I talk about often. My parents, years ago, gave us a dog named Brute. Today he weighs about 160 pounds. Brute loves to camp out in our driveway and he looks like a big log. He's purebred, but he's as dumb at a stump. Here's the thing about Brute. Brute will not move when you drive in our driveway. You can honk. He has great hearing. You can ease your car up. You can even yell at him, "Brute! Get out of the way!" But he just sits there like a log. I sometimes have to physically move him. I can't pick him up, but just I can push against him to get him out of the way.
I told you awhile back that Lisa ran over him inadvertently. This dog had tire tracks on his back legs. But he just shook it off. And guess where Brute ended up. Right back in the driveway! Then, a couple of months ago, she ran over Brute again. Pastor Ed Young [http://sexperiment.me] tells us that this time he got trapped beneath her SUV. He was flailing underneath the car, so she had to run over him again to get him untangled. This time, he had tire a track over his back. I kid you not. But, he just shook it off and then drank some water. This afternoon when I come home, where do you think Brute will be? The driveway. I'll honk the horn but he won't move.
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