BBD 05.12.05 Imprudence Avoidance

#1 · May 12, 2005, 1:18 pm

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05.12.05

Imprudence Avoidance

Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly. -
Proverbs 13:16.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called
in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in
all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever
you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks
to God the Father through Him. - Colossians 3:15-17.

Three high school students in Arkansas got into a little trouble when they
used a homemade stun gun on some fellow students. One student was able to
find directions for making a stun gun on the Internet, and actually made
one - then he brought it to school. The stun gun maker and four others then
began shocking fellow students at an awards assembly. Apparently no injuries
were sustained (other than severe shock!) and no one needed medical
attention. The students using the homemade stun gun have been given short
suspensions.

I once had a client while I was a probation and parole officer who was 18
years old but the judge was still allowing him to attend high school. I
received a call one day that my client had shot another student in the head
during a break in classes. Thankfully, it was only a blank gun that he used
to shoot the other student. However, when you hold a blank gun six inches
from someone's face and pull the trigger you can expect there to be a little
damage. It was not a severe injury but definitely scary for the student
involved and everyone who witnessed it. The judge gave my client one more
chance and moved him to another school.

The Amplified Bible translates Proverbs 13:16 as "Every prudent man deals
with knowledge, but a [self-confident] fool exposes and flaunts his folly."
It should have been obvious to the five students at the high school in
Arkansas that using a homemade stun gun on other students could cause
problems. They had the necessary knowledge through 16 years of life to know
this very evident fact. What happened? They ignored the knowledge they had,
the wisdom they had and did what they wanted to do. It should have been
obvious to my client that threatening or pointing any type of gun, blank or
otherwise, at anyone would cause problems. There should have been no doubt
in his mind that actually firing a blank gun in a hallway filled with
students into the face of another student would cause mass panic. What
happened? He ignored the information he had obtained over 18 years of his
life and did what he wanted to do. The result was not much fun for him or
anyone else involved.

Both of these incidents with the homemade stun gun and the blank gun are
examples of people acting as fools. They had no concern for anyone but
themselves - as a result, they did cause harm to others and exposed
themselves as fools. Their actions were in direct opposition to the
recommendation of the apostle Paul when he tells the Colossians, "let the
peace of God rule in your hearts"; "let the word of Christ dwell in you
richly in all wisdom"; and, "whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the
name of the Lord Jesus." These young men obviously were not letting "the
peace of God rule" in their hearts, or letting "the word of Christ dwell" in
them "richly in all wisdom," and they were not acting in "the name of the
Lord Jesus."

Avoid being exposed as a fool and instead fill your heart and life with the
wisdom of God through His Word. Then, you will find yourself able to "do all
in the name of the Lord Jesus."

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Posted by: wrather <wrather@...>

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05.12.05

Imprudence Avoidance

Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly. -
Proverbs 13:16.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called
in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in
all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever
you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks
to God the Father through Him. - Colossians 3:15-17.

Three high school students in Arkansas got into a little trouble when they
used a homemade stun gun on some fellow students. One student was able to
find directions for making a stun gun on the Internet, and actually made
one - then he brought it to school. The stun gun maker and four others then
began shocking fellow students at an awards assembly. Apparently no injuries
were sustained (other than severe shock!) and no one needed medical
attention. The students using the homemade stun gun have been given short
suspensions.

I once had a client while I was a probation and parole officer who was 18
years old but the judge was still allowing him to attend high school. I
received a call one day that my client had shot another student in the head
during a break in classes. Thankfully, it was only a blank gun that he used
to shoot the other student. However, when you hold a blank gun six inches
from someone's face and pull the trigger you can expect there to be a little
damage. It was not a severe injury but definitely scary for the student
involved and everyone who witnessed it. The judge gave my client one more
chance and moved him to another school.

The Amplified Bible translates Proverbs 13:16 as "Every prudent man deals
with knowledge, but a [self-confident] fool exposes and flaunts his folly."
It should have been obvious to the five students at the high school in
Arkansas that using a homemade stun gun on other students could cause
problems. They had the necessary knowledge through 16 years of life to know
this very evident fact. What happened? They ignored the knowledge they had,
the wisdom they had and did what they wanted to do. It should have been
obvious to my client that threatening or pointing any type of gun, blank or
otherwise, at anyone would cause problems. There should have been no doubt
in his mind that actually firing a blank gun in a hallway filled with
students into the face of another student would cause mass panic. What
happened? He ignored the information he had obtained over 18 years of his
life and did what he wanted to do. The result was not much fun for him or
anyone else involved.

Both of these incidents with the homemade stun gun and the blank gun are
examples of people acting as fools. They had no concern for anyone but
themselves - as a result, they did cause harm to others and exposed
themselves as fools. Their actions were in direct opposition to the
recommendation of the apostle Paul when he tells the Colossians, "let the
peace of God rule in your hearts"; "let the word of Christ dwell in you
richly in all wisdom"; and, "whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the
name of the Lord Jesus." These young men obviously were not letting "the
peace of God rule" in their hearts, or letting "the word of Christ dwell" in
them "richly in all wisdom," and they were not acting in "the name of the
Lord Jesus."

Avoid being exposed as a fool and instead fill your heart and life with the
wisdom of God through His Word. Then, you will find yourself able to "do all
in the name of the Lord Jesus."

Copyright © 2005. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has
been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the
Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.

The Crossmap Christian Search and Portal is a wonderful resource. I would
like to encourage you to visit this great site at http://www.crossmap.com. Crossmap
has recently added the Burning Bush Devotionals to their site. You may visit
Crossmap's sister website, the online version of the Christian Post at
http://www.christianpost.com.

If you have a Christian website you are invited to add the link to my free
links at the Burning Bush website. The Bravenet free links is near the
bottom of the front page http://www.theburningbush.org.

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may
subscribe by sending a blank email to
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Streaming Videos of our services including my sermons are posted at:
http://www.theburningbush.org/fbcswvideo.html

There is now a webpage available at associate.com where the devotionals are
archived associate.com/groups/burningbushdevo. There is a complete
archive at the Burning Bush website and the address for the archive is
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