"Utter Foolishness" -2

"The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good." (Psalms 36:3) Just in case you have not noticed, there are several different directions that this simulcast is coming from; not only does this deal with the sharp contrast between "The Wickedness of Man" and "The Goodness of God", but there is also the contrast between those that walk in the Spirit and those that walk in the flesh. Which brings me to the second part of this verse, dealing with the words "left off", they speak about having departed from something, as in having left off from doing that which is right and doing that which is bad. The whole point about walking in the Spirit is that we get to experience doing that which is good; those that walk in the Spirit experience the fruit of the Spirit, all of which are good things, and things that not only bring us into a closer relationship with God, but also bare fruit in our lives when it comes to relationships with others. When we leave off from walking in the Spirit, it is the result of walking in the flesh; the result of doing such is not good, and the fruit of such becomes rotten and will only lead to death. Death is such a complex issue, we seldom want to think about it, but it has many different shapes and sizes; much like the example given in the beginning, as the Serpent told Eve, "Thou shalt not surely die", his deception was not totally false, at least not in the way that Eve saw death to mean. When it comes to the life of the Believer, what I believe that death represents is regret; those that believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour have eternal life that has been given them, and eternal life cannot be taken away; however, regret is something that steals joy from our hearts, and faced with a possible eternity of remembrance, death has a shape of sorrow; fortunately for us, God will be taking care of that after about a thousand years or so, but in the time in between, I do believe we will grieve for those that we did not bring with us. "Left off to be wise" is a lot like saying, Count the cost of what you are doing, much like God told Cain in Genesis 4:7; whereas "wise" is to be prudent and to prosper by doing that which comes from understanding what is right, and "left off" is to leave that undone; mainly, what that amounts to, is to not finish well; something I hope not to say or hear when I am done; that would be utter foolishness... "For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. And why call ye Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?" (Luke 6:43-46)