Twelve Transgressions: Avoiding Common Roadblocks on Your Journey to Christlikeness by Sergio Scataglini

Author:Sergio Scataglini
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Faith, Bible, Christian Life, Obedience, General, Spirituality, Inspirational, Sin, Christian Theology
ISBN: 9780884198734
Publisher: Charisma House
Published: 2002-08-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

The Transgression of King Saul: Allowing Foolishness to Become Sin

The thought-provoking headline on a dental care newsletter I received recently from a dentist friend of mine read: "Tooth Care or Consequences." I thought about how many people challenge this law of good dental hygiene by thinking, Maybe time will totally heal my aching tooth. So, rather than scheduling an appointment with their dentist, they wait... and wait... until late one night the pain is so intense they can postpone the call no longer.

That headline made me think of one of my own: "Soul care or consequences." If we are not willing to expose transgressions that are present in the church today, those often unseen and unrecognized, we will eventually suffer the painful consequences. That is why there are so many moral casualties. We have not been willing to confront sin. That is why there are so many well-meaning Christians who end up in spiritual disaster.

The word foolishness is described in one dictionary as "lacking or exhibiting a lack of good sense or judgment; silly." A professor at my Bible school used to say, "The essence of sin is stupidity." Let's examine how foolishness led one of the Bible's central characters into spiritual ruin.

Holiness and Foolishness Can Never Mix

We could call King Saul's transgression the sin of stupidity. No doubt both you and I have seen a few people collapsing spiritually because of a lack of passion. But we have seen many more collapse spiritually because of the lack of wisdom. There is no holiness where there is foolishness—the two will never mix. If you want to be holy, but you enjoy your foolishness, there will be a time when you are going to have to choose one or the other.

Before we look at the example of foolishness from the life of Saul, I want to show you from my own life how the principle of foolishness operates. I remember so well how I felt when I turned nineteen years of age. I was already preaching, teaching and leading in the church. I was the president of the Royal Rangers organization (a Christian group similar to Boy Scouts) in Argentina, and I felt so mature.

I was sure that it was very important that I get married soon. After all, I did not want to turn twenty or twenty-one and not be married. So, because I was a man of prayer, I began to pray for that special young lady who was to be my wife to make her appearance in my life. Since I felt some pressure to rush this step, I decided the very nice young lady whom I had met at the Bible school might be the one. After prayer I felt OK about her and thought, Well, God, You sure answered this one quickly!

We became friends and started dating almost immediately. Why wait? I had the revelation. But a few months later, I realized that I did not want this young lady to become my wife! So I began to complain to the Lord.

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