Makes Fools Of Judges

Job 12:14-19 – What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; those he imprisons cannot be released. If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land. To him belong strength and insight; both deceived and deceiver are his. He leads rulers away stripped and makes fools of judges. He takes off the shackles put on by kings and ties a loincloth around their waist. He leads priests away stripped and overthrows officials long established.

1 Corinthians 1:20 – Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

Psalm 107:40 – Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow; he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.

Isaiah 2:22 – Stop trusting in mere humans, who have but a breath in their nostrils. Why hold them in esteem?

Application:

• ·         All humanly devised philosophical and ideological systems end in meaninglessness because they have a wrong concept of God and His revelation.
• ·         In their prosperity the people, led by their nobles, grow proud and turn their backs on the God who has blessed them, so He returns them to the desert.
• ·         The Messiah alone is worthy of the esteem wrongly given to frail leaders.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV