The Biggest Fool
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God … So death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned” (Romans 3:23; 5:12).
A prize was once offered in a certain village for the biggest fool that could be found in it. A diligent and thorough search was made, and a sick man who refused to tell his doctor the truth as to the symptoms of his disease was discovered. The judges were unanimous in awarding him the prize. I’m sure that, had we been there on that occasion, we would have agreed wholeheartedly with their verdict.
Such a fool as this I have never met. As a rule people are ready enough to tell the whole truth to their doctor, if by so doing he can diagnose their sickness correctly and prescribe an effective remedy.
However, I have met people who have been guilty of foolishness of a far worse character. There are thousands of soul-sick sinners who refuse altogether to acknowledge the truth about themselves. I hope that nobody reading this calendar is like that! There is a cure … “It is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul” (Leviticus 17:11).
