True Wisdom Is Crying Aloud - WHY PEOPLE REJECT TRUE WISDOM

 Many turn a deaf ear when true wisdom "cries aloud in the street."  According to the Bible, there are three groups of people who reject true wisdom: "inexperienced ones,"  "ridiculers," and "foolish ones." (Read Proverbs 1:22-25.) Let us look more closely at the traits that cause such ones to reject godly wisdom, and let us also consider how we can avoid developing those traits.

The "inexperienced ones" are those who are naïve, easily persuaded or deceived. (Proverbs 14:15.)  We often meet such ones in our  ministry.  Think, for example, of the millions who are being misled by religious or political leaders.  Some are horrified when they learn that they have been fooled by such leaders.  But those mentioned at Proverbs 1:22 choose to remain inexperienced because they like that way.  (Jeremiah 5:31) They enjoy following their inclinations and do not want to learn what the Bible says or to be held accountable to its standards.  Many feel as did one devoutly religious woman in Quebec, Canada, who said to a visiting Witness.  "If our priest has misled us, it will be his fault, not ours~" We certainly do not want to imitate those who are willfully ignorant! - PROVERBS 1:32; 27:12.

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