The Call of Wisdom

“Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square; At the head of the noisy streets she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city, she utters her sayings: ‘How long, O naive ones, will you love simplicity? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?’” Proverbs 1:20-22

How does wisdom call?
She shouts! It’s a loud warning - It’s a public warning - It’s an authoritative warning.

Where wisdom calls -
In the square.
Head of the noisy streets.
At the entrance of the gates.

Whom does wisdom call -
The Naive - who loves simplicity.
The Scoffer - who delights in scoffing.
The Fool - who hates knowledge.

The Naive (the simple). The class of sinners who’s leading characteristic is the absence of good, rather than the positive activity of evil.

They do not blaspheme God, they just neglect His salvation.
Indifference. They go on - don’t worry about sin, judgement, heaven, or hell. They hear truth, but they just haven’t got time or care to worry about it.

The Scoffer (the resistant). They are not just passive to truth - they resist the truth!

They always have something cute to say, a sneer for the saint, a witty cut for the scripture, but why do they scoff? Because they can’t come into close contact with the Word - it’s their defense against conviction!

The Fool (the God hater). The fool know the truth and hate it.
“The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God,’ they are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; there is no one who does good.” Psalm 53:1

We face all three in our culture.