{"id":7897,"date":"2007-01-30T01:28:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-30T01:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/?post_type=eutychus-article&#038;p=7897"},"modified":"2019-11-30T01:30:05","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T01:30:05","slug":"wise-and-foolish-man","status":"publish","type":"eutychus-article","link":"https:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/eutychus-article\/wise-and-foolish-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Wise and Foolish Man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Exodus 33:22 Moses is fearful of God&#8217;s command to leave a\nplace of safety, Sinai.&nbsp; God gives Moses this assurance: \u201cI will put you\nin the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand while I pass by.\u201d\nCaves are one of God\u2019s magnificent creations and are also ones that He uses as\na symbol of safety and protection. Could anything harm you if God\u2019s hand\ncovered the entrance to your cave? Read or sing the words to a great hymn\nrepresenting this verse, He Hideth My Soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The early church of the first century hid in caves, many of\nwhich can still be viewed in Jerusalem and in Rome. Hebrews 11:38 makes\nreference to Christians using caves as a means of safe travel through cities\nwhere they were persecuted. These connected caves were called catacombs. The Greek\nmeaning of \u201cCatacomb\u201d would be \u201chollow in the ground.\u201d The idea of catacombs\nmeaning a place of burial occurred only after these \u201chollows\u201d were discovered\nto be an ideal burial place. An excellent history and pictures of these caves\ncan be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leaderu.com\/theology\/burialcave.html\">www.leaderu.com\/theology\/burialcave.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Foolish Man and the Wise Man built their houses on\ndifferent foundations, one of rock and the other of sand. The song refers to\nMatthew 7:24-27 and is a great illustration for our lives to be built on the\nfirm foundation, that of the Word of God. Just as caves protected Christians\nfrom harm, a solid foundation protects us from destruction. Use the following\nhands on demonstration to show students how a foundation that has no solid base\n(one that shifts with every whim of the world) is dangerous. Fill a large wash\npan with sand. Ask teams of students to see who can build a house of cards (use\n3X5 cards) on the sand. You can create a race to see which team can get the\nmost cards stacked the highest before it falls, or to see who can keep their\nhouse standing the longest. Either way, the minute the sand is moved or\nshifted, the cards will fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now build the same house of cards with a solid base such as\na table top or game board mat. How much longer does the solid based house stay\nstanding? Discuss with your students what philosophies of this world can create\na base of shifting sands in our lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[126],"tags":[170],"class_list":["post-7897","eutychus-article","type-eutychus-article","status-publish","hentry","category-eutychus","tag-methodology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wise and Foolish Man - Aletheia Baptist Ministries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/eutychus-article\/wise-and-foolish-man\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wise and Foolish Man - Aletheia Baptist Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In Exodus 33:22 Moses is fearful of God&#8217;s command to leave a place of safety, Sinai.&nbsp; 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