"He who trusts in his own heart is a fool." (Proverbs 28:26) This episode spells out the distinguishing traits of the kesil fool, particularly where he differs from the eviyl fool Whereas the eviyl fool trusts that his WAY is right (Proverbs 12:15), the kesil fool "trusts in his own heart." (Proverbs 28:26) And this confidence breaches the dam holding back wickedness. "The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick." (Jeremiah 17:9) The kesil fool pursues his own lusts without restraint, "for his mind is in the house of pleasure." (Ecclesiastes 7:4) The "lusts of deceit" consume him as the objectives of life, and God "turns him over" to "degrading passions" and a "depraved mind." (Romans 1:26, 28) The episode marks a transition in the correctability of fools. The previous fools, though ignorant and close-minded, are reachable, for they have not committed themselves to wickedness. They are potentially receptive to the wisdom of correction. Kesil fools however are committed to wickedness, and God Himself at one point no longer pursues them. This of course anticipates the limited response of believers to kesil fools.
Don’t Cast Pearls before Eviyl
This episode surveys descriptions of the second level fool described in Proverbs, the "eviyl fool." Unlike the pethey fool who is very teachable, to the point of credulity, the eviyl fool despises wisdom and instruction. (Proverbs 1:7) "The way of a fool is right in his own eyes" (Proverbs 12:15), and he hates correction. The insecurity of eviyl fools often manifests in quarrelsome behavior: they're not content to be right in their own eyes, for they need to be right in the eyes of others. "Any fool will quarrel." (Proverbs 20:3) Correcting an eviyl fool accomplishes little. "When a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man, the foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest." (Proverbs 29:9) Wisdom is a threat to fools who hate correction, so predictably rage and/or scoffing are designed to protect the fragile self-image of the fool. This fool is so resistant to correction, that foolishness doesn't depart, "though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain." (Proverbs 27:22)
Sinners Made Saints: It’s Just the Beginning
This episode mostly addresses the transition from the kingdom of fools to the kingdom of God's beloved son. All saints once partook of the kingdom of fools. Indulging in lusts is the tell-tale sign of fools, and Paul, an outwardly righteous Jew according to Philippians 3:6, acknowledges that he also pursued lusts: "we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath."(Ephesians 3:3) Forgiveness marks the believer's transfer from the kingdom of darkness (fools) into the kingdom of God's beloved Son (Colossians 1:13). Confession that Christ is Lord begins the life-long process of extracting residual foolishness from saints in Christ's kingdom. The episode emphasizes cooperation with the Holy Spirit, who constantly convicts and corrects believers, admonishing them to abandon all sympathy with fooldom. The program also includes 3 criteria that hearers can use to assess their progress in repudiating fooldom.
The Unhindered Descent of a Fool
homosexuality, degrading passions, depraved mind