Sin Is Stupid

The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth— Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Proverbs 1:1-7 ESV). Sin is not smart! Here are some actual crimes committed by actual criminals:  Two Kentucky men tried to pull off the front of a cash machine by running a chain from the machine to the bumper of their pickup truck. The front panel of the machine was so secure that instead they pulled off the bumper of their truck. Scared, they fled the scene and drove home, leaving the chain attached to the machine...with their bumper still attached to the chain...with their vehicle's license plate still attached to the bumper.  A man convicted of robbery in Texas worked out a deal to pay $9,600 in damages rather than serve a prison sentence. For payment he provided the court with a check--a stolen check with a forged signature. He got 10 years.  A man went into a drugstore, pulled a gun, announced a robbery, and pulled a Hefty trash-bag facemask over his head. Too late he realized that he'd forgotten to cut eyeholes in the mask. While sprinting blindly to the door, he fell down and was captured.  A man successfully broke into a bank after hours and stole--are you ready for this? --The bank's video camera...while it was recording...remotely. In other words, he got a camera only. The videotape of him stealing the camera was still in the recorder located elsewhere in the bank.  A man successfully broke into a bank's basement through a street level window, cutting himself up pretty badly in the process. He then realized that he couldn't get to the money from where he was, and he couldn't climb back out the window through which he had entered. On top of that he was bleeding from all his cuts. So he located a phone and dialed 911 for help.  A man walked into a convenience store, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and demanded all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man grabbed the cash from the clerk and fled- leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer? Fifteen dollars.  In San Francisco a man walked into a downtown Bank of America and wrote, "This is a stickup. Put all your many in this bag." While standing in line waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached the teller window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street to Wells Fargo. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller. She read it and, guessing from his spelling errors that he was not the brightest bank robber in the world, told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America. Looking somewhat defeated, the man said okay and left the Wells Fargo Bank. The Wells Fargo teller then called the police, who arrested him a few minutes later as he was waiting in line back at the Bank of America. Sin is stupid. Seek the knowledge of God and follow Him. That’s the source of real wisdom!