Summary: 3 traits that classify a fool

I HE DELIBERATED UPON GOLD RATHER THAN GOD.

A. Notice the THOUGHTS HE CONTEMPLATED.

B. Notice the THINGS HE CLAIMED

1. He let things dominate him.

2. He let things define him.

II. HE DELIBERATED UPON RESOURCES INSTEAD OF RELATIONSHIPS

A. Notice the goals that pushed him

1. He had goals of profit.

2. He had goals of plenty.

B. Notice the goods that possessed him

1. Enslavement of things

2. Emptiness of things

3. Extermination of things

III. HE DELIBERATED UPON THE EARTHLY INSTEAD OF ETERNITY

A. The shortness of his pleasure

B. The silence in his planning