1 Sermon Illustrations on Foolish Confidence

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Foolish confidence warns against placing trust in unreliable or worldly sources rather than in God, illustrating how such misplaced trust leads to downfall and ruin, even for those in high positions. Christian preaching contrasts this with faith rooted in God's steadfastness, highlighting the danger of relying on human strength alone (Proverbs 3:5-6).

Foolish Confidence

Foolish confidence in unreliable people leads to ruin, even for kings.

The King of Persia once ordered his visier to make out a list of all the fools in his dominions. He did so, and put his majesty’s name at the head of them. The king asked him why, and he immediately answered: “Because you entrusted a lac of rupees to men you don’t know to buy horses for you a thousand miles off, and who’ll never come back.” “Ay, but suppose they come back?” “Then I shall erase your name and insert theirs.”--_Public Opinion._

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