The Fool's New Clothes | The Writings | Ecclesiastes 10

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🗓️ 6 August 2024

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Do you have eyes to see your own foolishness? Has someone in your life ever exposed it to you? How do Christians grow in wisdom? In today's episode, Tanya shares how Ecclesiastes 10 encourages us to be near to Jesus, our wise King. Read the Bible with us in 2024! This year, we’re tackling a group of Old Testament books traditionally known as “The Writings”— Psalms, Chronicles, Proverbs, Daniel, Ruth and more! Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Ecclesiastes 10

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks.
0:05.0	Where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:11.0	I'm Tanya Wilmouth. We've probably all heard the fable about the
0:16.2	Emperor's new clothes but in case it's been a while I'm going to do a short little retail.
0:21.5	Remember the Emperor is obsessed with fancy clothes and he wants to
0:25.3	have something that no one else has. So two con men come and convince the emperor
0:30.3	that they can spend and weave him a wardrobe that is completely unique.
0:34.4	It's only visible to the wise and the enlightened. These very fine clothes will be
0:40.0	invisible to anyone inept or foolish. So the Emperor falls for the
0:45.3	conman's cunning and he hires them to weave him a lavish new suit to wear in the
0:50.4	town parade. Talk about high stakes. So the con men appear to get busy at work.
0:56.0	It looks like they're spinning and weaving. Now the narrator observes that no one can actually see
1:01.7	any clothes being made, but everyone goes along and
1:04.7	pretends anyway because they're afraid that they're going to be exposed as a fool
1:09.5	and they think everyone else can actually see the clothes. Now the emperor is the most nervous and dishonest of all because he's
1:16.0	pretending he can see something beautiful all along just because he's afraid that he'll be made out for what he really is.
1:23.7	Talk about imposter syndrome.
1:26.1	Now on the day of the parade, the con men make up this big game
1:29.9	out of dressing the emperor in his supposed lavish suit and then he goes through the
1:35.0	town and everyone in the town pretends to absolutely love his clothes. They
1:40.0	ooh and awe as the naked emperor goes by in his chariot.
1:44.4	This just goes on and on until one child blurts out,
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