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A message to the Exceptionally Stupid…..
There is ignorance. And then there is willful ignorance—ignorance so entrenched in pride that it evolves into something beyond foolishness. Something that walks, talks, posts online, debates theology with puffed-up confidence, and stares the Word of God in the face while denying Him with a straight face. That, my friend, is what can only be described as a special kind of stupid.
This is not your everyday misunderstanding. This isn’t someone new to the faith trying to make sense of the Old Testament. No, this is the kind of arrogance that reads the Bible, sees the clear testimony of Jesus and His apostles, hears the words “you are not under law but under grace” (Romans 6:14), and still says: “Nah, we’re under the law. I choose Moses.” This isn’t error. It’s rebellion. It’s choosing the shadow over the substance, the map over the destination, the messenger over the Messiah.
The Law Was Given to Israel—And Only Israel
Let’s start with the simple, irrefutable fact: The Law of Moses was never given to the Gentiles. It was a covenant made between Yahweh and the twelve tribes of Israel. This was a national, exclusive, legally-binding agreement.
“He declares His words to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.
He has not dealt thus with any other nation;
And as for His ordinances, they have not known them.”
— Psalm 147:19-20 (NASB)
That’s not up for debate. The psalmist—divinely inspired—just told you that no other nation received those laws.
“You shall keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a person follows them, then he will live by them; I am the Lord.
None of you shall approach any blood relative of his to uncover nakedness; I am the Lord.
You shall not do as is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do as is done in the land of Canaan…
You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the Lord your God.”
— Leviticus 18:5, 3-4 (NASB)
These are direct instructions to Israel—not Rome, not Greece, not Babylon, not America. The Law was a national constitution, not a universal moral code.
Jesus Christ Fulfilled the Law—Then Replaced It
Enter Jesus, the fulfillment of the Law—not the continuation of it.
“Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.”
— Matthew 5:17 (NASB)
Jesus didn’t erase the Law—He completed it. He finished the work. The Law was a tutor, a placeholder, until the real solution came.
“Therefore the Law has become our guardian to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.
But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.”
— Galatians 3:24-25 (NASB)
You don’t cling to the babysitter when your Father comes home.
“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.”
— Romans 10:4 (NASB)
And yet, some still insist on hauling the stone tablets back down Sinai and chaining them around the necks of born-again believers. That’s not reverence. That’s spiritual regression. That’s like installing a sundial in your living room because you don’t trust the atomic clock.
The Apostles Were Crystal Clear
Paul, an Israelite of Israelites, a Pharisee who once lived and breathed the Law, spent most of his ministry correcting this exact nonsense:
“You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.
This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?”
— Galatians 3:1-2 (NASB)
He even called returning to the Law a form of slavery:
“But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you want to be enslaved all over again?”
— Galatians 4:9 (NASB)
You don’t wear chains and call it holiness. You don’t reject the Spirit to prove your sanctification.
“If you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.”
— Galatians 5:18 (NASB)
This isn’t just New Testament theory—it’s gospel foundation. The Law convicts; Christ cleanses. The Law demands; Christ delivers.
But Some Still Choose Moses Over the Messiah
And here is where the special kind of stupid shines.
Despite this mountain of testimony, despite the clarity of Christ’s work, some still say, “We must keep the Sabbath. We must obey dietary laws. We must observe the feasts. We must keep Torah. We must become like Jews to be true believers.”
That’s not righteousness. That’s reverse rebellion. That’s building golden calves out of kosher laws and thinking God is impressed. That’s denying the Son while pretending to honor the Father.
“For if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”
— Galatians 2:21 (NASB)
If your theology concludes that Jesus’ death wasn’t enough, that grace isn’t sufficient, that the indwelling Spirit needs backup from Moses, then congratulations—you’ve officially earned your badge as a member of the Special Kind of Stupid Society.
Because you’re not just wrong.
You’re loud and wrong.
Confident and clueless.
Zealous without knowledge.
And that’s dangerous.
“For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge.”
— Romans 10:2 (NASB)
That’s Paul talking about his fellow Israelites—those trying to establish their own righteousness instead of submitting to the righteousness of Christ.
Expanded Conclusion: The Scientific Evidence of a Special Kind of Stupid
We live in a world where truth can be tested. Where data can be verified. And where behavior, when repeated long enough, reveals patterns that become clinical. So let’s make something undeniably clear:
Calling this brand of law-obsessed, grace-rejecting, self-righteous behavior a special kind of stupid isn’t a cheap insult. It’s a diagnosis based on repeated, observable evidence.
Let’s break down the symptoms.
1. A Rejection of Clear Instruction
When Scripture says plainly, repeatedly, emphatically:
“You are not under the law but under grace” (Romans 6:14),
“If righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing” (Galatians 2:21),
“The law was our guardian… but now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian” (Galatians 3:24-25),
…and the individual still insists we are under the Law?
That is not a matter of interpretation. That is a willful override of the input of truth. That is textbook cognitive dissonance—a psychological state where facts that contradict one’s worldview are flat-out ignored, no matter how glaring. It’s not just spiritual blindness—it’s intentional blindness. Jesus Himself called it out:
“Seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.” — Matthew 13:13
That’s not a metaphor. That’s a condition. A self-inflicted spiritual lobotomy.
2. Deliberate Clinging to Obsolete Systems
Imagine a doctor refusing to use antibiotics because they believe in bloodletting and leeches. Or a mathematician rejecting decimals in favor of tally marks.
That’s what this behavior is in the spiritual realm. It’s clinging to a covenant that was rendered obsolete by the cross:
“When He said, ‘A new covenant,’ He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is about to disappear.” — Hebrews 8:13
Jesus fulfilled the Law, instituted the New Covenant in His blood, and offered the Holy Spirit as our guide—not a book of rituals, but the very Breath of God.
To still choose the Old Covenant is to choose death dressed in religious garb. That’s not reverence. That’s regression. And that’s how you scientifically define delusion: the persistent belief in something that is demonstrably false.
3. The Inability to Discern Between the Symbol and the Substance
The Law was a shadow (Colossians 2:16-17). Jesus is the substance. The problem is, these individuals worship the shadow. They exalt the echo instead of the voice. They obsess over signs but miss the destination.
That’s a failure of discernment—a spiritual and mental fog where the symbol becomes the idol, and the literal fulfillment is rejected as heresy. That’s not just error—it’s the reversal of divine order, and it reveals a mind corrupted by pride and performance.
“Always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.” — 2 Timothy 3:7
They can quote Torah backwards and forwards, but ask them what the cross accomplished, and suddenly their theology goes silent—or worse, turns into a works-based performance act.
4. Projection of Righteousness While Demonstrating Lawlessness
The irony is rich: those who cling to the Law claim holiness—but in rejecting the One who fulfilled the Law, they actually reject the Lawgiver Himself. That is lawlessness in its most egregious form.
“Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.” — 1 John 2:23
You cannot hold Moses in one hand and slap Christ with the other and call that obedience. That’s spiritual schizophrenia. And to keep doing it—after being shown the truth—is the very behavior Jesus warned against:
“If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.” — John 15:22
There’s no more hiding behind ignorance when the truth has been spoken. Willful rejection of truth is no longer stupidity—it’s rebellion masquerading as holiness.
5. Boastful Arrogance in Error
Finally, the crown jewel of this condition: prideful certainty in a proven falsehood. This isn’t humble error. This is full-blown spiritual narcissism. They shout Torah from the rooftops while trampling grace underfoot. They boast in festivals, food laws, and sabbaths while ignoring the weightier matters—justice, mercy, and faithfulness (Matthew 23:23).
They aren’t quiet in their confusion—they are loud, proud, and biblically bankrupt.
“Professing to be wise, they became fools.” — Romans 1:22
And that, right there, is the final symptom. That is the hallmark of a special kind of stupid—the kind that not only denies truth, but weaponizes ignorance in the name of God.
So Let’s Be Clear One Last Time
This isn’t name-calling. This is truth-telling.
This is what happens when pride, ignorance, and rebellion are baptized in legalism and called righteousness. This is the fruit of elevating Moses above the Messiah, the law above the Lamb, and works above the cross.
And it is, by every spiritual and observable standard…
A special kind of stupid.
But even now, Christ still stands with open arms.
Even now, the Spirit still convicts, still calls, still beckons.
So if you’re ready to drop the tablets, walk away from Sinai, and kneel at Calvary—you don’t have to stay stupid. But as long as you hold the Law above the Word, you’ll never know the freedom grace was meant to bring.
Choose wisely.
