Proverbs - Wisdom For A Significant Life
What We Need:
- God’s insight & discernment to deal with all that life will throw at us.
- Wisdom to deal with every kind of situation, circumstance or problem that we might be confronted with.
- God’s mind about our careers, families, education, relationship, business, church life etc. etc.
What will God reveal to the church in the present move of God?
The power of His Wisdom in dealing with every day life.
Purpose
- Attaining wisdom & discipline
- Understanding words of insight
- Acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair.
- Giving prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young.
- Understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
God Says...
- Wisdom calls aloud in the street!
- In the public square she raises her voice.
- How long will you simple ones love your simple ways?
- How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
Insights:
- King Solomon wrote most of the book.
- The book is practical and powerful.
- The book is meant to be read regularly to gain wisdom.
God Stressed:
- Revelation is given to generate hope in the people of God.
- The knowledge of our inheritance gives us assurance.
- The knowledge of our inheritance is rich.
- The knowledge of our inheritance is glorious.
What Is Our Inheritance?
- Every spiritual blessing in Christ.
- Salvation (in Christ).
- Predestination.
- Redemption.
- Forgiveness of sins.
- Wisdom.
Our Inheritance Is:
- Understanding.
- Knowing the mystery of His will.
Solomon
- Was the third king of
- Prayed for wisdom and God granted him that.
- Later in life he did not follow the wisdom God gave him.
- Failure to persevere in the fear of the Lord, he turned away from God.
I Believe: Merely knowing or teaching moral teachings from God’s Word is not sufficient to live a spiritual life; there must also be an ongoing fear of, dependence on and responsibility to God.
Wisdom Means: Living & thinking according to God’s truth, ways & design!
To approach life from God’s point of view, believing that everything God says is right & true & the only wisdom by which to live.
The Fear of the Lord
A reverent awe of God’s power, majesty and holiness produces in us a holy fear of transgressing His revealed will; such reverence is essential to gaining a heart of wisdom. Wisdom starts by having a holy, reverent fear of God, so before we can start this New Year and our pursuit of wisdom we must fear God. This is the start of wisdom.
Division of Solomon’s Proverbs
- Longer connected poems (Chapters 1-9)
- Short unrelated verses (Ch. 10:1-22:16)
- Longer didactic poems (Ch. 25-29)
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