03/02/2025
In Proverbs 5, 6:23-35, and 7 the Father warns his son and all God's people against unfaithfulness to God and unfaithfulness within marriage.
We all want wisdom to help us think rightly and make better decisions, but what is wisdom, and how do we get it?
The book of Proverbs is a collection of wise sayings passed down from God-fearing sages passed who desired to equip the next generation of God's people with חָכְמָה (wisdom) for life, and what we see form the book is that the person who is able to put wisdom into practice has a reverent fear and love for God the Father and a love for his people. The only One who has ever walked the earth with perfect love for God and his people is Jesus. Proverbs is about living in harmony with God’s creative and redemptive work, and because Christ alone is Creator and Redeemer and Finisher of God's redemptive work, Proverbs is ultimately about living in the wisdom of God revealed in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
02/23/2025
Proverbs 9 presents the reader with 2 metaphorical “women” to follow. One woman is wisdom and the other is folly. In just eighteen verses the author shows us the breadth of wisdom, how to discern scoffers and how to deal with those scoffers. From this Proverb, the hearer will be encouraged to choose wisdom over folly.
02/16/2025
Do you want the playbook? We want to know what God does, wisdom is often mistaken as a pursuit of morality and finding what is right and wrong, but wisdom involves what we should do in all life’s situations.
Proverbs 8 shows us that gaining wisdom to apply to life’s events will lead to greater human flourishing, gaining relationship with the wisdom of God will lead to eternal flourishing of your entire being.
02/09/2025
In this sermon on Proverbs 6:1-22 God gives us instruction on handling money, working hard, and living differently in light of our faith. This Proverb is a hopeful charge to push us all to pursuing wisdom.
02/02/2025
Proverbs 4, shows the love of a father telling the next generation of God's people how to live well (4b), to be at peace (16), to not stumble and suffer because of foolish choices (19), to experience healing spiritually and mentally (22), to be focused (25), and to have stability throughout their lives (26). He says the key to living in this way is by growing in wisdom, because it is only through wisdom that we can navigate life well.
As we listen to the father's words, we will begin to understand our need for wisdom and determine to get it, and as we walk on this wise path that the father has established, his wisdom will be revealed in and through us.