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Introduction:
We are going to be looking at the wisdom of a father towards his son tonight as we look at what Solomon had to say in Proverbs 4. Solomon was a unique person in the history of Scripture.
God blessed him in such a way that not only did he have great wisdom, but he also had great authority as king of Israel, and he had great wealth and opportunity.
Solomon was the type of guy that could have anything he wanted, and in the Book of Ecclesiastes, we are told that he did use all that he had to try to find the meaning in life and what could satisfy.
Solomon writes the first few chapters of Proverbs as a letter to a son.
The latter part of the book becomes a collection of Proverbs, or wise sayings.
In Proverbs 4 we hear the plea in a father’s voice to his son to make wise choices and walk the right path.
Now, because this isn’t a human book, but is divinely inspired Scripture, we have to understand that God gave us this book for our spiritual growth.
We are supposed to learn and make sure that we choose the right path to walk down in our lives as well.
There are three things we will look at tonight, but let’s start by taking a look at the first 9 verses.
1. Pay attention to the Word of God (vv.1-9)
This is a father instructing his son
There is a natural tendency for children to take for granted their parents’ instructions
We need to understand that we learn by several methods.
A couple of these is by learning from example, and by learning from actual teaching.
There is formal instruction and informal instruction.
Solomon is giving both.
We sometimes look at what our parents or other people teach us and think that if they don’t follow their own instruction, we shouldn’t either.
This is not a wise choice.
We always are going to make mistakes and find ourselves not living out what we teach; but just because we may not follow our own advice, that doesn’t mean that the teaching is wrong.
When we approach God’s Word, we can look at it like it is a letter from a Father to a son.
We need to come to the Bible with a hunger to examine every word and every letter in order to find everything in their that God wants us to hear.
2. Choose Your Path (vv.10-19)
The way of the wicked is described like a path in the darkness.
The wicked walk this path and can’t see a thing.
They stumble and fall and get hurt.
The way of the righteous is like a well lit path in broad daylight.
It is a path that shines brighter and brighter each day I walk down it.
We learn to walk the right path and it become more clear to us each day we follow the right path
3. Guard Your Heart (vv.
20-27)
There is a plea once again to pay attention
There is a warning to guard the heart.
The heart is like a pool of water.
Imagine that this is your only source of fresh drinking water.
You are going to guard it with your life, because it is your life.
You protect what is most important to you.
Jesus warned us to guard the heart or the tree of our lives will produce poisonous fruit
Conclusion:
We need to hear to voice of the Father telling us to guard our heart and our ways.
We need be careful of what we are listening to.
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