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The children’s Sunday school department was undertaking a study of the Book of Proverbs.
To illustrate what proverbs are, Miss Daisy collected the first phrase of a bunch of traditional ones and asked the children to creatively complete them.
Here are some results:
Better to be safe than…punch a fifth-grader.
Strike while the…bug is close.
Don’t bite the hand that…looks dirty.
The pen is mightier than the…pigs.
A penny saved…is not very much.
Children should be seen and not…spanked or grounded.
Proverbs are generalizations about life.
There are SOME great promises found in the Book of Proverbs but that’s not the point of the book.
The point of the book is to provide practical wisdom for daily living.
This book can provide guideposts of wisdom as we navigate the day to day issues of life.
Your first assignment was to read chapters 1-5.
Let’s recap what we learned in the first 5 chapters.
Chapter 1 tells us that the theme of the book will be wisdom which is the ability to use knowledge in the right way. in the opening verses we find our that the
“fear of the Lord” is the beginning of knowledge.
We find this statement 11 times in proverbs.
What is the fear of the Lord?
To recognize God’s character and respond by revering, trusting, worshiping, obeying, and serving Him.
The foundation for all wisdom and knowledge is how we respond to God.
Chapter 2 tells us that the benefit of wisdom comes in knowing the Lord Jesus as our Savior.
We are told what to do with this wisdom we find in Christ: Receive it, hide it in the heart, turn the heart toward it, apply it to our lives, cry out to God for wisdom, and search the Word to find God’s will.
Chapter 3 tells us that God will direct our paths.
He directs us only when we listen to the Word, Obey the Word, Submit to the Word, and Treasure the Word.
Chapter 4 tells us how to STAY on God’s path for our lives.
Seek after wisdom, avoid temptation and sin, and Guard your heart.
Chapter 5 is a reminder that the Lord is examining our lives.
We would be wise to remember that the Lord cares about how we live because He doesn’t want us to walk down the path of destruction.
That’s a very broad recap from last week.
Your assignment from last week was to read through chapters 6-10.
I want to pull out some verses to discuss.
I don’t think we can cover all 5 chapters but there are a few verses that I feel deserve some in depth study.
There is a tendency in our world to avoid the negative.
People just want to hear the good news; they are not interested in the bad.
Who are some of the most well known preachers in America?
Joel Osteen and Rick Warren are very successful because they tell people how to live a better life.
They have a positive message.
I love listening to them both because they are so encouraging.
I have nothing bad to say about their ministries, but I will say that other less popular preachers are important too because they say the things folks don’t always want to hear.
It’s like the difference between hanging out with your cool uncle vs. spending a day with your mom and dad.
It’s way more fun to listen to a guy who just wants to have fun and tell you the good stuff.
As a pastor, we have a responsibility to mention the super encouraging ways to live a good life, but we also have a responsibility to bring the wisdom found in the scripture.
Chapter 6 is kind of like taking your medicine.
It doesn’t taste good, but you know you need to take it because you’ll be better off for it!
Imagine you had cancerous tumor in your body and your doctor said, “Well, that tumor needs to come out, but surgery is just so negative.
Let’s leave it in there for a while and see what it does to you.”
You wouldn’t go for that.
You would demand that your doctor get negative with you and get that tumor out of your body.
The same is true spiritually.
A lot of us are walking around with spiritual cancers in our souls.
Those cancers need to be exposed and rooted out so we can live more positive lives for the glory of God.
That is what this chapter 6 will lead us to do.
There are three things dealt with in this chapter:
how we handle money
how we discipline ourselves
how we build community
The writer uses negative examples to teach us positive wisdom.
I want to focus on the third portion of the chapter since we have limited time.
I feel it’s important for us understand these verses because they expose some sinful attitudes and actions that God hates.
If God would declare His hatred for these sins, and He does in verse 16, then we must be sure we hate these sins as well.
We must be sure that these sins are not a part of our lives.
Practical application of wisdom.
What feels like a negative message in these verses can have a positive influence on our lives, if we will adopt the changes He has in mind.
When we read this verse, there are two words in it that bother us.
Those words are “hate” and “abomination”.
How does it feel to know that God “Hates”?
Those words bother us because they are the opposite of how we have been taught to think about God.
We are taught that God is love.
That is the clear statement of the Bible, 1 John 4:16.
Yet, here we are allowed to see the other side of God’s character.
There would be no need for up if there was not also a down.
There would be no need for in if there was not an out.
There would be no need for good if there was no evil.
There would be no need for Heaven unless there was a Hell.
And, there would be no need for love if there was no hate.
How can a loving God also hate?
We are clearly told that while God is defined by His love; God also has the capacity to hate.
God’s hatred of some things arises out of His love for His Own glory and holiness.
Even His hatred of sins is an expression of His perfect love.
We should define the word Hate:
How do you define Hate?
Hate—“An emotional attitude toward persons or things which are opposed, detested, despised and with which one wishes to have no contact or relationship”.
Hate is the polar opposite of love.
Hate literally means “to exclude from fellowship.”
It means that God cannot bear to fellowship with those people who exhibit certain tendencies.
What tendencies?
Well, the scripture tells us the things that are an abomination to him.
Abomination is a word that refers to something that causes disgust.
Something that a person is absolutely against.
What does God hate?
What is God opposed too?
What does He detest?
What will He have absolutely no relationship with?
The scripture list specific things, but all those things have one thing in common.
They are SIN.
We need to remember that God is NOT ok with sin.
Those who are guilty of these things will experience the wrath and judgement of God.
What are the things listed in Proverbs 6 that God hates?
Seems like we should know the things that God hates.
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