Contemplating Counsel

Introduction:

Harry Truman lived right next to a lake…

King James Version Chapter 12

15  The way of a fool is right in his own eyes:

But he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

The Fool

The Foolish Man

The Fool

“fool” has the idea of being headstrong in sinful actions, lacking wisdom or instruction.

His Way

“way” - literal path, in context “behavior”

His Pride

Pride is the root sin of the fool.

King James Version Chapter 11

14  Where no counsel is, the people fall:

But in the multitude of counsellers there is safety.

But in the multitude of counsellers there is safety.

The Holy Bible: King James Version. (2009). (Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., ). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: But fools despise wisdom and instruction.”

Illustration: King Ahab— King Ahab was set in his ways. He did not want to listen to the godly council

The Wise Man

listens to council

“hearkeneth” —listen

“council” — advice

He is humble

Humility is the opposite of pride

Humility is an attitude

An attitude

It takes effort

Proverbs 15:3 KJV 1900

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, Beholding the evil and the good.

Prv. 15:3A method of Christian growthI Thessalonians 5:11”Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do."We must be building each other up, that requires us to listen to each other.

A method of Christian growth

The Greater Application

Christian Growth

”Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do."

We must be building each other up, that requires us to listen to each other.