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ME: Intro - How to Read Proverbs
As we enter into a new year,
Let us take a moment to imagine what I hope FBC can be like this year.
If you would,
Close your eyes for just a moment.
Now picture in your mind a hot, dry, windy desert.
Sand is blowing into your face and there is no relief from the sand or the sun.
There probably are not many of us who have had the experience of stumbling through a vast desert,
Wondering where to go, or if we are going to survive.
Imagine you were like that though.
You have fallen into the sand,
You are crawling to the top of a sand dune,
Then you look down,
And there is it!
The most inviting sight you have ever seen in your entire life!
A lush and inviting oasis!
You see more than a dozen palm trees providing shade,
Two dozen fruit trees fully ripe with delicious fruits!
You may not be a big fan of fruit,
But at this moment,
They are the most delicious looking things you have ever seen!
Then, most importantly of all,
You see a pool.
It is filled with crystal clear refreshing water.
And this oasis is no mirage.
Brothers and sisters,
That is what I hope FBC can be to the world.
It is my hope that people can come here and be refreshed.
That people can come and be strengthened and invigorated.
That FBC can be a haven for people in a dry howling wasteland of sin.
That is my hope for FBC.
And FBC will become that for people,
As the Bible becomes that oasis for us.
I want us to come to God’s Word and feed on it,
Be nourished by it,
And find refreshment in it.
I want that for you every day when you spend time with God in the Word,
I want that every time you hear a sermon preached here,
That is what I want the gospel to be for us.
I want the Gospel to refresh and renew us.
When your knees feel weak and shaky,
I want the Gospel to stiffen them!
When your arms feel heavy and burdened,
I want the Gospel to strengthen them!
As you come again to the cross and the empty tomb,
I want you to be reminded of what Jesus did for you.
I want you to picture that oasis as if it were a beacon of light,
Surrounded by a dark and cloudy world.
That this beacon of light would beckon us to come to it.
Because the Bible teaches that there is a real paradise yet to come.
The church and the Bible are a foretaste of the real paradise.
The desert is the world around us.
It is all the sin in this fallen world.
And God has given us the oasis of His Word and His Church in the desert of this fallen world,
Until the promise of His permanent paradise comes to pass.
This morning, we come to Proverbs 10,
Where we will discuss How to Read These Words.
Proverbs speaks to a lot of specific topics in this world.
This morning we are going to do a brief introduction to some of these topics addressed in ch.
10:
Wisdom in Work and Finances (vs.
2-5)
Wisdom in Listening and Talking (vs.
8)
Wisdom in Relationships (vs. 1, 12)
Righteous Rewards (vs.
24-32)
Read Proverbs at the Lord’s Table
The first nine chapter of Proverbs was an extended discourse on wisdom.
Chapter 10 begins a new section by saying, “The proverbs of Solomon.”
From here to the end of the book,
The proverbs of Solomon are,
For the most part,
Individual sayings.
This is what we tend to think of when we think of Proverbs.
Majority of these sayings lack any formal structure or organization,
They are condensed and generally memorable sayings that embody important facts gleaned from experience,
And are generally accepted as truth.
Chs.
10-15 primarily contrast opposites.
Contrasting the righteous against the wicked,
And the wise against the fool.
Notice how often you see the word but in the second line of these proverbs.
It is because of the frequent contrasts.
The wisdom being taught in these sayings is not taught in isolation,
It is built upon the special revelation given by God in the Law.
R.C. Sproul summarizes this well;
“Given human intelligence and the gift of God’s wisdom in His self-revelation [the Law], God’s people learn to discern the order and relationships that make for a meaningful and productive life.”
The wisdom of Proverbs stresses the need to apply human knowledge and the Word of God to everything in life.
This morning we are looking at specific parts of ch. 10 to learn how to read Proverbs.
If you are familiar with Proverbs,
It may seem strange to ask how to read Proverbs.
The question may make sense for other books like Leviticus,
But Proverbs seems like a simple and straightforward book.
It is a book on practical advice.
We may not understand why we sacrifice an animal,
Splash it’s blood around,
And burn its intestines,
Like we see in Leviticus.
But surely we can understand when Proverbs tells us not to be lazy.
Certainly Proverbs is easy to understand, right?
Well, not so fast.
There is a right way and wrong way to read Proverbs.
The right way leads to joy and life.
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