Simon O’Grady – Unlocking the Proverbs – Class 4 – Wisdom and Understanding

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Very good morning, brothers and
sisters, as we come to this

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session on getting wisdom and
getting understanding.

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And I think this is my favorite
out of all of these sessions,

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really.
This is the one where my head

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just goes and explodes as I come
to understand the incredible,

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awesome wisdom of our Heavenly
Father.

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And the way he’s put it out in
his scriptures, his

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understanding and his wisdom.
So today we’re going to be

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looking at this purpose
statement number five in chapter

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one to six.
So remember, of course, that in

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chapter one of Proverbs, it
helpfully sets out a purpose

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statement.
This is the promise of the book.

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This is what you’re going to get
if you engage with it.

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There are five statements and
we’re going to look at purpose

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number five, which is in chapter
one, verse six, which says to

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understand a proverb and the
interpretation, the words of the

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wise and their dark sayings.
So there’s a lot going on in

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there, isn’t there?
So let’s just for a moment

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unpack it.
There’s going to be an

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understanding in this book of
something called a proverb.

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What’s a proverb and how do you
understand it?

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And why does it need an
interpretation, an explanation?

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That suggests there’s something
hidden in it.

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There are wise words.
So we’re going to be dealing

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with words here and their dark
sayings.

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It’s the term riddle.
It’s often translated elsewhere

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as riddle and Samson’s riddle.
Dark sayings is something hidden

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behind these words that needs to
be understood and seen.

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So that’s our purpose, really,
to look at this statement here

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and to understand how that’s
delivered in the book of

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Proverbs.
As we saw, this purpose

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statement is in expanded in
chapter two and also in chapter

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four here, where we read.
Turn up with me to Proverbs

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chapter four and you can read it
in your own Bibles.

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Well, we have this purpose
statement expanded a bit,

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unpacked a little bit.
So we get a little bit more

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information on what it means to
get understanding.

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So Proverbs chapter four, verse
one, it says, Hear ye children

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the instruction of a father and
attend to know understanding.

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So it’s a fundamental part of
the book here as we listen to

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the father, the words of the
father, as the Lord Jesus

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Christ, the son, listened to the
father and said, Hear ye

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children the instruction of the
father and attend because you’re

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going to know understanding.
Verse five of chapter four.

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Get wisdom, get understanding.
Forget it not, neither decline

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from the words of my mouth.
Forsake her not, she shall

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preserve thee.
Love her and she’ll keep thee.

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Idea of hedging about or
guarding you these words and

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understanding.
Wisdom’s the principal thing,

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therefore get wisdom.
And with all your getting, get

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understanding.
Verse eight, exalt her and she

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shall promote thee.
She shall bring thee to honor

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when you do embrace her.
She’ll give to thine head an

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ornament of grace, a crown of
glory.

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She’ll deliver thee.
So what an incredible promise

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here.
And you can see all the

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allusions in the New Testament,
the crown of glory in first

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Peter chapter five, verse four.
Hebrews chapter two, verse nine,

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that use this phrase, the crown
of glory to represent eternal

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life with God and with Christ.
That’s the promise of the book.

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If we get to understand a
proverb, to unpack the riddles

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or dark sayings of the wise.
Notice also that there’s married

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language.
Forsake her not.

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Embrace her.
A crown of glory in Proverbs

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chapter 12, verse four is a
virtuous woman’s a crown to her

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husband.
So there’s married language

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behind here.
An idea that’s starting to

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emerge that we’re married to
wisdom.

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So that’s the purpose.
And it seems well worth it,

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doesn’t it?
In terms of the promise that we

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will get.
The reward at the end of

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promotion and honor and an
ornament of grace and a crown of

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glory.
So here’s our agenda today.

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There’s two things.
At the end, we know to

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understand.
We want to understand a proverb.

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What is a proverb?
What does interpret a proverb

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mean?
What have they got to do with

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getting understanding and wisdom
that we’re instructed to do?

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Get wisdom.
Get with all your getting

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understanding.
The second thing we want to do

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is take a closer look at this
woman wisdom.

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Who is she?
As she pervades the book of

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Proverbs.
And what does she have to do

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with getting understanding and
getting wisdom?

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Wisdom.
So that’s our agenda today.

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And those are the two objectives
we have.

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Now, we need to remember a few
things as we build on our

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earlier sessions and studies.
So here’s three things to

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remember.
First, the book of Proverbs,

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knowledge, understanding, and
wisdom, is fundamentally about

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discerning between the good and
evil in thought, in speech, in

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action, and in judgment.
So it’s about moral knowledge,

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understanding, and wisdom in its
first and primary focus.

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That’s what the book of Proverbs
is about.

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Right and wrong, and the
choosing of the good, and the

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rejecting of the evil.
Second, it’s a relationship

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book.
It’s about a father and a son,

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and the chastening correction
process that he puts each of us

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through as his children, so that
we can, along with the Son, the

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Lord Jesus Christ, refuse the
evil and choose the good.

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And remember the process.
Knowledge, understanding, wisdom

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is a process.
Wisdom is knowledge and

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understanding in practice.
And a fear of Yahweh, or his

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judgment in the ellipsis, is the
beginning of our journey in

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knowledge, that proceeds to
understanding, and wisdom

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includes the fear of Yahweh,
knowledge and understanding in

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its application.
So there’s three big ideas that

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we’ve looked at in previous
sessions, and we’re going to use

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these again today.
One last thing.

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The concept of understanding we
saw yesterday is about taking

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complex things and breaking them
into their smaller parts.

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And so the Hebrew term for
understanding, b’nai, means to

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separate mentally into the
pieces.

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Or in the Greek New Testament,
sunimi, the term normally

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translated as understanding
means to send or put together.

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So we’ve got this idea, don’t
we, that understanding

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fundamentally is about bits.
They’ve either been

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deconstructed from complexity so
we can see them, or they’ve been

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put back together to create the
complexity.

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And in the separation and the
assembling is the idea of

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understanding.
All right, so those are some

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things to remember, and we’re
going to be using those as we go

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through this morning.
But today we need a helper.

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So we’ve got a young helper
who’s going to help us today.

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Just let you go, oh, oh, for a
few moments.

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So this is Obadiah.
Is Obadiah in the tent, or is he

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in his?
He’s in the crying room.

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Having a feed.
Great.

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That’s where he should be.
So this is Obadiah Jackson.

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He’s about two months old.
Wonderful name, the servant of

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Yah.
And he’s going to help us this

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morning and come to know
understanding, knowledge,

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understanding, and wisdom in the
process.

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So all of us here at some point
were two months old, like

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Obadiah.
And we had no knowledge, no

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understanding, no wisdom.
We were helpless.

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We were reliant on our parents
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Now somewhere around about two
months old, a baby starts to

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become really aware of its
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So from birth, baby’s born,
doesn’t know anything really,

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doesn’t understand anything, it
doesn’t have biblical wisdom.

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But immediately, a baby has been
born with God-given

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capabilities.
They have five senses.

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Now just to accept there’s five,
I had quite a debate with one of

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my daughters the other day about
whether there were other senses.

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But let’s just agree to disagree
that there are five organs of

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sense.
So there are eyes, sight,

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hearing, smelling, taste, and
touch.

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So there are five senses, and
Obadiah has these.

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Each of us were born with them.
And as we came into the world,

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those five senses began to
interact with the world around

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us.
And we began to create patterns.

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I read a very interesting
article, academic article, that

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was trying to answer the
question, does language come

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first or does pattern
recognition come first?

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Is a baby born with a language
structure in its head that then

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gets applied to its experience?
Or does its experience start

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first and then language comes
after?

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And it’s an important question
because there are certain

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aspects of babies that they
already have an instinct to eat.

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Animals already can be born and
within minutes of standing up

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and walking around.
So there’s already somewhere a

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map in them that’s created.
And they wondered, is there a

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map of language in a baby?
The answer of this, they

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concluded, was no, language
comes second.

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And it all starts where, with
the five senses, babies begin to

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recognize by comparison that
some things are similar and some

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things are different.
So they hear a voice.

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It’s mum’s voice.
They hear a voice.

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It’s dad’s voice.
They’re different, but they’re

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similar.
They see things.

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They see mum.
They see dad.

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They’re different, but they’re
similar.

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And through each of the senses,
a baby begins to create a map of

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experience, of comparison.
Some things are similar.

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Some things are different.
Some things are very different.

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Some things are very similar.
Then after a while, they begin

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to see a repetition of a
pattern.

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So when I am hungry and I cry,
then immediately mum or dad

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turns up and I’m fed.
So they begin to see an

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association of sounds and
visions and smells.

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And so they begin to create this
map of comparisons.

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You know, it’s amazing, isn’t
it?

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The heavenly father and his
genius has created us from birth

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to have this drive for food and
need for food.

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And if we don’t have it, it
creates this hunger, this pain,

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this anguish.
And we need it satisfied.

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So right at the very base of a
born baby, God’s created just

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the kernel of an idea of good
and evil, pain and satisfaction.

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And so a baby cries because it’s
painful.

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It’s hungry.
Its mother picks it up, feeds

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the baby, and it’s satisfied.
And so while it’s not a moral

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concept yet, the baby doesn’t
know what morality is.

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God’s created in it this idea
that will become a base for a

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concept later of good and of
evil, of satisfaction and

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something that’s painful.
You know, when you get to my

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age, I still have the
satisfaction and pain of hunger

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and of eating.
We all do.

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Isn’t it incredible that God’s
created us, created a baby, and

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his genius like this to have the
kernel of these ideas?

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Now, at some point, around about
9 to 12 months, Obadiah is going

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to start really associating
these objects, these actions,

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these qualities of things, this
vast web of categorizations, and

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similarities and differences
that are evolving in his mind

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through experience of five
senses, is going to note that

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the people around him are making
noises that are associated with

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certain events or certain
things.

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And so the kernel of an idea of
language is going to start being

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created in Obadiah’s mind.
And at some point, he’s going to

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realize he can make sounds.
And he can make sounds similar

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when he compares them to others.
They’re the same, or the sounds

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are different, and they’re
connected to objects and things.

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Incredible, isn’t it, that our
Heavenly Father’s created us to

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learn like this?
By comparing, we’re similar,

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they’re different, and through
associations.

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And so Obadiah, at some point,
will say his first word.

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I’m sorry, Dex, I don’t know
whether it will be mummy or

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daddy, but I’ll leave that to
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First conflict around a baby.
Was it mum, or was it dad?

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So Obadiah’s going to learn
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He’s going to put sounds, we
call them phonemes, associated

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with it, and he’s going to learn
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At some point, four years old,
five, he will be sat down, he’ll

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be given a pen, a pencil, and
he’ll be taught that actually

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you can put little symbols that
represent the sounds, that

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represent the ideas that you
were learning right from a baby

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when you were born.
And so he’ll develop written

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language.
And every baby born in any

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country, anywhere in the world,
will be going through that

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process.
They just happen to have

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different symbols and different
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But, of course, it’s all based
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why you can translate from one
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and people can understand each
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same processes sitting behind
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It’s the formation of language
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And, of course, God’s Bible is
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All right, well, that’s Obadiah.
Thank you, Obadiah, for your

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help.
Appreciate that.

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So he’ll begin to see patterns
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some things are similar and
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He’ll begin to see that some
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other things aren’t, and he’ll
create a category called animals

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and a category called fruit.
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are similar and different as
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So you have a vast
interconnected web of these

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comparisons, similarities, and
differences by the time he’s one

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or two and begins to speak, by
the time he becomes five and he

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begins to write.
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course, we do this without even
thinking because it’s built in

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us.
Now, the point is our Heavenly

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Father’s created us to be able
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of thought, comprehension, and
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Now, Paul had something really
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He got quite frustrated here on
Hebrews 5, verses 12 to 14, as

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he was trying to explain through
words to the brethren and

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sisters of the time that he was
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So he says in Hebrews 5, verse
12, you hear this frustration.

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When for the time ye ought to be
teachers, you have need that one

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teach you again what are the
first principles of the oracles

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of God.
And you’ll become such as have

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need of milk and not of strong
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For everyone that uses milk is
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righteousness because they’re a
baby.

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But strong meat belongs to them
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reason of use have their senses,
that’s literally their organ of

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perception, that is our five
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both good and evil.
So Paul’s used the analogy of a

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baby and their need for milk to
compare it to someone who is an

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adult and their need to eat
strong meat and used it to

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represent the idea that each of
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five senses, have those
exercised progressively through

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our life by reason of use to
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So this is telling us our five
senses, our senses are related

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to the perception of good and
evil and an exercise of them in

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a certain way is necessary to
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All right, well let’s move on
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The formation of all language
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Language begins, thinking
begins, by comparing things and

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seeing they’re similar or that
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Just take that thought away.
All right, what is a proverb?

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Well, the proverbs, this is the
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So in chapter 1 verse 1 it says
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Chapter 10 verse 1 again is the
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Chapter 25 verse 1, the proverbs
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So it’s the primary mode of the
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We saw from chapter 1 verse 16
that there’s something about

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proverbs that are related to
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that need interpreting.
There’s something hidden behind

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them.
When you see it, it’s

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interpreted and you can
perceive.

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And it’s something to do with
the process of learning

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comprehension of understanding.
Now the Hebrew term, as you’ll

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probably know, is mashal.
It’s the term which means a

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superiority in mental action
coming from a base term,

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primitive root used in Genesis,
to rule.

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Where the sun, moon and stars,
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And the moon was to rule, sorry,
sun was to rule the day and the

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moon was to rule the night.
So that’s the origins of the

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idea.
But this derivative means mental

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action that is superior.
So it’s talking about

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comprehension, wisdom,
knowledge.

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It’s something to do with that
encapsulated in words.

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That’s the term, a proverb.
Proverbs are inherently about

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comprehension.
Here’s a passage on the screen,

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1 Kings 4, Ecclesiastes 12.
And as we read these, see that

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proverbs are about wisdom and
comprehension.

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And they’re about words.
So they’re taking knowledge,

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understanding wisdom, and
they’re putting it into words. 1

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Kings 4, verse 29.
God gave Solomon wisdom and

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understanding exceeding much.
Verse 30.

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Solomon’s wisdom excelled the
wisdom of all the children of

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the East Country and all the
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He was wiser than all men.
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And he spake 3,000 proverbs.
So you can see that there’s an

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association of speaking 3,000
proverbs and being wiser than

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everybody else.
Ecclesiastes chapter 12, verse 9

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to 10 says, Moreover, because
the preacher was wise, he taught

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the people knowledge, gave good
heed, sought out, and set in

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order many proverbs.
So proverbs and the setting out

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of order is about teaching.
It’s about wisdom.

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It’s about the imparting of
knowledge.

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Yea, the preacher sought to find
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So there’s something to do with
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words of truth.
So proverbs are about

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comprehension and understanding.
They’re an encapsulation in

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words of knowledge and
understanding and wisdom.

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And they’re the output of the
wisdom of Solomon captured for

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us.
That’s what a proverb is.

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There’s something to do with the
mind, superiority of thinking,

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martial, of a proverb.
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Now when we look at the proverbs
themselves, come with me to

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chapter 10 of Proverbs, where
the proverbs that we typically

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think, oh, that’s the proverbs,
these little couplets begin.

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And we’re going to observe a few
things about them.

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Proverbs chapter 10 and verse 1
to 2.

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The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a glad father,

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but a foolish son is the
heaviness of his mother.

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Treasures of wickedness profit
nothing, but righteousness

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delivereth from death.
So immediately we can see

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something, can’t we?
That they’re couplets.

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They’re parallelisms.
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two things together.
That’s what the proverbs are.

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That’s how they’re structured
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Now there are three types of
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So this next three slides, I’m
going to step you through.

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And it’s really important to
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There are three types of
proverbs, but they’re all doing

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the same thing.
So what is a proverb?

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What’s this parallelism?
What’s this pair about?

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And what I’m going to suggest to
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the evidence for it, is that
each of them is an illustration

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of a basic building block of
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It goes right back to the
foundation of all thinking, of

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all thought, where you put two
things together and create

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comprehension or understanding.
So that’s what we’re being shown

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here.
In its simplest form, we’ll be

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given two ideas to associate,
and we’ll be able to bootstrap

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our understanding and
comprehension from it.

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So we’re being taught the
process here of knowledge and

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understanding in very simple
ways.

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So here’s the first style or
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The first I’ve called CC, and
it’s compare and contrast and

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consequence.
Maybe I should have called it

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CCC.
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Here on Proverbs 10, verse 4,
there are two things compared

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and contrasted.
A wise son makes a glad father,

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but there’s our contrast.
A foolish son is the heaviness

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of his mother.
So there’s a contrast between

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two things, and there’s a
consequence.

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Glad father, heavy mother.
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He becometh poor that deals with
a slack hand, but the hand of

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the diligent makes rich.
See the process.

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We’re being asked to compare two
things, notice that they are

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different, and infer some
consequence.

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So that’s our first type of
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In fact, most of the proverbs
are like this, and the giveaway

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is it will have the word but in
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The second one does essentially
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little bit different.
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They are a contrast, and there’s
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This works with this.
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I’ll go back and deal with this
one particularly.

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We’ll dig into this a little bit
further.

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All right.
All right.

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So let’s stay with the we
compare them, we contrast them,

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and they are different.
And so there’s a contrast, and

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the point, the understanding is
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And we’re going to do a little
bit of an exercise to

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demonstrate that.
So you should all have a

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worksheet.
Hopefully, anyone not got a

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worksheet?
Great.

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So on that worksheet, you’ve got
four proverbs set out in little

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boxes.
And what we’re going to do is

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we’re going to draw the proverb.
Now, this is a really neat thing

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to do when it comes to unlocking
the proverbs.

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We can do it with our children,
and it creates a visual.

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Now, if you stop and think about
it, every proverb started in a

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visual and has been turned into
words by the wise man, Solomon,

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and written down for us.
So what we’re doing is we’re

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going to reverse the process and
turn it from the words back into

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the visual.
That’s what we’re going to do.

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It’s a very powerful tool.
So we’re going to draw this.

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Now, as you do, so we’re going
to, in a moment, go to Proverbs

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10, verse 4, so top right-hand
side of your sheet, where it’s,

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He becometh poor that dealeth
with a slack hand, but the hand

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of the diligent maketh rich.
So we’re going to draw that.

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You’re going to draw that.
But when you do, think about the

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base building blocks of thought.
And see if you can draw it in

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terms of the times.
You’ll see there’s a timeline

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running through this.
You’ll see there’s a choice

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point or inflection, and you’ll
see there’s a consequential

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outcome.
All right, so these are little

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sound bites where there’s a
time, a choice, and a

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consequential outcome.
So I’ll give you a moment to do

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that, to draw that.
All right, we might stop there.

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Otherwise, everyone will get
carried away, and we’ll get some

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elaborate pieces of art.
So this will do.

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This is my attempt at drawing
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Okay?
So what we’ve done is we’ve

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taken words.
We’ve broken them into their

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pieces.
Then, A, to separate out

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mentally.
We’ve recreated the visual that

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was in the mind of the man
wisdom, and the wisdom that was

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the one who wrote the wisdom in
the beginning, and recreated it

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as the picture.
So here’s mine.

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There’s the hand.
Here’s me at the top, my lazy

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boy, slack.
And that’s my end, an empty box,

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poor.
This is Cindy down there with

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the wheelbarrow in the garden,
diligent.

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And she’s rich.
She’s got all the dollars.

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All right?
So that’s my representation of

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this parable.
Now, just notice that turning in

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a picture makes it far more
obvious, right?

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00:25:54,580 –> 00:25:57,290
So it’s a really powerful tool
to come to unlock the Proverbs

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00:25:57,290 –> 00:25:59,260
and do it with your children.
It’s great.

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00:25:59,460 –> 00:26:02,630
Just draw it.
And then you can start

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00:26:02,630 –> 00:26:03,960
discussing the implications of
this.

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00:26:04,280 –> 00:26:09,446
Because we’ve identified this
core time, a choice, and

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00:26:09,446 –> 00:26:12,780
consequences.
So here I am going through life.

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00:26:13,040 –> 00:26:16,810
I hit a choice point.
I can choose to be slack, and if

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00:26:16,810 –> 00:26:20,577
I do, I’ll be poor.
I can choose to be diligent, and

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00:26:20,577 –> 00:26:23,240
if I do, there’s a consequence.
I will be rich.

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00:26:24,200 –> 00:26:27,437
And of course, the next layer is
we can then make that a

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00:26:27,437 –> 00:26:30,780
spiritual concept and apply it.
But you can see the base

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00:26:30,780 –> 00:26:32,738
building block.
So you can see what the Proverbs

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00:26:32,738 –> 00:26:34,976
are doing.
They’re teaching us, with

448
00:26:34,976 –> 00:26:37,640
training wheels, how to think
about the Bible.

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00:26:38,160 –> 00:26:41,140
How to compare two things and
see that they’re contrasting and

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00:26:41,140 –> 00:26:43,960
they’re different.
And then to learn a spiritual

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00:26:43,960 –> 00:26:47,180
principle or lesson from it.
All right, let’s do another one.

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00:26:47,300 –> 00:26:51,844
Take your sheet, and we will do
top left-hand side, Proverbs 13,

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00:26:51,844 –> 00:26:55,115
verse 20.
He that walks with wise men

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00:26:55,115 –> 00:26:58,140
shall be wise, but a companion
of fools shall be destroyed.

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So I’ll give you a moment to
draw that.

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00:27:02,240 –> 00:27:03,800
All right, that should be enough
time.

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00:27:04,160 –> 00:27:07,460
So here again, here’s my piece
of spectacular artwork.

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There’s me.
And I’m walking through life,

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00:27:09,679 –> 00:27:11,940
and I’ve got a choice
confronting me.

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00:27:13,400 –> 00:27:16,140
I can walk with the wise on the
top there.

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00:27:16,720 –> 00:27:18,840
And if I do, there’s a
consequential outcome.

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00:27:19,140 –> 00:27:22,945
I will be wise.
Or I can choose to walk with the

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00:27:22,945 –> 00:27:25,450
fools down there.
They’re all doing foolish sort

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00:27:25,450 –> 00:27:28,660
of stuff.
And if I do, I’ll be destroyed.

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00:27:30,080 –> 00:27:32,240
Right now, you can do all of the
Proverbs.

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Hundreds of them.
All these brilliant little

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00:27:34,858 –> 00:27:38,404
couplets, they’ve got this
condensed concept or idea where

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00:27:38,404 –> 00:27:42,410
two things are compared.
There’s a difference to them, so

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00:27:42,410 –> 00:27:45,016
they’re contrasted.
There’s a choice point, and

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00:27:45,016 –> 00:27:49,595
there’s a consequential outcome.
So that’s a powerful tool to

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00:27:49,595 –> 00:27:51,220
unlocking and understanding the
Proverbs.

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00:27:51,220 –> 00:27:54,330
You know, it’s also a brilliant
representation of life, isn’t

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00:27:54,330 –> 00:27:57,678
it?
It’s representing our life as we

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00:27:57,678 –> 00:28:00,680
go through it, and we will be
confronted with choice points.

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00:28:02,500 –> 00:28:05,920
And a wise person can observe,
in the moment of that choice

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00:28:05,920 –> 00:28:09,051
point, what the issue and the
principle is, and choose the

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00:28:09,051 –> 00:28:11,876
good and not the evil, and have
the outcome of consequential

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00:28:11,876 –> 00:28:15,040
good and not evil.
A fool will not.

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00:28:15,300 –> 00:28:18,939
Will go on and be punished.
So it’s telling us that actually

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00:28:18,939 –> 00:28:21,620
this is a representation of our
life.

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00:28:21,800 –> 00:28:25,090
Just a series of thousands of
choice points where we’re

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00:28:25,090 –> 00:28:27,720
confronted with a choice between
good and evil.

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00:28:28,420 –> 00:28:32,270
And the book of Proverbs, the
word of God, helps us get to a

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point, becoming wiser and wiser,
where we’re more effective at

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00:28:35,684 –> 00:28:38,780
understanding, perceiving in the
moment, and making the choice.

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00:28:39,380 –> 00:28:41,100
So that’s our first type of
proverb.

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00:28:41,840 –> 00:28:44,700
You compare them, and they
contrast.

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00:28:44,700 –> 00:28:48,740
But there’s a next one.
A little bit different.

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00:28:49,720 –> 00:28:54,564
But same sort of process.
So this is the type of proverb

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where there is a statement.
There’s then an expansion of the

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00:29:00,399 –> 00:29:02,940
statement, and then a statement
of consequence.

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00:29:02,940 –> 00:29:07,741
So it’s actually the process of
knowledge, expansion to

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00:29:07,741 –> 00:29:11,995
comprehension and wisdom.
In these tiny little statements,

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00:29:11,995 –> 00:29:16,185
we’ve got a mini microcosm of
the process of knowledge,

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00:29:16,185 –> 00:29:18,580
understanding and wisdom.
We’ll be given a statement.

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00:29:19,540 –> 00:29:24,220
We’ll be given more information
by an extension of it.

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00:29:24,220 –> 00:29:28,342
We increase our knowledge, which
will be extended to

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00:29:28,342 –> 00:29:31,546
comprehension, and then a
practical outcome or

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00:29:31,546 –> 00:29:33,520
consequence, wisdom.
So here’s two examples.

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00:29:34,140 –> 00:29:35,640
Just watch how the process
occurs.

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00:29:35,820 –> 00:29:38,440
He that hideth hatred with lying
lips.

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00:29:38,500 –> 00:29:44,180
So we’re given some knowledge.
And here’s the expansion of it.

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00:29:44,980 –> 00:29:48,275
That utters a slander.
So now we’ve got more

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00:29:48,275 –> 00:29:51,940
information, a bigger picture.
Is a form.

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00:29:52,260 –> 00:29:57,175
A consequential outcome.
And the implication, of course,

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00:29:57,175 –> 00:30:00,160
that consequence is related to
that behavior.

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00:30:00,620 –> 00:30:02,600
Second one.
Proverbs 12, verse 28.

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00:30:02,600 –> 00:30:06,360
In the way of righteousness is
life.

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00:30:06,460 –> 00:30:09,700
We’re given a statement.
It’s expanded.

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00:30:09,700 –> 00:30:15,480
And in the pathway thereof is
consequence, no death.

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00:30:17,340 –> 00:30:20,726
It’s brilliant, isn’t it?
It’s a tiny little couplet and

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00:30:20,726 –> 00:30:23,246
statement.
It’s not a compare and contrast

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00:30:23,246 –> 00:30:26,552
now.
It’s a statement, expansion and

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00:30:26,552 –> 00:30:29,420
knowledge and understanding
through to consequence.

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00:30:29,940 –> 00:30:33,887
There’s a whole lot of these.
But it’s teaching us how to

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00:30:33,887 –> 00:30:38,897
think about the process that God
uses to create knowledge,

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00:30:38,897 –> 00:30:42,874
understanding and wisdom.
It’s our training wheels for the

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00:30:42,874 –> 00:30:50,387
rest of scripture.
Here’s some more complex

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00:30:50,387 –> 00:30:52,880
versions of those.
But you’ll see the same process.

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00:30:53,860 –> 00:30:57,060
Something’s stated.
Something’s expanding on it.

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00:30:57,440 –> 00:31:01,480
And there’s a consequence.
Proverbs 22, verse 22 to 23.

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00:31:01,660 –> 00:31:04,240
Rob not the poor.
We’re given a piece of

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00:31:04,240 –> 00:31:06,260
knowledge.
Because he is poor.

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00:31:07,420 –> 00:31:10,209
Neither.
So it increases and expands the

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00:31:10,209 –> 00:31:11,924
knowledge.
Oppress the afflicted and the

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00:31:11,924 –> 00:31:13,970
gay.
Now we’ve got an expanded set of

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00:31:13,970 –> 00:31:15,960
knowledge and picture.
For.

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00:31:16,600 –> 00:31:19,500
Because.
Yahweh will plead their cause.

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00:31:19,620 –> 00:31:21,860
And spoil the soul of those that
spoil.

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00:31:21,940 –> 00:31:25,620
And it’s the consequence.
It’s a little bit more complex.

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00:31:25,760 –> 00:31:27,220
But you see it’s the same
process.

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00:31:27,800 –> 00:31:29,920
We’re gaining knowledge.
We’re given more knowledge.

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00:31:30,000 –> 00:31:31,340
And it’s pushed through the
consequence.

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00:31:31,500 –> 00:31:35,720
Proverbs 22, verse 24 to 25.
Make no friendship with an angry

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00:31:35,720 –> 00:31:37,355
man.
So we’re given a piece of

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00:31:37,355 –> 00:31:38,800
knowledge.
And.

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00:31:38,960 –> 00:31:41,770
It will be extended.
With a furious man thou shalt

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00:31:41,770 –> 00:31:43,360
not go.
Lest.

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00:31:44,500 –> 00:31:46,920
You learn his ways.
And get a snare to those all.

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00:31:47,680 –> 00:31:49,640
So there’s our second type of
proverb.

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00:31:50,840 –> 00:31:53,300
But it’s still teaching us the
process.

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00:31:53,740 –> 00:31:55,660
Of knowing.
Understanding.

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00:31:56,120 –> 00:31:58,705
And of wisdom.
The consequential practical

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00:31:58,705 –> 00:32:00,140
outcome.
Of the principle.

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00:32:00,520 –> 00:32:02,480
So we’re being taught here in
the proverbs.

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00:32:02,780 –> 00:32:06,480
In baby steps really.
Of how to think about things.

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00:32:06,480 –> 00:32:08,830
All right.
Here’s our third type of

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00:32:08,830 –> 00:32:09,980
proverb.
This one.

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00:32:10,600 –> 00:32:14,207
Just ups the ante a little bit.
It’s a little bit more

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00:32:14,207 –> 00:32:16,080
complicated.
But it’s teaching us again.

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00:32:17,580 –> 00:32:21,440
These ones leave us to complete.
A representation.

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00:32:22,060 –> 00:32:24,683
So we’re going to take.
All the ideas we’ve looked at so

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00:32:24,683 –> 00:32:26,680
far.
And just extend it a little bit.

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00:32:27,520 –> 00:32:31,594
So right back to baby Obadiah.
Who before he even learnt

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00:32:31,594 –> 00:32:33,500
language.
Was comparing things.

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00:32:33,680 –> 00:32:36,080
And saying they were similar.
And some things were different.

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00:32:36,080 –> 00:32:37,740
And was creating this
incredible.

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00:32:37,920 –> 00:32:39,940
Complex mapping of the world
around him.

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00:32:39,980 –> 00:32:43,180
In terms of his senses.
And will continue to do so.

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00:32:43,440 –> 00:32:45,120
Until the process of
development.

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00:32:45,120 –> 00:32:47,840
Of language.
And ability to comprehend.

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00:32:48,960 –> 00:32:52,815
And have wisdom occurs.
We’re taken through the same

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00:32:52,815 –> 00:32:55,370
process here.
So these are what we would

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00:32:55,370 –> 00:32:57,640
typically call.
Similes or metaphors.

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00:32:58,200 –> 00:33:00,727
Two things are compared.
But they’re not different this

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00:33:00,727 –> 00:33:02,120
time.
They are similar.

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00:33:02,500 –> 00:33:05,340
They are the same.
In some respect.

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00:33:06,080 –> 00:33:09,180
And so one thing is used to
represent the other.

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00:33:09,700 –> 00:33:12,260
So we have this idea of
representation.

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00:33:12,760 –> 00:33:14,172
So remember that.
Because we’re going to start

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00:33:14,172 –> 00:33:15,904
using it.
More and more as we go through

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00:33:15,904 –> 00:33:18,560
the rest of the session.
Representation.

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00:33:19,200 –> 00:33:21,440
Two things are compared.
There’s a similarity.

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00:33:21,700 –> 00:33:23,280
So we use one to represent the
other.

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00:33:23,360 –> 00:33:25,400
The basis of all simile and
metaphor.

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00:33:25,580 –> 00:33:26,920
We don’t even think twice about
it.

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00:33:26,940 –> 00:33:28,720
We use it all the time.
Every day.

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00:33:28,720 –> 00:33:30,874
In our language.
But what we’re doing is

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00:33:30,874 –> 00:33:31,620
comparing.
Similar.

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00:33:31,920 –> 00:33:33,520
One thing represents.
So here’s a few.

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00:33:34,300 –> 00:33:37,360
Proverbs 26 verse 17.
He that passes by.

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00:33:37,780 –> 00:33:40,420
And meddles with strife.
Belonging not to him.

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00:33:40,580 –> 00:33:42,740
So there’s an idea.
Is like.

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00:33:42,820 –> 00:33:46,500
It’s compared to.
One who takes a dog by the ears.

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00:33:49,180 –> 00:33:52,280
Why?
Well that’s up to you.

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00:33:53,280 –> 00:33:57,820
You complete the representation.
What would happen if you.

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00:33:58,700 –> 00:34:01,970
Took a dog by the ears.
Anyone taken a dog by the ears

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00:34:01,970 –> 00:34:03,940
here?
Right.

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00:34:04,440 –> 00:34:07,440
So.
If you take a dog by the ears.

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00:34:07,500 –> 00:34:09,540
He doesn’t like it.
Dogs don’t like being taken by.

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00:34:09,620 –> 00:34:12,139
Most dogs don’t.
And will react.

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00:34:12,280 –> 00:34:14,300
If you took our dog by the ear.
A border collie.

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00:34:14,659 –> 00:34:19,572
It will have a good nip at you.
What happens if you go and

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00:34:19,572 –> 00:34:21,592
meddle.
In strife that doesn’t belong to

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00:34:21,592 –> 00:34:23,000
you.
As you’re passing it by.

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00:34:23,000 –> 00:34:26,520
Oh you’re going to have a
reaction.

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00:34:26,739 –> 00:34:30,407
Like the dog does.
You’re probably going to get

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00:34:30,407 –> 00:34:31,639
savage.
Like the dog might.

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00:34:33,120 –> 00:34:34,716
Alright.
So it’s asking us to complete

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00:34:34,716 –> 00:34:35,580
the idea.
But again.

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00:34:35,639 –> 00:34:38,454
We’re on training wheels here.
We’re being taught the basics of

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00:34:38,454 –> 00:34:40,739
simile and metaphor.
The basics of comparison.

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00:34:40,920 –> 00:34:43,270
They’re similar.
So one thing represents the

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00:34:43,270 –> 00:34:45,659
other.
It’s right back at baby Obadiah.

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00:34:45,719 –> 00:34:47,739
As he began to create categories
of things.

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00:34:47,820 –> 00:34:49,860
Oh that’s like that.
And it’s not like that.

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00:34:49,920 –> 00:34:52,158
And so that’s a category.
And later you would call it

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00:34:52,158 –> 00:34:53,780
animals.
And that one fruit.

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00:34:54,320 –> 00:34:56,780
But a fruit’s not an animal.
And an animal is not a fruit.

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00:34:57,340 –> 00:34:59,140
But inside animals they’re all
different too.

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00:34:59,280 –> 00:35:01,520
So there are cow like ones.
And elephant like ones.

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00:35:01,620 –> 00:35:07,313
And so there’s this huge vast
web of compare, contrast,

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00:35:07,313 –> 00:35:11,820
compare, similar, represent.
Proverbs chapter 24 verse 14.

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00:35:12,080 –> 00:35:15,413
Whoever boasts himself of a
false gift is like clouds and

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00:35:15,413 –> 00:35:17,504
wind without rain.
What two things are being

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00:35:17,504 –> 00:35:22,000
compared here?
Well, a cloud that comes across.

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00:35:22,340 –> 00:35:24,060
You think great.
It’s going to rain on my garden.

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00:35:24,160 –> 00:35:28,880
And it doesn’t.
So it’s a dashed expectation.

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00:35:30,100 –> 00:35:33,880
Someone who boasts himself of a
gift but turns out to be false.

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00:35:34,340 –> 00:35:38,126
There’s a dashed expectation.
And so we compare two things and

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00:35:38,126 –> 00:35:42,298
they’re similar.
So now clouds and wind without

622
00:35:42,298 –> 00:35:48,040
rain can represent someone who
boasts and has a false gift.

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00:35:49,240 –> 00:35:53,664
We use this all the time in our
language as a basic principle of

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00:35:53,664 –> 00:35:56,017
representation.
So the book of Proverbs has a

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00:35:56,017 –> 00:35:59,509
whole lot of these too because
it’s teaching us in these very

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00:35:59,509 –> 00:36:02,200
simple little couplets.
One thing compared to the other.

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00:36:02,900 –> 00:36:05,440
They’re similar.
So you use one thing to

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00:36:05,440 –> 00:36:07,540
represent another.
Here’s a few more.

629
00:36:07,680 –> 00:36:10,180
I’ll just quickly run them
through on the screen.

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00:36:13,480 –> 00:36:15,620
He that passes by.
We’ve done that one.

631
00:36:15,880 –> 00:36:19,280
Chapter 31 verse 14.
In the virtuous woman.

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00:36:19,420 –> 00:36:23,200
She is like the merchant ship.
She brings her food from far.

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00:36:23,200 –> 00:36:26,600
Is she a merchant ship?
She’s like one.

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00:36:26,760 –> 00:36:29,260
If you compare her to a merchant
ship there’ll be a similarity.

635
00:36:29,800 –> 00:36:32,240
So a merchant ship can represent
her in an idea.

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00:36:33,200 –> 00:36:34,540
Well this one.
It’s a good one isn’t it?

637
00:36:34,600 –> 00:36:37,360
Proverbs 26 verse 11.
As a visual.

638
00:36:37,460 –> 00:36:42,040
As a dog returns to its vomit.
So everyone’s seen a dog.

639
00:36:44,160 –> 00:36:48,040
And then eats it back up.
Disgusting.

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00:36:49,280 –> 00:36:52,000
That’s the visual.
Draw a picture of that.

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00:36:52,000 –> 00:36:54,820
Because the man wisdom.
The one who holds the wisdom

642
00:36:54,820 –> 00:36:56,520
strength.
Remember that visual.

643
00:36:57,240 –> 00:37:00,740
Well that is like.
A fool who goes away.

644
00:37:00,860 –> 00:37:02,360
Vomits up his folly.
Goes away.

645
00:37:02,460 –> 00:37:04,140
And comes back.
And eats it up again.

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00:37:05,140 –> 00:37:06,760
No we don’t really have a
problem with that.

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00:37:06,840 –> 00:37:07,740
Do we?
Oh sorry.

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00:37:08,060 –> 00:37:11,080
We don’t have a problem.
We don’t have a problem with

649
00:37:11,080 –> 00:37:14,340
understanding the metaphor.
We have a problem with that.

650
00:37:16,180 –> 00:37:18,480
So it’s just.
It’s natural for us.

651
00:37:18,520 –> 00:37:20,720
Why?
Because from two months old.

652
00:37:20,880 –> 00:37:23,307
Baby over die.
We’ve been learning to compare

653
00:37:23,307 –> 00:37:24,220
things.
They’re similar.

654
00:37:24,420 –> 00:37:25,800
They’re different.
If they’re similar.

655
00:37:26,020 –> 00:37:28,280
I can represent in terms of
another thing.

656
00:37:28,700 –> 00:37:30,900
So the principle of simile and
metaphor sits there.

657
00:37:30,900 –> 00:37:32,640
All right.
Let’s summarize.

658
00:37:32,860 –> 00:37:33,780
Because we’ve gone through a lot
here.

659
00:37:34,740 –> 00:37:42,660
What we’ve seen is that.
When we compare two things.

660
00:37:43,400 –> 00:37:46,100
They’re going to be similar.
In one or more respects.

661
00:37:46,700 –> 00:37:48,806
And if they are.
We can represent one thing by

662
00:37:48,806 –> 00:37:51,460
another.
Foundation of simile.

663
00:37:51,720 –> 00:37:53,740
And of metaphor.
And of analogy.

664
00:37:53,740 –> 00:37:58,140
We can compare things.
And they’re different.

665
00:37:58,340 –> 00:38:01,060
So we can contrast them.
And we can use it.

666
00:38:02,400 –> 00:38:05,860
To represent some comprehension.
Or understanding.

667
00:38:07,020 –> 00:38:09,840
That process.
Is the first step.

668
00:38:10,460 –> 00:38:12,480
In all thought and
comprehension.

669
00:38:12,680 –> 00:38:15,460
When a baby’s born.
It’s God designed.

670
00:38:16,180 –> 00:38:17,980
It comes through our five
senses.

671
00:38:18,780 –> 00:38:21,260
And it’s the foundation.
For all language.

672
00:38:21,460 –> 00:38:24,640
All words.
So it’s a process.

673
00:38:25,180 –> 00:38:28,960
That God’s created.
And then he’s created his word.

674
00:38:29,340 –> 00:38:31,220
His language.
His words.

675
00:38:31,480 –> 00:38:33,100
That are going to follow the
same process.

676
00:38:33,580 –> 00:38:38,080
So that’s our takeaway.
Okay.

677
00:38:38,260 –> 00:38:40,100
Let’s take the training wheels
off a little bit.

678
00:38:40,180 –> 00:38:41,740
Actually we’ll leave them on.
But we’ll just.

679
00:38:42,880 –> 00:38:45,020
Give ourselves a little bit more
space.

680
00:38:45,260 –> 00:38:47,340
And we’re going to go beyond the
little couplets.

681
00:38:47,340 –> 00:38:49,740
Where the Proverbs is teaching
us the basics.

682
00:38:50,440 –> 00:38:52,240
And we’re going to go through an
extended metaphor.

683
00:38:52,780 –> 00:38:56,620
Psalm 1 verse 3.
Now we compare two things.

684
00:38:57,180 –> 00:38:58,900
And there’s more than one
similarity.

685
00:38:59,560 –> 00:39:02,020
A tree shall be plant.
He.

686
00:39:02,660 –> 00:39:04,100
A man.
The righteous man.

687
00:39:04,380 –> 00:39:06,420
Shall be like.
Now it’s a comparison.

688
00:39:07,520 –> 00:39:10,320
A tree.
Planted by rivers of water.

689
00:39:10,680 –> 00:39:12,920
That bringeth forth his fruit in
season.

690
00:39:13,280 –> 00:39:16,307
And his leaf will not wither.
And whatever he does will

691
00:39:16,307 –> 00:39:18,777
prosper.
And so we know what

692
00:39:18,777 –> 00:39:19,600
understanding.
Benet is.

693
00:39:19,660 –> 00:39:22,160
We’re going to start mentally
separating it into the pieces.

694
00:39:22,320 –> 00:39:23,860
So we’ve got a tree.
Planted.

695
00:39:24,220 –> 00:39:26,620
By river water.
Brings forth fruit in season.

696
00:39:26,780 –> 00:39:29,530
Leaf doesn’t wither.
And when we compare it to this

697
00:39:29,530 –> 00:39:31,040
righteous man.
They’re a person.

698
00:39:31,260 –> 00:39:34,040
Who’s established by God’s word.
For good works.

699
00:39:34,140 –> 00:39:37,060
At an appropriate time.
And they receive eternal life.

700
00:39:38,860 –> 00:39:40,340
Does anyone have a problem with
that?

701
00:39:41,480 –> 00:39:43,580
Pretty simple.
It’s not.

702
00:39:44,120 –> 00:39:46,960
It’s complex.
But you see.

703
00:39:47,060 –> 00:39:48,260
Our brains.
Our minds.

704
00:39:48,340 –> 00:39:51,300
Have been created by the father.
To think like this.

705
00:39:51,660 –> 00:39:54,440
So we now have a complex.
An extended metaphor.

706
00:39:54,600 –> 00:39:56,440
An extended similarity.
The same process.

707
00:39:56,580 –> 00:39:58,752
Two things compared.
They’re similar in multiple

708
00:39:58,752 –> 00:40:01,100
points.
So one thing’s used to

709
00:40:01,100 –> 00:40:02,720
represent.
Another.

710
00:40:04,840 –> 00:40:09,260
Interesting thing is that.
Sorry.

711
00:40:09,360 –> 00:40:11,680
I’ll just get through that.
Parables.

712
00:40:12,780 –> 00:40:15,140
Are a complex form.
Of a proverb.

713
00:40:16,320 –> 00:40:18,620
So in Matthew chapter 13.
Verse 34.

714
00:40:18,920 –> 00:40:20,920
The Lord Jesus Christ.
We know of course.

715
00:40:21,060 –> 00:40:24,703
Spoke in parables.
We’re going to bring an extra

716
00:40:24,703 –> 00:40:25,460
idea.
In here.

717
00:40:26,780 –> 00:40:29,020
In a parable.
In a proverb.

718
00:40:29,020 –> 00:40:31,180
There’s an element.
Of a hidden meaning.

719
00:40:31,940 –> 00:40:34,020
If you think about that.
That’s because.

720
00:40:35,020 –> 00:40:38,740
They’re about understanding.
Understanding is about.

721
00:40:39,260 –> 00:40:41,640
Not knowing something.
And then knowing it.

722
00:40:41,740 –> 00:40:43,280
Not understanding.
Then understanding.

723
00:40:43,460 –> 00:40:44,960
So previously.
There’s something hidden.

724
00:40:45,040 –> 00:40:47,120
Then it’s not.
So the idea of.

725
00:40:47,440 –> 00:40:49,340
Hiding meaning.
Inside words.

726
00:40:49,440 –> 00:40:51,040
Is fundamental.
To the concept.

727
00:40:51,140 –> 00:40:53,160
Of understanding.
And parables.

728
00:40:53,320 –> 00:40:54,860
Are all about that.
So this is what.

729
00:40:55,320 –> 00:40:56,600
It says in Matthew.
Chapter 13.

730
00:40:56,600 –> 00:40:58,660
Verse 34.
All these things.

731
00:40:58,840 –> 00:41:00,540
Spake Jesus.
To the multitude.

732
00:41:00,940 –> 00:41:04,980
In parables.
And without a parable.

733
00:41:05,220 –> 00:41:06,880
Spake he not.
Unto them.

734
00:41:07,720 –> 00:41:09,940
That it might be fulfilled.
Which was spoken.

735
00:41:09,940 –> 00:41:11,960
By the prophet.
And he quotes.

736
00:41:12,240 –> 00:41:13,620
Psalm 78.
Verse 2.

737
00:41:14,100 –> 00:41:16,100
I will open my mouth.
In parables.

738
00:41:16,220 –> 00:41:17,380
But that’s the Hebrew.
Marshall.

739
00:41:17,540 –> 00:41:19,780
Our term proverb.
From Proverbs chapter 1.

740
00:41:19,800 –> 00:41:22,400
Verse 1.
I will utter dark sayings.

741
00:41:22,460 –> 00:41:24,620
Oh that’s that phrase.
Out of Proverbs chapter 1.

742
00:41:24,640 –> 00:41:26,020
Verse 6.
Our fifth statement.

743
00:41:26,160 –> 00:41:27,940
The dark sayings.
Of the old.

744
00:41:28,000 –> 00:41:31,720
The riddles of the old.
So we’re being told here.

745
00:41:31,720 –> 00:41:34,540
That the parables.
Of the Lord Jesus Christ.

746
00:41:35,060 –> 00:41:37,820
Are in some way.
Equivalent to the Proverbs.

747
00:41:39,420 –> 00:41:40,620
Proverbs 1.
Verse 6.

748
00:41:40,720 –> 00:41:42,500
To understand a proverb.
A marshall.

749
00:41:42,580 –> 00:41:44,040
The interpretation.
The words of the wise.

750
00:41:44,100 –> 00:41:46,500
And their dark saying.
So parables.

751
00:41:47,020 –> 00:41:50,620
Are a complex form.
Of these proverbs.

752
00:41:51,020 –> 00:41:53,920
Now let’s have a look at that.
Again on screen.

753
00:41:54,040 –> 00:41:56,960
So it’s easy.
Here’s a parable.

754
00:41:56,960 –> 00:42:00,300
Are we having two things
compared.

755
00:42:00,500 –> 00:42:02,800
And their like.
He said.

756
00:42:02,920 –> 00:42:06,880
Whereunto shall we liken.
The kingdom of God.

757
00:42:07,400 –> 00:42:11,580
With what comparison.
Shall we compare it.

758
00:42:12,060 –> 00:42:15,080
Now the term parable.
Literally means parabola.

759
00:42:15,280 –> 00:42:17,740
To cast beside an order to
compare.

760
00:42:17,980 –> 00:42:19,200
Alright.
So that’s parabola.

761
00:42:19,600 –> 00:42:21,140
So I do casting something upon
another.

762
00:42:21,380 –> 00:42:22,980
So you can contrast and compare
them.

763
00:42:23,300 –> 00:42:24,880
And because they’re similar.
They can represent.

764
00:42:24,880 –> 00:42:27,420
Amen.
The kingdom of God.

765
00:42:27,520 –> 00:42:29,360
Verse 31.
Is like.

766
00:42:30,380 –> 00:42:33,017
A grain of mustard seed.
It’s not actually a mustard

767
00:42:33,017 –> 00:42:33,980
seed.
But it is.

768
00:42:34,400 –> 00:42:36,300
Like.
A grain of mustard seed.

769
00:42:36,780 –> 00:42:39,164
Which when it’s sown the earth.
Is less than all the seeds that

770
00:42:39,164 –> 00:42:40,580
be in the earth.
But when it is sown.

771
00:42:40,660 –> 00:42:42,549
It groweth up.
And becomes greater than all the

772
00:42:42,549 –> 00:42:44,220
herbs.
And shoots out great branches.

773
00:42:44,580 –> 00:42:45,900
So that the fowls there may
lodge.

774
00:42:45,940 –> 00:42:47,860
Under the shadow of it.
Of many such.

775
00:42:48,440 –> 00:42:50,740
Parables.
Spake he the word to them.

776
00:42:50,800 –> 00:42:53,620
As they were able to hear.
But without a parable.

777
00:42:53,800 –> 00:42:55,180
Spake he not to them.
When they alone.

778
00:42:55,440 –> 00:42:57,400
He expounded all these things.
Disciples.

779
00:42:57,520 –> 00:43:00,060
So.
The process is the word.

780
00:43:00,320 –> 00:43:06,440
And it’s revealing.
So a proverb is about.

781
00:43:06,800 –> 00:43:09,160
Two states.
And a transition between.

782
00:43:09,680 –> 00:43:12,540
Not understanding.
Now we are understanding.

783
00:43:12,540 –> 00:43:15,680
The seed.
So the parable of the sower.

784
00:43:16,680 –> 00:43:19,360
When they came and said.
Why do you speak in parables?

785
00:43:19,740 –> 00:43:21,780
He says.
Well it’s given for you to know.

786
00:43:21,960 –> 00:43:23,615
To have knowledge.
About the mysteries of the

787
00:43:23,615 –> 00:43:25,560
kingdom of God.
But to others in parables.

788
00:43:25,980 –> 00:43:27,960
That seeing.
They might not see.

789
00:43:28,040 –> 00:43:29,320
And hearing.
They might not understand.

790
00:43:29,600 –> 00:43:31,460
They can’t have the knowledge.
And understanding.

791
00:43:31,600 –> 00:43:34,460
But my parables are the vehicle.
By which I’m imparting it.

792
00:43:34,520 –> 00:43:36,780
He said.
Now the parable is this.

793
00:43:36,900 –> 00:43:38,200
Ah.
There’s an interpretation.

794
00:43:39,460 –> 00:43:41,140
The seed.
Is the word of God.

795
00:43:41,140 –> 00:43:42,200
It’s not.
But it’s.

796
00:43:42,740 –> 00:43:44,620
Represented.
Because when you compare them.

797
00:43:44,880 –> 00:43:47,200
They’re similar.
So one can represent the other.

798
00:43:47,960 –> 00:43:51,040
Those who are by the wayside.
Are they that hear.

799
00:43:51,440 –> 00:43:54,592
Then comes the devil.
And takes away the word out of

800
00:43:54,592 –> 00:43:56,420
their hands.
Lest they should believe.

801
00:43:56,540 –> 00:43:57,800
And be seen.
See the process.

802
00:43:57,880 –> 00:43:59,700
That Christ’s going through.
The building blocks.

803
00:43:59,780 –> 00:44:01,500
That he’s stacking up.
To create comprehension.

804
00:44:01,500 –> 00:44:04,660
So the training wheels.
Are well off now aren’t we.

805
00:44:04,700 –> 00:44:06,180
We’ve moved out of the book of
proverbs.

806
00:44:06,300 –> 00:44:08,880
They’re not couplets anymore.
But it’s following the same

807
00:44:08,880 –> 00:44:10,300
process.
That baby Abadiah.

808
00:44:10,420 –> 00:44:11,840
Learned when he was two months
old.

809
00:44:12,000 –> 00:44:16,400
From birth.
But.

810
00:44:17,720 –> 00:44:22,578
Proverbs and parables.
Are just part of a much more

811
00:44:22,578 –> 00:44:23,820
complex structure.
In the scriptures.

812
00:44:25,180 –> 00:44:28,880
Starts with basic symbols.
Simple metaphors and simile.

813
00:44:29,000 –> 00:44:30,400
We’ve seen in the book of
proverbs.

814
00:44:30,400 –> 00:44:32,920
They’re stuck together.
To create proverbs.

815
00:44:32,920 –> 00:44:34,620
And types.
And parables.

816
00:44:35,060 –> 00:44:37,780
Then we have type patterns.
Where entire narrative stories.

817
00:44:37,940 –> 00:44:40,100
Mapped to something else.
And all their similarities.

818
00:44:40,840 –> 00:44:42,320
Then there are visions and
dreams.

819
00:44:42,480 –> 00:44:44,660
Where you’re released.
From the natural restraints.

820
00:44:44,660 –> 00:44:47,200
Of the physical world.
And have fantastical things

821
00:44:47,200 –> 00:44:48,900
going.
Like dragons and stars.

822
00:44:48,900 –> 00:44:51,776
Born within the sky.
But the dimensions of

823
00:44:51,776 –> 00:44:53,400
representation.
Are much higher.

824
00:44:53,800 –> 00:44:56,600
Before you get to master types.
And thematic structures.

825
00:44:56,600 –> 00:44:58,880
That begin in Genesis.
And finish in Revelation.

826
00:44:58,880 –> 00:45:03,180
So the book of proverbs.
Is teaching us.

827
00:45:03,600 –> 00:45:06,600
The very start.
Of the way God thinks.

828
00:45:06,700 –> 00:45:08,340
And presents his thoughts.
In the scripture.

829
00:45:09,060 –> 00:45:11,560
You know.
When we get to the revelation.

830
00:45:12,000 –> 00:45:15,200
Look at this. 18 symbols and
metaphors.

831
00:45:15,520 –> 00:45:17,500
Cascade out of the statement.
I saw a woman.

832
00:45:17,640 –> 00:45:20,280
Sit on a scarlet colored beast.
Full of names of blasphemy.

833
00:45:20,360 –> 00:45:21,900
Having seven heads.
And ten horns.

834
00:45:22,300 –> 00:45:24,300
The woman was arrayed.
In purple and scarlet colored.

835
00:45:24,400 –> 00:45:25,760
Depped with gold and precious
stones.

836
00:45:25,840 –> 00:45:27,680
And pearls.
A golden cup in her hand.

837
00:45:27,740 –> 00:45:29,844
Full of abominations.
And filthiness of her

838
00:45:29,844 –> 00:45:30,880
fornication.
On her forehead.

839
00:45:31,000 –> 00:45:32,320
Was a name written.
Mystery.

840
00:45:32,580 –> 00:45:34,020
Babylon great.
Mother of hearts.

841
00:45:34,280 –> 00:45:37,160
Abominations of the earth. 18
symbol and metaphors.

842
00:45:37,240 –> 00:45:39,680
In an avalanche.
In the book of revealing.

843
00:45:39,880 –> 00:45:42,640
Revelation.
The book of proverbs.

844
00:45:42,940 –> 00:45:46,440
Is where we learn.
How this process operates.

845
00:45:48,000 –> 00:45:50,160
The whole of proverbs.
Is like that.

846
00:45:54,220 –> 00:45:58,140
It doesn’t end there.
When we look at this process.

847
00:45:58,520 –> 00:46:02,290
We discover that all language.
Is fundamentally about

848
00:46:02,290 –> 00:46:03,820
representation.
Of the physical world.

849
00:46:03,880 –> 00:46:05,800
And symbols.
Sounds and words.

850
00:46:06,600 –> 00:46:09,220
Mathematics is a representation.
Of a physical world.

851
00:46:09,240 –> 00:46:10,540
Of numbers.
Art.

852
00:46:10,640 –> 00:46:12,680
Is a representation.
Of a physical world.

853
00:46:12,780 –> 00:46:15,480
In terms of our five senses.
People play around.

854
00:46:15,560 –> 00:46:17,820
With minimalization.
Or minimal art.

855
00:46:19,720 –> 00:46:21,460
Where.
What sort of picture.

856
00:46:21,620 –> 00:46:23,540
Could you create.
That’s got the smallest.

857
00:46:23,540 –> 00:46:26,260
Amount of representation.
That you just see.

858
00:46:26,340 –> 00:46:29,240
It represents it.
It’s a minimalist art.

859
00:46:29,880 –> 00:46:31,600
All the abstractions.
Of love.

860
00:46:31,660 –> 00:46:32,460
And hate.
And hope.

861
00:46:32,520 –> 00:46:33,840
And faith.
That we can’t touch.

862
00:46:33,880 –> 00:46:35,820
And feel.
Are dealt with.

863
00:46:35,860 –> 00:46:37,420
In terms of representation.
Repentation.

864
00:46:40,420 –> 00:46:43,100
So it’s an idea.
It’s the way God created.

865
00:46:43,480 –> 00:46:45,780
Everything.
And why did he do that?

866
00:46:48,580 –> 00:46:51,380
Because it’s the glory of God.
To conceal a thing.

867
00:46:51,460 –> 00:46:52,380
Now that word is.
Doba.

868
00:46:52,680 –> 00:46:54,320
It’s a word.
Normally translated word.

869
00:46:54,400 –> 00:46:56,540
The word of God.
It’s the glory of God.

870
00:46:56,540 –> 00:46:58,860
To do this.
To conceal his word.

871
00:46:59,580 –> 00:47:02,500
But it’s our honor.
To search it out.

872
00:47:03,300 –> 00:47:05,380
That’s why he’s done it.
Because it’s the way.

873
00:47:05,480 –> 00:47:07,420
He’s created the world.
It’s the way.

874
00:47:07,760 –> 00:47:12,700
He thinks.
I’m going to jump over.

875
00:47:12,780 –> 00:47:15,860
The next slide.
But I’ll just tell you.

876
00:47:16,300 –> 00:47:17,820
The point.
I was going to make.

877
00:47:17,940 –> 00:47:20,040
From here.
First Corinthians.

878
00:47:20,200 –> 00:47:21,800
Chapter 15.
Paul deals with.

879
00:47:21,900 –> 00:47:24,660
A highly complex metaphor.
With multiple representations.

880
00:47:24,880 –> 00:47:26,660
And comparisons.
Between the first man.

881
00:47:26,720 –> 00:47:27,920
Adam.
And the last man.

882
00:47:28,000 –> 00:47:29,240
Adam.
But he makes a point.

883
00:47:30,240 –> 00:47:32,360
That was not.
First which was spiritual.

884
00:47:32,360 –> 00:47:34,500
But that which is natural.
That is the physical.

885
00:47:34,660 –> 00:47:36,480
Creator material world.
And afterward.

886
00:47:36,640 –> 00:47:38,500
That which is spiritual.
Pneumaticus.

887
00:47:38,580 –> 00:47:41,280
The breath of air.
The things which are invisible.

888
00:47:42,280 –> 00:47:45,060
So God explains to us.
The invisible things.

889
00:47:45,060 –> 00:47:46,720
Of creation.
Of himself.

890
00:47:46,880 –> 00:47:48,920
And his abstractions.
And his characteristics.

891
00:47:49,120 –> 00:47:51,340
And his purpose.
Through representations.

892
00:47:51,780 –> 00:47:54,020
In the physical world.
So take that point away.

893
00:47:54,500 –> 00:47:56,700
If that didn’t make sense.
Because it almost didn’t to me.

894
00:47:57,080 –> 00:47:59,400
And I said it.
Come and see me afterwards.

895
00:48:01,060 –> 00:48:02,180
Alright.
So here’s the summary.

896
00:48:02,360 –> 00:48:05,120
And we’re going to have to race.
And I’m going to.

897
00:48:05,120 –> 00:48:07,460
Please have.
Can I have five extra minutes.

898
00:48:07,460 –> 00:48:09,300
At the end.
Just to complete this.

899
00:48:09,620 –> 00:48:12,060
Before our heads go.
Alright.

900
00:48:12,180 –> 00:48:14,220
So this is what we’ve learned.
Proverbs are words.

901
00:48:14,560 –> 00:48:16,560
They have meanings.
Between contrasts.

902
00:48:17,240 –> 00:48:18,500
Similes.
Parables.

903
00:48:18,620 –> 00:48:19,740
Aversions.
Of proverbs.

904
00:48:20,000 –> 00:48:21,920
They all rely on the same
principle.

905
00:48:22,000 –> 00:48:24,580
Of representation.
You compare two things.

906
00:48:24,640 –> 00:48:26,680
They’re similar.
So you can represent one with

907
00:48:26,680 –> 00:48:28,360
the other.
You compare two things.

908
00:48:28,440 –> 00:48:30,720
They’re dissimilar.
So you contrast them.

909
00:48:30,720 –> 00:48:34,160
And in that process.
Is hidden understanding.

910
00:48:34,560 –> 00:48:37,140
And seeing it.
Is the process of comprehension.

911
00:48:37,340 –> 00:48:38,880
And understanding.
The book of Proverbs.

912
00:48:39,000 –> 00:48:42,000
Is a training ground.
That’s where we’re being taught.

913
00:48:42,100 –> 00:48:44,260
In these little simple couplets.
To know.

914
00:48:44,760 –> 00:48:47,140
Understand.
Perceive consequential wisdom.

915
00:48:47,140 –> 00:48:49,580
And outcomes.
Putting into practice.

916
00:48:49,580 –> 00:48:52,140
And we’re being taught.
How to understand.

917
00:48:52,340 –> 00:48:54,080
And approach.
The word of God.

918
00:48:54,240 –> 00:48:56,020
Because he created.
Babies.

919
00:48:56,420 –> 00:48:58,180
And humans.
To think like this.

920
00:48:58,620 –> 00:49:00,820
And he represented it.
In his scripture.

921
00:49:01,120 –> 00:49:02,940
Like this.
Because this.

922
00:49:03,160 –> 00:49:04,660
Is the mind.
Of the spirit.

923
00:49:05,000 –> 00:49:06,300
It’s his own way.
Of thinking.

924
00:49:06,900 –> 00:49:10,000
It’s how he thinks.
How he designed us.

925
00:49:10,080 –> 00:49:12,160
To think.
It’s his glory.

926
00:49:12,340 –> 00:49:14,420
To do this.
And it’s our honor.

927
00:49:14,540 –> 00:49:16,300
To search it out.
It’s hidden.

928
00:49:16,560 –> 00:49:18,840
And then revealed.
As the process.

929
00:49:19,040 –> 00:49:20,940
Of knowing.
Understanding.

930
00:49:20,940 –> 00:49:23,520
And then manifesting.
In his principles.

931
00:49:23,840 –> 00:49:27,000
In the world around us.
And we use this process.

932
00:49:27,260 –> 00:49:29,360
In every doctrine.
And belief we hold.

933
00:49:30,400 –> 00:49:32,520
We do it every week.
When we take.

934
00:49:33,180 –> 00:49:34,880
The emblems.
Of the bread and wine.

935
00:49:35,580 –> 00:49:38,100
They represent.
The body.

936
00:49:38,260 –> 00:49:39,220
And blood.
Of the life.

937
00:49:39,440 –> 00:49:40,700
Lord.
Principles.

938
00:49:40,820 –> 00:49:43,120
Representing his life.
We talk.

939
00:49:43,240 –> 00:49:45,040
Like this.
Whenever we talk.

940
00:49:45,360 –> 00:49:47,600
About a bible concept.
It’s the way.

941
00:49:47,660 –> 00:49:48,780
The scriptures.
Created.

942
00:49:52,080 –> 00:49:54,020
I’m not going to do this.
We were going to do.

943
00:49:54,100 –> 00:49:56,300
A little representation.
Breathing exercise.

944
00:49:56,560 –> 00:49:57,680
But we don’t have time.
So.

945
00:49:58,580 –> 00:50:01,100
Take a deep breath.
Alright.

946
00:50:01,780 –> 00:50:03,540
Training wheels.
Are well off now.

947
00:50:04,260 –> 00:50:05,760
And we’re going to take.
All this back.

948
00:50:05,800 –> 00:50:07,580
Into the book of proverbs.
And ask the question.

949
00:50:07,720 –> 00:50:10,520
Who’s the woman wisdom?
Because she’s a.

950
00:50:11,140 –> 00:50:13,440
Representation.
You compare her.

951
00:50:13,480 –> 00:50:14,880
To something else.
She’s similar.

952
00:50:14,880 –> 00:50:16,560
And she comes.
To represent her.

953
00:50:17,460 –> 00:50:21,040
So.
Buckle up your seatbelts.

954
00:50:21,120 –> 00:50:22,580
We’re going to go.
Real fast here.

955
00:50:23,460 –> 00:50:24,820
And what I hope to do.
Is just.

956
00:50:25,080 –> 00:50:26,560
Open up a little bit.
For a glimpse.

957
00:50:26,680 –> 00:50:28,740
And you’ll see.
The incredible complexity.

958
00:50:29,200 –> 00:50:31,080
And dynamism.
Of the representation.

959
00:50:32,980 –> 00:50:35,360
Of God’s knowledge.
Understanding wisdom.

960
00:50:35,540 –> 00:50:36,540
In this one.
Wisdom.

961
00:50:36,660 –> 00:50:38,080
So.
Here’s the first thing to know.

962
00:50:38,860 –> 00:50:40,800
Wisdom is represented.
As a woman.

963
00:50:40,920 –> 00:50:43,000
In the book of proverbs.
Proverbs 1 verse 20.

964
00:50:43,100 –> 00:50:45,380
Wisdom cries without.
She utters her voice.

965
00:50:45,460 –> 00:50:47,700
In the streets.
Proverbs 2 verse 2 to 3.

966
00:50:48,020 –> 00:50:50,160
Incline thine ear to wisdom.
And apply in the heart.

967
00:50:50,220 –> 00:50:52,020
To understanding.
If you cry after knowledge.

968
00:50:52,140 –> 00:50:53,340
Lift up your voice.
For understanding.

969
00:50:53,400 –> 00:50:55,060
If you seek.
Her as silver.

970
00:50:55,240 –> 00:50:57,140
Search for her.
As for her treasures.

971
00:50:57,560 –> 00:50:59,740
Proverbs chapter 7 verse 4.
Say to wisdom.

972
00:50:59,840 –> 00:51:01,900
You are my sister.
Call understanding.

973
00:51:02,020 –> 00:51:04,660
Your king’s woman.
Proverbs 8 verse 1.

974
00:51:04,800 –> 00:51:06,820
Does not wisdom cry.
Understanding put forth.

975
00:51:07,060 –> 00:51:09,000
Her voice.
Proverbs 9 verse 1.

976
00:51:09,120 –> 00:51:10,680
Wisdom’s builder.
Her house.

977
00:51:11,000 –> 00:51:12,860
She’s hewn out.
Her seven pillars.

978
00:51:12,860 –> 00:51:15,240
So mental note.
She’s represented.

979
00:51:15,380 –> 00:51:17,340
As a woman.
In the book of proverbs.

980
00:51:17,820 –> 00:51:19,100
Or a woman.
Is representing.

981
00:51:19,600 –> 00:51:21,740
Her.
Second.

982
00:51:21,840 –> 00:51:24,960
There’s a lot of text here.
Where wisdom.

983
00:51:25,120 –> 00:51:26,120
Is represented.
A woman.

984
00:51:26,320 –> 00:51:29,480
Chapter 1 verse 20. 33.
She is a cry.

985
00:51:29,560 –> 00:51:31,380
Into the city.
That is unheeded.

986
00:51:31,600 –> 00:51:33,600
And the council.
Is not listened to.

987
00:51:33,700 –> 00:51:35,280
And destruction.
Comes on the city.

988
00:51:36,020 –> 00:51:37,480
And at the end.
She laughs.

989
00:51:37,480 –> 00:51:38,800
At them.
For not.

990
00:51:39,140 –> 00:51:42,020
Listening.
Chapter 3 verse 13.

991
00:51:42,120 –> 00:51:43,780
To 18.
There’s an immense.

992
00:51:43,900 –> 00:51:45,420
Comparative value.
Of wisdom.

993
00:51:45,540 –> 00:51:46,780
Than kid.
Anything else.

994
00:51:46,900 –> 00:51:48,080
But it’s couched.
In terms.

995
00:51:48,640 –> 00:51:50,840
Of a woman.
Chapter 4 verse 5.

996
00:51:50,900 –> 00:51:52,820
To 13.
Our relationship.

997
00:51:52,980 –> 00:51:54,320
To knowledge.
Understanding wisdom.

998
00:51:54,560 –> 00:51:56,080
Is in a picture.
A representation.

999
00:51:56,340 –> 00:51:57,720
Of being married.
To it.

1000
00:51:58,180 –> 00:51:59,560
The wife.
Of our youth.

1001
00:52:00,300 –> 00:52:01,220
In chapter 8.
Verse 1.

1002
00:52:01,280 –> 00:52:03,180
To 20.
There’s another cry.

1003
00:52:03,320 –> 00:52:05,260
Into the city.
Where there’s an instruction.

1004
00:52:05,440 –> 00:52:06,380
For Ish.
The men.

1005
00:52:06,480 –> 00:52:07,520
And bed Adam.
The children.

1006
00:52:07,640 –> 00:52:08,840
Men.
To listen.

1007
00:52:09,040 –> 00:52:10,560
To knowledge.
And understanding wisdom.

1008
00:52:10,980 –> 00:52:12,160
In chapter 8.
Verse 21.

1009
00:52:12,240 –> 00:52:13,700
To 32.
Wisdom.

1010
00:52:13,780 –> 00:52:14,680
Was there.
Before.

1011
00:52:14,860 –> 00:52:16,100
And in.
And founded.

1012
00:52:16,660 –> 00:52:18,220
In the creation.
Of God.

1013
00:52:18,560 –> 00:52:20,920
Right at the beginning.
Chapter 9.

1014
00:52:20,960 –> 00:52:21,860
Verse 1.
To 12.

1015
00:52:21,860 –> 00:52:24,540
There is an invitation.
To come to wisdom’s table.

1016
00:52:24,660 –> 00:52:25,500
And finally.
Of course.

1017
00:52:25,900 –> 00:52:27,340
Well loved.
Well known.

1018
00:52:27,560 –> 00:52:29,700
Chapter 31.
The virtuous woman.

1019
00:52:29,900 –> 00:52:32,960
But what’s hidden.
In the representation.

1020
00:52:33,860 –> 00:52:39,420
What’s the understanding.
Well the first thing to know.

1021
00:52:40,260 –> 00:52:42,420
Is all of this wisdom.
Is from God.

1022
00:52:42,540 –> 00:52:44,240
It’s Yahweh’s.
It comes from him.

1023
00:52:44,520 –> 00:52:47,160
In the first instance.
We see this.

1024
00:52:47,200 –> 00:52:48,600
In Proverbs chapter 2.
Verse 5.

1025
00:52:48,600 –> 00:52:51,140
Then you’ll understand.
The fear of Yahweh.

1026
00:52:51,260 –> 00:52:53,320
And find the knowledge.
Of God.

1027
00:52:53,980 –> 00:52:56,040
For Yahweh.
Gives wisdom.

1028
00:52:56,280 –> 00:52:58,060
Out of his mouth.
Comes knowledge.

1029
00:52:58,160 –> 00:52:59,040
And understanding.
So.

1030
00:52:59,380 –> 00:53:02,620
Whoever this woman wisdom is.
The wisdom she has.

1031
00:53:02,820 –> 00:53:04,680
Is God’s.
From him.

1032
00:53:05,540 –> 00:53:07,500
And is God’s knowledge.
Understanding.

1033
00:53:08,040 –> 00:53:09,940
And wisdom.
What we find.

1034
00:53:10,020 –> 00:53:11,500
As we go through.
Is the woman wisdom.

1035
00:53:11,600 –> 00:53:13,780
Is all about the voice.
She cries.

1036
00:53:13,880 –> 00:53:15,480
She puts forth her voice.
My voice.

1037
00:53:15,540 –> 00:53:16,840
I’ll speak.
Open my lips.

1038
00:53:16,940 –> 00:53:17,840
My mouth.
My lips.

1039
00:53:17,960 –> 00:53:18,980
Cries.
Utters voice.

1040
00:53:19,120 –> 00:53:20,100
Uttereth words.
My words.

1041
00:53:20,320 –> 00:53:24,280
I’ve called.
That’s her hallmark.

1042
00:53:25,220 –> 00:53:26,840
She’s crying out.
And calling.

1043
00:53:27,560 –> 00:53:29,740
Words.
Which are God’s knowledge.

1044
00:53:30,140 –> 00:53:31,300
Understanding.
And wisdom.

1045
00:53:31,400 –> 00:53:34,554
Who’s she calling out to?
Well in Proverbs chapter 1 verse

1046
00:53:34,554 –> 00:53:37,040
22 to 23.
And 8 verses 4 and 5.

1047
00:53:37,320 –> 00:53:39,240
It’s the men.
O ye sons of men.

1048
00:53:39,320 –> 00:53:40,320
The ish.
The men.

1049
00:53:40,660 –> 00:53:42,040
The Ben Adams.
Sons of men.

1050
00:53:42,160 –> 00:53:44,840
Two biblical themes.
To a group called the simple.

1051
00:53:44,980 –> 00:53:46,720
The ones who have nothing in
their head.

1052
00:53:46,920 –> 00:53:48,760
They don’t have knowledge.
Understanding wisdom.

1053
00:53:49,140 –> 00:53:51,280
The fools.
Who are going through life

1054
00:53:51,280 –> 00:53:52,960
without this.
And keep stumbling.

1055
00:53:53,740 –> 00:53:56,040
Walking into things.
Because they don’t have it.

1056
00:53:56,100 –> 00:53:58,580
That’s who she’s calling out to.
Which is us.

1057
00:53:59,180 –> 00:54:02,086
So who is she?
Well I’ll quickly take you to

1058
00:54:02,086 –> 00:54:10,200
the conclusion.
She’s God’s wisdom.

1059
00:54:11,660 –> 00:54:14,280
Manifest through the woman
wisdom.

1060
00:54:14,900 –> 00:54:18,320
To the simple.
So she’s an intermediary.

1061
00:54:19,060 –> 00:54:23,437
She’s an agent of God.
As his vehicle for imparting

1062
00:54:23,437 –> 00:54:24,640
knowledge.
Understanding wisdom.

1063
00:54:25,480 –> 00:54:27,800
Secondly.
She’s both the message.

1064
00:54:28,020 –> 00:54:29,980
And the messenger.
Come to me.

1065
00:54:30,240 –> 00:54:32,080
For I am wisdom.
She says.

1066
00:54:32,680 –> 00:54:36,560
She represents God’s knowledge.
Wisdom and understanding.

1067
00:54:36,740 –> 00:54:38,960
His word.
In a human being.

1068
00:54:40,100 –> 00:54:43,500
She’s seen in Jesus Christ.
She’s seen in the scriptures.

1069
00:54:44,060 –> 00:54:47,060
She’s seen the prophets.
And she’s seen in us.

1070
00:54:48,220 –> 00:54:51,500
Now why a woman?
Well that’s obvious.

1071
00:54:51,680 –> 00:54:53,260
That’s why I put it.
Except that reason.

1072
00:54:53,260 –> 00:54:57,535
Because God’s wanting to
represent a picture of Emmanuel

1073
00:54:57,535 –> 00:54:59,700
God with us.
The divine.

1074
00:55:00,120 –> 00:55:02,120
The word.
The begotten of God.

1075
00:55:02,200 –> 00:55:04,220
The son.
Inhuman.

1076
00:55:04,520 –> 00:55:06,500
Made of flesh.
And born of a woman.

1077
00:55:06,860 –> 00:55:09,500
The word made flesh.
So it’s a picture.

1078
00:55:10,260 –> 00:55:13,000
Of the Lord Jesus Christ.
It’s a picture.

1079
00:55:13,380 –> 00:55:15,862
Of his word.
Manifest in those who are born

1080
00:55:15,862 –> 00:55:17,280
of a woman.
The seed.

1081
00:55:17,540 –> 00:55:19,320
Of the woman.
The wisdom.

1082
00:55:19,540 –> 00:55:22,520
Emanating from the woman.
So a lot more to this.

1083
00:55:22,660 –> 00:55:24,460
But hopefully you can see the
idea.

1084
00:55:24,760 –> 00:55:27,180
She represents that concept
idea.

1085
00:55:27,620 –> 00:55:29,740
The knowledge and understanding.
Wisdom of God.

1086
00:55:30,040 –> 00:55:32,520
Manifest in a human being.
Born of a woman.

1087
00:55:33,120 –> 00:55:36,520
God manifestation.
The words and actions.

1088
00:55:36,820 –> 00:55:39,836
Of the person.
Are the knowledge and

1089
00:55:39,836 –> 00:55:41,320
understanding.
Wisdom of God.

1090
00:55:41,800 –> 00:55:45,760
Revealed.
So.

1091
00:55:46,700 –> 00:55:50,500
Was that too quick?
Gotta go faster now.

1092
00:55:51,200 –> 00:55:55,600
I’m going to take you through.
Most of the woman wisdom

1093
00:55:55,600 –> 00:55:57,960
passages.
And just give you a glimpse.

1094
00:55:58,100 –> 00:55:59,960
Into the representation.
Okay.

1095
00:56:00,500 –> 00:56:01,620
So.
Proverbs 8.

1096
00:56:01,640 –> 00:56:03,520
Verse 22.
To 33.

1097
00:56:03,940 –> 00:56:05,860
Let’s turn that one up.
And now.

1098
00:56:05,860 –> 00:56:22,480
I think you did the wrong place.
Sorry about that.

1099
00:56:28,320 –> 00:56:33,900
Now it’s frozen.
So just bear with me here.

1100
00:56:33,900 –> 00:56:37,080
While I try to.
Get this to.

1101
00:56:42,480 –> 00:56:43,990
Right.
You were supposed to go to

1102
00:56:43,990 –> 00:56:45,400
chapter 1.
Verse 20 to 33.

1103
00:56:45,400 –> 00:56:54,280
It’s here in the opening
chapter.

1104
00:56:54,280 –> 00:56:56,460
It says in verse 20.
Wisdom cries without.

1105
00:56:56,640 –> 00:56:57,920
She utters a voice in the
street.

1106
00:56:58,060 –> 00:56:59,980
She cries in the chief place of
the concourse.

1107
00:57:00,060 –> 00:57:01,600
In the openings of the gates.
In the city.

1108
00:57:01,600 –> 00:57:04,080
She utters a word saying.
How long ye simple ones.

1109
00:57:04,140 –> 00:57:06,826
Will ye love simplicity.
And the scorners delight in

1110
00:57:06,826 –> 00:57:08,420
their scorning.
And fools hate knowledge.

1111
00:57:08,860 –> 00:57:10,460
Turn up my reproof.
Behold.

1112
00:57:10,540 –> 00:57:12,000
I will pour out my spirit to
you.

1113
00:57:12,040 –> 00:57:13,720
I’ll make no of my words unto
you.

1114
00:57:13,760 –> 00:57:15,240
Because I’ve called.
You’ve refused.

1115
00:57:15,340 –> 00:57:17,420
I stretched out my hand.
No one regarded.

1116
00:57:17,740 –> 00:57:20,740
You’ve said it not my counsel.
You’ve none of my reproof.

1117
00:57:20,740 –> 00:57:25,243
And then finally in verse 27.
So when your fear comes as

1118
00:57:25,243 –> 00:57:26,920
desolation.
Your destruction as a whirlwind.

1119
00:57:27,020 –> 00:57:28,860
Distress and anguish comes upon
you.

1120
00:57:28,980 –> 00:57:30,720
You’ll call upon me.
I will not answer.

1121
00:57:30,840 –> 00:57:32,740
They will seek me early.
And will not find me.

1122
00:57:33,040 –> 00:57:35,553
Those who hated knowledge.
And did not choose the fear of

1123
00:57:35,553 –> 00:57:37,240
Yahweh.
They were none of my counsel.

1124
00:57:37,340 –> 00:57:40,162
They despised all my reproof.
So they’ll eat of the fruit of

1125
00:57:40,162 –> 00:57:41,900
their own way.
And be filled with their own

1126
00:57:41,900 –> 00:57:43,820
devices.
For the turning away of the

1127
00:57:43,820 –> 00:57:44,900
simple.
Shall slay them.

1128
00:57:45,020 –> 00:57:46,940
The prosperity of all.
Shall destroy them.

1129
00:57:47,340 –> 00:57:49,500
But whoever hearkens to me.
Shall dwell safely.

1130
00:57:49,660 –> 00:57:51,900
And shall be quiet from fear.
Fear of evil.

1131
00:57:52,260 –> 00:57:53,960
And what we’ve got here.
Is a representation.

1132
00:57:54,540 –> 00:57:56,300
Of the word of God.
And the call of the prophets.

1133
00:57:56,540 –> 00:58:00,000
So.
There’s all the passages.

1134
00:58:00,000 –> 00:58:03,780
Where it uses this language.
To describe the call of wisdom.

1135
00:58:03,780 –> 00:58:05,260
Through the prophets.
To the nation.

1136
00:58:05,940 –> 00:58:09,080
And they’re rejecting of it.
And the consequential outcome.

1137
00:58:09,560 –> 00:58:12,120
So that’s chapter one.
Let’s go over chapter three.

1138
00:58:12,240 –> 00:58:19,660
Verses 13 to 26.
August. happy is the man that

1139
00:58:19,660 –> 00:58:22,977
findeth wisdom and the man that
gets understanding the

1140
00:58:22,977 –> 00:58:25,744
merchandise of it shall be
better than the merchandise of

1141
00:58:25,744 –> 00:58:29,087
silver the gain thereof of fine
gold she’s more precious than of

1142
00:58:29,087 –> 00:58:32,459
rubies and all the things you
can desire are not to be

1143
00:58:32,459 –> 00:58:35,783
compared to her length of days
is in her right hands in her

1144
00:58:35,783 –> 00:58:38,550
left hand riches and honor her
ways are ways of pleasantness

1145
00:58:38,550 –> 00:58:41,980
all her paths are peace she’s a
tree of life to them who lay

1146
00:58:41,980 –> 00:58:45,320
hold upon her happy is everyone
that retains to her and jahweh

1147
00:58:45,320 –> 00:58:49,609
by wisdom has founded the earth
so i drew a picture there it is

1148
00:58:49,609 –> 00:58:54,495
what does that look like to you
a path it’s a pleasant way a

1149
00:58:54,495 –> 00:58:58,221
peaceful path there’s a length
of day and riches and honor the

1150
00:58:58,221 –> 00:59:01,617
woman wisdom and understandings
there at the end is a tree of

1151
00:59:01,617 –> 00:59:05,344
life and you take hold of her
does that look like the way of

1152
00:59:05,344 –> 00:59:09,784
the tree of life out of genesis
and a representation of it all

1153
00:59:09,784 –> 00:59:17,560
right here’s the next one
proverbs chapter 8 verse 22 23

1154
00:59:17,560 –> 00:59:24,294
here wisdom is couched in terms
of the creation proverbs chapter

1155
00:59:24,294 –> 00:59:29,178
8 verse 22 yahweh possessed me
in the beginning of his way

1156
00:59:29,178 –> 00:59:33,251
before his works of old i was
set up from everlasting from the

1157
00:59:33,251 –> 00:59:36,280
beginning of the earth it was
when there were no depths i was

1158
00:59:36,280 –> 00:59:38,777
brought forth when there were no
fountains abounding with water

1159
00:59:38,777 –> 00:59:41,240
before the mountains were set
before the hills were brought

1160
00:59:41,240 –> 00:59:44,600
forth as yet he had made the
earth and all the fields are the

1161
00:59:44,600 –> 00:59:47,443
highest part of the dust of the
world and so if we go through

1162
00:59:47,443 –> 00:59:49,560
that we draw a picture you
should get something like that

1163
00:59:50,600 –> 00:59:53,635
is that all built around the
template the genesis chapter one

1164
00:59:53,635 –> 00:59:58,814
and the creation and founding of
the world and of the earth yes

1165
00:59:58,814 –> 01:00:05,575
it is why why well because
yahweh founded by wisdom the

1166
01:00:05,575 –> 01:00:10,220
earth and created everything in
it romans chapter 1 verse 19

1167
01:00:10,220 –> 01:00:15,680
because that which may be known
of god is manifest in them for

1168
01:00:15,680 –> 01:00:18,885
god has showed it to them for
the invisible things of him from

1169
01:00:18,885 –> 01:00:21,731
the creation of the world are
clearly seen being understood by

1170
01:00:21,731 –> 01:00:25,872
the created things that are made
even his eternal power and

1171
01:00:25,872 –> 01:00:27,981
godhead his knowledge
understanding wisdom and

1172
01:00:27,981 –> 01:00:36,832
principles of good and evil were
embedded in creation come to

1173
01:00:36,832 –> 01:00:39,868
proverbs chapter 9 here in
proverbs chapter 9 we have a

1174
01:00:39,868 –> 01:00:43,318
picture of wisdom who’s built a
house she’s hewing out her seven

1175
01:00:43,318 –> 01:00:46,954
pillars she killed her beast she
moved up to wine she’s furnished

1176
01:00:46,954 –> 01:00:49,920
her table she sent forth her
maiden she’s cried in the high

1177
01:00:49,920 –> 01:00:52,524
place of the city whoever’s
simple let him turn and hither

1178
01:00:52,524 –> 01:00:55,939
and if we draw a picture what
does that look like to you a

1179
01:00:55,939 –> 01:00:59,446
house with a table with bread
and wine on it with dead beasts

1180
01:00:59,446 –> 01:01:03,058
with maiden sent out with a
woman wisdom sitting in the high

1181
01:01:03,058 –> 01:01:07,400
place of the city calling out to
the simple and asking to come

1182
01:01:07,400 –> 01:01:11,400
and hither and eat bread drink
wine does that sound like the

1183
01:01:11,400 –> 01:01:14,760
emblems does that seem like the
saving work of jesus christ this

1184
01:01:14,760 –> 01:01:17,972
is the message of the woman
wisdom so the training wheels

1185
01:01:17,972 –> 01:01:21,654
are off now we know how it all
works we’ve got to draw the

1186
01:01:21,654 –> 01:01:24,030
picture and we compare it
because it’s a representation

1187
01:01:24,030 –> 01:01:29,266
somewhere but she’s not the only
one verse 13 a foolish woman is

1188
01:01:29,266 –> 01:01:32,240
clamorous she’s simple knows
nothing she sits at the door of

1189
01:01:32,240 –> 01:01:35,504
her house on a seat in the high
places that means a throne or

1190
01:01:35,504 –> 01:01:38,120
kisei of the city to call
passengers to go right in their

1191
01:01:38,120 –> 01:01:42,016
ways whoever’s simple let him
turn and hither as for him that

1192
01:01:42,016 –> 01:01:45,276
wants understanding exactly the
same call and cries the woman

1193
01:01:45,276 –> 01:01:48,566
wisdom stolen waters are sweet
bread eating the secrets present

1194
01:01:48,566 –> 01:01:52,634
but he knoweth not the dead of
their and her guests in the

1195
01:01:52,634 –> 01:01:59,134
depths of hell is that a pseudo
version pseudo version competing

1196
01:01:59,134 –> 01:02:07,605
version of the salvation in
christ so now we know what to do

1197
01:02:07,605 –> 01:02:10,833
we drew the picture you can
compare it this is what the

1198
01:02:10,833 –> 01:02:19,170
scriptural book of proverbs is
seeking to show us all right

1199
01:02:19,170 –> 01:02:24,272
finally chapter 31 be nice to
spend an hour on this we find a

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01:02:24,272 –> 01:02:30,280
virtuous woman who can find a
virtuous woman her price is far

1201
01:02:30,280 –> 01:02:33,342
above rubies oh that’s what
wisdom’s called in chapter 3 15

1202
01:02:33,342 –> 01:02:36,901
8 11 the heart of her husband
safely trusts me she’ll have no

1203
01:02:36,901 –> 01:02:40,564
need of sport ah that’s the
opposite of the woman proverbs 7

1204
01:02:40,564 –> 01:02:44,772
whose husband’s gone on a far
journey chapter 7 19 6 verse 34

1205
01:02:44,772 –> 01:02:49,530
to 35 she will do him oh good
not evil so we’re being

1206
01:02:49,530 –> 01:02:53,154
represented here wisdom showing
this is wisdom it’s the doing

1207
01:02:53,154 –> 01:02:58,166
she will do good and not evil
and then we have all of these

1208
01:02:58,166 –> 01:03:06,071
prime root verbs see the point
this is the essence of wisdom

1209
01:03:06,071 –> 01:03:13,652
knowledge and understanding and
action doing good and not evil

1210
01:03:13,652 –> 01:03:20,321
is the exemplar in this woman
give her of the fruit of her

1211
01:03:20,321 –> 01:03:24,254
hands her actions her wisdom let
not let her own works praise her

1212
01:03:24,254 –> 01:03:34,434
in the gate but there’s more
solemn when he had this wisdom

1213
01:03:34,434 –> 01:03:37,770
spake of trees in first kings
chapter 4 verse 34 from the

1214
01:03:37,770 –> 01:03:41,142
cedar tree in lebanon to the
hiss of the springs out of the

1215
01:03:41,142 –> 01:03:44,353
world he spake also of beasts of
fowl of creeping thing of fishes

1216
01:03:44,353 –> 01:03:48,400
the four categories of created
life the dominion given to the

1217
01:03:48,400 –> 01:03:53,175
man and woman genesis 1 verse 26
you see from the beginning god

1218
01:03:53,175 –> 01:03:55,448
possessed this knowledge
understanding wisdom from the

1219
01:03:55,448 –> 01:04:00,248
way before his works of old he
set it all up before ever the

1220
01:04:00,248 –> 01:04:03,928
earth was he created the
principles of following the good

1221
01:04:03,928 –> 01:04:10,424
and not the evil so we’re told
here that the entire created

1222
01:04:10,424 –> 01:04:14,672
world abounds in representations
designed by god to teach moral

1223
01:04:14,672 –> 01:04:18,414
principles of good and evil and
here they are in proverbs there

1224
01:04:18,414 –> 01:04:22,101
are four things which are little
upon the earth but are exceeding

1225
01:04:22,101 –> 01:04:25,434
wise and when i compare one
thing to another they’re similar

1226
01:04:25,434 –> 01:04:29,100
the ants are a people not strong
but they prepare their meat in

1227
01:04:29,100 –> 01:04:32,376
summer the conies are but a
feeble folk but they make their

1228
01:04:32,376 –> 01:04:35,598
houses in the rocks the locusts
have no king but they go forth

1229
01:04:35,598 –> 01:04:39,712
all of them by bands the spider
takes hold with the hands as in

1230
01:04:39,712 –> 01:04:43,000
king’s palaces go to the ant
they’re sluggard and consider

1231
01:04:43,000 –> 01:04:46,840
their ways see the wisdom of god
and the physical creation where

1232
01:04:46,840 –> 01:04:50,380
you can compare them they’re
similar they represent and it

1233
01:04:50,380 –> 01:04:54,835
abounds with thousands and
thousands of them go look at the

1234
01:04:54,835 –> 01:04:58,056
physical creation of god and
you’ll see his knowledge

1235
01:04:58,056 –> 01:05:01,748
understanding and wisdom of the
principles of good and evil we

1236
01:05:01,748 –> 01:05:15,138
are told let’s slow down i’ll go
past that so let’s go to

1237
01:05:15,138 –> 01:05:17,678
proverbs back to proverbs
chapter one four verse one and

1238
01:05:17,678 –> 01:05:23,316
just quickly conclude so we had
a very quick journey through the

1239
01:05:23,316 –> 01:05:26,825
incredible way in which the book
of proverbs is teaching us just

1240
01:05:26,825 –> 01:05:30,675
the very basic building blocks
of knowledge how you put

1241
01:05:30,675 –> 01:05:34,200
together to create understanding
and how apply it wisdom it’s

1242
01:05:34,200 –> 01:05:37,720
teaching us about the way the
whole scripture and word is

1243
01:05:37,720 –> 01:05:41,584
structured which gets much much
more complex but all following

1244
01:05:41,584 –> 01:05:46,576
the same foundational principles
so in conclusion let’s just read

1245
01:05:46,576 –> 01:05:49,612
proverbs chapter four verse one
to nine hear ye children the

1246
01:05:49,612 –> 01:05:53,730
instruction of a father and
attend to know understanding get

1247
01:05:53,730 –> 01:05:57,490
that wisdom get the
understanding forget it not

1248
01:05:57,490 –> 01:06:01,216
neither decline from the words
of my mouth forsake her not she

1249
01:06:01,216 –> 01:06:05,257
will preserve thee love her she
shall keep thee wisdom is the

1250
01:06:05,257 –> 01:06:08,288
principle thing the application
of knowledge and understanding

1251
01:06:08,288 –> 01:06:12,012
the choice between good and evil
that’s the principle thing that

1252
01:06:12,012 –> 01:06:16,120
god wants us to get because it’s
a manifestation of him into the

1253
01:06:16,120 –> 01:06:19,552
physical world and a
manifestation of god and with

1254
01:06:19,552 –> 01:06:22,940
all you’re getting get the
understanding that drives that

1255
01:06:22,940 –> 01:06:26,669
he says and exalt her she’ll
promote thee she’ll bring thee

1256
01:06:26,669 –> 01:06:31,020
to honor and when you embrace
her she will give to thine head

1257
01:06:31,020 –> 01:06:35,236
an ornament of grace and a crown
of glory she will deliver to

1258
01:06:35,236 –> 01:06:35,560
thee