{"id":1012,"date":"2023-09-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/262-colin-badger-for-kings-by-kings\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T03:28:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T03:28:27","slug":"262-colin-badger-for-kings-by-kings","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/262-colin-badger-for-kings-by-kings\/","title":{"rendered":"262: Colin Badger – For Kings by Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to a class titled “For Kings, By Kings\u201d by Brother Colin Badger which he gave at the Western Bible School in 2006. It’s the 3rd class in the series. <\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Elfian
\ntalks. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi.
\nAnd I’m Chris, and I’m Brian. <\/p>\n

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\nThank you for joining us this
\nweek on this podcast. <\/p>\n

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\nWe select one talk a week to
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\nDaily News feed.
\nWe post a new episode at the <\/p>\n

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\nstart of each week.
\nWith a short intro beforehand to<\/p>\n

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\nkind of set the stage for the
\ntalk you’re about to listen to. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now let’s talk more about
\nthis week’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nThis week’s class was the 3rd
\nclass in a series by brother <\/p>\n

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\nColin Badger.
\nIt was a study on proverbs at <\/p>\n

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\nthe Western Bible School in
\nOregon in the year 2006. <\/p>\n

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\nThe title for this one is For
\nKings and by Kings. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it was an interesting
\nindepth study on kind of how <\/p>\n

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\nmuch the idea of kings is a
\ntheme through Proverbs, <\/p>\n

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\nincluding that it was written
\nkind of by David for Solomon and<\/p>\n

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\nthen for from, you know, by
\nSolomon for his children after <\/p>\n

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\nhim.
\nAnd then how often this was <\/p>\n

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\nsomething I’ve never paid
\nattention to before but how <\/p>\n

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\noften a king is a character in
\nthe proverb. <\/p>\n

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\nSo all throughout he Colin goes
\nthrough the how many times it’s <\/p>\n

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\nused that a king is part of the,
\nyou know, part of the, you know,<\/p>\n

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\npart of the scene, part of the
\ncharacters used and explain the <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent proverbs and how they
\napply to us who are hoping to be<\/p>\n

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\nkings and priests in the
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I really enjoyed this study.
\nI enjoyed this whole series by <\/p>\n

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\nBrother Colin.
\nHe’s someone I enjoyed as a <\/p>\n

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\nyoung person.
\nI always look forward to going <\/p>\n

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\nback and listening to his to his
\nlectures as he’s as he’s no <\/p>\n

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\nlonger with us.
\nSo the great class excited to <\/p>\n

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\nshare it.
\nAlso wanted to give a plug today<\/p>\n

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\nfor the new worship book.
\nSo the worship books, this is <\/p>\n

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\nthe third one or the blue book
\nas is being called have come out<\/p>\n

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\nover the last couple years.
\nThey’re entirely praised music <\/p>\n

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\nwritten by Chris Adelphians.
\nAnd you can get more information<\/p>\n

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\nat the worshipbook.com.
\nAnd we’re really excited that a <\/p>\n

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\nnew one is coming in April.
\nSo For more information you <\/p>\n

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\nshould head to that website
\ntheworshipbook.com. <\/p>\n

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\nSo here is Colin Badger for
\nKings by Kings. <\/p>\n

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\nAs our third study in this
\ncoming series that we’re doing <\/p>\n

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\nwith exhortations for wisdom
\nfrom the Book of Proverbs this <\/p>\n

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\nmorning we’re going to turn our
\nattention, brothers and sisters,<\/p>\n

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\nto the theme entitled For Kings
\nby Kings. <\/p>\n

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\nIn terms of a thematic thread
\nthat runs through the book of <\/p>\n

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\nProverbs itself, now we’ve
\ntouched on some of the elements <\/p>\n

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\nof this in our first two
\nclasses, which we did of course <\/p>\n

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\ntogether back-to-back yesterday.
\nWould you just turn, please, in <\/p>\n

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\nyour Bibles to the book of
\nProverbs if you haven’t already <\/p>\n

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\ngot it open?
\nWe won’t need to go outside of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Book of Proverbs too much in
\nthis session. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’ll be quite easy just to stay
\nprimarily within the cover <\/p>\n

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\nitself of the book for Kings by
\nKings. <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s explore that as a possible
\ntheme together this morning in <\/p>\n

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\nthe book of Proverbs and see
\nwhat application it has to us to<\/p>\n

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\nhope and pray to be kings on
\nearth. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd to reign with the Lord Jesus
\nChrist, God willing by His grace<\/p>\n

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\nand goodness in the future.
\nWell, if you have your note <\/p>\n

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\nthere in Proverbs just at the
\noutset, you might want to go to <\/p>\n

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\nthis passage and keep your
\nmarker there in in Proverbs. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re only going to look at 2
\npassages at the start that are <\/p>\n

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\noutside of Proverbs, and then
\nthe rest will all be within the <\/p>\n

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\npages.
\nOr you may just want to consider<\/p>\n

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\nthis as it is on the screen
\nitself. <\/p>\n

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\nYesterday we were talking about
\npotential structures of <\/p>\n

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\nproverbs, how proverbs might be
\nseen to have an arrangement or a<\/p>\n

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\npattern.
\nAnd you remember yesterday we <\/p>\n

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\nlooked at that from different
\nvantage points, how the book of <\/p>\n

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\nProverbs might be seen to have a
\nstructure or an arrangement, and<\/p>\n

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\nwe looked at it from the point
\nof view of how it could be <\/p>\n

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\nbroken down into about 12 or 13
\nsections. <\/p>\n

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\nTaking some of the indicators
\nfrom within Proverbs itself. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then we were looking at the
\npossibilities of emphasized <\/p>\n

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\nwords or terms that are
\nclustered or found in certain <\/p>\n

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\nsections of the book of
\nProverbs, and that that too may <\/p>\n

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\nsignal a way of looking at the
\ninternal structure of Proverbs. <\/p>\n

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\nIn the course of that yesterday,
\nyou might remember that at the <\/p>\n

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\nbeginning of Proverbs in the
\nfirst section we suggested. <\/p>\n

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\nThat section #1 in Proverbs is
\ndealing with proverbs for <\/p>\n

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\nSolomon, and then from chapter
\n10 and beyond there’s a bit of a<\/p>\n

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\ntransition where the emphasis
\nseems to be more as being <\/p>\n

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\nProverbs of Solomon.
\nThat meaning that the first <\/p>\n

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\ncluster of Proverbs, as we
\nsuggested it yesterday, from <\/p>\n

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\nabout chapters 1 to the end of
\nChapter 9. <\/p>\n

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\nAre Proverbs for Solomon, that
\nhe had bequeathed to him or <\/p>\n

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\ninstructed to him from his
\nfather David. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we put that yesterday in the
\nframework, if you remember of <\/p>\n

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\nthe emphasis in the first part
\nof Proverbs, that is given to <\/p>\n

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\nfather and son, father and son,
\nand that that would be <\/p>\n

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\nappropriate that in the first
\ncluster of Proverbs. <\/p>\n

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\nThe first group are Proverbs
\nespecially selected, that were <\/p>\n

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\ngiven to Solomon, the main
\nauthor, himself as the son of <\/p>\n

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\nFather David, and therefore the
\ngiving of those proverbs from <\/p>\n

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\nhis father to himself, are then
\npassed on to the readers of <\/p>\n

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\nProverbs before we get into the
\nsection of the Proverbs of <\/p>\n

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\nSolomon to us and to others.
\nAnd therefore the emphasis in <\/p>\n

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\nthe beginning of Proverbs on
\nfather and son had a personal <\/p>\n

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\nreality for Solomon himself as a
\nson who was given Proverbs from <\/p>\n

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\nhis father David principles and
\nconcepts of wisdom and guidance.<\/p>\n

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\nNow if we in taking a look at
\nthis theme for Kings by Kings go<\/p>\n

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\nback into the book of Proverbs,
\nchapter 22 of First Chronicles. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd verse 19, Just notice what
\nis said there now, says David. <\/p>\n

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\nSet your heart and your soul to
\nseek the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nSorry to seek the Lord.
\nLook at that. <\/p>\n

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\nI think we’ve somehow managed to
\nskip that unintentionally. <\/p>\n

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\nThere we go.
\nGot to get the right button and <\/p>\n

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\nthe right finger.
\nNow let’s start again. <\/p>\n

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\nNow set your heart and your soul
\nto seek the Lord, says David. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord you’re a God.
\nArise therefore, and build ye <\/p>\n

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\nthe sanctuary of the Lord God.
\nNow just watch that language. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s very reminiscent or
\npredictive of what’s going to <\/p>\n

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\nfind its way into the book of
\nProverbs as some key phrases and<\/p>\n

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\nkey concepts, David saying to
\nSolomon. <\/p>\n

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\nSet your heart and your soul to
\nseek the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nThat is an important refrain,
\neither in part or holy, in the <\/p>\n

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\nbook of Proverbs more than once,
\nespecially especially in the <\/p>\n

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\nfirst section of Proverbs, the
\nProverbs for Solomon, the <\/p>\n

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\nProverbs in the first nine plus
\nchapters that stress the Father <\/p>\n

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\nand Son perspective, David had
\nsaid previously. <\/p>\n

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\nSet your heart and your soul to
\nseek the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nNow in that context of First of
\nChronicles 22, verse 19 and its <\/p>\n

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\nsurrounding context, we come
\ndown here to the point the <\/p>\n

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\nbottom of the slide.
\nYou’ll notice that in verse 7 <\/p>\n

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\nand 11 in that very context of
\nfirst of Chronicles 22. <\/p>\n

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\nDavid addresses him specifically
\nas my son, Verse seven, first of<\/p>\n

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\nChronicles 22, and again in
\nverse 11, my son. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the point is, before you come
\ninto the book of Proverbs and <\/p>\n

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\nlook at that first section, that
\nbegins with Solomon connecting <\/p>\n

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\nhimself with his father, David
\nin the section that’s going to <\/p>\n

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\nstress, my father, my son, my
\nson, my father. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that section that seems
\nespecially to be Proverbs for <\/p>\n

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\nSolomon.
\nPrevious to that, this kind of <\/p>\n

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\ndialogue or instruction had
\ntaken place between David and <\/p>\n

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\nSolomon.
\nSet your heart, in other words, <\/p>\n

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\nmy son.
\nSet your heart, my son, and set <\/p>\n

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\nyour soul to seek my son, we
\nmight say. <\/p>\n

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\nTo seek the Lord your God,
\narise, build the sanctuary of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Lord with that perspective.
\nSo those two verses 7:00 and <\/p>\n

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\n11:00 that stress my son in the
\nrelationship of David and <\/p>\n

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\nSolomon have the context and the
\nexertation that is very dominant<\/p>\n

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\nin the early chapters of
\nProverbs. <\/p>\n

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\nSet your heart, set your soul,
\nmy son, to seek. <\/p>\n

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\nNow look at this one that is
\nparallel also. <\/p>\n

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\nIn First to Kings chapter 3 and
\nlet’s look at verse 9. <\/p>\n

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\nHere give therefore pleads
\nSolomon, and that’s at the time <\/p>\n

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\nof the dedication, or rather at
\nthe time when the authority of <\/p>\n

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\nDavid is being passed on, rather
\nto Solomon before the dedication<\/p>\n

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\nof the Temple.
\nGive therefore thy servant, he <\/p>\n

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\npleads an understanding heart.
\nThere’s Solomon pleading for <\/p>\n

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\nthat understanding.
\nRemember, David has said that’s <\/p>\n

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\nwhat she we should be doing.
\nDavid has said just previously, <\/p>\n

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\nwe back up again.
\nSet your heart and your soul to <\/p>\n

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\nseek.
\nAnd here is Solomon praying. <\/p>\n

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\nGive there for thy servant an
\nunderstanding heart. <\/p>\n

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\nFor what purpose?
\nTo judge thy people? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then secondly, besides an
\nunderstanding heart, Solomon <\/p>\n

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\nprays that he might discern
\nbetween good and bad for who’s <\/p>\n

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\nable to judge this guy so great
\nat people? <\/p>\n

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\nNow here’s another point.
\nThe concept of discerning. <\/p>\n

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\nDoes that ring a bell?
\nYesterday in our second class, <\/p>\n

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\nwe noticed as we took a closer
\nlook at proverbs after our <\/p>\n

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\nintroduction.
\nThat one of the blessings of <\/p>\n

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\nwisdom, one of the purposes of
\ngiving the wise Proverbs <\/p>\n

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\naccording to chapter one, was to
\nhelp us, and certainly those in <\/p>\n

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\nthe days of Solomon, to have
\nunderstanding and to be able to <\/p>\n

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\ndiscern.
\nNow, if you do have Proverbs, <\/p>\n

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\nopen chapter one, let’s just
\ntake a look at the square <\/p>\n

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\nbrackets indicator there.
\nAnd there in Proverbs chapter <\/p>\n

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\none, as we have it right here in
\nsquare brackets, let’s remind <\/p>\n

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\nourselves what we read yesterday
\nin verse 6 to understand a <\/p>\n

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\nproverb and the interpretation,
\nthe words of the wise and their <\/p>\n

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\ndark sayings.
\nWe also read yesterday verse 4. <\/p>\n

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\nTo give subtlety number to the
\nsimple, to the young man, <\/p>\n

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\nknowledge and discretion and
\nthat word discretion especially,<\/p>\n

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\nwe said yesterday in the
\noriginal, had the idea of being <\/p>\n

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\nable to make a decision.
\nIt was praying that the proverbs<\/p>\n

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\nwould help.
\nAccording to chapter one of <\/p>\n

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\nProverbs would help the simple,
\nthe unlearned. <\/p>\n

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\nOr even those who are already
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\nincreasing knowledge,
\ninstruction, understanding for <\/p>\n

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\nsure, but especially to have
\nwhat is recorded right here in <\/p>\n

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\nFirst to Kings 3 verse nine that
\nSolomon himself had prayed for <\/p>\n

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\nas an endowment for himself.
\nHe Solomon had prayed in First <\/p>\n

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\nto Kings 3 verse nine, quite
\nconsistent with what David was <\/p>\n

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\npraying for him.
\nAnd admonishing him to search <\/p>\n

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\nfor discernment.
\nAnd it’s spelled out here in <\/p>\n

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\nfirst to King’s 3, verse 9 and
\nSolomon’s request, a discernment<\/p>\n

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\nbetween good and bad.
\nNow how appropriate is that <\/p>\n

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\nprayer in terms of what
\neventually Solomon at some point<\/p>\n

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\nin his life, likely towards the
\nend of his life. <\/p>\n

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\nSome would say it comes even
\nafter Ecclesiastes. <\/p>\n

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\nSomewhere towards the end of
\nSolomon’s life, there is an <\/p>\n

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\ninspired, gleaming compilation
\nof words from his Proverbs, a <\/p>\n

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\nselection from his Proverbs
\ndivinely given that Solomon <\/p>\n

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\nwishes to pass on in order,
\naccording to verse 4 to give us <\/p>\n

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\nsubtlety.
\nAnd to give us knowledge and to <\/p>\n

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\ngive us discretion, the word
\ndiscretion, meaning be able to <\/p>\n

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\ndecide Solomon had prayed for
\nthat for himself. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat he therefore is telling us
\nin Proverbs One is one of the <\/p>\n

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\nbenefits of the proverbs of
\nwisdom is just exactly what he <\/p>\n

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\nprayed for himself.
\nBottom line, So what? <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re reading.
\nAs the intro in Proverbs chapter<\/p>\n

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\none is something that at the
\nintroduction of his life, he had<\/p>\n

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\nprayed for and putting together
\nthe former passage in <\/p>\n

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\nChronicles, it’s something that
\nDavid, his dad had wished for, <\/p>\n

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\nprayed for, no doubt, and
\nencouraged Solomon to seek. <\/p>\n

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\nSo David wishes that to happen,
\nprays for it, exhorts Solomon <\/p>\n

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\nto.
\nPray and to seek for that kind <\/p>\n

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\nof wisdom and its discernment.
\nSolomon deliberately prays for <\/p>\n

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\nthat later on and then in
\nProverbs many years later, we <\/p>\n

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\nhave Solomon’s inspired,
\ndistilled wisdom in the Proverbs<\/p>\n

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\ngiven that are admonishing us to
\ndo the exactly the same thing, <\/p>\n

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\nto have discernment between good
\nand bad. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you know, if you back up
\nbrothers and sisters and think <\/p>\n

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\nabout that for a minute.
\nThat takes us really back to the<\/p>\n

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\nLaw of Moses, because in the Law
\nof Moses in the Viticus, more <\/p>\n

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\nthan once they were told that
\nthe laws of cleanness and the <\/p>\n

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\nlaws of uncleanness were to help
\nthem distinguish or discern or <\/p>\n

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\ndecide or judge between what was
\nclean and what was unclean. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we know that wasn’t just a
\ndietary perspective. <\/p>\n

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\nIt wasn’t just animals later on
\nin the Acts of the Apostles. <\/p>\n

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\nThat kind of Levitical language
\nof clean and unclean is applied <\/p>\n

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\nby Peter at the time of the
\nsheep being let down from heaven<\/p>\n

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\nas relating to people, Gentile
\nversus Jew. <\/p>\n

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\nEven Peter, though he still
\nneeded enlightenment, understood<\/p>\n

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\nthat those Levitical principles
\nhad an application to people and<\/p>\n

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\ntheir way of life.
\nSo this decision making, this <\/p>\n

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\ndiscerning between good and bad.
\nIs embedded, in fact, as key <\/p>\n

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\nprinciples in the health laws of
\nLeviticus. <\/p>\n

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\nYou will choose between clean
\nand unclean. <\/p>\n

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\nYou will choose between good and
\nbad. <\/p>\n

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\nThese are the good things to
\neat. <\/p>\n

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\nThese are the bad things by
\ndebt, by God’s own judgment, and<\/p>\n

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\nthese are the things you will
\ndo, and these are the things you<\/p>\n

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\nwon’t do to retain holiness be
\nholy, for I am holy. <\/p>\n

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\nThat principle then embedded in
\nin Viticus. <\/p>\n

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\nIs drawn forward here in a
\npractical, moral way, showing <\/p>\n

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\nclearly that what Leviticus was
\nteaching was a parable about a <\/p>\n

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\nway of life, not just whether
\nyou could eat a grasshopper, as <\/p>\n

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\nopposed to a dead crow That was
\nteaching profound daily life <\/p>\n

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\nlessons and principles.
\nAnd here it is being forwarded <\/p>\n

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\nfrom Leviticus in principle to
\nProverbs in practice. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it has a moral application,
\nprimarily. <\/p>\n

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\nNow you think of the two ladies
\nthat we met yesterday, Miss <\/p>\n

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\nFolly and Miss Wisdom.
\nOne calls in a certain way, with<\/p>\n

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\ncertain sets of appeal.
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\nbe deceptive.
\nIt can have some similarities to<\/p>\n

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\nMiss Wisdom, but it has some
\nprofound differences. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in the end, the voice of
\nMiss Wisdom and the voice of <\/p>\n

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\nMiss Folly have different ends.
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\ndistinctively different means of
\nappeal. <\/p>\n

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\nSo here in Kings we have the
\nsetting for what we have in <\/p>\n

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\nProverbs one and verse 6 to
\nunderstand a proverb and the <\/p>\n

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\ninterpretation of the words of
\nthe wise and their dark sayings.<\/p>\n

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\nNow, with Proverbs open, let’s
\nslip over to chapter 2. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re building towards this
\nemphasis in Proverbs that it is <\/p>\n

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\nespecially, though not
\nexclusively, especially a book <\/p>\n

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\nwritten by Kings for Kings in
\ntraining. <\/p>\n

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\nWatch now if you come to
\nProverbs chapter 2 and hear the <\/p>\n

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\nechoes back to the Chronicles
\nand Kings passage as well. <\/p>\n

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\nThe echo is not just in chapter
\none of Proverbs. <\/p>\n

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\nThe echo of chapter 2IN Proverbs
\nand verses two to three take us <\/p>\n

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\nagain back to the words of David
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\nkingly career.
\nSo Proverbs 2 verses 2:00 to <\/p>\n

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\n3:00, so that thou incline thine
\near unto wisdom. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd here’s the words of David to
\nSolomon that we read of in <\/p>\n

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\nChronicles in our first passage
\nthis morning. <\/p>\n

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\nThat thou incline thine ear unto
\nwisdom and apply thine heart to <\/p>\n

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\nunderstanding exactly what David
\nsaid in Chronicles as it’s <\/p>\n

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\nrecorded to Solomon at the
\noutset of Solomon’s rule. <\/p>\n

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\nYea, says Proverbs, chapter 2,
\nverses two to three. <\/p>\n

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\nYea, if thou cryest after
\nknowledge and liftest up thy <\/p>\n

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\nvoice for understanding.
\nThat’s David’s instruction as <\/p>\n

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\nthe father to his son Solomon,
\nand it finds itself therefore <\/p>\n

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\nembedded in the prologue to
\nProverbs, partly in chapter one,<\/p>\n

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\nand now we see it partly in
\nchapter 2. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in the end, of course,
\nthat’s exactly what Solomon <\/p>\n

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\nhimself personally prayed for
\nand now passes it on at the end <\/p>\n

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\nof his life.
\nIt would probably be to us, the <\/p>\n

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\nreaders Now look at how this son
\nFather perspective sets the <\/p>\n

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\nstage for kings who are in
\ntraining. <\/p>\n

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\nJust turn the page to Proverbs
\nChapter 4, Proverbs chapter 4. <\/p>\n

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\nJust see how this language again
\nis somewhat reminiscent of that <\/p>\n

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\nbackground of Father David to
\nson Solomon. <\/p>\n

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\nVerse three of Proverbs chapter
\n4 says the writer for I was my <\/p>\n

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\nfather’s son, tender and only
\nbeloved in the sight of my <\/p>\n

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\nmother.
\nCertainly true of Solomon as we <\/p>\n

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\nknow it from the record.
\nNow verse four of Proverbs 4 He <\/p>\n

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\ntaught me also, and said unto
\nme, Let thine heart retain my <\/p>\n

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\nwords, and keep my commandments,
\nand live now let thine heart <\/p>\n

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\nretain my words.
\nIt speaks for the fact that <\/p>\n

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\nalthough the process is
\ndominantly controlled by God, <\/p>\n

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\nworking in the life of a
\ndisciple, working in the life of<\/p>\n

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\na king to be there is calling
\nhere an exertation to let our <\/p>\n

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\nhearts cooperate, A willingness
\nto open ourselves, a willingness<\/p>\n

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\nto be influenced, A willingness
\nto put ourselves in a position <\/p>\n

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\nwhere we can be changed and we
\ncan be worked with. <\/p>\n

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\nLet thine heart retain my words,
\nsaid Jesus more than once in the<\/p>\n

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\ngospel ministry.
\nLet these words, Christ’s words,<\/p>\n

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\nsink down into thine heart.
\nLet these words set sink down <\/p>\n

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\ninto your heart.
\nSo when Jesus says, let these <\/p>\n

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\nwords sink into your heart or
\nlet these words come into your <\/p>\n

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\nears, especially in the context
\nof his parables. <\/p>\n

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\nJesus himself is clearly
\nindicating what’s here in the <\/p>\n

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\nproverb.
\nIt is primarily of God, but <\/p>\n

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\nthere is an onus of
\nresponsibility on our part to <\/p>\n

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\ncooperate.
\nAnd to what? <\/p>\n

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\nTo let thine heart retain my
\nwords. <\/p>\n

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\nThe dynamic is in God’s word.
\nIt is quick and powerful and <\/p>\n

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\nsharper than any two edged
\nsword. <\/p>\n

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\nBut that word can be blocked,
\nand that wisdom, whether it’s <\/p>\n

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\njust from the proverbs or beyond
\nthe proverbs, can be impeded. <\/p>\n

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\nWe need to open our ears and we
\nneed to let our hearts retain <\/p>\n

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\nthe words.
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\naccording to Solomon has been an
\nadmonition from his father to <\/p>\n

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\nhis to the son.
\nExactly what we read in those <\/p>\n

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\nopening chapters from Chronicles
\nand Kings. <\/p>\n

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\nNow Proverbs 4 and verse 5.
\nGet wisdom, get understanding, <\/p>\n

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\nforget it.
\nNot all of that seems in <\/p>\n

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\nProverbs 4 verses 3:00 to 5:00.
\nAgain, to be a kind of echo back<\/p>\n

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\nto what originally transpired by
\nway of guidance from his father,<\/p>\n

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\nDavid himself.
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\ntaking a look at Indications and
\nProverbs that especially it’s a <\/p>\n

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\nbook written by kings for kings.
\nHow so? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, just to start with, let’s
\nremember now Proverbs begins as <\/p>\n

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\nhaving a cluster of Proverbs for
\nSolomon, moving into a section <\/p>\n

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\nof Proverbs around chapter 10
\nand beyond of Proverbs by <\/p>\n

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\nSolomon to others.
\nBut Solomon has made it clear <\/p>\n

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\nnow by these links and by
\nespecially chapter 4 in the <\/p>\n

328
\n00:24:38,490 –> 00:24:44,850
\nopening words of chapter one, he
\na king to be, or now a king, in <\/p>\n

329
\n00:24:44,850 –> 00:24:50,970
\nfact received his exertation to
\nlisten to the words of wisdom, <\/p>\n

330
\n00:24:50,970 –> 00:24:55,770
\ninstruction, and to get
\ndiscretion from his father who <\/p>\n

331
\n00:24:55,770 –> 00:24:59,810
\nwas a king.
\nSo in Proverbs as you trace that<\/p>\n

332
\n00:24:59,810 –> 00:25:04,810
\ntrail, what Proverbs is showing
\nus is King Solomon was exhorted <\/p>\n

333
\n00:25:04,810 –> 00:25:09,450
\nby King David.
\nAnd King Solomon is not the only<\/p>\n

334
\n00:25:09,450 –> 00:25:13,610
\none who is related to the
\nkingship theme beyond himself <\/p>\n

335
\n00:25:13,610 –> 00:25:16,210
\nand his father David in the book
\nof Proverbs. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:25:16,930 –> 00:25:20,690
\nJust want to turn in your bibles
\nto Proverbs chapter 25. <\/p>\n

337
\n00:25:23,840 –> 00:25:29,000
\nNow notice now how this opens
\nup, provides, I think, a master <\/p>\n

338
\n00:25:29,240 –> 00:25:32,080
\nthematic key in the book of
\nProverbs. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:25:32,080 –> 00:25:35,640
\nIt’s quite practical and
\ncertainly finally turns itself <\/p>\n

340
\n00:25:35,640 –> 00:25:41,120
\nto us, the readers.
\nProverbs 25 then versus one to <\/p>\n

341
\n00:25:41,120 –> 00:25:46,040
\ntwo.
\nThese are also Proverbs of <\/p>\n

342
\n00:25:46,040 –> 00:25:52,730
\nSolomon, which the men of
\nHezekiah, King of Judah copied <\/p>\n

343
\n00:25:52,770 –> 00:25:54,530
\nout.
\nNow, we touched on that just <\/p>\n

344
\n00:25:54,530 –> 00:25:57,610
\nyesterday for another purpose,
\nshowing that there were <\/p>\n

345
\n00:25:57,610 –> 00:26:02,130
\ndifferent authors, but now let’s
\nlook at it for a second purpose,<\/p>\n

346
\n00:26:02,930 –> 00:26:09,130
\nand that is that Hezekiah.
\nYes, Selector Compiler under <\/p>\n

347
\n00:26:09,130 –> 00:26:12,570
\ninspiration for another chunk of
\nthe proverbs. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:26:13,410 –> 00:26:20,870
\nTrue enough, but who is it?
\nIt’s King has a Kaya, another <\/p>\n

349
\n00:26:21,030 –> 00:26:25,550
\nauthor, another contributor or
\nbetter set, another compiler who<\/p>\n

350
\n00:26:25,550 –> 00:26:30,470
\nis a king himself, and he’s
\ndrawing on proverbs pertinent <\/p>\n

351
\n00:26:30,470 –> 00:26:34,270
\nfrom Solomon, a previous king.
\nNow look at verse two in that <\/p>\n

352
\n00:26:34,270 –> 00:26:37,230
\nlight.
\nProverbs 25 and verse two. <\/p>\n

353
\n00:26:38,030 –> 00:26:42,470
\nIt is the glory of God to
\nconceal a thing. <\/p>\n

354
\n00:26:44,270 –> 00:26:48,170
\nBut the honor of anybody?
\nWell, that would be true. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:26:48,650 –> 00:26:51,690
\nThe honor of brothers and
\nsisters and believers in <\/p>\n

356
\n00:26:51,690 –> 00:26:53,890
\ngeneral.
\nThat would be absolutely true. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:26:54,530 –> 00:26:58,210
\nThe honor of anyone who reads
\nthe Bible or reads the proverbs?<\/p>\n

358
\n00:26:58,210 –> 00:27:01,090
\nThat would be true.
\nBut look at how it’s emphasized.<\/p>\n

359
\n00:27:01,450 –> 00:27:06,090
\nInstead, it’s put this way, it’s
\nthe glory of God to conceal a <\/p>\n

360
\n00:27:06,090 –> 00:27:10,890
\nthing.
\nBut the honor of kings is to <\/p>\n

361
\n00:27:10,890 –> 00:27:12,970
\nsearch out a matter.
\nWhy kings? <\/p>\n

362
\n00:27:14,330 –> 00:27:17,090
\nWell, with that background
\nthat’s now beginning to build, <\/p>\n

363
\n00:27:17,810 –> 00:27:23,250
\ncan we not see that Proverbs has
\na has a a general application, a<\/p>\n

364
\n00:27:23,250 –> 00:27:27,570
\ngeneral exhortation, of course,
\nfor all who may turn its pages <\/p>\n

365
\n00:27:27,850 –> 00:27:32,330
\nand reflectively meditate on its
\nmessage from God through <\/p>\n

366
\n00:27:32,370 –> 00:27:35,450
\nSolomon.
\nBut especially what’s being <\/p>\n

367
\n00:27:35,450 –> 00:27:40,210
\nstressed here more than once.
\nSubtly by highlighting David’s <\/p>\n

368
\n00:27:40,210 –> 00:27:44,770
\nlink as the father to the Son,
\nSolomon himself being the king <\/p>\n

369
\n00:27:45,250 –> 00:27:48,690
\nhas a Kaia being a compiler but
\nalso a king. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:27:48,970 –> 00:27:54,810
\nAnd in that very context, now
\ntelling us that those that are <\/p>\n

371
\n00:27:54,810 –> 00:28:00,290
\nnow going to be put before us,
\ncompiled by king has a Kaia, we <\/p>\n

372
\n00:28:00,290 –> 00:28:07,370
\nmight say are a collection that
\nshould help others, and knowing <\/p>\n

373
\n00:28:07,370 –> 00:28:11,090
\nit’s the honor of kings to
\nsearch out a matter. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:28:12,560 –> 00:28:15,680
\nNow, you know, when you think
\ncarefully back in the book of <\/p>\n

375
\n00:28:15,680 –> 00:28:20,440
\nDeuteronomy, Deuteronomy
\nspecifically said that the king <\/p>\n

376
\n00:28:20,440 –> 00:28:27,680
\nof Israel, the leader of God’s
\npeople, was to make it his habit<\/p>\n

377
\n00:28:28,520 –> 00:28:31,720
\nto write out the words of God’s
\nlaw. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:28:32,720 –> 00:28:37,600
\nThat’s in Deuteronomy.
\nSo there actually was in the <\/p>\n

379
\n00:28:37,600 –> 00:28:42,260
\nTalmud, in the main books,
\nexcuse me, in the Torah, rather <\/p>\n

380
\n00:28:42,500 –> 00:28:49,540
\nin the main books of the laws of
\nMoses, an injunction to those <\/p>\n

381
\n00:28:49,540 –> 00:28:54,940
\nwho would become kings.
\nEspecially to take God’s law so <\/p>\n

382
\n00:28:54,940 –> 00:28:59,500
\nseriously that according to
\nDeuteronomy, the king was to <\/p>\n

383
\n00:28:59,500 –> 00:29:04,460
\nmake it his habit to write out
\nthe words of God’s law, and then<\/p>\n

384
\n00:29:04,460 –> 00:29:09,340
\nof course to do them.
\nIt was a kingly thing to do, to <\/p>\n

385
\n00:29:09,340 –> 00:29:13,420
\nhonor God’s law by taking the
\ntime not only to read it, but <\/p>\n

386
\n00:29:13,420 –> 00:29:16,780
\nthe time and energy to write it
\nout. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:29:18,220 –> 00:29:25,860
\nAnd here it is the honor and the
\nprivilege of kings to search out<\/p>\n

388
\n00:29:25,940 –> 00:29:27,780
\na matter.
\nWhat’s the matter? <\/p>\n

389
\n00:29:28,140 –> 00:29:32,040
\nIt’s obviously God’s teaching to
\nto discern the deeper things of <\/p>\n

390
\n00:29:32,040 –> 00:29:36,600
\nGod, but also to discern and
\nunderstand, to be instructed by <\/p>\n

391
\n00:29:36,960 –> 00:29:39,440
\nall that God’s wisdom has
\ntaught. <\/p>\n

392
\n00:29:39,840 –> 00:29:44,680
\nBecause a king is in a position
\nof leadership, a king is helping<\/p>\n

393
\n00:29:44,680 –> 00:29:48,880
\nto steer the boat.
\nOther people in the flock, other<\/p>\n

394
\n00:29:48,880 –> 00:29:52,800
\nmembers of the nation, will be
\ninfluenced by you. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:29:53,240 –> 00:29:57,040
\nIt’s a leadership role, like a
\nshepherd to sheep. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:29:58,040 –> 00:30:03,760
\nSo this is a special admonition
\nto those who wish to provide <\/p>\n

397
\n00:30:04,160 –> 00:30:07,120
\ndirection.
\nLeadership, or we might say more<\/p>\n

398
\n00:30:07,120 –> 00:30:12,520
\ngenerally those who should be
\nand are examples to others. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:30:12,520 –> 00:30:14,920
\nOf course, really that applies
\nto all of us. <\/p>\n

400
\n00:30:15,680 –> 00:30:21,760
\nSo now that clearly ties in with
\nthis kingly theme and <\/p>\n

401
\n00:30:21,760 –> 00:30:23,600
\nperspective in the book of
\nProverbs. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:30:25,230 –> 00:30:28,830
\nWould you turn over or turn back
\nto Proverbs chapter 8? <\/p>\n

403
\n00:30:29,270 –> 00:30:32,550
\nLet’s pick it up there, Proverbs
\nchapter 8. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:30:40,140 –> 00:30:43,780
\nIt’s not just in one or two
\nlittle places this is couched. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:30:44,180 –> 00:30:46,820
\nAnd it’s not just in a section
\nmore obviously dealing with <\/p>\n

406
\n00:30:46,820 –> 00:30:51,620
\nHezekiah’s Proverbs.
\nBecause here in Proverbs chapter<\/p>\n

407
\n00:30:51,700 –> 00:30:59,060
\n8 and verse 16 we have this
\nadmonition, this revelation, <\/p>\n

408
\n00:30:59,990 –> 00:31:05,430
\nspeaking metaphorically.
\nWisdom is a woman by me, says <\/p>\n

409
\n00:31:05,430 –> 00:31:12,630
\nwisdom by me.
\nKing’s reign and Prince’s decree<\/p>\n

410
\n00:31:12,630 –> 00:31:15,830
\njustice.
\nWhy are we going to that <\/p>\n

411
\n00:31:15,830 –> 00:31:19,030
\nperspective?
\nWhy not make it more generic? <\/p>\n

412
\n00:31:19,630 –> 00:31:22,190
\nIsn’t Proverbs written for
\neverybody? <\/p>\n

413
\n00:31:22,310 –> 00:31:24,950
\nOf course it is.
\nOr of course they are. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:31:25,990 –> 00:31:31,890
\nThere must be running through
\nthis exertation some special <\/p>\n

415
\n00:31:32,050 –> 00:31:36,970
\npurpose for those in Israel,
\nfirst of all, who are kings to <\/p>\n

416
\n00:31:36,970 –> 00:31:42,570
\nbe, or those in Israel who
\nalready were kings, in fact, or <\/p>\n

417
\n00:31:42,570 –> 00:31:48,450
\nthose who were in Rule or in
\npositions of leadership by me <\/p>\n

418
\n00:31:48,450 –> 00:31:52,370
\nKing’s reign and prince’s decree
\njustice. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:31:52,850 –> 00:31:56,850
\nWell, wouldn’t it be true for
\nbrothers and sisters today who <\/p>\n

420
\n00:31:56,850 –> 00:32:01,530
\nhave been promised that we shall
\nbe kings and priests and we <\/p>\n

421
\n00:32:01,530 –> 00:32:06,650
\nshall rule on the earth?
\nAre we not hoping by God’s grace<\/p>\n

422
\n00:32:07,170 –> 00:32:12,090
\nto participate and share and
\nwork with and shoulder the <\/p>\n

423
\n00:32:12,090 –> 00:32:16,490
\nresponsibilities as kings and
\npriests in the future age? <\/p>\n

424
\n00:32:16,770 –> 00:32:20,330
\nIsn’t that part of the joy or
\nthe vision that is set before <\/p>\n

425
\n00:32:20,330 –> 00:32:23,090
\nus?
\nTherefore, are we not all <\/p>\n

426
\n00:32:23,090 –> 00:32:26,210
\nbrothers and sisters?
\nIn a sense, kings and training <\/p>\n

427
\n00:32:27,100 –> 00:32:32,300
\nprinces in training.
\nIsn’t that, of course, the words<\/p>\n

428
\n00:32:32,300 –> 00:32:35,860
\nof Isaiah?
\nLet’s just take a peek, hold a <\/p>\n

429
\n00:32:35,860 –> 00:32:40,940
\nhold a marker here in the place
\nwhere you are in Proverbs. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:32:41,260 –> 00:32:45,300
\nJust remind ourselves, apart
\nfrom that apocalyptic passage <\/p>\n

431
\n00:32:45,300 –> 00:32:49,900
\nwe’ve alluded to, just remember
\nIsaiah, chapter 32. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:32:51,140 –> 00:32:54,660
\nHopefully this includes us and
\nit’s very pertinent to what we <\/p>\n

433
\n00:32:54,660 –> 00:32:59,430
\nhave right in front of us here.
\nIsaiah chapter 32. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:33:01,550 –> 00:33:05,590
\nBehold, a king shall reign in
\nrighteousness. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:33:05,590 –> 00:33:12,390
\nVerse one, a king shall reign in
\nrighteousness and Princess shall<\/p>\n

436
\n00:33:12,390 –> 00:33:17,630
\nrule in judgment.
\nTrue that must apply especially <\/p>\n

437
\n00:33:17,630 –> 00:33:21,110
\nto to the apostles.
\nYou will be said, Jesus and <\/p>\n

438
\n00:33:21,110 –> 00:33:26,410
\nMatthew’s Gospel sitting on 12
\nThrones judging the 12 tribes of<\/p>\n

439
\n00:33:26,410 –> 00:33:28,810
\nIsrael.
\nNow that would be very pertinent<\/p>\n

440
\n00:33:28,810 –> 00:33:33,210
\nto them, but we know clearly
\nthat kind of language when <\/p>\n

441
\n00:33:33,210 –> 00:33:36,610
\nmatched with revelation, you
\nwill be kings and priests and <\/p>\n

442
\n00:33:36,610 –> 00:33:40,410
\nreign on the earth.
\nHas an application to the Saints<\/p>\n

443
\n00:33:40,570 –> 00:33:45,370
\nas well.
\nWisdom is necessary for the king<\/p>\n

444
\n00:33:45,450 –> 00:33:49,330
\nhimself to rule, meaning the
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:33:49,970 –> 00:33:52,850
\nAnd we focused on that passage
\nyesterday in Corinthians. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:33:52,850 –> 00:33:58,150
\nIt said, Christ is the wisdom of
\nGod, and he is the power of God.<\/p>\n

447
\n00:33:58,590 –> 00:34:02,710
\nSo he is the supreme repository
\nof divine wisdom. <\/p>\n

448
\n00:34:02,990 –> 00:34:07,950
\nBut for those who wish to join
\nhim in the future, as in smaller<\/p>\n

449
\n00:34:07,950 –> 00:34:13,989
\nletters, kings and priests with
\nthe great king, we need now to <\/p>\n

450
\n00:34:13,989 –> 00:34:16,909
\ncultivate God’s wisdom, and
\nwe’ll certainly need it <\/p>\n

451
\n00:34:16,909 –> 00:34:21,110
\nsupplemented in the future.
\nInteresting, then, to consider <\/p>\n

452
\n00:34:21,150 –> 00:34:24,920
\nour hope as it relates to this
\ntheme of the Proverbs. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:34:25,239 –> 00:34:28,679
\nThe Proverbs, therefore, are not
\njust little ditties, little <\/p>\n

454
\n00:34:28,679 –> 00:34:31,840
\nNuggets of gold that you pick up
\nright out and put on a piece of <\/p>\n

455
\n00:34:31,840 –> 00:34:34,480
\npaper once in a while and think
\nabout. <\/p>\n

456
\n00:34:35,000 –> 00:34:40,280
\nObviously, Proverbs is distilled
\nwisdom, and it’s the kind of <\/p>\n

457
\n00:34:40,280 –> 00:34:45,920
\nwisdom by which kings and
\nprinces reign, and by which men <\/p>\n

458
\n00:34:45,920 –> 00:34:49,800
\nand women, kings and priests and
\nprospect, have guiding <\/p>\n

459
\n00:34:49,800 –> 00:34:55,190
\nprinciples to help them now and
\nlikewise for the future in their<\/p>\n

460
\n00:34:55,190 –> 00:34:58,870
\ndemeanor, their thinking, their
\nway of life, and how they make <\/p>\n

461
\n00:34:58,870 –> 00:35:03,150
\ndecisions among themselves.
\nWell, let’s go to Proverbs 31. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:35:04,790 –> 00:35:10,750
\nWhat we’re trying to do is just
\nnotice how many times in <\/p>\n

463
\n00:35:10,870 –> 00:35:18,230
\nProverbs this perhaps unexpected
\nthread runs through all of the <\/p>\n

464
\n00:35:18,230 –> 00:35:23,560
\nbook.
\nThe setting of seeing the links <\/p>\n

465
\n00:35:23,560 –> 00:35:29,280
\nwith King David and King Solomon
\nsets that stage for all of these<\/p>\n

466
\n00:35:29,280 –> 00:35:34,080
\npassages, A kingly message for
\nkings who are in training. <\/p>\n

467
\n00:35:34,200 –> 00:35:40,600
\nSo we come to Proverbs chapter
\n31 and notice the return to this<\/p>\n

468
\n00:35:40,600 –> 00:35:44,600
\nkingly theme again, this time
\ntowards the very end of the book<\/p>\n

469
\n00:35:44,600 –> 00:35:48,580
\nof Proverbs.
\nHere we read verse one, the <\/p>\n

470
\n00:35:48,580 –> 00:35:54,020
\nwords of King Lemuel.
\nAgain we went to this yesterday,<\/p>\n

471
\n00:35:54,020 –> 00:35:56,100
\ndidn’t we?
\nBut for a different purpose, <\/p>\n

472
\n00:35:56,500 –> 00:36:00,940
\nlike it has akaya passage.
\nJust to notice yesterday that <\/p>\n

473
\n00:36:00,940 –> 00:36:06,620
\nthe structure of proverbs can be
\nseen as being divided by the <\/p>\n

474
\n00:36:06,620 –> 00:36:09,340
\nvarious contributors or
\ncompilers. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:36:09,620 –> 00:36:12,740
\nAnd we went to this one
\nyesterday because he’s won along<\/p>\n

476
\n00:36:12,740 –> 00:36:17,420
\nwith Aguirre and has Akaya.
\nBut now today a second purpose, <\/p>\n

477
\n00:36:17,900 –> 00:36:22,780
\nand that is, it’s not just the
\nsection of proverbs words of <\/p>\n

478
\n00:36:22,780 –> 00:36:27,420
\nLemuel, we’re told.
\nIt’s the words of King Lemuel. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:36:28,260 –> 00:36:32,540
\nWhat seems to be perhaps then a
\npassing title and not very <\/p>\n

480
\n00:36:32,540 –> 00:36:35,940
\nhelpful because we don’t know
\nwho this Lemuel is like we do <\/p>\n

481
\n00:36:35,940 –> 00:36:41,780
\nhas Akaya or David or Solomon.
\nWe don’t know who he is, but one<\/p>\n

482
\n00:36:41,780 –> 00:36:46,700
\nthing we do know, he’s a king.
\nAnd when put in the context of <\/p>\n

483
\n00:36:46,700 –> 00:36:49,660
\nthis developing theme, it’s
\npertinent. <\/p>\n

484
\n00:36:49,980 –> 00:36:54,940
\nProverbs is stressing this the
\nwords of King Lemuel the <\/p>\n

485
\n00:36:54,940 –> 00:36:57,380
\nprophecy that his mother taught
\nhim. <\/p>\n

486
\n00:36:57,780 –> 00:37:02,460
\nWatch that, because that’s an
\necho as well to the introductory<\/p>\n

487
\n00:37:02,460 –> 00:37:08,180
\npart of Proverbs, where father
\ninstruction to son David to <\/p>\n

488
\n00:37:08,180 –> 00:37:12,420
\nSolomon, and then Solomon in his
\nown Proverbs Later on. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:37:12,420 –> 00:37:15,670
\nStressing my son, my son, my
\nson. <\/p>\n

490
\n00:37:16,110 –> 00:37:19,710
\nAnd then references to his
\nfather and references to the <\/p>\n

491
\n00:37:19,710 –> 00:37:23,030
\nteaching of your mother.
\nReferences to the fact that the <\/p>\n

492
\n00:37:23,030 –> 00:37:28,510
\nfool and the silly son can make
\na shame of his father and of his<\/p>\n

493
\n00:37:28,510 –> 00:37:31,190
\nmother.
\nAll of those proverbs that have <\/p>\n

494
\n00:37:31,190 –> 00:37:35,790
\nthose kind of references are
\nrelevant to the fact that this <\/p>\n

495
\n00:37:35,790 –> 00:37:44,830
\nKing Lemuel, whoever he was, had
\na prophecy that Mum taught him. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:37:46,190 –> 00:37:50,790
\nYou see the parental influence,
\nYou see the importance that for <\/p>\n

497
\n00:37:50,790 –> 00:37:54,550
\nthose who are to be think of the
\nwee ones, the little sheep, the <\/p>\n

498
\n00:37:54,550 –> 00:37:59,070
\nchildren in our responsibility
\nin our home, at the Bible class,<\/p>\n

499
\n00:37:59,110 –> 00:38:02,790
\nhere at Bible school, at the
\nCYC, in the Sunday School. <\/p>\n

500
\n00:38:03,230 –> 00:38:07,310
\nThose little ones are potential
\nkings and priests too. <\/p>\n

501
\n00:38:08,500 –> 00:38:12,460
\nAnd he says that these are the
\nwords of King Lemuel, the <\/p>\n

502
\n00:38:12,460 –> 00:38:17,420
\nprophecy that his mother taught
\nhim parental influence. <\/p>\n

503
\n00:38:18,460 –> 00:38:21,340
\nNow look at verse 2, Proverbs,
\nchapter 31. <\/p>\n

504
\n00:38:22,060 –> 00:38:27,820
\nWhat my son?
\nAnd what the son of my womb? <\/p>\n

505
\n00:38:28,460 –> 00:38:35,360
\nAnd what the son of my vows?
\nParental picture Whoever this <\/p>\n

506
\n00:38:35,360 –> 00:38:41,080
\nKing Lemuel was brothers and
\nsisters, he claims that <\/p>\n

507
\n00:38:41,680 –> 00:38:48,760
\nprophetically his mother taught
\nhim something and the prophecy <\/p>\n

508
\n00:38:48,760 –> 00:38:51,680
\nthat his mother taught him.
\nWho was this mother? <\/p>\n

509
\n00:38:52,640 –> 00:38:57,480
\nAnd she was a prophetess.
\nWhoever she was, she didn’t just<\/p>\n

510
\n00:38:57,480 –> 00:39:00,480
\ndo the readings with him.
\nWhoever this mother of King <\/p>\n

511
\n00:39:00,480 –> 00:39:06,620
\nLemuel was, she was endowed with
\nHoly Spirit inspiration. <\/p>\n

512
\n00:39:07,020 –> 00:39:09,460
\nShe was a prophetess in that
\nsense. <\/p>\n

513
\n00:39:09,980 –> 00:39:14,620
\nSo the sonship of verse 2 that’s
\nbeing stressed goes again back <\/p>\n

514
\n00:39:14,620 –> 00:39:17,660
\nto that parental relationship
\nthat starts the book of <\/p>\n

515
\n00:39:17,660 –> 00:39:21,580
\nProverbs.
\nNow look at verse three like <\/p>\n

516
\n00:39:21,580 –> 00:39:24,580
\nthat has a Kaya passage that
\nmentions him. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:39:24,780 –> 00:39:28,340
\nObviously the king has a Kaya.
\nThen goes on to say that it’s <\/p>\n

518
\n00:39:28,340 –> 00:39:31,180
\nthe honor of kings to search out
\na matter. <\/p>\n

519
\n00:39:31,900 –> 00:39:35,820
\nProverbs 31 is similar to that
\nprevious passage about Hezekiah,<\/p>\n

520
\n00:39:36,340 –> 00:39:40,780
\nbecause now verse three we’re
\nnot noticing something that <\/p>\n

521
\n00:39:40,780 –> 00:39:44,980
\nshouldn’t be noticed, because in
\nverse three give not thy <\/p>\n

522
\n00:39:44,980 –> 00:39:48,300
\nstrength unto women, think of
\nMiss Folly. <\/p>\n

523
\n00:39:48,860 –> 00:39:51,740
\nAnd of course Miss wisdom
\ndeveloped in the earlier part of<\/p>\n

524
\n00:39:51,740 –> 00:39:54,860
\nProverbs.
\nGive not thy strength unto <\/p>\n

525
\n00:39:54,860 –> 00:40:02,810
\nwomen, nor thy ways to that.
\nWhich destroyeth kings? <\/p>\n

526
\n00:40:03,850 –> 00:40:05,970
\nWhy not just destroyeth
\ndisciples? <\/p>\n

527
\n00:40:05,970 –> 00:40:09,530
\nOr destroyeth his Saints?
\nOr destroyeth his people? <\/p>\n

528
\n00:40:10,090 –> 00:40:16,930
\nNo, the stress here very clearly
\nis it can destroy in fact, <\/p>\n

529
\n00:40:17,450 –> 00:40:21,250
\nkings.
\nAgain, there’s this emphasis on <\/p>\n

530
\n00:40:21,250 –> 00:40:26,130
\nthe kingly potential of those
\nwho are trying to glean the <\/p>\n

531
\n00:40:26,130 –> 00:40:30,990
\nwisdom of the book of Proverbs.
\nBy the way, can we not miss the <\/p>\n

532
\n00:40:30,990 –> 00:40:37,150
\npoint here?
\nSolomon of all people, his <\/p>\n

533
\n00:40:37,150 –> 00:40:42,750
\nProverbs, his wisdom, miss
\nfolly, miss wisdom. <\/p>\n

534
\n00:40:42,950 –> 00:40:49,270
\nThe seductive prowess, the
\nseductive influence of a false <\/p>\n

535
\n00:40:49,270 –> 00:40:53,830
\nwoman who can lead the sons of
\nmen into the gutter and into the<\/p>\n

536
\n00:40:54,310 –> 00:40:56,710
\npits of hell, as we saw
\nyesterday. <\/p>\n

537
\n00:40:57,390 –> 00:40:59,510
\nLook at this in terms of the
\nauthor. <\/p>\n

538
\n00:41:00,190 –> 00:41:04,790
\nGive not thy strength unto women
\nexactly the trap that the author<\/p>\n

539
\n00:41:04,790 –> 00:41:10,070
\nhimself fell into his Proverbs
\nwritten after he had gone that <\/p>\n

540
\n00:41:10,070 –> 00:41:14,710
\nway is this kind of more like a
\nswan song under inspiration. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:41:14,790 –> 00:41:18,310
\nMaybe some would put Proverbs
\ntowards the very end of <\/p>\n

542
\n00:41:18,310 –> 00:41:22,750
\nSolomon’s life as the
\ndistillation of wisdom given by <\/p>\n

543
\n00:41:22,750 –> 00:41:27,030
\nGod from a man who has finally
\nrepented and learned the error <\/p>\n

544
\n00:41:27,030 –> 00:41:30,530
\nof his ways.
\nPossibly Ecclesiastes suggest <\/p>\n

545
\n00:41:30,530 –> 00:41:35,090
\nsomething similar. 1st 3 Then
\ngive not thy strength unto <\/p>\n

546
\n00:41:35,090 –> 00:41:39,210
\nwomen, nor thy ways to that
\nwhich destroyeth kings. <\/p>\n

547
\n00:41:39,930 –> 00:41:42,370
\nYou know, brothers and sisters.
\nI think it elevates the <\/p>\n

548
\n00:41:42,370 –> 00:41:47,170
\nexertation of Proverbs and the
\nneed to apply ourselves to the <\/p>\n

549
\n00:41:47,170 –> 00:41:51,970
\nbook of Proverbs when we think
\nof Proverbs as being especially <\/p>\n

550
\n00:41:52,410 –> 00:42:00,180
\na compilation of wisdom for
\nkings and compiled by kings for <\/p>\n

551
\n00:42:00,180 –> 00:42:06,180
\nbrothers and sisters for Saints
\nof all ages that aspire to be <\/p>\n

552
\n00:42:06,180 –> 00:42:09,500
\nwith the one in Isaiah and the
\none in the apocalypse. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:42:09,500 –> 00:42:13,620
\nWho says we are promised to
\nreign as kings and priests in <\/p>\n

554
\n00:42:13,620 –> 00:42:15,180
\nthe earth?
\nLook at this four. <\/p>\n

555
\n00:42:16,300 –> 00:42:20,140
\nThis four sustains the same kind
\nof point like the Hezekiah <\/p>\n

556
\n00:42:20,140 –> 00:42:23,080
\npassage.
\nHaving mentioned the fact that <\/p>\n

557
\n00:42:23,080 –> 00:42:27,400
\nthis is King Lemuel, as the
\nother passage mentioned, it was <\/p>\n

558
\n00:42:27,400 –> 00:42:29,960
\nby Hezekiah who we know was a
\nking. <\/p>\n

559
\n00:42:30,360 –> 00:42:38,400
\nVerse 4 now sustains the punch.
\nIt is not for kings, O Lemuel, <\/p>\n

560
\n00:42:38,720 –> 00:42:42,560
\nKing Lemuel, It is not for
\nkings, O Lemuel. <\/p>\n

561
\n00:42:42,720 –> 00:42:50,970
\nIt is not for kings to drink
\nwine, nor for prince’s strong <\/p>\n

562
\n00:42:50,970 –> 00:42:55,610
\ndrink.
\nThat’s clearly, as we know in <\/p>\n

563
\n00:42:55,610 –> 00:42:59,530
\nscripture, in balance, not
\nsaying that a king had to be a <\/p>\n

564
\n00:42:59,530 –> 00:43:03,330
\nteetotaler.
\nBut we do know quite often <\/p>\n

565
\n00:43:03,330 –> 00:43:08,730
\nluxury and the blessings and the
\nease of court and the power that<\/p>\n

566
\n00:43:08,730 –> 00:43:11,810
\nwas given to men.
\nAs today in positions of <\/p>\n

567
\n00:43:11,810 –> 00:43:17,370
\nauthority, where temptations to
\noften overindulge to be in <\/p>\n

568
\n00:43:17,370 –> 00:43:23,270
\nmoderate, it provided a human
\nruler the temptation to be given<\/p>\n

569
\n00:43:23,270 –> 00:43:26,950
\nto debauchery.
\nSo what is this? <\/p>\n

570
\n00:43:27,110 –> 00:43:31,110
\nRemember the words of Lemuel,
\nthe prophecy that his mother <\/p>\n

571
\n00:43:31,110 –> 00:43:33,750
\ntaught him.
\nWhat we’re now reading in verse <\/p>\n

572
\n00:43:33,750 –> 00:43:39,910
\nfour is Mom’s prophecy.
\nHis mother was a prophetess at <\/p>\n

573
\n00:43:39,910 –> 00:43:45,110
\none point and part of what his
\nmother said to him as a king and<\/p>\n

574
\n00:43:45,110 –> 00:43:49,070
\ntraining.
\nShe said to young Lemuel. <\/p>\n

575
\n00:43:49,910 –> 00:43:53,110
\nListen, Lemuel, it is not for
\nkings. <\/p>\n

576
\n00:43:53,350 –> 00:43:58,310
\nIt is not for kings to drink
\nwine, nor for Princess strong <\/p>\n

577
\n00:43:58,310 –> 00:44:00,630
\ndrink.
\nDon’t give yourself to <\/p>\n

578
\n00:44:00,670 –> 00:44:04,030
\nintemperance.
\nDon’t become a slave to your own<\/p>\n

579
\n00:44:04,030 –> 00:44:08,070
\nindulgences and desires.
\nDon’t let yourself become <\/p>\n

580
\n00:44:08,070 –> 00:44:12,110
\ntrapped by bad habits, by carnal
\ndesires. <\/p>\n

581
\n00:44:12,510 –> 00:44:14,670
\nIt’s again like the choice
\nbetween two women. <\/p>\n

582
\n00:44:14,950 –> 00:44:17,290
\nMiss Folly as opposed to miss
\nWisdom? <\/p>\n

583
\n00:44:19,250 –> 00:44:23,650
\nHow about Proverbs chapter 30
\nand verse 22? <\/p>\n

584
\n00:44:24,450 –> 00:44:35,890
\nThe king theme is there as well.
\nWhy three, I don’t know. <\/p>\n

585
\n00:44:36,730 –> 00:44:42,490
\nProverbs 30 and verse 22.
\nFour things which the earth <\/p>\n

586
\n00:44:42,490 –> 00:44:44,490
\ncannot bear.
\nWatch this. <\/p>\n

587
\n00:44:45,150 –> 00:44:49,070
\nA servant when he reigneth.
\nA servant who has become a <\/p>\n

588
\n00:44:49,070 –> 00:44:53,430
\nruler, A servant when he
\nreigneth and a fool when he’s <\/p>\n

589
\n00:44:53,430 –> 00:44:56,190
\nstill with meat.
\nAnd by the way, you might want <\/p>\n

590
\n00:44:56,270 –> 00:44:58,630
\nto write this down.
\nWe’ve got an example of someone <\/p>\n

591
\n00:44:58,630 –> 00:45:01,830
\nwho became a king, who
\npreviously was a servant and he <\/p>\n

592
\n00:45:01,830 –> 00:45:06,910
\nwas given to debauchery first to
\nking, 16 verses 8 to 11. <\/p>\n

593
\n00:45:07,030 –> 00:45:09,310
\nLet you pursue that as a little
\nbit of homework. <\/p>\n

594
\n00:45:09,870 –> 00:45:15,990
\nHe is a perfect example that man
\nin first to king 16 or Proverbs <\/p>\n

595
\n00:45:15,990 –> 00:45:21,070
\n28 and verse 16.
\nThe Prince that wanteth <\/p>\n

596
\n00:45:21,110 –> 00:45:26,310
\nunderstanding is also a great
\noppressor, but he that hateth <\/p>\n

597
\n00:45:26,310 –> 00:45:29,190
\ncovetousness shall prolong his
\ndays. <\/p>\n

598
\n00:45:29,350 –> 00:45:33,670
\nWhat about Jarabom?
\nThe Prince that was lacking in <\/p>\n

599
\n00:45:33,710 –> 00:45:38,390
\nunderstanding, Consulted these
\npeers, consulted the elders went<\/p>\n

600
\n00:45:38,390 –> 00:45:42,110
\nthe way of his peers, Jarabom,
\nand it caused the rift that was <\/p>\n

601
\n00:45:42,110 –> 00:45:45,450
\npermanent in Israel.
\nBut for our purposes this <\/p>\n

602
\n00:45:45,450 –> 00:45:50,170
\nmorning as we finish, here’s
\nthis stress on reigning Princess<\/p>\n

603
\n00:45:50,290 –> 00:45:56,890
\nrulership, 4 kings and by kings
\nfinally. <\/p>\n

604
\n00:45:57,330 –> 00:45:59,770
\nHave you noticed this all
\nthrough proverbs? <\/p>\n

605
\n00:45:59,770 –> 00:46:02,770
\nIf you watch carefully, and
\nwe’re not giving an exhaustive <\/p>\n

606
\n00:46:02,770 –> 00:46:07,810
\nlist, watch carefully the
\nreferences to throne king <\/p>\n

607
\n00:46:08,090 –> 00:46:12,910
\nPrincess ruling reigneth.
\nWatch for those terms in <\/p>\n

608
\n00:46:12,910 –> 00:46:16,670
\nProverbs and you’ll see how much
\nthis is a dominant theme. <\/p>\n

609
\n00:46:17,150 –> 00:46:21,070
\nSo we’ll finish with this one.
\nProverbs 20 and verse 28. <\/p>\n

610
\n00:46:21,310 –> 00:46:25,150
\nMercy and Truth preserve the
\nking. <\/p>\n

611
\n00:46:25,190 –> 00:46:28,670
\nWhy is he focusing on the king?
\nAgain and again? <\/p>\n

612
\n00:46:29,150 –> 00:46:32,710
\nProverbs has a wide readership.
\nWhy just the King? <\/p>\n

613
\n00:46:33,430 –> 00:46:38,710
\nMercy and truth preserve the
\nking and his throne is upholden <\/p>\n

614
\n00:46:38,710 –> 00:46:41,570
\nby mercy.
\nBecause, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

615
\n00:46:41,930 –> 00:46:46,890
\nas Jane says, we need to learn
\nthat mercy rejoices against <\/p>\n

616
\n00:46:46,890 –> 00:46:51,290
\njudgment as much as truth and
\njudgment must be in the balance <\/p>\n

617
\n00:46:51,450 –> 00:46:54,890
\nin respect to a God who is just
\nand truthful. <\/p>\n

618
\n00:46:55,930 –> 00:47:00,730
\nBut kings need to know.
\nKings need to know. <\/p>\n

619
\n00:47:00,930 –> 00:47:04,530
\nBrothers and sisters need to
\nunderstand as kings and <\/p>\n

620
\n00:47:04,530 –> 00:47:09,070
\ntraining, dealing with human
\nbeings and human problems now <\/p>\n

621
\n00:47:09,070 –> 00:47:13,670
\nand in the future age.
\nKings in training need to know <\/p>\n

622
\n00:47:14,230 –> 00:47:18,310
\nthat mercy and truth both
\npreserve the king. <\/p>\n

623
\n00:47:19,430 –> 00:47:25,830
\nAnd we need to know, as is true
\nwith Christ supremely, that his <\/p>\n

624
\n00:47:25,830 –> 00:47:44,330
\nthrone is held up by mercy.
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