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\nfirst study in this fantastic
\nsubject of looking at unlocking <\/p>\n
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\nthe book of Proverbs.
\nAnd the purpose we have this <\/p>\n
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\nweek, God willing, is to unlock
\nthis book, to know why it’s here<\/p>\n
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\nin the Scripture, understand
\nwhat it’s about, and to unlock <\/p>\n
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\nsome of its deep practical
\nwisdom that we can take away <\/p>\n
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\ninto our lives and embark on the
\npath to becoming what the <\/p>\n
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\nScripture calls the wise.
\nSo today in our first session, <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re going to look at a set of
\nkeys. <\/p>\n
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\nThey are thematic keys that are
\ngoing to help us set the scene <\/p>\n
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\ntoday, and are going to help us
\nbuild on it as we unlock the <\/p>\n
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\nsecrets of this book.
\nAnd here they are. <\/p>\n
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\nThese are the four keys that
\nwe’re going to look at this <\/p>\n
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\nmorning.
\nThe first key to the book of the<\/p>\n
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\nProverbs is having the right
\nspirit or approach or attitude, <\/p>\n
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\nand we’re going to have a look
\nat that and answer the question,<\/p>\n
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\nwhat is the right approach and
\nspirit? <\/p>\n
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\nOur second key this morning is
\ngoing to be looking at the <\/p>\n
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\nbiblical foundation of the book,
\nbecause the book doesn’t just <\/p>\n
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\ncome from nowhere.
\nIt taps into pre-existing <\/p>\n
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\nbiblical foundations, and it
\nconnects itself into future <\/p>\n
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\nthemes, into the New Testament,
\nand into Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we need to understand the
\ncontext and foundation <\/p>\n
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\nbiblically of this book.
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\nfoundation.
\nOur third key is to understand <\/p>\n
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\nthe purpose statement.
\nNow, very usefully, in the first<\/p>\n
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\neight verses of chapter one,
\nthere is a purpose statement, <\/p>\n
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\nand it explains to us what the
\nbook’s about, and it tells us <\/p>\n
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\nwhat will happen and what’s in
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\nbook.
\nAnd finally, our fourth key is <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re going to look at four key
\nwords. <\/p>\n
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\nThey are active verbs.
\nThey are foundational or root <\/p>\n
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\nverbs, and they found four key
\nthemes running through the book <\/p>\n
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\nof Proverbs, and they will help
\nus connect it all together so <\/p>\n
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\nthat what might appear at first
\nto be disconnected and <\/p>\n
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\nunstructured is beautifully
\nconnected together. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that’s our task in this
\nsession to look at these four <\/p>\n
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\nkeys.
\nThe right spirit approach, the <\/p>\n
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\nbiblical foundation, the purpose
\nstatement, and four key words or<\/p>\n
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\nideas.
\nNow, one of the things we want <\/p>\n
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\nto do as we go through these
\nsessions is we want to do our <\/p>\n
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\nstudies, God willing, and
\napproach it like a personal <\/p>\n
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\nBible study.
\nSo we’re going to be following a<\/p>\n
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\nBible study approach.
\nWe’re going to begin each <\/p>\n
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\nsession as imagining we don’t
\nknow anything about the subject,<\/p>\n
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\nand we’ll begin a discovery
\nprocess that builds our level of<\/p>\n
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\nunderstanding.
\nBut we want to go beyond that to<\/p>\n
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\nbiblical wisdom, so we’re doers <\/p>\n
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\nof the word as well as hearers.
\nNow, one of the first steps to <\/p>\n
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\nthe Bible study is to become
\nfamiliar with the scriptural <\/p>\n
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\ntext.
\nSo let’s begin this morning with<\/p>\n
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\na very quick review of the
\nstructure and content of the <\/p>\n
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\nbook of Proverbs.
\nWe’re going to do a short page <\/p>\n
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\nturn.
\nAnd here it is. <\/p>\n
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\nNow look at chapter 1 and verse
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\nChapter 1 begins a section that
\ngoes to the end of chapter 9, <\/p>\n
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\nand it’s headed up in verse 1 of
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\nAnd in chapters 1 to 9, we find
\nthese chapters liberally <\/p>\n
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\nsprinkled with the phrase, my
\nson, with various appeals and <\/p>\n
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\nrequests from a father and a
\nmother to their child, from <\/p>\n
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\nwisdom to listen and to hearken.
\nIt repeatedly puts forward and <\/p>\n
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\nadvances the virtues and the
\nbenefits of knowledge, <\/p>\n
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\nlarge tracts of texts that talk
\nabout two women, a woman wisdom <\/p>\n
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\nand a strange woman, and they
\ncry out to various different <\/p>\n
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\naudiences.
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\nAnd that’s in chapters 1 to 9.
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\nverse 1, our second section of
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\nIt’s headed up again, the
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\nBut this is the second section
\nwhich we typically think of when<\/p>\n
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\nBut it’s full of these little <\/p>\n
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\nlittle pearls and gems, seeds of
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\nSee in verse 1 of chapter 10, <\/p>\n
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\nthe Proverbs of Solomon, wise
\nson makes a glad father, but a <\/p>\n
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\nfoolish son in the heaviness of
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\nVerse 2, treasures of wickedness
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\nrighteousness delivers from
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\nYahweh will not suffer the soul
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\nchapter 24, verse 34, which is <\/p>\n
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\nheaded up the words of the wise.
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\ndifferent texts as the words of
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\nfurious man thou shalt not go,
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\na snare to thy soul.
\nOr verse 26, be not as one of <\/p>\n
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\nthem who strike hands or of them
\nwho are shorties for debts. <\/p>\n
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\nIf thou hast nothing to pay, why
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\ntime they are copied out, which
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\nChapter 30, you just come over <\/p>\n
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\nYoker, the prophecy the man
\nspake to Ithiel, even the Ithiel<\/p>\n
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\nAnd so there’s a chapter <\/p>\n
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\naddendum from the words of Ogur,
\nson of Yoker. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then chapter 1, verse 31, 31
\nverses 1 to 9, the words of King<\/p>\n
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\nLemuel, the prophecy his mother
\ntaught him, where he is taught <\/p>\n
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\nto avoid alcohol and strong
\ndrink because it will pervert <\/p>\n
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\njudgment.
\nAnd finally, the well-known and <\/p>\n
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\nwell-loved, chapter 31, verse 10
\nto 31, the virtuous woman. <\/p>\n
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\nWho can find a virtuous woman?
\nHer price is far above ruby. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that’s the book in its
\nstructures and its parts. <\/p>\n
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\nBut what’s it all about?
\nWhat’s the purpose of it in <\/p>\n
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\nWhat does it mean for us today? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, today we begin our journey
\nto unlock this book, God <\/p>\n
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\nwilling, and we have these four
\nkeys. <\/p>\n
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\nSo here’s the first key, the
\nright spirit and attitude. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we briefly touched on this
\nin our introductory session. <\/p>\n
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\nWe saw that the approach should
\nbe as if we are the Son, Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nChrist, listening to the words
\nof the Father himself. <\/p>\n
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\nThey are personal words of God
\nthe Father to the Son, Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nChrist.
\nAnd we ask the question, how <\/p>\n
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\nwould Christ have understood
\nthese words from the Father? <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 1, verse 8, my son, hear
\nthe instruction of thy Father. <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 1, verse 10, my son, if
\nsinners entice thee, consent <\/p>\n
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\nthou not.
\nChapter 1, verse 15, my son, <\/p>\n
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\nwalk not in the way with them.
\nChapter 2, verse 1, my son, if <\/p>\n
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\nyou will receive my words. 3,
\nverse 1, my son, forget not my <\/p>\n
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\nlaw.
\nChapter 3, verse 11, my son, <\/p>\n
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\ndespise not the chastening of
\nthe Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so on, right way through the
\nbook. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that’s our first key.
\nThe book is, in the first <\/p>\n
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\ninstance, the personal words of
\nFather, God the Father, to the <\/p>\n
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\nSon, Jesus Christ.
\nSo it’s a special book. <\/p>\n
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\nHow would a 12-year-old Jesus,
\nwho had told his parents, I must<\/p>\n
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\nbe about my father’s business,
\nhow would he read these words? <\/p>\n
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\nHow would he understand that
\ndirect appeal of my son? <\/p>\n
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\nSo we see the point.
\nThis book is a standout book. <\/p>\n
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\nWe get to listen to the
\ninstruction of God the Father to<\/p>\n
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\nthe Son, Jesus Christ, in its
\nfirst instance. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a very powerful key, and it
\nwill help us unlock the book. <\/p>\n
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\nBut there’s a lot more to this
\nidea. <\/p>\n
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\nCome with me to Hebrews chapter
\n12, verse 5, which quotes the <\/p>\n
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\nbook of Proverbs in the context
\nof a father and a son, but it <\/p>\n
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\ngives us two deep insights into
\nthe book of Proverbs and what it<\/p>\n
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\nHebrews chapter 12, verses 5 to <\/p>\n
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\n5, it says, And you have
\nforgotten the exhortation, which<\/p>\n
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\nspeaks as unto children, my son.
\nAnd he quotes now Proverbs 3, <\/p>\n
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\nverse 11 to 12.
\nDespise not thou the chastening <\/p>\n
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\nof the Lord, nor faint when thou
\nart rebuked of him. <\/p>\n
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\nFor whom the Lord loves, he
\nchasteneth, and scourgeth every <\/p>\n
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\nson whom he receives.
\nIf ye endure chastening, God <\/p>\n
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\ndealeth with you as with sons.
\nFor what son is he whom the <\/p>\n
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\nfather chastens not?
\nSo there’s a direct quote here <\/p>\n
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\nfrom Proverbs 3, verse 11 to 12,
\nwhich reads, My son despise not <\/p>\n
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\nthe chastening of Yahweh,
\nneither be weary of his <\/p>\n
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\ncorrection.
\nFor whom Yahweh loves, he <\/p>\n
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\ncorrecteth, even as a father the
\nson in whom he delights. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we must read this book as if
\nwe are the son of God, Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nChrist, and in him the children
\nof God. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the book of Hebrews gives us
\nthe direction, the <\/p>\n
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\nauthorization, the mandate, to
\nread them in a broader sense. <\/p>\n
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\nDid you see that?
\nThey’re the words of our <\/p>\n
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\nheavenly father to the children.
\nSo wherever it says, my son, <\/p>\n
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\nsays Hebrew, and appeal from God
\nto the Christ, it includes us as<\/p>\n
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\nGod’s children in the one son,
\nmale and female. <\/p>\n
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\nBut there’s another vital point
\nhidden in this word in Hebrews <\/p>\n
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\nquotation.
\nDid you see the repetition of <\/p>\n
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\nthe idea of chastening or
\ncorrection? <\/p>\n
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\nLet’s just reread it, but this
\ntime looking for that repetition<\/p>\n
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\nof idea.
\nVerse 5 of Hebrews 12, you’ve <\/p>\n
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\nforgotten the exhortation which
\nspeaks to you as unto children. <\/p>\n
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\nMy son despised not the
\nchastening of the Lord or faint <\/p>\n
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\nwhen you are rebuked of him.
\nFor whom the Lord loves, he <\/p>\n
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\nchasteneth, and he scourgeth
\nevery son whom he receives. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you endure chastening, God
\ndeals with you as with sons. <\/p>\n
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\nFor what son is he whom the
\nfather chastens not? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so we find that not only is
\nthe right spirit and approach to<\/p>\n
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\nthis book to read them as if the
\nwords of the father to the son <\/p>\n
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\nand by extension to us as the
\nchildren, but there’s something <\/p>\n
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\nabout this book that is about
\nthe correctional, chastening <\/p>\n
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\nprocess of the father to the
\nchildren. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause he chastens and corrects
\nevery son who he receives. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the book’s going to be about
\nthat correcting, that chastening<\/p>\n
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\nof our heavenly father.
\nAnd so the right spirit and <\/p>\n
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\napproach to this book is one
\nthat says, I accept. <\/p>\n
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\nI welcome the chastening and
\ncorrection of my heavenly father<\/p>\n
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\nas I engage with this book.
\nSo for us, the Proverbs unlocks <\/p>\n
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\nwhen we come to it with that
\nspirit and attitude. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re prepared to be corrected.
\nWe’re prepared to be chastened. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re prepared to be shown that
\nwe’re making mistakes so we can <\/p>\n
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\nmake changes, so that we can
\nimprove, so we can be <\/p>\n
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\ninstructed, so that we can
\nlearn. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it means we come to this
\nbook with humility. <\/p>\n
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\nI want to learn.
\nAnd you know, the fundamental <\/p>\n
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\nquality of a good listener is
\nthat they hear and they listen <\/p>\n
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\nand they want to learn and be
\ncorrected. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that’s the insight that
\nHebrews chapter 12 gives us <\/p>\n
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\nabout the book of Proverbs.
\nAnd guess what? <\/p>\n
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\nWhen we come to the book of
\nProverbs, one of its key themes <\/p>\n
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\nis chastening and correction.
\nAnd the term that Hebrews 12 <\/p>\n
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\nrefers to as chastening when it
\nquotes Proverbs 3 is the Hebrew <\/p>\n
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\nword Mosawa.
\nIt’s the Strongs, 3, 2, 5, 6, <\/p>\n
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\nand its derivative, H4148, and
\nit occurs 35 times in the book <\/p>\n
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\nof Proverbs.
\nIt’s translated in our King <\/p>\n
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\nJames as chastening or
\ninstruction. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s a related and similar
\nterm, the Hebrew Tokicha. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s 3198 in the Strongs and its
\nderivative is 8433, and it’s <\/p>\n
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\ntranslated correction, reproof,
\nanother 26 times. <\/p>\n
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\nNow I’m going to read for you
\njust a selection, just a handful<\/p>\n
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\nof these 60 odd occurrences.
\nIn each of these, it’s the <\/p>\n
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\nHebrew term Mosor that Hebrew 12
\nrefers to and translates as <\/p>\n
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\nchastening.
\nBut as I do, just listen to see <\/p>\n
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\nif you get the gist of the
\nconcept. <\/p>\n
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\nThese are all from Proverbs.
\nProverbs 3, verse 11, My son <\/p>\n
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\ndespised not the chastening of
\nYahweh, neither be weary of his <\/p>\n
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\ncorrection.
\nProverbs 4, verse 1, Hear ye <\/p>\n
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\nchildren the instruction of a
\nfather and attend to no <\/p>\n
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\nunderstanding.
\nChapter 4, verse 13, Take hold <\/p>\n
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\nfast of instruction.
\nLet her not go. <\/p>\n
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\nKeep her, for she is thy life.
\nIn Proverbs 29, verse 17, <\/p>\n
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\nCorrect thy son and he shall
\ngive thee rest, yea, he shall <\/p>\n
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\nhave delight in thy soul.
\nSo you see the idea, the father <\/p>\n
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\ncorrects, chastens, and his
\nchildren hear it, take fast hold<\/p>\n
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\nof it because they know it’s
\ntheir life. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m going to give you two more
\npassages. <\/p>\n
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\nThis time, both the words Mosor,
\nchastening and correction, and <\/p>\n
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\n00:15:12,310 –> 00:15:14,880
\nTekitia, reproof and correction,
\nare put together. <\/p>\n
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\nProverbs 6, 23, The commandment
\nis a lamp and the law is light <\/p>\n
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\n00:15:19,500 –> 00:15:24,820
\nand reproofs of instruction are
\nthe way of life. <\/p>\n
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\nProverbs 10, verse 17, He is in
\nthe way of life who keeps <\/p>\n
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\ninstruction, but he that refuses
\nreproof erreth. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd finally, we’re going to flip
\nit because this passage turns it<\/p>\n
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\nupside down and tells us what
\nwill happen if we ignore the <\/p>\n
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\nreproof and correction.
\nProverbs 15, 10, Correction is <\/p>\n
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\ngrievous to him that forsakes
\nthe way and he that hateth <\/p>\n
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\nreproof shall die.
\nWell, that’s just a selection of<\/p>\n
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\nthe 60 odd times in this book.
\nSo it’s clear, isn’t it, that <\/p>\n
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\nit’s a book about correction.
\nIt’s a book about the father’s <\/p>\n
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\nchastening, says Hebrews 12, of
\nevery child and son that God <\/p>\n
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\nreceives.
\nThat’s what the book’s about and<\/p>\n
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\nthat’s the right spirit and
\napproach to it. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s the father to the son and
\nto his children, to you and me, <\/p>\n
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\nas a chastening and correction.
\nIn it, he will show us the right<\/p>\n
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\nway so we can walk in them.
\nHe will show us the wrong way so<\/p>\n
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\nwe don’t and he’ll correct us
\nwhen we need to be. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right, now that we’ve locked
\non to the theme in the book of <\/p>\n
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\nProverbs of the father and the
\nson, where have you heard that <\/p>\n
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\nbefore?
\nThe father and the son. <\/p>\n
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\nWhere might be a passage where
\nit talks about the father and <\/p>\n
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\nthe son that’s really important
\nto the book of Proverbs? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, here’s a hint.
\nI will be his father and he <\/p>\n
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\nshall be my son.
\nSo come over to 2 Samuel 7 and <\/p>\n
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\nwe’ll find out the book’s
\nfounded in the Davidic covenant.<\/p>\n
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\nThe book of Proverbs is anchored
\nthere in its foundation. <\/p>\n
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\nI will be his father and he
\nshall be my son. 2 Samuel 7 <\/p>\n
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\nverses 12 to 14.
\nDavid is told in verse 12, When <\/p>\n
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\nthy days be fulfilled and thou
\nshalt sleep with thy fathers, I <\/p>\n
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\nwill set up thy seed after thee,
\nwhich shall proceed out of thy <\/p>\n
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\nbowels and I will establish his
\nkingdom and he shall build a <\/p>\n
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\nhouse for my name and I will
\nestablish the throne of his <\/p>\n
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\nkingdom forever and I will be,
\njust note that’s Hayah, it’s the<\/p>\n
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\nroot verb of the Yahweh name.
\nI am his father and he shall be,<\/p>\n
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\nthere it is again, the root verb
\nof the Yahweh name. <\/p>\n
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\nMy son, if he commit iniquity, I
\nwill chasten him with the rod of<\/p>\n
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\nmen and with the stripes of the
\nchildren of men. <\/p>\n
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\n00:17:46,740 –> 00:17:48,020
\nAnd just note a couple of
\nthings. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s no conditional if in the
\nHebrew text. <\/p>\n
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\nLiterally, the term iniquity
\nmeans in being bound down, I <\/p>\n
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\nwill chasten him.
\nAnd also, it’s in a present <\/p>\n
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\ncontinuous sense.
\nI am his father, he is my son. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s consistent with its
\napplication in paralog text in <\/p>\n
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\nIsaiah 53.
\nSo it’s a book about <\/p>\n
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\nrelationships, the book of
\nProverbs. <\/p>\n
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\nI will be his father, he will be
\nmy son, and I will chasten him, <\/p>\n
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\nis the Davidic covenant
\nstatement. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the book’s going to have
\nsomething to do with chastening.<\/p>\n
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\nIt’s going to correct and
\nreproof and chasten and instruct<\/p>\n
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\nus.
\nIt’s going to tell us where <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re going right and we’re
\ngoing wrong so that we can <\/p>\n
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\nchange and become the sons of
\nthe father, his children. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd think, brothers and sisters,
\nabout the process of correcting <\/p>\n
304
\n00:18:43,880 –> 00:18:47,160
\nand chastening as it’s not that
\nmuch fun. <\/p>\n
305
\n00:18:48,220 –> 00:18:51,745
\nHebrews 12 verse 11 says, No
\nchastening for the present seems<\/p>\n
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\n00:18:51,745 –> 00:18:56,134
\nto be joyous, but grievous.
\nNevertheless, afterward it <\/p>\n
307
\n00:18:56,134 –> 00:18:59,452
\nyields the peaceable fruit of
\nrighteousness to them who are <\/p>\n
308
\n00:18:59,452 –> 00:19:02,040
\nexercised thereby, by the
\nfather’s correction. <\/p>\n
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\n00:19:02,200 –> 00:19:04,540
\nSo we’re going to be challenged
\nthis week by this book. <\/p>\n
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\n00:19:05,400 –> 00:19:07,860
\nWe’re going to feel
\nuncomfortable at times. <\/p>\n
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\n00:19:08,360 –> 00:19:12,650
\nBut in the end, it should yield
\nthe peaceable fruits of <\/p>\n
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\nrighteousness in our lives.
\nOur behaviors get corrected. <\/p>\n
313
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\nWe are changed.
\nThere will be more of the good, <\/p>\n
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\nless of the bad, more of the
\nwisdom, less of the foolishness.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd so when we study this book
\ntogether, this is the spirit and<\/p>\n
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\n00:19:31,720 –> 00:19:34,400
\nattitude and approach that we
\nneed to bring. <\/p>\n
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\nFor in 2 Timothy 3 verse 16 it
\nsays, All scripture is given by <\/p>\n
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\nthe breathing of God and is
\nprofitable for doctrine, for <\/p>\n
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\nreproof, for correction and for
\ninstruction in the things that <\/p>\n
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\nare right, righteousness.
\nSo it’s a great privilege, isn’t<\/p>\n
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\n00:19:53,130 –> 00:19:57,020
\nit, that we’re going to get to
\nlisten to these words of the <\/p>\n
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\nfather, to the son, and to us as
\nchildren. <\/p>\n
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\nHow many hours did Christ pour
\nover this book and figure it all<\/p>\n
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\nout to understand the
\ninstruction of the father as <\/p>\n
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\n00:20:08,587 –> 00:20:13,100
\nhe’s told over and over again in
\nthe pages, my son, my son. <\/p>\n
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\n00:20:13,460 –> 00:20:17,607
\nHow would Christ understand this
\nbook is the question that we’ll <\/p>\n
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\n00:20:17,607 –> 00:20:19,360
\nconstantly ask ourselves this
\nweek. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right, well that’s our first
\nkey. <\/p>\n
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\nOur second key is this.
\nThe entire book is founded in an<\/p>\n
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\nevent that occurs in 1 Kings 3
\nverses 9 to 12. <\/p>\n
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\nSo come with me to 1 Kings 3
\nverses 9 to 12. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ll see the foundation of this
\nbook. <\/p>\n
333
\n00:20:39,560 –> 00:20:43,968
\nThis is where Solomon is king
\nand in a dream he is told by <\/p>\n
334
\n00:20:43,968 –> 00:20:47,880
\nGod, ask what I shall give thee.
\nAnd it’s a Sunday school story, <\/p>\n
335
\n00:20:47,920 –> 00:20:50,214
\nisn’t it, that we all know that
\nSolomon could have asked for <\/p>\n
336
\n00:20:50,214 –> 00:20:52,380
\nanything but he didn’t.
\nHe asked for wisdom. <\/p>\n
337
\n00:20:53,020 –> 00:20:57,650
\nBut what he said exactly is
\nimportant because it’s the <\/p>\n
338
\n00:20:57,650 –> 00:21:00,060
\nfoundation to the book of
\nProverbs and it gives us our <\/p>\n
339
\n00:21:00,060 –> 00:21:03,160
\nsecond key.
\nSo 1 Kings 3 verses 9 to 12. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:21:06,120 –> 00:21:11,424
\nNow as we read this, these are
\nSolomon’s words and look for the<\/p>\n
341
\n00:21:11,424 –> 00:21:14,000
\nreason he gives for asking
\nwisdom. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:21:14,360 –> 00:21:19,580
\nLook for why he wanted wisdom
\nand what sort of wisdom was he <\/p>\n
343
\n00:21:19,580 –> 00:21:20,400
\nafter.
\nWhat? <\/p>\n
344
\n00:21:20,520 –> 00:21:21,980
\nExactly.
\nVerse 8. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:21:22,440 –> 00:21:25,315
\nThy servant is in the midst of
\nthy people which thou hast <\/p>\n
346
\n00:21:25,315 –> 00:21:28,270
\nchosen, a great people that
\ncannot be numbered nor counted <\/p>\n
347
\n00:21:28,270 –> 00:21:32,007
\nfor multitude.
\nGive therefore thy servant an <\/p>\n
348
\n00:21:32,007 –> 00:21:37,440
\nunderstanding heart to judge thy
\npeople that I may discern <\/p>\n
349
\n00:21:37,440 –> 00:21:43,560
\nbetween good and bad for who is
\nable to judge this so great a <\/p>\n
350
\n00:21:43,560 –> 00:21:46,260
\npeople.
\nSo why did he ask for wisdom? <\/p>\n
351
\n00:21:46,640 –> 00:21:51,880
\nWhat was it for?
\nTo discern between good and bad,<\/p>\n
352
\n00:21:52,000 –> 00:21:55,892
\nthe Hebrew term normally
\ntranslated evil, to know good <\/p>\n
353
\n00:21:55,892 –> 00:21:59,940
\nand evil.
\nSo he could judge his people. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:21:59,940 –> 00:22:02,640
\nAnd verse 11, God says to him,
\nbecause thou hast asked this <\/p>\n
355
\n00:22:02,640 –> 00:22:06,185
\nthing and has not asked for
\nthyself long life or riches for <\/p>\n
356
\n00:22:06,185 –> 00:22:09,787
\nthyself or asked the life of
\nthine enemies and has asked for <\/p>\n
357
\n00:22:09,787 –> 00:22:13,994
\nthyself understanding to discern
\njudgment, behold, I’ve done <\/p>\n
358
\n00:22:13,994 –> 00:22:18,227
\naccording to thy words.
\nI’ve given them a wise and an <\/p>\n
359
\n00:22:18,227 –> 00:22:22,620
\nunderstanding heart in the
\ncontext to discern between good <\/p>\n
360
\n00:22:22,620 –> 00:22:28,320
\nand bad and make a judgment
\nbetween the two for your people.<\/p>\n
361
\n00:22:28,320 –> 00:22:35,720
\nSo that’s the foundation of the
\nsource of the wisdom of the book<\/p>\n
362
\n00:22:35,720 –> 00:22:39,900
\nof Proverbs.
\nThat’s its reason for the book. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:22:40,540 –> 00:22:45,170
\nIt’s the book of the wisdom that
\nGod gave to Solomon to answer <\/p>\n
364
\n00:22:45,170 –> 00:22:48,960
\nthis request.
\nTo discern, it’s the Hebrew term<\/p>\n
365
\n00:22:48,960 –> 00:22:53,040
\nbened, typically translated to
\nunderstand what will become a <\/p>\n
366
\n00:22:53,040 –> 00:22:54,540
\nkey term in the book of
\nProverbs. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:22:54,880 –> 00:22:59,980
\nTo understand between good to
\nHebrew and Ra, evil. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:23:01,080 –> 00:23:05,448
\nWisdom and understanding to
\ndiscern between good and evil so<\/p>\n
369
\n00:23:05,448 –> 00:23:10,527
\nthat I can bring true justice to
\nmy people was the request that’s<\/p>\n
370
\n00:23:10,527 –> 00:23:12,720
\nnow reflected in the wisdom of
\nthis book. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:23:12,800 –> 00:23:15,020
\nSo that’s our second key to
\nunlock this book. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:23:15,360 –> 00:23:18,952
\nIt’s not a book about the
\ngeneralised idea of wisdom and <\/p>\n
373
\n00:23:18,952 –> 00:23:22,460
\nall that we can possibly have
\nwisdom and understanding in. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:23:23,240 –> 00:23:27,260
\nIt’s about wisdom, knowledge,
\nand understanding in something <\/p>\n
375
\n00:23:27,260 –> 00:23:31,050
\nquite specific.
\nThe ability to discern between <\/p>\n
376
\n00:23:31,050 –> 00:23:36,660
\ngood and evil, what we might
\ncall morality, right and wrong <\/p>\n
377
\n00:23:36,660 –> 00:23:42,040
\nin our thoughts, in our
\nbehaviours, in our interactive <\/p>\n
378
\n00:23:42,040 –> 00:23:44,860
\nrelationships.
\nAnd everything about this book <\/p>\n
379
\n00:23:44,860 –> 00:23:49,030
\nnow is given to the Son, the
\nLord Jesus Christ, and us, the <\/p>\n
380
\n00:23:49,030 –> 00:23:51,780
\nchildren, so we can have
\nknowledge, understanding, <\/p>\n
381
\n00:23:52,000 –> 00:23:55,847
\nwisdom, in the discernment
\nbetween good and evil in our <\/p>\n
382
\n00:23:55,847 –> 00:23:59,280
\nlives, in our thoughts, our
\nactions, and our interactions. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:23:59,760 –> 00:24:04,190
\nSo that’s the purpose of the
\nwisdom that Solomon was given by<\/p>\n
384
\n00:24:04,190 –> 00:24:08,794
\nGod.
\nSo he could establish in the <\/p>\n
385
\n00:24:08,794 –> 00:24:13,574
\nkingdom a principle of truth and
\nright at the heart of his <\/p>\n
386
\n00:24:13,574 –> 00:24:18,694
\nkingdom and for his people.
\nYou know, every nation that has <\/p>\n
387
\n00:24:18,694 –> 00:24:23,367
\never tasted success or
\nprosperity in a human sense has <\/p>\n
388
\n00:24:23,367 –> 00:24:28,340
\na robust system of justice built
\naround a discernment of right <\/p>\n
389
\n00:24:28,340 –> 00:24:32,360
\nand wrong.
\nThey have a legal and a justice <\/p>\n
390
\n00:24:32,360 –> 00:24:37,900
\nand a police system to enforce
\nthe concept of truth and right <\/p>\n
391
\n00:24:37,900 –> 00:24:41,540
\nin the interactions of its
\npeople at its heart. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:24:42,040 –> 00:24:45,300
\nNow we know, of course, that
\nit’s a miserable mimic of the <\/p>\n
393
\n00:24:45,300 –> 00:24:49,060
\nrighteousness of God but
\nnevertheless every society knows<\/p>\n
394
\n00:24:49,060 –> 00:24:53,120
\nit must have an answer to the
\nquestion of a discernment <\/p>\n
395
\n00:24:53,120 –> 00:24:56,320
\nbetween good and evil and
\njustice. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:24:57,260 –> 00:25:00,920
\nAnd that, in a nutshell, is the
\npurpose of the book of Proverbs.<\/p>\n
397
\n00:25:01,400 –> 00:25:06,440
\nSo that’s our second key.
\nTo discern between good and <\/p>\n
398
\n00:25:06,440 –> 00:25:08,320
\nevil.
\nAnd guess what? <\/p>\n
399
\n00:25:09,800 –> 00:25:16,480
\nIn the book of Proverbs the word
\ntobe, good and evil ra is found <\/p>\n
400
\n00:25:16,480 –> 00:25:20,940
\nthroughout the book.
\nThe word good tobe 65 times. <\/p>\n
401
\n00:25:21,080 –> 00:25:24,220
\nOther words and synonyms for
\ngood 79 times. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:25:24,340 –> 00:25:27,380
\nThe word ra for evil or bad 68
\ntimes. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:25:27,460 –> 00:25:31,710
\nIts derivative ra sure 78 times.
\nIt’s all over the book of <\/p>\n
404
\n00:25:31,710 –> 00:25:35,300
\nProverbs.
\nBut there’s more to this theme. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:25:36,700 –> 00:25:41,520
\nBecause this book and its quest
\nfor a knowledge of good and evil<\/p>\n
406
\n00:25:41,520 –> 00:25:46,840
\nis a continuation of an age-old
\ntheme from the very beginning <\/p>\n
407
\n00:25:46,840 –> 00:25:52,240
\nwhere there was a tree of the
\nknowledge of good and evil tobe <\/p>\n
408
\n00:25:52,240 –> 00:25:56,320
\nand ra.
\nA tree desired to make one wise.<\/p>\n
409
\n00:25:57,380 –> 00:26:02,400
\nTo be like the Elohim, to know
\ngood and evil. evil. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:26:03,260 –> 00:26:06,470
\nAnd it was a key factor brothers
\nand sisters in the beginning in <\/p>\n
411
\n00:26:06,470 –> 00:26:12,310
\nthe first sin that led to shame
\nand fear and nakedness and <\/p>\n
412
\n00:26:12,310 –> 00:26:16,530
\nexpulsion from the garden and a
\ncurse and the way of the tree of<\/p>\n
413
\n00:26:16,530 –> 00:26:20,360
\nlife being inaccessible and
\nguarded by a flaming sword and <\/p>\n
414
\n00:26:20,360 –> 00:26:25,380
\ncherubim.
\nThe desire for this was the <\/p>\n
415
\n00:26:25,380 –> 00:26:27,400
\nintroduction of evil into the
\nworld. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:26:28,540 –> 00:26:31,540
\nAnd this book brothers and
\nsisters is from the father where<\/p>\n
417
\n00:26:31,540 –> 00:26:35,360
\nhe will instruct his son the
\npromised seed of the woman in <\/p>\n
418
\n00:26:35,360 –> 00:26:41,290
\nthe subject of that knowledge of
\ngood and evil so that his <\/p>\n
419
\n00:26:41,290 –> 00:26:46,000
\nchildren might discern between
\nthe two and choose the good not <\/p>\n
420
\n00:26:46,000 –> 00:26:50,460
\nthe evil and walk on a path of
\ngood that in the end will lead <\/p>\n
421
\n00:26:50,460 –> 00:26:52,900
\nthem to the way of the tree of
\nlife. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:26:53,040 –> 00:26:56,900
\nProverbs 3.18 She, wisdom, is a
\ntree of life to those who take <\/p>\n
423
\n00:26:56,900 –> 00:26:59,480
\nhold of her.
\nHappy are those who retain her. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:26:59,820 –> 00:27:04,220
\nSo that’s our second key.
\nFoundation of the book is in <\/p>\n
425
\n00:27:04,220 –> 00:27:07,700
\nthis request to discern between
\ngood and evil. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:27:07,700 –> 00:27:10,280
\nAnd it runs right through the
\nbook, tying it all together. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:27:11,220 –> 00:27:14,040
\nHere the son learns from the
\nfather the skill to discern <\/p>\n
428
\n00:27:14,040 –> 00:27:17,300
\nbetween good and evil, says
\nIsaiah 7.15. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:27:17,660 –> 00:27:21,840
\nButter and honey, symbols of the
\nword of God in the context of <\/p>\n
430
\n00:27:21,840 –> 00:27:24,414
\nthe promised land.
\nButter and honey shall he eat <\/p>\n
431
\n00:27:24,414 –> 00:27:29,400
\nthat he may know, have the
\nknowledge to refuse the evil and<\/p>\n
432
\n00:27:29,400 –> 00:27:33,800
\nchoose the good.
\nOn this basis, the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
433
\n00:27:33,800 –> 00:27:38,094
\nChrist becomes our righteous
\njudge. 1 John chapter 1 verse 9,<\/p>\n
434
\n00:27:38,094 –> 00:27:45,467
\nif we confess our sins, he is
\nfaithful just to forgive us our <\/p>\n
435
\n00:27:45,467 –> 00:27:51,194
\nsins and cleanse us from all
\nunrighteousness. the So that’s <\/p>\n
436
\n00:27:51,194 –> 00:27:53,480
\nour second key.
\nHere’s our third key. <\/p>\n
437
\n00:27:55,340 –> 00:27:57,680
\nThe book of Proverbs has a
\npurpose statement. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:27:58,860 –> 00:28:02,100
\nFirst eight verses and it’s
\nreally, really helpful to <\/p>\n
439
\n00:28:02,100 –> 00:28:03,840
\nunderstand what the book’s
\nabout. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:28:03,980 –> 00:28:06,680
\nSo come with me to chapter 1
\nverses 1 to 8 and we’ll spend <\/p>\n
441
\n00:28:06,680 –> 00:28:10,160
\nsome time looking at this
\npurpose statement in the book of<\/p>\n
442
\n00:28:10,160 –> 00:28:14,347
\nProverbs right at the start.
\nNow Bible study process, we need<\/p>\n
443
\n00:28:14,347 –> 00:28:16,360
\nto become familiar with the
\ntext. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:28:16,580 –> 00:28:19,380
\nWe don’t add to it, we don’t
\ntake away because adding <\/p>\n
445
\n00:28:19,380 –> 00:28:22,560
\nsomething to what we’ve heard or
\nleaving something out that we <\/p>\n
446
\n00:28:22,560 –> 00:28:25,780
\nhave is bad listening.
\nSo every word is important. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:28:25,920 –> 00:28:30,100
\nSo let’s read it together now as
\nwe do, see if you can find five <\/p>\n
448
\n00:28:30,100 –> 00:28:33,720
\nkey purpose statements in verses
\n2 to 7. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:28:35,220 –> 00:28:38,820
\nPut it on the screen for those
\nwho want to read it there. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:28:38,980 –> 00:28:40,760
\nSo I’ll give you a moment just
\nto read through there. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:28:41,640 –> 00:28:45,634
\nSee if you can find five purpose
\nstatements in verses 2 to 7 of <\/p>\n
452
\n00:28:45,634 –> 00:28:58,040
\nchapter 1 of Proverbs.
\nHere’s a hint though, we’ll <\/p>\n
453
\n00:28:58,040 –> 00:29:05,050
\nstart with two.
\nAlright, did you see the five <\/p>\n
454
\n00:29:05,050 –> 00:29:08,640
\npurpose statements based on five
\nactive doing verbs? <\/p>\n
455
\n00:29:09,100 –> 00:29:10,920
\nI’ll put it here on the slide so
\nyou can see it. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:29:11,680 –> 00:29:15,300
\nVerse 2, to know wisdom and
\ninstruction. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:29:15,880 –> 00:29:20,220
\nOur second one, to perceive the
\nwords of understanding. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:29:20,340 –> 00:29:23,160
\nSo this book is supposed to give
\nus these things. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:29:23,720 –> 00:29:27,620
\nAs we read that, did you see
\nthis tumble of similar terms <\/p>\n
460
\n00:29:27,620 –> 00:29:30,920
\nbeing used?
\nWhat idea is evoked in your mind<\/p>\n
461
\n00:29:30,920 –> 00:29:34,520
\nwhen you hear these words?
\nKnowing, perceiving, <\/p>\n
462
\n00:29:35,340 –> 00:29:41,580
\ninstruction, knowledge, wisdom,
\nunderstanding, counsel, <\/p>\n
463
\n00:29:42,380 –> 00:29:46,400
\nlearning, interpretation.
\nWhat sense do you get from those<\/p>\n
464
\n00:29:46,400 –> 00:29:47,840
\nwords?
\nMaybe that we’re going to learn <\/p>\n
465
\n00:29:47,840 –> 00:29:50,540
\nsomething in this book that we
\ndidn’t know before. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:29:51,660 –> 00:29:56,040
\nMaybe that there’s a transition
\nin this book from a state of <\/p>\n
467
\n00:29:56,040 –> 00:30:03,940
\nhaving no understanding to where
\nwe do understand. we can see in <\/p>\n
468
\n00:30:03,940 –> 00:30:07,400
\nthis purpose statement that we
\nwill get this from this book if <\/p>\n
469
\n00:30:07,400 –> 00:30:10,580
\nwe engage in the instruction of
\nthe father to the son. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:30:10,660 –> 00:30:13,620
\nIs that worth having?
\nSure is. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:30:14,880 –> 00:30:17,580
\nThen we have in verse 3 our
\nthird purpose statement. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:30:17,720 –> 00:30:20,860
\nWe see an echo of the request
\ngive me wisdom to discern <\/p>\n
473
\n00:30:20,860 –> 00:30:22,860
\nbetween good and evil that I
\nmight judge. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:30:22,920 –> 00:30:27,340
\nThese are all judgment terms to
\nreceive the instruction of <\/p>\n
475
\n00:30:27,340 –> 00:30:32,400
\nwisdom, justice, judgment,
\ninequity, evenness. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:30:32,800 –> 00:30:34,780
\nOur fourth purpose statement is
\nin verse 4. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:30:34,880 –> 00:30:36,720
\nThis one’s interesting.
\nThere’s someone called the <\/p>\n
478
\n00:30:36,720 –> 00:30:40,450
\nsimple, the young man who’s
\ngoing to get subtlety and <\/p>\n
479
\n00:30:40,450 –> 00:30:43,160
\nknowledge and discretion which
\nmeans a plan. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:30:44,120 –> 00:30:48,120
\nI wonder if it could be for us.
\nOur fifth is in verse 6 which is<\/p>\n
481
\n00:30:48,120 –> 00:30:50,035
\nalso interesting.
\nIn this book we’re going to get <\/p>\n
482
\n00:30:50,035 –> 00:30:53,120
\nto understand something that’s
\nobscure, something that’s <\/p>\n
483
\n00:30:53,120 –> 00:30:55,100
\nhidden, something that needs an
\ninterpretation. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:30:55,660 –> 00:30:56,800
\nWe’re going to understand a
\nproverb. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:30:56,880 –> 00:30:58,940
\nWhat’s a proverb?
\nWe’re going to know how to <\/p>\n
486
\n00:30:58,940 –> 00:31:01,700
\ninterpret them.
\nWe’re going to see the words of <\/p>\n
487
\n00:31:01,700 –> 00:31:05,360
\nwise people that said things in
\nriddles and dark sayings. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:31:06,500 –> 00:31:08,820
\nNow can you see how packed this
\ntext is? <\/p>\n
489
\n00:31:09,120 –> 00:31:12,300
\nHow awe-inspiring it is that the
\ncreator, the father, packs so <\/p>\n
490
\n00:31:12,300 –> 00:31:16,040
\nmuch information to such a tight
\nlittle DNA package here at the <\/p>\n
491
\n00:31:16,040 –> 00:31:20,780
\nbeginning of Proverbs.
\nBut if that wasn’t complex <\/p>\n
492
\n00:31:20,780 –> 00:31:24,860
\nenough to condense five complex
\npurpose statements and we will <\/p>\n
493
\n00:31:24,860 –> 00:31:28,680
\nsee that each of them is complex
\ninto just a handful of purposes.<\/p>\n
494
\n00:31:28,680 –> 00:31:31,600
\nDo you know the whole purpose
\nstatement is framed as a chiasm?<\/p>\n
495
\n00:31:35,320 –> 00:31:37,840
\nRight there at the heart of it
\nis the statement. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:31:37,840 –> 00:31:41,980
\nA man of understanding shall
\nattain wise counsels to <\/p>\n
497
\n00:31:41,980 –> 00:31:47,140
\nunderstand a proverb and the
\ninterpretation of purpose of the<\/p>\n
498
\n00:31:47,140 –> 00:31:53,040
\nbook.
\nSo that’s our third key this <\/p>\n
499
\n00:31:53,040 –> 00:31:54,860
\nmorning.
\nThe book has a purpose. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:31:55,980 –> 00:31:59,500
\nIt’s to transfer wisdom and
\ninstruction from the father to <\/p>\n
501
\n00:31:59,500 –> 00:32:02,840
\nthe son.
\nSo we should be expecting to <\/p>\n
502
\n00:32:02,840 –> 00:32:07,290
\nengage with this book as one
\nthat will transition us from a <\/p>\n
503
\n00:32:07,290 –> 00:32:11,360
\nposition of not knowing or
\nunderstanding to understanding <\/p>\n
504
\n00:32:11,360 –> 00:32:15,980
\nand knowing.
\nWe will increase in learning and<\/p>\n
505
\n00:32:15,980 –> 00:32:21,400
\nattain to a wise counsel as we
\ncome to understand a proverb and<\/p>\n
506
\n00:32:21,400 –> 00:32:25,240
\nits interpretation will get
\nsomething called subtlety that <\/p>\n
507
\n00:32:25,240 –> 00:32:28,920
\nstops us being simple.
\nWe’re going to get knowledge and<\/p>\n
508
\n00:32:28,920 –> 00:32:30,836
\ndiscretion.
\nAnd we’re going to see the rest <\/p>\n
509
\n00:32:30,836 –> 00:32:33,720
\nof the books going to keep
\nreaching back into these purpose<\/p>\n
510
\n00:32:33,720 –> 00:32:36,915
\nstatements frequently.
\nAnd that’s going to be our third<\/p>\n
511
\n00:32:36,915 –> 00:32:39,790
\nkey.
\nAll right, well, here’s our <\/p>\n
512
\n00:32:39,790 –> 00:32:44,010
\nfourth key.
\nDid you notice that we read <\/p>\n
513
\n00:32:44,010 –> 00:32:46,847
\nthrough that purpose statement?
\nThere were another four key <\/p>\n
514
\n00:32:46,847 –> 00:32:50,040
\nterms repeated over and over
\nagain. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:32:51,920 –> 00:32:57,470
\nOther terms, knowledge,
\nunderstanding, wisdom, and <\/p>\n
516
\n00:32:57,470 –> 00:32:58,960
\ninstruction.
\nNow, I’ve highlighted them here <\/p>\n
517
\n00:32:58,960 –> 00:33:00,860
\nvery colourfully for you on the
\nscreen. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:33:01,720 –> 00:33:05,164
\nSo you can see that these are
\nrepetitions and it really pops <\/p>\n
519
\n00:33:05,164 –> 00:33:06,800
\nout, doesn’t it, when we colour
\nthem in. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:33:07,300 –> 00:33:09,280
\nYou know, it’s a really good
\nidea to go through the book of <\/p>\n
521
\n00:33:09,280 –> 00:33:12,080
\nProverbs and take these four
\nterms plus a handful of others <\/p>\n
522
\n00:33:12,080 –> 00:33:13,867
\nand colour them in.
\nYou’ll just see them repeating <\/p>\n
523
\n00:33:13,867 –> 00:33:17,960
\nover and over again.
\nKnowledge, understanding, <\/p>\n
524
\n00:33:18,420 –> 00:33:20,990
\nwisdom, and the term we’ve
\nalready looked at, instruction, <\/p>\n
525
\n00:33:20,990 –> 00:33:23,740
\nthat Hebrews translates as
\nchastening. <\/p>\n
526
\n00:33:24,280 –> 00:33:29,760
\nNow, these four words are base
\nroot Hebrew verbs. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:33:29,940 –> 00:33:32,100
\nThat is, they are doing or
\naction words. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:33:33,140 –> 00:33:38,220
\nAnd each of them is a base from
\nwhich other terms are derived. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:33:39,000 –> 00:33:44,360
\nSo we have the term yoda.
\nIt’s a root verb. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:33:44,980 –> 00:33:48,400
\nIt means to know.
\nBut there’s a derivative, the <\/p>\n
531
\n00:33:48,400 –> 00:33:52,310
\nsubject of knowing itself,
\nknowledge, and another, to be <\/p>\n
532
\n00:33:52,310 –> 00:33:56,015
\nknowledgeable.
\nAnd those words occur 75 times <\/p>\n
533
\n00:33:56,015 –> 00:34:00,400
\nin the book of Proverbs.
\nWe have the root verb bene, to <\/p>\n
534
\n00:34:00,400 –> 00:34:04,900
\nunderstand.
\nBene, understanding, and to ben,<\/p>\n
535
\n00:34:05,020 –> 00:34:08,540
\nthe one who understands, 67
\ntimes in the book. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:34:09,139 –> 00:34:14,060
\nWe have the root verb, shakam,
\nto be wise, shakma, wisdom <\/p>\n
537
\n00:34:14,060 –> 00:34:18,340
\nitself, and shakam in its
\nfeminine form, shakmath, the <\/p>\n
538
\n00:34:18,340 –> 00:34:21,620
\nwise, 98 times in the book of
\nProverbs. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:34:22,139 –> 00:34:25,679
\nAnd finally, the root verb,
\nyasra, to chasten, instruct, or <\/p>\n
540
\n00:34:25,679 –> 00:34:29,360
\nmasur, correction, rebuke,
\nchastening, 35 times. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:34:29,800 –> 00:34:31,760
\nWell, actually, it’s over 60
\nwhen you put both of them <\/p>\n
542
\n00:34:31,760 –> 00:34:35,340
\ntogether.
\nSo these four key words are used<\/p>\n
543
\n00:34:35,340 –> 00:34:38,639
\nthroughout the book of Proverbs,
\nto almost an extreme level, <\/p>\n
544
\n00:34:39,000 –> 00:34:41,860
\nbecause they are its thematic
\nkeys. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:34:42,340 –> 00:34:44,880
\nWe’ve already seen the idea of
\nchastening, instruction, <\/p>\n
546
\n00:34:45,040 –> 00:34:47,690
\ncorrection, as a key concept,
\nhaven’t we, throughout the book,<\/p>\n
547
\n00:34:47,690 –> 00:34:51,414
\nbecause that’s what the father
\ndoes with the son to every child<\/p>\n
548
\n00:34:51,414 –> 00:34:55,340
\nthat he loves.
\nBut we also have these three <\/p>\n
549
\n00:34:55,340 –> 00:35:00,880
\nother key terms or words or
\nideas, knowledge, understanding,<\/p>\n
550
\n00:35:00,880 –> 00:35:04,760
\nand wisdom.
\nAnd the purpose statement is <\/p>\n
551
\n00:35:04,760 –> 00:35:09,400
\nfounded in these terms that are
\nthen used throughout the book of<\/p>\n
552
\n00:35:09,400 –> 00:35:11,520
\nProverbs.
\nSo we need to become familiar <\/p>\n
553
\n00:35:11,520 –> 00:35:14,820
\nwith these three terms, and we
\nunderstand why it is that these <\/p>\n
554
\n00:35:14,820 –> 00:35:18,775
\nterms are used, why they’re in
\nthe purpose statement, what they<\/p>\n
555
\n00:35:18,775 –> 00:35:21,840
\nmean if we are to engage and
\nunlock this book. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:35:25,900 –> 00:35:29,600
\nSo let’s explore these three
\nterms just for a moment now. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:35:30,280 –> 00:35:32,540
\nKnowledge, understanding,
\nwisdom. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:35:32,640 –> 00:35:36,034
\nWe’ve looked at instructional
\ncorrection already to see why <\/p>\n
559
\n00:35:36,034 –> 00:35:39,400
\nthat’s so important.
\nNow the first thing we discover <\/p>\n
560
\n00:35:39,400 –> 00:35:43,600
\nwhen we look up in our
\nconcordance is we find that <\/p>\n
561
\n00:35:43,600 –> 00:35:46,330
\nthese words knowledge,
\nunderstanding, wisdom are a key <\/p>\n
562
\n00:35:46,330 –> 00:35:48,100
\nbiblical trio.
\nThey go together. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:35:48,740 –> 00:35:53,100
\nNow come with me to Exodus 31
\nverses 1 to 3 where we have the <\/p>\n
564
\n00:35:53,100 –> 00:35:56,000
\ninstructions for the creation of
\nthe tabernacle and the dwelling <\/p>\n
565
\n00:35:56,000 –> 00:35:59,360
\nof God in the wilderness and lo
\nand behold it’s built. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:35:59,720 –> 00:36:02,580
\nWith knowledge, understanding
\nand wisdom. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:36:02,700 –> 00:36:06,300
\nOur three key terms.
\nExodus chapter 31 verses 1 to 3.<\/p>\n
568
\n00:36:09,240 –> 00:36:12,147
\nYahweh spoke to Moses saying,
\nSee, I’ve called by name <\/p>\n
569
\n00:36:12,147 –> 00:36:14,760
\nBezalel, son of Uriah, son of
\nHurah, the tribe of Judah. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:36:14,900 –> 00:36:18,234
\nAnd listen to this, I’ve filled,
\nso the source of this is God <\/p>\n
571
\n00:36:18,234 –> 00:36:22,474
\nhimself, always the source of it
\nis from God, with the spirit of <\/p>\n
572
\n00:36:22,474 –> 00:36:28,774
\nGod, in wisdom, in
\nunderstanding, in knowledge, and<\/p>\n
573
\n00:36:28,774 –> 00:36:32,860
\nin all manner of workmanship.
\nSo these three terms go <\/p>\n
574
\n00:36:32,860 –> 00:36:35,860
\ntogether.
\nThey describe the spirit of God <\/p>\n
575
\n00:36:35,860 –> 00:36:40,320
\nin all the manner of workmanship
\nand creation of the tabernacle <\/p>\n
576
\n00:36:40,320 –> 00:36:44,280
\nof God’s dwelling.
\nAnd of course we understand the <\/p>\n
577
\n00:36:44,280 –> 00:36:48,407
\nspiritual import of this, that
\nBezalel represents the Lord <\/p>\n
578
\n00:36:48,407 –> 00:36:51,500
\nJesus Christ.
\nThe tabernacle represents the <\/p>\n
579
\n00:36:51,500 –> 00:36:54,660
\ndwelling of God and people, both
\nindividual and collective. <\/p>\n
580
\n00:36:55,160 –> 00:36:58,470
\nAnd the spirit of God that
\ninspires all manner of work in <\/p>\n
581
\n00:36:58,470 –> 00:37:02,940
\nthat is called knowledge,
\nunderstanding, and wisdom, who <\/p>\n
582
\n00:37:02,940 –> 00:37:05,940
\nsources God himself.
\nNow here’s another one. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:37:06,000 –> 00:37:08,600
\nCome to Daniel chapter 1, verses
\n17 to 20. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:37:09,080 –> 00:37:14,800
\nWe find the same three terms are
\nused to describe the wisdom of <\/p>\n
585
\n00:37:14,800 –> 00:37:18,320
\nDaniel and his three friends.
\nDaniel chapter 1, verse 17. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:37:19,380 –> 00:37:24,890
\nAs for these four children, God
\ngave them, always from God, <\/p>\n
587
\n00:37:24,890 –> 00:37:30,080
\nknowledge, skill in all
\nlearning, and wisdom, and Daniel<\/p>\n
588
\n00:37:30,080 –> 00:37:33,367
\nhad understanding.
\nThere’s our three terms in all <\/p>\n
589
\n00:37:33,367 –> 00:37:37,627
\nvisions and dreams.
\nAnd after examination in verse <\/p>\n
590
\n00:37:37,627 –> 00:37:40,560
\n20, in all the matters of wisdom
\nand understanding the king <\/p>\n
591
\n00:37:40,560 –> 00:37:44,354
\ninquired of them, he found them
\nten times better than all the <\/p>\n
592
\n00:37:44,354 –> 00:37:46,660
\nmagicians and astrologers that
\nwere in all his realm. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:37:46,920 –> 00:37:50,147
\nSo it’s a transcending
\nknowledge, understanding, and <\/p>\n
594
\n00:37:50,147 –> 00:37:53,975
\nwisdom from God that’s ten times
\nbetter, utterly better than all <\/p>\n
595
\n00:37:53,975 –> 00:37:59,820
\nthat were in all his realm.
\nSo did Jesus Christ the Son, as <\/p>\n
596
\n00:37:59,820 –> 00:38:04,100
\nhe read these words, think it
\nwas going to be important? <\/p>\n
597
\n00:38:04,320 –> 00:38:09,967
\nYou see, the point the Father is
\nsaying to us, if you engage with<\/p>\n
598
\n00:38:09,967 –> 00:38:14,770
\nthis book, it will record for
\nyou the essence of the Spirit of<\/p>\n
599
\n00:38:14,770 –> 00:38:19,380
\nGod in his knowledge,
\nunderstanding, and wisdom that <\/p>\n
600
\n00:38:19,380 –> 00:38:23,110
\ninspired Daniel and his three
\nfriends, that was the founding <\/p>\n
601
\n00:38:23,110 –> 00:38:27,620
\nand creative force in the
\ndwelling place of God, that was <\/p>\n
602
\n00:38:27,620 –> 00:38:30,100
\nthere at the beginning we’re
\ngoing to see, and was the <\/p>\n
603
\n00:38:30,100 –> 00:38:31,960
\nfoundation of creation itself,
\nlife. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:38:32,460 –> 00:38:37,220
\nAnd it all revolves around these
\nthree key root verbs, knowing, <\/p>\n
605
\n00:38:37,560 –> 00:38:40,720
\nunderstanding, wisdom, and their
\nderivatives that drive the <\/p>\n
606
\n00:38:40,720 –> 00:38:44,640
\nspirit of the book. knowledge.
\nBut why these three terms? <\/p>\n
607
\n00:38:45,300 –> 00:38:49,560
\nAnd what do they mean?
\nSo I’m going to go through two <\/p>\n
608
\n00:38:49,560 –> 00:38:53,400
\nslides now, which is my best
\nattempt to capture the essence <\/p>\n
609
\n00:38:53,400 –> 00:38:56,200
\nof the difference in the
\ninteraction of knowledge, <\/p>\n
610
\n00:38:56,900 –> 00:39:00,474
\nunderstanding, and wisdom.
\nAnd if anyone can improve on <\/p>\n
611
\n00:39:00,474 –> 00:39:03,340
\nthese, please come and give me
\nsome advice. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:39:04,240 –> 00:39:09,840
\nHere they are. knowledge can be
\nviewed as information. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:39:11,360 –> 00:39:15,495
\nUnderstanding is the meaning in
\nthat information, and the wisdom<\/p>\n
614
\n00:39:15,495 –> 00:39:18,740
\nis the application of it
\npractically in something in <\/p>\n
615
\n00:39:18,740 –> 00:39:22,340
\nlife.
\nKnowledge can be equated to <\/p>\n
616
\n00:39:22,340 –> 00:39:25,120
\nfacts, or principles, or
\nexhortation. <\/p>\n
617
\n00:39:26,780 –> 00:39:31,280
\nNow I remember my Sunday school
\nteacher, Uncle Dave Bailey, <\/p>\n
618
\n00:39:31,780 –> 00:39:34,880
\nusing these three terms to say,
\nthese are the heart of good <\/p>\n
619
\n00:39:34,880 –> 00:39:38,340
\nBible study, facts, then to
\nprinciples, and exhortation. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:39:38,400 –> 00:39:40,020
\nBut of course it’s the same
\nprocess, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
621
\n00:39:40,080 –> 00:39:44,800
\nKnowledge, understanding, the
\napplication of it, and wisdom. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:39:45,640 –> 00:39:49,300
\nWe can view knowledge,
\nunderstanding, wisdom, generally<\/p>\n
623
\n00:39:49,300 –> 00:39:53,345
\nas a student in the position of
\ntaking knowledge in, a teacher <\/p>\n
624
\n00:39:53,345 –> 00:39:56,420
\nwho comprehends and understands
\nand pass that, but a <\/p>\n
625
\n00:39:56,420 –> 00:39:59,545
\npractitioner is one who takes
\nthat understanding, wisdom, and <\/p>\n
626
\n00:39:59,545 –> 00:40:02,160
\nputs it into life.
\nYou know, we can see it in the <\/p>\n
627
\n00:40:02,160 –> 00:40:05,247
\nparable of the sower, where that
\nsea which falls on good ground <\/p>\n
628
\n00:40:05,247 –> 00:40:10,654
\nare those who hear the word of
\nGod, understand it, and bring <\/p>\n
629
\n00:40:10,654 –> 00:40:13,940
\nforth fruit.
\nThey are doers and hearers. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:40:14,420 –> 00:40:16,720
\nNow there’s a few things really
\nto note with that. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:40:17,140 –> 00:40:20,460
\nYou’ll see that all wisdom
\nincludes understanding knowledge<\/p>\n
632
\n00:40:20,460 –> 00:40:22,520
\nwithin it.
\nYou can’t have it without <\/p>\n
633
\n00:40:22,520 –> 00:40:25,720
\nunderstanding a knowledge.
\nAll understanding includes <\/p>\n
634
\n00:40:25,720 –> 00:40:28,314
\nknowledge within it, but you can
\nunderstand but not have wisdom, <\/p>\n
635
\n00:40:28,314 –> 00:40:31,340
\nnot apply it.
\nSo we need all through, and it’s<\/p>\n
636
\n00:40:31,340 –> 00:40:34,000
\ndescribing a process of
\ninstruction. <\/p>\n
637
\n00:40:34,340 –> 00:40:37,460
\nThe process of instruction that
\nthe father takes his children <\/p>\n
638
\n00:40:37,460 –> 00:40:40,932
\nthrough in the scriptures is
\ngoing to be laid out for us here<\/p>\n
639
\n00:40:40,932 –> 00:40:47,314
\nin the book of Proverbs.
\nHere’s some practical examples <\/p>\n
640
\n00:40:47,314 –> 00:40:51,160
\nof the relationship of
\nknowledge, understanding, and <\/p>\n
641
\n00:40:51,160 –> 00:40:55,200
\nwisdom to each other.
\nKnowledge is if it is cold and <\/p>\n
642
\n00:40:55,200 –> 00:40:58,200
\nwhere I should wear a coat.
\nI know that. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:40:59,620 –> 00:41:03,274
\nUnderstanding is because if I
\nwear a coat, it will keep me dry<\/p>\n
644
\n00:41:03,274 –> 00:41:06,420
\nand warm.
\nAnd wisdom is it’s cold and wet.<\/p>\n
645
\n00:41:07,120 –> 00:41:10,360
\nSo I’m wearing a coat.
\nWhat if I knew that and I <\/p>\n
646
\n00:41:10,360 –> 00:41:12,400
\nunderstood that and it was cold
\nand wet and I didn’t wear a <\/p>\n
647
\n00:41:12,400 –> 00:41:13,780
\ncoat?
\nWhat would the Bible call me? <\/p>\n
648
\n00:41:15,240 –> 00:41:17,980
\nFoolish.
\nSo there’s an example of how <\/p>\n
649
\n00:41:17,980 –> 00:41:22,440
\nknowledge, understanding, and
\nwisdom apply and go together. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:41:22,760 –> 00:41:25,000
\nThere’s another example.
\nAlgebra. <\/p>\n
651
\n00:41:25,000 –> 00:41:31,572
\nI know the rules of algebra.
\nI won’t ask for a show of hands,<\/p>\n
652
\n00:41:31,572 –> 00:41:35,276
\nbut how many can think back to
\nalgebra those fun days at school<\/p>\n
653
\n00:41:35,276 –> 00:41:38,692
\nand we had the set of rules we
\nhad to apply and had no idea why<\/p>\n
654
\n00:41:38,692 –> 00:41:41,940
\nwe were doing it and it was so
\nexciting that sometimes we got <\/p>\n
655
\n00:41:41,940 –> 00:41:45,880
\nthe right answer.
\nWe had no idea, but at some <\/p>\n
656
\n00:41:45,880 –> 00:41:48,600
\npoint we understood, oh, that’s
\nwhy you do it. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:41:50,180 –> 00:41:53,344
\nAnd wisdom would be the
\napplication of that so that we <\/p>\n
658
\n00:41:53,344 –> 00:41:57,160
\ncould work out what time we
\nneeded to leave home in order to<\/p>\n
659
\n00:41:57,160 –> 00:42:00,020
\nget Bible school on time.
\nI’ll give you a little example <\/p>\n
660
\n00:42:00,020 –> 00:42:08,590
\nof that.
\nSo this is our formula, our <\/p>\n
661
\n00:42:08,590 –> 00:42:11,460
\nalgebra that we needed.
\nAll right? <\/p>\n
662
\n00:42:11,840 –> 00:42:16,510
\nSo start time when we leave
\nhome, plus the distance we <\/p>\n
663
\n00:42:16,510 –> 00:42:20,960
\ntravel over at speed in
\nkilometres, plus TS1, that’s <\/p>\n
664
\n00:42:20,960 –> 00:42:26,640
\ntoilet stop one, plus JDTS2,
\nthat’s we’ve just had a toilet <\/p>\n
665
\n00:42:26,640 –> 00:42:28,680
\nstop ten minutes ago, why didn’t
\nyou go then? <\/p>\n
666
\n00:42:28,780 –> 00:42:32,540
\nGod, I didn’t need to.
\nPlus EMT3, which is emergency <\/p>\n
667
\n00:42:32,540 –> 00:42:40,525
\ntoilet stop, plus B1, that’s
\nbath one, so I’m not feeling <\/p>\n
668
\n00:42:40,525 –> 00:42:42,400
\nwell, just got over the hundred
\nlees. <\/p>\n
669
\n00:42:42,400 –> 00:42:47,450
\nAnd all the cows come round to
\nthe paddock to see what’s going <\/p>\n
670
\n00:42:47,450 –> 00:42:50,780
\non.
\nThen there’s B2, that’s bath <\/p>\n
671
\n00:42:50,780 –> 00:42:55,460
\ntwo, I’m still not feeling well.
\nAnd there’s NB, which is not <\/p>\n
672
\n00:42:55,460 –> 00:42:58,620
\nbath, that’s I don’t feel well,
\nbut I can’t because there’s <\/p>\n
673
\n00:42:58,620 –> 00:43:01,720
\nnothing left.
\nBut then there’s lunchtime. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:43:02,740 –> 00:43:05,640
\nThen there’s CS1, this might or
\nmight not apply to it, it does <\/p>\n
675
\n00:43:05,640 –> 00:43:09,000
\ndie, and it’s sort of CS1 as a,
\noh, there’s a craft shop. <\/p>\n
676
\n00:43:10,120 –> 00:43:12,880
\nOh, there’s another craft shop.
\nRight? <\/p>\n
677
\n00:43:14,020 –> 00:43:16,220
\nAnd that equals arrival time.
\nRight? <\/p>\n
678
\n00:43:16,600 –> 00:43:20,394
\nSo this is the, this is the
\nknowledge and the understanding <\/p>\n
679
\n00:43:20,394 –> 00:43:25,270
\nof algebra that we need to apply
\npractically to revive at the <\/p>\n
680
\n00:43:25,270 –> 00:43:30,220
\nBible school on time.
\nNow, what I want you all to do <\/p>\n
681
\n00:43:30,220 –> 00:43:34,320
\nis solve this equation for the
\ntime you need to leave home. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:43:35,780 –> 00:43:39,615
\nNow, I can already see a vague
\nlook of panic on about 75% of <\/p>\n
683
\n00:43:39,615 –> 00:43:42,220
\nthe brain and sisters of
\npeople’s faces here. <\/p>\n
684
\n00:43:42,400 –> 00:43:45,892
\nAnd you’re being taken back to a
\ndark time in life when you were <\/p>\n
685
\n00:43:45,892 –> 00:43:49,940
\n15 and you sat down, you turned
\nover the exam and it was algebra<\/p>\n
686
\n00:43:49,940 –> 00:43:54,307
\nand we had to solve the problem.
\nAnd we went, we know there’s a <\/p>\n
687
\n00:43:54,307 –> 00:43:58,220
\ntrans, something like
\ntransgression or transport or <\/p>\n
688
\n00:43:58,220 –> 00:44:01,920
\ntranscendental or transpose or
\nsomething we have to do to this <\/p>\n
689
\n00:44:01,920 –> 00:44:03,800
\nthing to work it out.
\nRight? <\/p>\n
690
\n00:44:05,000 –> 00:44:07,400
\nBut you know, I can already see
\naround the hall, there’s some <\/p>\n
691
\n00:44:07,400 –> 00:44:08,800
\nwho don’t know what we’re
\ntalking about. <\/p>\n
692
\n00:44:10,500 –> 00:44:13,200
\nSo, brother Ben Brinkhoff, I can
\nsee. <\/p>\n
693
\n00:44:14,560 –> 00:44:19,207
\nThere’s brother Paul Teal,
\nbrother TJ, he’s a teacher, <\/p>\n
694
\n00:44:19,207 –> 00:44:21,207
\nright?
\nAnd all teachers love algebra <\/p>\n
695
\n00:44:21,207 –> 00:44:23,700
\nand they’re actually feeling
\npretty excited at the moment. <\/p>\n
696
\n00:44:23,820 –> 00:44:26,340
\nIn fact, maybe a bit emotional,
\nbut math. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:44:27,780 –> 00:44:30,344
\nYou know, there’s a few
\nengineering students sort of <\/p>\n
698
\n00:44:30,344 –> 00:44:31,720
\nnerding out a little bit here as
\nwell. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:44:31,720 –> 00:44:34,780
\nThey’ve already put, oh I can
\nsee something here. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:44:36,220 –> 00:44:38,752
\nThey’ve already put some
\ndifferential equations out there<\/p>\n
701
\n00:44:38,752 –> 00:44:41,547
\nand rates of acceleration,
\ndeceleration to make it a lot <\/p>\n
702
\n00:44:41,547 –> 00:44:47,014
\nmore complex.
\nBut the point is, that’s the <\/p>\n
703
\n00:44:47,014 –> 00:44:51,540
\napplication of something that
\nyou know, you understand why it <\/p>\n
704
\n00:44:51,540 –> 00:44:54,240
\nworks and you put it into
\npractice in life. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:44:54,460 –> 00:44:57,920
\nKnowledge, understanding,
\nwisdom, it’s the process of all <\/p>\n
706
\n00:44:57,920 –> 00:45:00,480
\neducation and instruction of the
\nfather. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:45:01,720 –> 00:45:08,060
\nSo we have knowledge, we have
\nunderstanding, we have wisdom. <\/p>\n
708
\n00:45:08,920 –> 00:45:13,460
\nAnd like with all those brethren
\nwho love maths, they’re never <\/p>\n
709
\n00:45:13,460 –> 00:45:19,150
\nlate, always on time.
\nSo let’s put all of this into <\/p>\n
710
\n00:45:19,150 –> 00:45:23,910
\nthe book’s context.
\nWe know how to discern between <\/p>\n
711
\n00:45:23,910 –> 00:45:26,260
\nmoral good and evil, this book
\nsays. <\/p>\n
712
\n00:45:26,760 –> 00:45:28,700
\nWe will come to know that
\ndiscernment. <\/p>\n
713
\n00:45:29,380 –> 00:45:32,708
\nWe’ll come to understand the
\ndifference between good and evil<\/p>\n
714
\n00:45:32,708 –> 00:45:37,024
\nand their consequences.
\nWe will come to learn how to <\/p>\n
715
\n00:45:37,024 –> 00:45:40,760
\nchoose and apply in practical
\nwisdom the principles of good <\/p>\n
716
\n00:45:40,760 –> 00:45:43,980
\nand reject the evil to become
\nthe wise. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:45:44,600 –> 00:45:46,988
\nAnd at the end of it, the book
\nof Proverbs says, and you’ll see<\/p>\n
718
\n00:45:46,988 –> 00:45:50,514
\nthis theme all over it, at the
\nend of the path is the tree of <\/p>\n
719
\n00:45:50,514 –> 00:45:54,147
\nlife.
\nSo it’s a process, the process <\/p>\n
720
\n00:45:54,147 –> 00:45:56,800
\nof knowledge, understanding and
\nwisdom. <\/p>\n
721
\n00:45:56,800 –> 00:46:05,684
\nAll right, well, if that’s the
\nprocess the book of Proverbs is <\/p>\n
722
\n00:46:05,684 –> 00:46:08,520
\ngoing to give us, where do we
\nstart? <\/p>\n
723
\n00:46:11,820 –> 00:46:13,340
\nWell, you’ve got to start here,
\ndon’t you? <\/p>\n
724
\n00:46:15,100 –> 00:46:19,914
\nAt the beginning of knowledge.
\nAnd the beginning of knowledge <\/p>\n
725
\n00:46:19,914 –> 00:46:23,034
\nis what?
\nWell, it’s the fear of Yahweh, <\/p>\n
726
\n00:46:23,034 –> 00:46:26,040
\nisn’t it?
\nAnd this becomes a key theme. <\/p>\n
727
\n00:46:26,700 –> 00:46:28,640
\nAnd it’s right back in our
\npurpose statement. <\/p>\n
728
\n00:46:28,760 –> 00:46:31,860
\nCome back to chapter 1, verse 7,
\nyou’ll see just tucked into the <\/p>\n
729
\n00:46:31,860 –> 00:46:35,052
\nend of the purpose statement is
\nthis little statement about the <\/p>\n
730
\n00:46:35,052 –> 00:46:38,660
\nfear of Yahweh is the beginning
\nof knowledge. knowledge. <\/p>\n
731
\n00:46:39,140 –> 00:46:42,100
\nBut fools despise wisdom in
\ninstruction. <\/p>\n
732
\n00:46:42,240 –> 00:46:45,620
\nIt’s a term Hebrew rashith.
\nIt means the first, either in <\/p>\n
733
\n00:46:45,620 –> 00:46:50,020
\norder, as in Genesis 1, verse 1,
\nin the beginning, or in <\/p>\n
734
\n00:46:50,020 –> 00:46:53,120
\nimportance, as in principle, and
\nboth are appropriate. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:46:53,860 –> 00:46:57,147
\nIt’s used in Proverbs 8, verse
\n22, that Yahweh possessed wisdom<\/p>\n
736
\n00:46:57,147 –> 00:47:01,400
\nin the beginning of his way,
\nbefore his works of old. <\/p>\n
737
\n00:47:01,860 –> 00:47:03,500
\nSo that’s where it’s all going
\nto start for us. <\/p>\n
738
\n00:47:04,060 –> 00:47:07,360
\nExcuse me.
\nIt’s where it all starts. <\/p>\n
739
\n00:47:07,980 –> 00:47:11,900
\nThe fear of Yahweh is the
\nbeginning of knowledge of good <\/p>\n
740
\n00:47:11,900 –> 00:47:14,800
\nand evil.
\nAnd in the beginning, the first <\/p>\n
741
\n00:47:14,800 –> 00:47:18,480
\ntransgression that unleashed the
\nknowledge of evil into the <\/p>\n
742
\n00:47:18,480 –> 00:47:23,217
\nworld, the very first lie, was
\nthat there was no consequence <\/p>\n
743
\n00:47:23,217 –> 00:47:27,480
\nfor sin.
\nThou shalt not surely die. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:47:28,260 –> 00:47:32,340
\nThere was no fear of the justice
\nor judgment of Yahweh. <\/p>\n
745
\n00:47:32,340 –> 00:47:39,227
\nAnd so fear of Yahweh is the
\nbeginning of the knowledge of <\/p>\n
746
\n00:47:39,227 –> 00:47:43,340
\ngood and evil.
\nAnd the fear of Yahweh is <\/p>\n
747
\n00:47:43,340 –> 00:47:45,360
\nanother powerful thing through
\nthe book. <\/p>\n
748
\n00:47:45,440 –> 00:47:47,500
\nIt’s dropped in at the end of
\nthe purpose statement. <\/p>\n
749
\n00:47:47,760 –> 00:47:50,220
\nIt’s regularly referred to
\nthroughout the book. <\/p>\n
750
\n00:47:50,500 –> 00:47:53,940
\nBut what does it mean?
\nHow is the fear of Yahweh the <\/p>\n
751
\n00:47:53,940 –> 00:47:56,020
\nbeginning of knowledge?
\nFear of what? <\/p>\n
752
\n00:47:56,020 –> 00:48:01,814
\nWell, it’s a fear of the
\njudgment of God as the <\/p>\n
753
\n00:48:01,814 –> 00:48:06,483
\nconsequences on moral evil.
\nThe fear of Yahweh is in the <\/p>\n
754
\n00:48:06,483 –> 00:48:10,040
\ncontext of judgment on evil and
\nthe evil way. <\/p>\n
755
\n00:48:11,360 –> 00:48:15,072
\nThe fear of Yahweh is a
\nrecognition of what evil is and <\/p>\n
756
\n00:48:15,072 –> 00:48:17,820
\na fear of its consequential
\njudgments. <\/p>\n
757
\n00:48:17,820 –> 00:48:23,217
\nAnd that’s the beginning of
\nknowledge that leads us to <\/p>\n
758
\n00:48:23,217 –> 00:48:26,486
\nwisdom.
\nAt the end, says John, perfect <\/p>\n
759
\n00:48:26,486 –> 00:48:31,190
\nlove will cast out that fear and
\nwe can have boldness in the day <\/p>\n
760
\n00:48:31,190 –> 00:48:33,160
\nof judgment.
\nNow, I’ve got a few passages <\/p>\n
761
\n00:48:33,160 –> 00:48:35,143
\nhere.
\nI’m just going to read through <\/p>\n
762
\n00:48:35,143 –> 00:48:37,649
\nthese quickly.
\nBut as I do, just see how in <\/p>\n
763
\n00:48:37,649 –> 00:48:40,880
\neach case the fear of Yahweh is
\nassociated with the idea of <\/p>\n
764
\n00:48:40,880 –> 00:48:45,868
\njudgmental consequence on evil
\nor wickedness. also associated <\/p>\n
765
\n00:48:45,868 –> 00:48:50,854
\nwith a motivation to choose good
\nand not evil because of the <\/p>\n
766
\n00:48:50,854 –> 00:48:53,060
\noutcome.
\nJob 28, verse 28. <\/p>\n
767
\n00:48:53,640 –> 00:48:57,280
\nUnto man, he said, behold, the
\nfear of Yahweh, that is wisdom. <\/p>\n
768
\n00:48:57,540 –> 00:49:00,800
\nAnd to depart from evil is the
\nunderstanding. <\/p>\n
769
\n00:49:02,140 –> 00:49:05,260
\nPsalm 19, verse 9.
\nThe fear of Yahweh is clean and <\/p>\n
770
\n00:49:05,260 –> 00:49:08,614
\nenduring forever.
\nThe judgments and the <\/p>\n
771
\n00:49:08,614 –> 00:49:11,340
\nparallelism of Yahweh are true
\nand righteous together. <\/p>\n
772
\n00:49:11,340 –> 00:49:16,041
\nThe fear of Yahweh, the
\njudgments of Yahweh, is clean <\/p>\n
773
\n00:49:16,041 –> 00:49:19,500
\nand enduring forever, are true
\nand righteous altogether. <\/p>\n
774
\n00:49:20,260 –> 00:49:23,955
\nProverbs 8, verse 13.
\nThe fear of Yahweh is to hate <\/p>\n
775
\n00:49:23,955 –> 00:49:27,228
\nevil, pride, arrogancy, the evil
\nway in the froward mouth do I <\/p>\n
776
\n00:49:27,228 –> 00:49:30,100
\nhate.
\nProverbs 16, verse 6. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:49:30,420 –> 00:49:33,580
\nBy mercy and truth, iniquity is
\npurged. <\/p>\n
778
\n00:49:33,680 –> 00:49:36,220
\nBy the fear of Yahweh, men
\ndepart from evil. <\/p>\n
779
\n00:49:37,180 –> 00:49:40,846
\nFinally, Proverbs 23, verse 17.
\nLet not thine heart envy <\/p>\n
780
\n00:49:40,846 –> 00:49:44,360
\nsinners, but be in the fear of
\nYahweh all the day long. <\/p>\n
781
\n00:49:44,840 –> 00:49:48,014
\nFear of what?
\nFear of the consequential <\/p>\n
782
\n00:49:48,014 –> 00:49:50,860
\njustice and judgment of God.
\nI’m going to put two more quotes<\/p>\n
783
\n00:49:50,860 –> 00:49:54,300
\nup here on screen for you.
\nSee the same point being made. <\/p>\n
784
\n00:49:54,380 –> 00:49:58,100
\nRevelation 15, verse 3 to 14.
\nWhere we get to sing the song of<\/p>\n
785
\n00:49:58,100 –> 00:50:00,878
\nMoses and of the Lamb and say,
\ngreat and marvelous are thy <\/p>\n
786
\n00:50:00,878 –> 00:50:04,800
\nworks, Lord God almighty, just
\nand true are thy ways, thy King <\/p>\n
787
\n00:50:04,800 –> 00:50:07,769
\nof saints.
\nSee the principle of justice and<\/p>\n
788
\n00:50:07,769 –> 00:50:10,883
\ntruth.
\nWho shall not fear thee, O Lord,<\/p>\n
789
\n00:50:10,883 –> 00:50:14,603
\nand glorify thy name?
\nFor thou only art holy, for all <\/p>\n
790
\n00:50:14,603 –> 00:50:17,764
\nnations shall come and worship
\nbefore thee, for thy judgments <\/p>\n
791
\n00:50:17,764 –> 00:50:21,427
\nare made manifest.
\nFinally, Ecclesiastes 12, verse <\/p>\n
792
\n00:50:21,427 –> 00:50:23,520
\n13 to 14.
\nSame point. <\/p>\n
793
\n00:50:24,380 –> 00:50:26,820
\nLet us hear the conclusion of
\nthe whole matter. <\/p>\n
794
\n00:50:27,380 –> 00:50:31,763
\nFear God, keep his commandments.
\nIt’s the whole of man, for God <\/p>\n
795
\n00:50:31,763 –> 00:50:35,480
\nshall bring every work into
\njudgment, every secret thing, <\/p>\n
796
\n00:50:35,480 –> 00:50:39,080
\nwhether it be tob, good, or ra,
\nevil. <\/p>\n
797
\n00:50:39,800 –> 00:50:42,912
\nSo that’s the fear of Yahweh.
\nThat’s the beginning of <\/p>\n
798
\n00:50:42,912 –> 00:50:45,560
\nknowledge.
\nWhen we first realize that there<\/p>\n
799
\n00:50:45,560 –> 00:50:50,361
\nis moral right and wrong, there
\nis good and evil, and that God <\/p>\n
800
\n00:50:50,361 –> 00:50:54,480
\ndoes and he will bring into
\njudgment whether good or evil. <\/p>\n
801
\n00:50:54,680 –> 00:50:57,860
\nAnd what he says is true and
\nit’s not a lie. <\/p>\n
802
\n00:50:57,860 –> 00:51:01,060
\nAnd that’s the beginning of the
\nprocess. <\/p>\n
803
\n00:51:02,080 –> 00:51:07,690
\nWithout it, we can’t even start.
\nSo the book of Proverbs now is <\/p>\n
804
\n00:51:07,690 –> 00:51:12,900
\ngoing to present to us the great
\ncontrast between good and evil. <\/p>\n
805
\n00:51:13,800 –> 00:51:18,037
\nBetween the wise and the fool.
\nBetween the righteous and the <\/p>\n
806
\n00:51:18,037 –> 00:51:22,680
\nwicked.
\nBetween the woman wisdom and the<\/p>\n
807
\n00:51:22,680 –> 00:51:25,720
\nstrange woman.
\nAnd running right throughout the<\/p>\n
808
\n00:51:25,720 –> 00:51:29,687
\nbook over and over again is
\ngoing to be the point that God <\/p>\n
809
\n00:51:29,687 –> 00:51:32,140
\nwill bring every work into
\njudgment. <\/p>\n
810
\n00:51:32,980 –> 00:51:36,620
\nEvery secret thing, whether it’s
\ngood or evil. <\/p>\n
811
\n00:51:37,420 –> 00:51:39,800
\nThere will be life.
\nThere will be eternity. <\/p>\n
812
\n00:51:40,220 –> 00:51:42,680
\nThere will be prosperity.
\nThere will be reward. <\/p>\n
813
\n00:51:42,980 –> 00:51:46,160
\nThere will be salvation for
\nthose who are tob, good. <\/p>\n
814
\n00:51:46,900 –> 00:51:49,220
\nBut there will be death.
\nThere will be destruction. <\/p>\n
815
\n00:51:49,760 –> 00:51:52,440
\nThere will be nothing for the
\nwicked, for the evil way. <\/p>\n
816
\n00:51:52,440 –> 00:51:57,961
\nAnd at the very start, at the
\nbeginning of knowledge, is the <\/p>\n
817
\n00:51:57,961 –> 00:52:03,690
\ncomprehension of that truth.
\nSo how did the Son, the Lord <\/p>\n
818
\n00:52:03,690 –> 00:52:06,020
\nJesus Christ, understand this
\nbook? <\/p>\n
819
\n00:52:07,620 –> 00:52:10,836
\nWell, in this book, the Father
\ndirectly talks to his Son and to<\/p>\n
820
\n00:52:10,836 –> 00:52:14,050
\nhis children.
\nDespise not the chastening, the <\/p>\n
821
\n00:52:14,050 –> 00:52:17,606
\ncorrection of the Lord.
\nIn this book, he gives us the <\/p>\n
822
\n00:52:17,606 –> 00:52:21,114
\nknowledge and understanding and
\nwisdom of good and evil so that <\/p>\n
823
\n00:52:21,114 –> 00:52:25,110
\nwe might love the good, hate the
\nevil, choose the good and depart<\/p>\n
824
\n00:52:25,110 –> 00:52:28,364
\nfrom the evil.
\nThe themes of discernment <\/p>\n
825
\n00:52:28,364 –> 00:52:30,580
\nbetween God and evil will run
\nright through the book. <\/p>\n
826
\n00:52:30,820 –> 00:52:32,956
\nThe theme of chastening and
\ncorrection will run right <\/p>\n
827
\n00:52:32,956 –> 00:52:35,168
\nthrough the book.
\nThe process of knowing, <\/p>\n
828
\n00:52:35,168 –> 00:52:38,060
\nunderstanding, wisdom,
\ncomprehending it and taking <\/p>\n
829
\n00:52:38,060 –> 00:52:40,700
\nactions will run right through
\nthe book. <\/p>\n
830
\n00:52:41,060 –> 00:52:44,140
\nThat’s how the Son understood
\nthe book of Proverbs. <\/p>\n
831
\n00:52:44,140 –> 00:52:48,080
\nBecause it’s the Spirit of the
\nFather to the Son. <\/p>\n
832
\n00:52:49,760 –> 00:52:52,838
\nIt’s an answer to what
\nultimately turned out to be a <\/p>\n
833
\n00:52:52,838 –> 00:52:56,980
\nrequest of the Son.
\nGive me knowledge, understanding<\/p>\n
834
\n00:52:56,980 –> 00:53:01,952
\nand wisdom so I may discern
\nbetween good and evil in my <\/p>\n
835
\n00:53:01,952 –> 00:53:06,460
\nthoughts, in my speech, in my
\nactions, in my interactions with<\/p>\n
836
\n00:53:06,460 –> 00:53:10,280
\nthose around me so I might live
\ntruth, justice, equity and <\/p>\n
837
\n00:53:10,280 –> 00:53:16,074
\nrighteousness for my people.
\nYou know, I often try and find a<\/p>\n
838
\n00:53:16,074 –> 00:53:19,186
\nbeautiful summary quote that
\npulls all the ideas together in <\/p>\n
839
\n00:53:19,186 –> 00:53:23,440
\na talk or a session.
\nI found one. <\/p>\n
840
\n00:53:23,680 –> 00:53:25,738
\nYou want to hear it?
\nCome with me to Isaiah chapter <\/p>\n
841
\n00:53:25,738 –> 00:53:28,680
\n11 verse 1 to 4.
\nBeautiful passage. <\/p>\n
842
\n00:53:29,220 –> 00:53:32,160
\nBrings all these things together
\nnow and centers on the purpose <\/p>\n
843
\n00:53:32,160 –> 00:53:34,360
\nof the Son, the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
844
\n00:53:34,360 –> 00:53:43,300
\nAmen.
\nIsaiah 11 verse 1 to 4. <\/p>\n
845
\n00:53:43,440 –> 00:53:44,760
\nProphecy.
\nMessianic prophecy. <\/p>\n
846
\n00:53:44,940 –> 00:53:48,280
\nThere shall come forth a rod out
\nof the stem of Jesse and a <\/p>\n
847
\n00:53:48,280 –> 00:53:50,720
\nbranch out of his roots.
\nIt’s Davidic covenant founded. <\/p>\n
848
\n00:53:51,600 –> 00:53:53,580
\nThe Spirit of Yahweh shall rest
\nupon him. <\/p>\n
849
\n00:53:53,600 –> 00:53:57,240
\nThe Spirit of eye, wisdom and
\nunderstanding. <\/p>\n
850
\n00:53:57,660 –> 00:54:01,896
\nThe Spirit of counsel and might.
\nThe Spirit of knowledge and the <\/p>\n
851
\n00:54:01,896 –> 00:54:05,698
\nfear of Yahweh.
\nAnd it will make him of quick <\/p>\n
852
\n00:54:05,698 –> 00:54:07,160
\nunderstanding in the fear of
\nYahweh. <\/p>\n
853
\n00:54:07,160 –> 00:54:11,715
\nHe shall not judge after the
\nsight of his eyes or reprove <\/p>\n
854
\n00:54:11,715 –> 00:54:15,910
\nafter the hearing of his ears.
\nBut with righteousness he will <\/p>\n
855
\n00:54:15,910 –> 00:54:19,295
\njudge the poor and reprove with
\nequity for the meek of the <\/p>\n
856
\n00:54:19,295 –> 00:54:20,830
\nearth.
\nAnd he will smite the earth with<\/p>\n
857
\n00:54:20,830 –> 00:54:23,060
\nthe rod of his mouth.
\nAnd with the breath of his lips <\/p>\n
858
\n00:54:23,060 –> 00:54:27,720
\nhe will slay the wicked.
\nAnd righteousness will be the <\/p>\n
859
\n00:54:27,720 –> 00:54:30,720
\ngirdle of his lines.
\nAnd faithfulness and Oman de <\/p>\n
860
\n00:54:30,720 –> 00:54:35,160
\nRiver of divine truth will be
\nthe girdle of his reins. <\/p>\n
861
\n00:54:35,160 –> 00:54:37,900
\nSo that’s the essence of the
\nbook of Proverbs. <\/p>\n
862
\n00:54:38,820 –> 00:54:42,900
\nNow we have a set of keys.
\nWe know what the right spirit <\/p>\n
863
\n00:54:42,900 –> 00:54:46,700
\nand approach to the book is.
\nIt’s the father to the son, his <\/p>\n
864
\n00:54:46,700 –> 00:54:50,140
\nchastening and his correction.
\nAnd we say, I’m willing. <\/p>\n
865
\n00:54:50,660 –> 00:54:54,300
\nI want to be corrected.
\nCorrect me father. <\/p>\n
866
\n00:54:56,320 –> 00:54:59,310
\nOur second key is that the
\nbiblical foundation is that it <\/p>\n
867
\n00:54:59,310 –> 00:55:03,188
\nis all based on a knowledge,
\nunderstanding, wisdom to discern<\/p>\n
868
\n00:55:03,188 –> 00:55:07,558
\nbetween good and evil so we can
\nchoose the good and not the <\/p>\n
869
\n00:55:07,558 –> 00:55:10,510
\nevil.
\nWe can see its purpose laid out <\/p>\n
870
\n00:55:10,510 –> 00:55:13,644
\nfor us in five key statements in
\na beautiful chiasm at the <\/p>\n
871
\n00:55:13,644 –> 00:55:16,840
\nbeginning of the book.
\nWe can see it’s a book of <\/p>\n
872
\n00:55:16,840 –> 00:55:19,040
\nprocess, the book of all
\ninstruction and learning, <\/p>\n
873
\n00:55:19,380 –> 00:55:23,460
\nknowledge to understanding to
\nits application and wisdom in <\/p>\n
874
\n00:55:23,460 –> 00:55:27,248
\nprocess. process.
\nWe can see that at the <\/p>\n
875
\n00:55:27,248 –> 00:55:32,140
\nbeginning, a fear of Yahweh is
\nthe beginning of knowledge. <\/p>\n
876
\n00:55:33,140 –> 00:55:37,735
\nSo in conclusion, I can see all
\nperk up because that’s the <\/p>\n
877
\n00:55:37,735 –> 00:55:39,570
\nsignal.
\nI’ve only got a couple of <\/p>\n
878
\n00:55:39,570 –> 00:55:42,080
\nminutes left so I get attention
\nfor two more minutes. <\/p>\n
879
\n00:55:42,080 –> 00:55:47,360
\nIn conclusion, this is what
\nhappens now with this book. <\/p>\n
880
\n00:55:47,520 –> 00:55:50,686
\nIt’s wonderful.
\nSo on the screen here, this is <\/p>\n
881
\n00:55:50,686 –> 00:55:52,984
\nour purpose statement.
\nYou see all the beautiful <\/p>\n
882
\n00:55:52,984 –> 00:55:55,754
\nhighlighted colors there of
\nknowledge, understanding, wisdom<\/p>\n
883
\n00:55:55,754 –> 00:55:59,614
\nand instruction.
\nAnd after dealing with the evil <\/p>\n
884
\n00:55:59,614 –> 00:56:03,214
\nways of the wicked and a cry of
\nwoman wisdom, in chapter two it <\/p>\n
885
\n00:56:03,214 –> 00:56:04,760
\ncomes back and it expands it
\nall. <\/p>\n
886
\n00:56:04,820 –> 00:56:08,460
\nAnd this is chapter two.
\nCome with me to chapter two of <\/p>\n
887
\n00:56:08,460 –> 00:56:09,756
\nProverbs.
\nIt’s probably better if we read <\/p>\n
888
\n00:56:09,756 –> 00:56:13,800
\nit there directly, but see the
\nwords knowledge, wisdom, <\/p>\n
889
\n00:56:14,140 –> 00:56:16,574
\nunderstanding, knowledge,
\nwisdom, understanding, <\/p>\n
890
\n00:56:16,574 –> 00:56:18,996
\nknowledge, wisdom,
\nunderstanding, as it keeps <\/p>\n
891
\n00:56:18,996 –> 00:56:22,240
\ngetting expanded in chapter two
\nof the book of Proverbs. <\/p>\n
892
\n00:56:25,840 –> 00:56:30,004
\nNow we’re going to read this as
\nif we are the son listening to <\/p>\n
893
\n00:56:30,004 –> 00:56:34,266
\nthe words of the father with all
\nthe knowledge and understanding <\/p>\n
894
\n00:56:34,266 –> 00:56:38,045
\nthat we’ve gained this morning
\nabout the principles of this <\/p>\n
895
\n00:56:38,045 –> 00:56:40,734
\nbook.
\nAnd we’re also going to do so <\/p>\n
896
\n00:56:40,734 –> 00:56:43,880
\nseeing that it’s structured
\naround three progressive terms. <\/p>\n
897
\n00:56:44,060 –> 00:56:46,080
\nSo chapter two is built and you
\nshould color these in. <\/p>\n
898
\n00:56:46,420 –> 00:56:50,812
\nThe words if, then, to.
\nIf you do these things, then <\/p>\n
899
\n00:56:50,812 –> 00:56:55,180
\nthis will be what you get so
\nthat you can do something with <\/p>\n
900
\n00:56:55,180 –> 00:56:58,320
\nit.
\nIt goes through if, then and do.<\/p>\n
901
\n00:56:58,320 –> 00:57:06,540
\nSo here’s the spirit of the son.
\nVerse one, chapter two. <\/p>\n
902
\n00:57:07,240 –> 00:57:11,860
\nIf thou shalt receive my words
\nand hide my commandments with <\/p>\n
903
\n00:57:11,860 –> 00:57:14,756
\nthee, so that you incline your
\nhair to wisdom and apply your <\/p>\n
904
\n00:57:14,756 –> 00:57:17,620
\nheart to understanding.
\nIf you cry after knowledge and <\/p>\n
905
\n00:57:17,620 –> 00:57:20,360
\nlift up your voice for
\nunderstanding, if you seek her <\/p>\n
906
\n00:57:20,360 –> 00:57:24,945
\nas sewer and search for her
\ntreasures, then, verse five, you<\/p>\n
907
\n00:57:24,945 –> 00:57:30,676
\nwill understand the fear of
\nYahweh and find the knowledge of<\/p>\n
908
\n00:57:30,676 –> 00:57:35,428
\ngood and evil of God.
\nFor Yahweh gives that wisdom out<\/p>\n
909
\n00:57:35,428 –> 00:57:38,640
\nof his mouth comes
\nunderstanding, knowledge and <\/p>\n
910
\n00:57:38,640 –> 00:57:41,830
\nunderstanding.
\nHe layeth up sound wisdom for <\/p>\n
911
\n00:57:41,830 –> 00:57:45,025
\nthe righteous.
\nHe’s a buckler to those who walk<\/p>\n
912
\n00:57:45,025 –> 00:57:47,300
\nuprightly.
\nHe keeps the paths of judgment. <\/p>\n
913
\n00:57:47,300 –> 00:57:49,800
\nHe preserves the way of the
\nsaints. <\/p>\n
914
\n00:57:50,840 –> 00:57:55,212
\nThen, verse nine, thou shalt
\nunderstand righteousness, <\/p>\n
915
\n00:57:55,212 –> 00:58:01,300
\njudgment, equity, yea, every
\ngood moral choice and path. <\/p>\n
916
\n00:58:01,900 –> 00:58:05,578
\nAnd when his wisdom enters into
\nyour heart and knowledge, it <\/p>\n
917
\n00:58:05,578 –> 00:58:09,511
\nwill be pleasant to your soul
\nand discretion shall preserve <\/p>\n
918
\n00:58:09,511 –> 00:58:15,762
\nthee and understanding will keep
\nthee so that, to, verse 12, you <\/p>\n
919
\n00:58:15,762 –> 00:58:20,260
\nwill be delivered from the way
\nof the evil man, from the man <\/p>\n
920
\n00:58:20,260 –> 00:58:22,774
\nwho speaks froward things, who
\nleaves the paths of uprightness <\/p>\n
921
\n00:58:22,774 –> 00:58:26,645
\nto walk in the ways of darkness,
\nwho rejoices to do evil and <\/p>\n
922
\n00:58:26,645 –> 00:58:28,946
\ndelights in the frowardness of
\nthe wicked and whose ways are <\/p>\n
923
\n00:58:28,946 –> 00:58:30,640
\ncrooked and they are froward in
\ntheir paths. <\/p>\n
924
\n00:58:30,880 –> 00:58:34,248
\nYou’ll be delivered from that,
\nverse 16, and it will deliver <\/p>\n
925
\n00:58:34,248 –> 00:58:37,514
\nyou from the strange woman, from
\nthe stranger who flatters with <\/p>\n
926
\n00:58:37,514 –> 00:58:40,125
\nher words, who forsakes the
\nguide of her youth, who forgets <\/p>\n
927
\n00:58:40,125 –> 00:58:42,824
\nthe covenant of her God, her
\nhouse inclines to death, her <\/p>\n
928
\n00:58:42,824 –> 00:58:45,600
\npaths to the dead, none who go
\nto her return again. <\/p>\n
929
\n00:58:45,600 –> 00:58:49,400
\nDo not take hold of those, they
\ndo not take hold of the paths of<\/p>\n
930
\n00:58:49,400 –> 00:58:53,762
\nlife, that thou mayest walk in
\nthe way of the good and keep the<\/p>\n
931
\n00:58:53,762 –> 00:58:56,872
\npaths of righteousness.
\nFor the upright shall dwell in <\/p>\n
932
\n00:58:56,872 –> 00:59:00,014
\nthe land and the perfect shall
\nremain in it, but the wicked, <\/p>\n
933
\n00:59:00,014 –> 00:59:03,530
\nthey will be cut off from the
\nearth and the transgressed shall<\/p>\n
934
\n00:59:03,530 –> 00:59:07,026
\nbe rooted out of it.
\nAnd so there it is, brothers and<\/p>\n
935
\n00:59:07,026 –> 00:59:12,037
\nsisters, the purpose of the book
\nlaid out in chapter 2, if, then,<\/p>\n
936
\n00:59:12,037 –> 00:59:15,180
\nto deliver thee from these two
\narch nemeses. <\/p>\n
937
\n00:59:15,180 –> 00:59:18,836
\nIn the process of knowledge,
\nunderstanding wisdom, we will be<\/p>\n
938
\n00:59:18,836 –> 00:59:23,854
\ngiven a practical wisdom to deal
\nwith these two enemies in our <\/p>\n
939
\n00:59:23,854 –> 00:59:28,269
\nlife, the two great biblical
\narchetypes, individually, <\/p>\n
940
\n00:59:28,269 –> 00:59:31,680
\ncollectively, and in systems of
\nsin. <\/p>\n
941
\n00:59:31,680 –> 00:59:36,388
\nWhere the apostasy of the first
\nand second century of the truth,<\/p>\n
942
\n00:59:36,388 –> 00:59:39,562
\nthe mystery of iniquity that
\nalready worked, will be painted <\/p>\n
943
\n00:59:39,562 –> 00:59:42,680
\nentirely in terms of a man of
\nsin and a harlot woman. <\/p>\n
944
\n00:59:42,680 –> 00:59:47,420
\nAnd the purpose of the book of
\nProverbs will be deliverance <\/p>\n
945
\n00:59:47,420 –> 00:59:51,843
\nfrom these two so that we can
\nwalk in the ways of <\/p>\n
946
\n00:59:51,843 –> 00:59:55,035
\nrighteousness.
\nBecause when we come to <\/p>\n
947
\n00:59:55,035 –> 00:59:57,540
\nunderstand, brothers and
\nsisters, we will come to love <\/p>\n
948
\n00:59:57,540 –> 01:00:03,130
\ngood, hate evil.
\nWe’ll cry after the knowledge <\/p>\n
949
\n01:00:03,130 –> 01:00:06,780
\nand lift up our voice for
\nunderstanding and we’ll search <\/p>\n
950
\n01:00:06,780 –> 01:00:10,940
\nout wisdom as head treasure and
\nas silver to know both good and <\/p>\n
951
\n01:00:10,940 –> 01:00:14,440
\nevil so that we might choose the
\ngood and despise and eschew the <\/p>\n
952
\n01:00:14,440 –> 01:00:19,740
\nevil.
\nThis truly is in conclusion. <\/p>\n
953
\n01:00:21,260 –> 01:00:27,112
\nProverbs 3, verse 13 to 18.
\nHappy is the man that finds <\/p>\n
954
\n01:00:27,112 –> 01:00:29,700
\nwisdom and those who get
\nunderstanding. <\/p>\n
955
\n01:00:30,540 –> 01:00:32,912
\nFor the merchandise of it is
\nbetter, the merchandise of <\/p>\n
956
\n01:00:32,912 –> 01:00:35,480
\nsilver and the gain thereof than
\ngold, fine gold. <\/p>\n
957
\n01:00:36,180 –> 01:00:40,530
\nShe, wisdom, the knowledge of
\ngood and evil, is more precious <\/p>\n
958
\n01:00:40,530 –> 01:00:42,676
\nthan rubies.
\nAnd all the things thou canst <\/p>\n
959
\n01:00:42,676 –> 01:00:44,480
\ndesire are not to be compared to
\nher. <\/p>\n
960
\n01:00:44,940 –> 01:00:46,940
\nLength of days is in her right
\nhand. <\/p>\n
961
\n01:00:47,500 –> 01:00:48,940
\nAnd her left hand riches in
\nhonour. <\/p>\n
962
\n01:00:49,820 –> 01:00:51,680
\nAnd her ways are ways of
\npleasantness. <\/p>\n
963
\n01:00:51,740 –> 01:00:56,052
\nAnd all her paths are peace.
\nAnd in the end she’s a tree of <\/p>\n
964
\n01:00:56,052 –> 01:00:57,740
\nlife to those who lay hold upon
\nher. <\/p>\n
965
\n01:00:58,760 –> 01:01:00,760
\nAnd happy is everyone that
\nretaineth her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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