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Title: Inescapable Consequences
Author: Marion Clark
Text: Proverbs 10:1-5
Introduction
The three sermons up to now have covered the introduction to the book of Proverbs, as presented in chapters 1-9. We have laid groundwork upon which to understand the hundreds of individual sayings the rest of the book will put forth. There is the purpose of the proverbs: to impart wisdom and knowledge, especially keeping mind the simple-young people who have yet to gain a lot of experience. For all of us to benefit from the teachings, we should place the label of simple on ourselves, as all of us lack knowledge and experience to understand fully God and his ways.
The wisdom and knowledge imparted is practical and good. It is meant to teach us how to know and to do what is right and just and fair.
The worldview on which the proverbs are based is encapsulated in the phrase, the fear of the Lord. Such a worldview acknowledges that there is a Creator God who watches us and watches over us. The key behavior trait, then, is to trust in the Lord. We are to trust that he knows best, and we are to trust that he will provide. The Lord has revealed his truth through Scripture, his revealed Word.
Competing for our allegiance is the other worldview, the No-Fear worldview. This viewpoint entices us to reject the notion of a god who judges us and to place our trust fully in ourselves. Specifically what we are to trust are the feelings of our hearts.
With that in mind, let us look at the first proverbs given to us to apply in our lives.
Text
The proverbs of Solomon.
This is the first collection of proverbs by Solomon. This collection will run through chapter 12:16.
A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Do not over-scrutinize why the father gets the wise son and the mother the foolish one. The most common form of parallelism in a proverb is to say the same thing in different words in the second line as was said i ...
Author: Marion Clark
Text: Proverbs 10:1-5
Introduction
The three sermons up to now have covered the introduction to the book of Proverbs, as presented in chapters 1-9. We have laid groundwork upon which to understand the hundreds of individual sayings the rest of the book will put forth. There is the purpose of the proverbs: to impart wisdom and knowledge, especially keeping mind the simple-young people who have yet to gain a lot of experience. For all of us to benefit from the teachings, we should place the label of simple on ourselves, as all of us lack knowledge and experience to understand fully God and his ways.
The wisdom and knowledge imparted is practical and good. It is meant to teach us how to know and to do what is right and just and fair.
The worldview on which the proverbs are based is encapsulated in the phrase, the fear of the Lord. Such a worldview acknowledges that there is a Creator God who watches us and watches over us. The key behavior trait, then, is to trust in the Lord. We are to trust that he knows best, and we are to trust that he will provide. The Lord has revealed his truth through Scripture, his revealed Word.
Competing for our allegiance is the other worldview, the No-Fear worldview. This viewpoint entices us to reject the notion of a god who judges us and to place our trust fully in ourselves. Specifically what we are to trust are the feelings of our hearts.
With that in mind, let us look at the first proverbs given to us to apply in our lives.
Text
The proverbs of Solomon.
This is the first collection of proverbs by Solomon. This collection will run through chapter 12:16.
A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Do not over-scrutinize why the father gets the wise son and the mother the foolish one. The most common form of parallelism in a proverb is to say the same thing in different words in the second line as was said i ...
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