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May 28 - Proverbs 9 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's shown here. It's Tuesday, it's the 28th of
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  May, and you have invited me in so that you and I can read
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  another chapter of God's Word together today and today.
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  That particular chapter is the last chapter in that first
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  stanza, the first section, and the book of Proverbs.
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  This is wisdom literature at its best, isn't it friends?
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  Isn't it? Isn't it something to read this
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  literature from a time when there was considered such a
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  thing as a universal wisdom? You know, here we live in the
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  postmodern era where everyone's opinion is equally valid.
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  Some are wise, some are foolish. But all voices should be taken
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  into, you know, accounts with equal weighting, almost.
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  And so we've really lost this sense in today's world where
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  there is a truth, a source of wisdom.
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  And when our brains are struggling to work out which
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  voice to recognise as true and wise, well, we have the most
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  wonderful knowledge that it's not a set of standards that
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  bring truth, but it's a person. And that person's Jesus, he is
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  the truth. But in this world, this ancient
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  world that didn't know Jesus, they tried to capture truth
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  inspired by God's Spirit in these books of wisdom.
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  So let us read together this final chapter in this first
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  section of Proverbs. Proverbs Chapter 9.
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  Wisdom has built her house. She has carved its seven
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  columns. She has prepared a great
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  banquet, mix the wines and set the table.
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  She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come.
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  She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.
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  Come in with me, she urges the simple to those who lack good
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  judgement, she says. Come eat my food and drink the
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  wine I've mixed. Leave your simple ways behind
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  and begin to live. Learn to use good judgement.
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  Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return.
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  Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt, so don't bother
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  correcting mockers. They will only hate you, but
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  correct the wise and they will love you.
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  Instruct the wise and they will be even wiser.
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  Teach the righteous and they will learn even more.
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  Fear of the Lord is the foundation of wisdom.
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  Knowledge of the Holy 1 results in good judgement.
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  Wisdom will multiply your days and add years to your life.
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  If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit.
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  If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.
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  The woman named Folly is brash. She is ignorant and doesn't know
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  it. She sits in her doorway and the
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  heights overlooking the city. She calls out to men going by
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  who are minding their own business.
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  Come in with me, she urges. The simple To those who lack
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  good judgement, she says stolen water is refreshing.
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  Food eaten in secret tastes the best, but little do they know
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  that the dead are there. Her guests are in the depths of
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  the grave. Thank you, Lord, for this
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  invitation into Your wisdom, this invitation to humble
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  ourselves, to be open to correction, to be open to
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  rebuke, to be open to You showing us a better way and that
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  unlike those who chase folly, we don't push back and reject.
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  But with humility, Lord, we hear you and we acknowledge that we
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  are not perfect, that that we want to be like those wives who
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  would take on your feedback and adapt and learn and grow and
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  become even wiser in pursuing you.
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  Because what more noble a life gold could there be?
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  And spending our life in pursuit of you and your wisdom.
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  Your wisdom, which is ultimately to stay connected to you and
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  your Spirit. To hear you're still quiet voice
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  guiding, nurturing, correcting and leading us into the open
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  arms of Jesus. So here we are, Lord, your
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  people, who lack wisdom but are open and ready for yours.
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  We are yours, a living sacrifice offered to you, and we can only
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  do all of this and pray all of this through the saving name of
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  Jesus. Ah, man.