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May 15 - Proverbs 2 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's shown here. It is Wednesday.
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  It's the middle of the week already.
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  Can you believe it? Here we are.
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  It is the 15th of May and we are back together again to continue
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  this journey. We started yesterday reading
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  through the book of Proverbs. And right at the outset of our
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  journey in Proverbs, let us cover off the one basic faux pas
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  that people continue to make as they read Proverbs.
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  They fall over and land flat on their face as they do this again
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  and again. And my goodness, if you do
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  searches online and read about people's interpretation of
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  Proverbs, this is the thing that people do most often is they
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  mistake Proverbs to be promises and that if you do a God will do
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  be. That is not what Proverbs,
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  proverbs, friends are reflections.
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  They are observations, as the author writes, that from what
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  they have seen in the way the world works when we act in a
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  certain way, they have observed that this consequence generally
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  is the thing that happens. It is not a guaranteed,
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  ironclad, bankable promise that you can shout to God and say why
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  didn't you do this, I did the right thing and you didn't
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  respond the way the proverb said you would.
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  That is not the intention of the author.
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  This is simply encouraging the reader to live in a certain way,
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  and saying that when we do this, this tends to be the thing that
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  happens as a result. And so today we are going to
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  hear all about the benefits of wisdom as this father speaks to
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  his son. So let's do it together, shall
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  we? Let us read together.
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  Proverbs, Chapter 2 My child listened to what I say
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  and treasure my commands. Tune your ears to wisdom and
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  concentrate on understanding. Cry out for insight and ask for
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  understanding. Search for them as you would for
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  silver. Seek them like hidden treasures.
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  Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord, and you
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  will gain knowledge of God. For the Lord grants wisdom from
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  his mouth. Come knowledge and
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  understanding, he grants a treasure of common sense.
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  To the honest, he is a shield to those who walk with integrity.
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  He gods the pods of the just and protects those who are faithful
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  to him. Then you will understand what is
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  right, just and fair, and you will find the right way to go.
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  For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will fill
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  you with joy. Wise choices will watch over
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  you. Understanding will keep you
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  safe. Wisdom will save you from evil
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  people, from those whose words are twisted.
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  These men turn from the right way to walk down dark paths.
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  They take pleasure in doing wrong, and they enjoy the
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  twisted ways of evil. Their actions are crooked and
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  their wives are wrong. Wisdom will save you from the
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  immoral woman, from the seductive words of the
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  promiscuous woman. She has abandoned her husband
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  and ignores the covenant she made before God.
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  Entering her house leads to death.
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  It is the road to the grave. The man who visits her is
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  doomed. He will never reach the paths of
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  life, so follow the steps of the good to stay on the paths of the
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  righteous, for only the godly will live in the land, and those
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  with integrity will remain in it.
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  But the wicked will be removed from the land, and the
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  treacherous will be uprooted. Our Lord, we hear so clearly the
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  advice given by the author to their student.
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  That's so often the way that feels most enticing.
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  That seems like such a sure bet, or such a simple little thing
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  that surely couldn't be all that bad.
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  Well, those are the things that drag us away from you, that
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  would have us place our faith and our confidence in something
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  other than you and your Lordship over our life.
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  So, Lord, as these temptations come to us each day to draw us
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  away from your way down to the path, not to righteousness, but
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  a folly and of selfish ambition. Our Holy Spirit, I pray that you
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  would transform us, work on our hearts so that we can
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  continually choose you. Our heart can automatically err
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  toward you and your Kingdom. Thank you, Holy Spirit, that you
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  live in us to moment by moment, guide us and prompt us and draw
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  us back to Jesus and Jesus. Thank you for all you have done
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  for us, and it's in your loving and sacrificial name that we can
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  pray all of these things. Oh man.