Steve Webb: These are not just the thoughts of a wise man, but
they're from the mind of God himself.
This is the Lifespring one year Bible coming to you from
Riverside, California and podcasting since 2004. I'm your
og Godcaster. Steve Webb. This is the daily podcast where we're
reading through the entire Bible in a year and it's poetry
Thursday, we'll begin the book of Proverbs with chapter one.
I'm calling the episode, God's wisdom. Before we begin, let's
pray. Our gracious heavenly father have We thank You for
Your Word, and that we thank you so much for the book of
Proverbs. As we read through the book this year, I pray, Lord,
that You would teach us I pray this in Jesus name, amen. Okay,
you ready? Let's get started.
Proverbs chapter one. These are the proverbs of Solomon, the son
of David and King of Israel. They will help you learn to be
wise to accept correction and to understand why sayings. They
will teach you to develop your mind in the right way. You will
learn to do what is right and to be honest and fair. These
proverbs will make even those without education smart. They
will teach young people what they need to know and how to use
what they have learned. Even the wise could become wiser by
listening to these Proverbs, they will gain understanding and
learn to solve difficult problems. These sayings will
help you understand proverbs stories with hidden meanings,
words of the wise and other difficult sayings. Knowledge
begins with fear and respect for the Lord. But stubborn fools
hate wisdom, refuse to learn. My Son, listen to your father when
he corrects you. And don't ignore what your mother teaches
you. What you learn from your parents will bring you honor and
respect like a crown or a gold medal. My son, those who love to
do wrong will try to trick you. Don't listen to them, they will
say, Come with us. Let's hide in beat to death. Anyone who
happens to walk by, we will swallow them whole as the grave
swallows the dying, we will take everything they have and fill
our houses with stolen goods. So join us and you can share
everything we get my son, don't follow them. Don't even take the
first step along that path. They run to do something evil and
they cannot wait to kill someone. You cannot trap birds
with a net if they see you spreading it out. But evil
people cannot see the trap they set for themselves. This is what
happens to those who are greedy, whatever they get destroys them.
Listen, wisdom is shouting in the streets. She is crying out
in the marketplace. She is calling out where the noisy
crowd gathers fools. How long will you love being ignorant?
How long will you make fun of wisdom? How long will you hate
knowledge? I wanted to tell you everything I knew and give you
all my knowledge, but you didn't listen to my advice and
teaching. I tried to help but you refuse to listen. I offered
my hand but you turned away from me. You ignored my advice and
refused to be corrected. So I will laugh at your troubles and
make fun of you when what you fear happens. disasters will
strike you like a storm. Problems will pound you like a
strong wind, trouble and misery will weigh you down. And fools
will call for me but I will not answer. They will look for me
but they will not find me. That is because they hated knowledge.
They refused to fear and respect the Lord. They ignored my advice
and refuse to be corrected. They fill their lives with what they
wanted. They went their own way so they will get what they
deserve. Fools die because they refuse to follow wisdom, their
content to follow their foolish ways and that will destroy them.
But those who listened to me will live in safety and comfort,
they will have nothing to fear.
Well beloved the book of Proverbs was written by King
David's son, Solomon. Solomon is commonly thought of as the
wisest man in the richest man who ever lived. His wisdom was a
gift from God as a result of the prayer he made upon His
ascension to the throne at the death of his father David.
Instead of asking for wealth or victory over his enemies or
power, he prayed just as simple prayer asking for wisdom to lead
God's people. And God was so pleased by Solomon's prayer that
he not only granted him wisdom, but he gave Solomon the things
that he could have asked for, but didn't. The book of Proverbs
is primarily a collection of short, often just single
sentence, teachings or nuggets of truth. There are thoughts and
ideas that God revealed to Solomon but remember, it has
long been the belief by Orthodox Christianity that the Bible was
written by men as they were inspired by the Holy Spirit. So
these are not just the thoughts of a wise man but they're from
the mind of God himself. The first chapter is introduction
tells us that these proverbs will benefit anyone who heeds
their teachings. And anyone who does not is a fool who will come
to destruction. It tells us that we will learn wisdom if we put
them into practice in our own lives. It also introduces a
character who will be recurring throughout the book. It's the
personification of wisdom as a woman. And in verse 20, we saw
wisdom shouting in the streets and marketplace, chiding those
who refuse to listen to her teaching, and encouraging those
who will to listen. I'm looking forward to going through this
book with you. Do you have a favorite verse from the book of
Proverbs or from chapter one? Let me know call the Lifespring
family Hotline at plus 1-951-732-8511 or send me a
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tomorrow we'll be prophecy Friday and we'll complete the
book of Jeremiah was chapters 47 through 52.
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Scott. Also Thanks to Sister Denise Michael Haner, Jason
Paschall and Brittaney the rest of the team. And last but
certainly not least, thank you, beloved, for inviting me to be a
part of your day until tomorrow. May God bless you richly My name
is Steve Webb. Bye.
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