Week 1 of this quarter's High School Equipping Hour on Technology, Purity, Identity

3 of our elders: Jeff, Pepe, and Curt answer your questions! I was so helped by them, and pray you are too!

1. The Life of a Child of God (vv.1-12)
2. If you Live in the Wisdom of God, You Will Be Blessed (vv.12-35)

MP: Make wisdom your life's pursuit and treasure

2 benefits of making wisdom your life's pursuit...

1. Wisdom will lead you to fear God
2. Wisdom will lead you to obedience

MP: Following God means listening to him

What does it look like to listen to God?

1. You should always be growing in wisdom (vv.1-7)
2. You should never be walking with sinners (vv.8-19)
3. You should quickly receive God's rebuke (vv.20-33)

MP: Obey God's plea to follow God's wisdom

2 truths from Proverbs that call us to follow God's wisdom…

1. Faith and Fear Will Lead You to Life (chs 1-9)
2. Faith and Fear Impact Your Whole Life (chs 10-31)

Praise God for the story of how he saved Bruce. I pray you heed Bruce's call to not wait another moment to trust in Christ and live for him.

Teaching starts at 4:38

MP: Christians are confident people

3 spiritual realities Christians are confident about...

1. Have confidence in your eternity (v.13)
2. Have confidence that God answers your prayers (vv.14-17)
3. Have confidence that you're free from sin (vv.18-21)

MP: The testimony of Jesus is undeniably true and is a life or death matter.

2 Reasons the testimony of Jesus is undeniably true

1. The testimony has powerful witnesses (vv.6-8)
2. The testimony comes from the God of all creation (vv.9-10)

1 Reason this is a life or death matter.

1. The only way to get eternal life is to have Jesus (vv.11-12)

MP: The victorious Christian life is lived by the Christian who has full assurance of faith by abiding with God.

Christians can have assurance of their salvation by...

1. The abiding of the Holy Spirit and their confession of Jesus Christ
2. Abiding in God's love
3. Observing the fruit that comes from abiding in God's love