In Proverbs 6:1-19, the father warns his son to watch out for the irresponsible, lazy, and wicked. Throughout the text, we learn what pleases and displeases God. 

Resources Mentioned:

Proverbs Resource Page 

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Proverbs is God's wisdom in marriage and life being imparted to man. How do we help a simple man understand our brilliant God? We use easy-to-remember parallels, couplets, and rhymes. The simple and naive can learn, but the fool may never understand.

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The earlier we expose our children to the truth of scripture, the reality of Jesus Christ, and the truth of the wisdom that comes from God, the longer they will have to prosper in the right way. Simply put, Proverbs 4:10-19 could be called ‘choose.’ You get to choose the way of righteousness or the way of wickedness.

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Proverbs 3:13-18 is about something more precious and priceless than anything. It’s not something we grab out of a burning home, but the wisdom in understanding what wisdom is. The parallel is that when we find wisdom, we gain understanding.

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Resources Mentioned:

Derrick Kidner- Proverbs

Bruce Waltke- Proverbs: A Shorter Commentary

Tom Constable’s notes on Proverbs

Bible.org

Do you want wisdom? If so, there is a path to get it, but it's not what you think. Wisdom is the deliberate pursuit of something whose origin is God; it is manifold and multifaceted. Bridges wrote, "The fear of the Lord is that affectionate reverence by which the child of God bends himself humbly and carefully to his Father's law." It doesn't often look this way in our lives, but that's what it means to understand the fear of the Lord.

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It is important to remember that Proverbs is not a verse-by-verse exposition. It is exposition, but due to the nature of the text, we must follow its existing structure. Dr. Bruce Waltke discusses the importance of our prayers as we study so that we "become porous, so the spirit of what was taught becomes part of our personality. This is where the spiritual life and exegesis kiss one another and need one another." 

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Proverbs is not a random or disorganized collection. Dr. Bruce Waltke argues that Proverbs is divided into seven collections:

These divisions help us organize our thoughts and look at the book of Proverbs with a clear mind. 

In this episode, Michael teaches through the first collection, Proverbs 1:1 through Proverbs 9:18.

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If the book of Proverbs has ever seemed disorganized or even inaccessible to you, this episode is for you. 

Have you heard the joke that maybe Solomon dropped his dissertation on his way to have it bound? Perhaps that’s why his Proverbs can seem so disorganized…But that isn’t the case at all.

Solomon was the wisest man on the planet in his day and his book of wisdom is brilliantly organized. It simply takes a bit of methodology to be able to see its brilliance. 

In this episode, Michael teaches through the tenants of bible study methodology that help us understand the brilliance of the book of Proverbs. 

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Welcome to a new season of Michael Easley Sermons! We're beginning a new series today: The Fear of the Lord, the Beginning of Wisdom.

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The best investment any one of us can make is the one many of us struggle to prioritize. If you've struggled to spend time in the Word lately, this message is for you.

In this sermon, originally recorded at Mood Bible Institute's Founder's Week in 2019 at the Moody Church in Chicago, IL, Michael teaches through 2 Timothy 3:16-17 and demonstrates that scripture—all scripture—is profitable in a person's life in every way.

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