Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Text: Proverbs 3

Theme: Wisdom for Every Day

Thesis: When you choose the path of wisdom, you choose joy, peace, and purpose.

Notes:

What Qualifies As Wisdom?

* The application of God’s truth to everyday life

* We are naturally bent toward foolishness, it takes the application of external truth to help us be wise

 

An Overview of Proverbs

* Short sayings of encapsulated truth

* Most of the book of Proverbs were written by Solomon

* Solomon was supernaturally gifted by God with wisdom, 2 Chronicles 1:7-13

* Proverbs teaches us to live God’s way

* Proverbs1, “…to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity….”

* Proverbs 1:7, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;

fools despise wisdom and instruction.”

 

* The Rule of Wisdom

* The Root of Wisdom

* The Realm of Wisdom

* The Rewards of Wisdom

 

The Rule of Wisdom

* Proverbs 3:1-8

* Something will always rule your heart and your thinking

* God wants us to:

* Love Wisdom

* Foolishness happens as a natural matter of course

* Wisdom only happens by purposeful application

* Learn Wisdom

* Gardening takes intentionality

* Weeding

* Pruning

* Fertilizing

* Gathering wisdom takes intentionality

* Foolishness grows naturally

* Judges, “…every man did that which was right in his own eyes….”

* Jeremiah 17:19

* Proverbs 22:15

* Live Wisdom

* A right application of wisdom isn’t knowing the truth

* A right application of wisdom is living the truth

* Proverbs 1:2, “…length of days and long life….”

* “Length of days” is not the same as “long life”

* Length of days refers to purpose and productivity

* Christians who lived short, meaningful, God-honoring lives

* Jim Elliot

* Augustus Toplady

* Wisdom helps you balance grace and truth, so that you can hold and apply both rightly

* Proverbs 3:3, “…bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart….”

* Take wisdom and internalize it, and it will result in external ornamentation to your spirit

 

Live It Out

* Build a love for wisdom

* Listen to godly teachers

* Read godly books

* Develop godly friendships

* Learn wisdom by consistent Bible study

* Live wisdom through meditation and application of God’s word

* Identify wrong thinking in your life

* Replace it with right thinking from God’s word