Proverbs

Proverbs 21 - Treasure

August 19, 2020

Treasures #

Proverbs 21:5-6

Introduction

A practical look at treasure, getting, gain, finances and the christian.

I. Diligent Gain (Pro 21:5a) #

Pro 21:5a – The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness;

A. Person of diligence (Joseph was diligent) #

  • A diligent person is someone who is steady in application to business, they are in constant effort to accomplish the goal.
  • Christians should be diligent people, the ant is one of the most diligent of creation, and God tells us to observer their ways! They are constantly diligently preparing for winter.

B. Planning, preparing (Joseph prepared) #

  • Some people act with no thought!
  • A diligent person, will be thinking ahead, planning and preparing!
  • Someone wise once said, “Prior proper planning prevents poor performance.” - not Bible, still good.
  • Not all plans work, but having no plan is in essence planning to fail.

C. Plenteousness (Egypt had plenty) #

  • There is provisions for hard times.

II. Deceitful Gain (Pro 21:5b, 6) #

Prov. 21:5b ...but of every one that is hasty only to want.

Proverbs 21 - Wickedness

August 25, 2020

The Wicked Way #

Proverbs 21:27

Introduction

The word wicked or wickedness is used more frequently in the book of Proverbs than any other book of the Bible. It is used 9 times in 6 verses in this chapter. It is a theme can cannot be missed in this chapter.

I. Worship of the Wicked (Pro 21:27) #

Proverbs 21:27 – The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

Proverbs 21 - Wise

September 2, 2020

Three Observations about the Wise #

Proverbs 21:11

Introduction

If you want to learn something, it is best to study someone who is successful. You don’t study someone who is poor, on how to handle finances (unless you are looking for what not to do). You don’t get counsel from someone who isn’t married about marriage. You don’t get wisdom from a fool. So it is very appropriate that we would get three observations about wise people, from the wisest man that ever lived. God has preserved these timeless truths in His Word, for us to learn from.

Proverbs 21 - Misc

September 9, 2020

Proverbs of Life #

Proverbs 21

Introduction

We have the six miscellaneous verses left in Proverbs 21 that I couldn’t put into a category. So we will cover several things and try to get through all of them this evening. These could all be thrown into a very general category of Life. How to live life.

I. Choosing a Right spirit (attitude) or spouse (9, 19) #

NOTE:

Proverbs 22 - Family

September 16, 2020

Family Values #

Proverbs 22:1

I. Testimony (Pro 22:1) Testimony #

A. Fictional - False Image #

1. Virtual Image #

  • One of the greatest inherent dangers of the internet, is anyone with a little computer knowledge, can create a website, false credentials, and look good on a website!
  • Crooks, scam artists, the identity thieves do it
  • One of my problems with ‘virtual church’

2. Social Media #

  • Image you portray online… what do you paint as yourself.
  • People often mask who they are, and what they represent.
  • This is a serious danger of meeting people online
  • Police do this in sting operations, posing as someone they are not.

3. Who you really are??? #

  • You know in your heart, what is in there.

Heb. 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Proverbs 22 - Poor

September 23, 2020

3 Warnings #

Proverbs 22:2

Introduction

A warning is an alarm that sounds for a particular reason. If the fire alarm were to sound in the building, you would get up, and make your way outside quickly. It is an alarm. Sometimes we become conditioned to ignore the alarm going off! Many times in homes, the smoke alarm sounds, and it is often just something that has burned in the kitchen, and we grow used to just ignoring the alarm. You are faithful and I appreciate your faithfulness, I don’t want us, me or you to become use to hearing the alarm, and just dismissing it.

Proverbs 22 - Paths

September 30, 2020

Looking ahead – Two Trails #

Watch out! Watch where you are going! Be Careful!

Proverbs 22:3

Introduction

This verse sums up what we will look at this evening. Simply put, watch where you are going! When you have kids, you are always looking out for them. Watching where they are going, and what is going on. How many times have you kept your child from running into something or someone because they were not watching where they were going! Spiritually we need to be on watching where we are going, and where we will end up.

Proverbs 22 - Friends

October 7, 2020

Friends #

Proverbs 22:9

Introduction

The friends we have and make, in life tell a lot about us. The Bible has a lot to say about friendship, we will not cover it all in a single lesson. We will simply touch a few points on the subject.

Verse 9 could easily fit into a financial category about generosity and giving, it also fits into a friendship category. Giving to others, and befriending the poor. That is something that Jesus did in his earthly ministry. It is usually the poor that need friends, and the help that we can offer. People who are rich, often have more friends than they know what to do with, and half of their friends are not really friends, but fleas looking for what they can get.

Proverbs 22 - God’s Will

October 14, 2020

What God Wants #

Proverbs 22:17-21, 12

Introduction

You can spend a lifetime studying the Word of God. There has never been a book written like the Word of God. It is a timeless book, that speaks to the heart of the listener like NO OTHER literary work on earth! That is because it is a heavenly book, that originated in heaven, was given on earth, preserved through the ages. You are holding it in your hands today. Tonight, I want to give a very clear message recorded in the Word of God on what God wants for each person! Nothing is worse, than not knowing what is expected of you in a given situation.

Giving to the Lord

August 3, 2025

Giving to the LORD #

Proverbs 3:9-10

Introduction

People have a tendency to ‘write off’ the OT, thinking it doesn’t apply to us today. That would be a great error!

Romans 15:4 “^4\ ^For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.”

1 Corinthians 10:11 “^11\ ^Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.”