Worship Service 06/06/2021

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.”

1. The Rule of Wisdom
2. The Root of Wisdom
3. The Realm of Wisdom
4. 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

1. Build a love for wisdom
   • Listen to godly teachers
   • Read godly books
   • Develop godly friendships
2. Learn wisdom by consistent Bible study
3. 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

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