Proverbs 3: 1-18

Wisdom that saves

Proverbs 3: 1-18

Needing Wisdom

Fetal Heartbeat vs. Forced Pregnancy: The Language Wars of the Abortion Debate.

Harmon, A., 2019. ‘Fetal Heartbeat’ vs. ‘Forced Pregnancy’: The Language Wars of the Abortion Debate. The New York Times. (use)

Rowan Williams has endorsed the lead candidate for the Green Party in the Eastern Region.

Green Party. 2019. Eastern Region Green Party | Rowan Williams endorses the lead candidate for the Green Party in Eastern Region [WWW Document]. (use)

High impact vs low impact beef

BBC News. 2019. How can I help fight climate change? (use)

Search the scriptures, with a sincere intention to put in practice what you read.

Whitefield, G., 1839. The Duty of searching the Scriptures. (use)

Isaiah 40:13

Can anyone tell the LORD what to do? Who can teach him or give him advice? (use)

Jeremiah 31:33

The new covenant that I will make with the people of Israel will be this: I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. (use)

Job 11:7

Can you {job} discover the limits and bounds of the greatness and power of God? (use)

Deuteronomy 29:29

There are some things that the LORD our God has kept secret; but he has revealed his Law, and we and our descendants are to obey it for ever. (use)

Colossians 2:3

He {Jesus} is the key that opens all the hidden treasures of God's wisdom and knowledge. (use)

Increasingly, Western culture embraces confusion as a virtue and decries certainty as a sin. Those who are confused about sexuality and identity are viewed as heroes. Those who are confused about morality are progressive pioneers. Those who are confused about spirituality are praised as tolerant. Conversely, those who express certainty about any of these issues are seen as bigoted, oppressive, arrogant, or intolerant.

Chan, S., 2018. Jesus for a Post-Truth World. (use)

Proverbs 3:4

If you do this, both God and people will be pleased with you. (use)

Proverbs 3:3

Never let go of loyalty and faithfulness. Tie them round your neck; write them on your heart. (use)

Genesis 15:6

Abram put his trust in the Lord, and because of this the Lord was pleased with him and accepted him. (use)

Exodus 33:17

The LORD said to Moses, "I will do just as you have asked, because I know you very well and I am pleased with you. (use)

1 Thessalonians 2:12

We encouraged you, we comforted you, and we kept urging you to live the kind of life that pleases God, who calls you to share in his own Kingdom and glory. (use)

Hebrews 11:6

No one can please God without faith, for whoever comes to God must have faith that God exists and rewards those who seek him. (use)

So honesty, sobriety, and such things may be very good among men. But all these things put together, without faith, do not please God. Virtues without faith are whitewashed sins.

Spurgeon, C., 1855. The Sin of Unbelief. (use)

Colossians 1:9-10

For this reason we have always prayed for you, ever since we heard about you. We ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will, with all the wisdom and understanding that his Spirit gives. Then you will be able to live as the Lord wants and will always do what pleases him. Your lives will produce all kinds of good deeds, and you will grow in your knowledge of God. (use)

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the LORD with all your heart. Never rely on what you think you know. (use)

Proverbs 3:6

Remember the LORD in everything you do, and he will show you the right way. (use)

I had a treacherous changeable heart.

Notman, R. & Kelly, S,. 2019. Changeable Heart. Pure Records. (use)

O to grace how great a debtor Daily I’m constrained to be! Let Thy goodness, like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love; Here's my heart, O take and seal it, Seal it for Thy courts above.

Robinson, R., 1757. Come Thou Fount of every blessing. (use)

Articles with "WWJD?" are worn by Christians to promote and/or reflect the idea that in times of conflict or moral dilemna, one should speculate (based on the teachings and behaviors described in the Gospels) what Jesus would probably have done in the given situation.

M, B., 2004. Urban Dictionary: WWJD. (use)

1 Peter 2:21

It was to this that God called you, for Christ himself suffered for you and left you an example, so that you would follow in his steps. (use)

Psalm 119:105

Your word is a lamp to guide me and a light for my path. (use)

I mean, you can be saddened by sad personal stories, but that you wouldn’t overturn the Word of God because you understand that the sin of Adam goes that deep. It goes so very deep that everyone is born that way in some way. So to make sure that your people are deep in the Word and understand the comprehensiveness of sin: original sin, actual sin, indwelling sin.

Butterfield, R., May 2019. Christians, the LGBTQ Community, and the Call to Hospitality. The Crossway Podcast. (use)

If we look deep inside our hearts we are not going to find the solution to our angst we are going to find the cause of it.

Allberry, S. 2019. Is God Anti-Gay? The Gospel Coalition. (use)

2 Corinthians 5:7

For our life is a matter of faith, not of sight. (use)

Proverbs 3:9

Honour the LORD by making him an offering from the best of all that your land produces. (use)

Proverbs 3:10

If you do, your barns will be filled with grain, and you will have too much wine to be able to store it all. (use)

Mark 10:23

Jesus looked round at his disciples and said to them, "How hard it will be for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God!" (use)

Micah 6:6-8

What shall I bring to the LORD, the God of heaven, when I come to worship him? Shall I bring the best calves to burn as offerings to him? Will the LORD be pleased if I bring him thousands of sheep or endless streams of olive oil? Shall I offer him my firstborn child to pay for my sins? No, the LORD has told us what is good. What he requires of us is this: to do what is just, to show constant love, and to live in humble fellowship with our God. (use)

2 Corinthians 5:8

We are full of courage and would much prefer to leave our home in the body and be at home with the Lord. (use)

Proverbs 3:18

Those who become wise are happy; wisdom will give them life. (use)

Zephaniah 2:3

Turn to the LORD , all you humble people of the land, who obey his commands. Do what is right, and humble yourselves before the LORD. Perhaps you will escape punishment on the day when the LORD shows his anger. (use)

The need of humanity, therefore, is not salvation but instruction; hence Islam has prophets, but no savior.

Pratt, Z. 2013. 10 Things Every Christian Should Know About Islam. The Gospel Coalition. (use)

Revelation 20:15

Whoever did not have their names written in the book of the living were thrown into the lake of fire. (use)

Romans 3:23

everyone has sinned and is far away from God's saving presence. (use)

Jesus did not come to add to our comforts. He did not come to help those who were already helping themselves or to fill life with more pleasant experiences. He came on a deliverance mission, to save sinners, and to do so He had to destroy the works of the Devil

Ferguson, S., 2007. In Christ Alone: Living the Gospel Centered Life. (use)

1 Timothy 2:5

For there is one God, and there is one who brings God and human beings together, the man Christ Jesus, (use)

As the surrounding society rages on, raising pitchforks to kill the beast on the other side—whatever the side may be—we’re the people standing in the fray, telling the good news of the God who can slay the thing that makes the outrage culture so horrible in the first place: the beast in us.

Gorman, A.M., 2019. Let the Outrage Culture Help You Share the Good News. (use)

2 Corinthians 5:21

Christ was without sin, but for our sake God made him share our sin in order that in union with him we might share the righteousness of God. (use)