Ryan Roberts
November 13, 2024
Desire God's wisdom and understanding.
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The 3
Main Sections in Proverbs 4
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1. What
David wants to impart to Solomon (verses 4-9)
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A.) Get
Wisdom
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B.) Get
Understanding
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2. What
Solomon taught his son (verses 10-19)
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A.) Get
the Benefits of Wisdom
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B.) Avoid
Evil
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3. Apply
Wisdom's Lessons (verses 20-27)
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A.) All
things come from the heart
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Max
Lucado: “My father didn’t do
anything unusual. He only did what dads are supposed to do — be there.”
2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is God breathed, and is useful for teaching, rebuking,
correcting and training in righteousness
Proverbs 13:10 Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who
take advice.
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POINT 1:
Desire God’s wisdom and understanding, not man’s
Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and
understanding.
Jeremiah 17:5 This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the one who trusts in man,
who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to
all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
2 Chronicles 1:10 Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead this people, for who is
able to govern this great people of yours?"
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POINT 2: Build
God’s kingdom - not your own
Matthew 6:33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things
will be given to you as well.
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
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Straight path to the Lord can be found by:
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Looking
to God
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Fixing
your eyes on Jesus
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Walking
toward Him
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Listening
to the Holy Spirit and obey
Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because
they trust in you.
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POINT 3: Love the Father - obey his word by hiding it
in your heart
Psalms 139:23-24 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24
See if there is any
offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
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POINT 4: Only let into your heart those
things you want to become.
Jeremiah 17:9-10 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can
understand it? 10 "I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each
person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve."
1 John 2:15-16 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the
world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For everything in the world--the lust of the
flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--comes not from the Father
but from the world.
Matthew 12:34-37 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the
mouth speaks what the heart is full of. 35 A good man brings good things out of the good
stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up
in him. 36 But
I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for
every empty word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your
words you will be condemned.”
Luke 9:62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit
for service in the kingdom of God.”
1 Kings 11:9-10 The LORD became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from
the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. 10 Although he had forbidden
Solomon to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD's command.
James 1:23-24 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like
someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and
immediately forgets what he looks like.
Romans 12:1-2 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to
offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God--this is your
true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's
will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Psalms 127:3-5 Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.
4 Like arrows in the
hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. 5 Blessed is the man whose
quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with
their opponents in court.
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