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The Wisdom of Proverbs

SEEK wisdom Proverbs 2. Listen Learn Live. The Wisdom of Proverbs. The Condition. Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice; 21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks… Proverbs 1:20-21

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The Wisdom of Proverbs

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  1. SEEK wisdom Proverbs 2 Listen Learn Live The Wisdom of Proverbs

  2. The Condition • Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice; 21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks… Proverbs 1:20-21 • What are you pursuing? • Why are you pursuing that specific thing? SEEK wisdom

  3. The Pursuit Wisdom as a “path” shows: • What it is: skill for life • Who has it: walkers, not standers • How to get it: by steady perseverance SEEK wisdom

  4. There is something which unites magic and applied science while separating both from the ‘wisdom’ of earlier ages. For the wise men of old the cardinal problem had been how to conform the soul to reality, and the solution had been knowledge, self-discipline, and virtue. For magic and applied science alike the problem is how to subdue reality to the wishes of men: the solution is a technique… ~ C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man, pp 87-88 SEEK wisdom

  5. The Benefit • Deliverance from troubles like: • Poor choices (9-11), • Evil influences (12-15), • Personal temptation (16-19), • Ultimate destruction (vv 20-22) SEEK wisdom

  6. The Benefit • 12If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into heaven except him who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. John 3:12-15 SEEK wisdom

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