Proverbs 1-7 Sermon

The sermon recommended today from the Continuing Church of God is titled: Proverbs: Practical advice for those who wish to follow God. It is on the ContinuingCOG YouTube channel.

The Book of Proverbs provides practical advice for those who wish to follow God. It expounds on the benefits and value of wisdom and understanding and explains that they are more valuable than gold, silver, or rubies. In this video, Dr. Thiel expounds the first seven chapters of the Book of Proverbs.

The Book of Proverbs basically starts off by essentially saying that what it is teaching is has value:

1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:

2 To know wisdom and instruction,
To perceive the words of understanding,
3 To receive the instruction of wisdom,
Justice, judgment, and equity;
4 To give prudence to the simple,
To the young man knowledge and discretion —
5 A wise man will hear and increase learning,
And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,
6 To understand a proverb and an enigma,
The words of the wise and their riddles.

7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Proverbs 1:1-7)

Possibly the portion of it that humans violate the most is the following:

5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6)

I include a paraphrase of the above in my daily prayers. Christians really need to realize that they need to trust God more than they do and their own misunderstandings less.

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