sing this evening as we sing songs and as he preaches unto us in Jesus name. The next song if
you would, hymnals to hymn number 125, the solid rock. Hymn number 125. Start there right on the first.
On the inside you'll see our service times listed Sunday morning at 10 30 a.m. Sunday evening at 4
30 p.m. and our Wednesday evening Bible study through Proverbs at 7 o'clock. We do have our
soul winning times listed there and just as a special notice the Saturday rally of course that's
our big soul winning time of the week that we like to push. It's been our most receptive time
and just to do something special this Saturday immediately after soul winning we'll be going
to eat as a church family so anyone who wants to go soul winning that day get a free meal so it's
good reason to go soul winning this Saturday for sure. We do also have our nursing home ministry
schedule listed there as well as our year-to-date soul winning statistics. Please do report your
numbers if you have any. Also we have our upcoming events this upcoming Sunday evening is going to
be our men's preaching night and so that's going to be followed by a potluck so if you'd like to
bring something to share for that we'd greatly appreciate it. Then the weekend after that is the
or a couple sorry a couple weekends after that is the Durant Oklahoma soul winning marathon
teaming up with Pastor Shelley and Steadfast Baptist Church. There is a sign-up sheet in
the back if you're still wanting to sign up for that. June 28th we're going to have a fellowship
day at the Tinker Air Force Base. Just having a good time hanging out watching the air show
and the next day Brother Ben Naim from Steadfast will be preaching both
services. We're looking forward to having him. August 27th through the 31st is the Fire Breathing
Baptist Fellowship at Steadfast. It's going to be awesome. October 6th through the 11th is the
Bahamas mission trip. Make sure you're thinking about if you're wanting to go to that, passports,
making sure you have all your details ironed out. It could take a little while to get those
things done. So that is coming up. On the back, you'll see we've got a QR code there for giving,
as well as our updated prayer list. Lots of new prayers this week, so make sure you're faithful
in keeping these in prayer. And before we go to our third song, we'll go ahead and go to the Lord
in prayer as a church family. Lord, we thank you for this evening. We thank you for the ministry
here at Anchor Baptist Church and all the people that are here. And Lord, we lift up these prayer
requests asking that you would just hearken to these and answer these according to your will.
And we pray for Ms. Rochelle Hill for her father's health. We just pray that if the surgery hasn't
happened yet today that she would just bless that, that she'd watch over that. And if it already has,
I pray that you just help him to be healthy and to watch over him, help him to recover.
And I pray that you just bless their family during this difficult time. Also, we pray for
brother Zach's mother for her health. I pray that you help her recover health issues this last weekend.
Please bless her Lord. We also pray for brother Travis Habermann for his upcoming tests for
certifications he wants for work. I pray that you bless him in his career and his endeavors Lord.
Also, we pray for brother Samson in Texas for his back surgery tomorrow. I pray that you please help
that to go well, that it would fix issues that he's having. He'd be able to not be in so much
pain in the future Lord, help him to keep his mobility as well. Just pray that you bless him
tomorrow. We also pray for brother Theodore for his great uncle Rick, that you help him to recover
from recent brain aneurysms, that you bless his health Lord. Also, we pray for the Zaleski family
in Florida, that you just bless them with their desire to move here. I pray that you help brother
Zaleski to find the job that he wants and needs Lord, and also that they would find the housing
that they need. I pray that you bless them. We also pray for the Hull family that you would bless
their home buying process, that things would go smoothly. We pray for the Palsburg family,
for brother Miles' health. He would be blessed Lord that you help Miss Rhea taking care of him,
bless that family. We ask for brother Alex with his upcoming job interview that he would just
find favor in the eyes of the interviewers, and that you would just help him to find a job that
be a blessing Lord. We also pray for Miss Remy for her healing of her tumor Lord that you just
bless her, and also for church members in our church who have family members that are unsaved.
I pray that you just help those members, family members to be softened to the gospel that they
would get many chances in their lives to hear the gospel. And Lord we also pray for our young men
that are leaving for the Philippines soon Lord. I pray that you just enable them to do a mighty work
over there, that they work very hard, that you keep them safe, and that you allow them to come
back to us. Definitely many, many salvations. I love you. Just let me pray. Amen. All right,
that's going to be it for the announcements. We'll go ahead and go to our third song.
Right for our third song, if you would at this time, take your white handout
and turn to Psalm chapter 67. That's Psalm 67 in the white handouts.
Her voice, she standeth by the way in the places of, she crieth at the gates in the entry of the
city, at the coming in the doors. Unto you, O men, I call. Voice is to the sons of man. O ye simple,
understand wisdom, and ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. Hear, for I will speak
of excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things. For my mouth shall speak
truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness,
there is nothing foward or perverse in them. They are all plain to him that understandeth,
and right to them that find knowledge. Receive my instruction, and not silver and knowledge,
rather than choice gold. For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired
are not to be compared to it. I wisdom dwell with prudence and find knowledge of witty inventions.
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil. Pride and arrogance, and the evil way,
and the froward mouth, do I hate. Council is mine, and sound wisdom. I am understanding
I have strength. By me, kings reign, and princes decree justice. By me, princes rule, and nobles,
even all the judges of the earth. I love them that love me, and those that seek me early shall
find me. Riches and honor are with me, yea, durable riches and righteousness. My fruit is
better than gold, yea, than fine gold, and my revenue than choice silver. I lead in the ways,
in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment, that I may cause those that
love me to inherent substance, and I will fill their treasures. The Lord possessed me in the
beginning of His way, before His works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,
wherever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth. When there were no fountains
abounding with water, before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth.
While as yet He had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the
world, when He prepared the heavens, I was there. When He set a compass upon the face of the depth,
when He established the clouds above, when He strengthened the fountains of the deep,
when He gave to the sea His decree that the waters should not pass His commandment,
when He appointed the foundations of the earth, then I was by Him as one brought up with Him,
and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him, rejoicing in the habitable part
of His earth, and my delights were the sons of men. Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children,
for blessed are they that keep my ways, hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors,
for whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor of the Lord. But he that sinneth
against me wrongeth his own soul. All they that hate me love death. Let's bow our heads for a
prayer. Father in heaven, thank you for this day, our church, and we ask that you be a hero, a pastor
of the Holy Spirit, and help us to learn from the Lord. A lot about one of the main villains of the
book of Proverbs, that's the strange woman. And really this whole chapter is about wisdom,
but wisdom is personified throughout this whole chapter. It's a really beautiful chapter,
but it's personified in a feminine way. So it's almost like the Bible is juxtaposing the strange
woman and wisdom here. And so we're going to look at that this evening. I've got three different
sections for this chapter. Number one, I want you to notice the cry of wisdom, the cry of wisdom.
Verse one, the Bible says, "Does not wisdom cry and understanding put forth her voice?"
I think what this is showing us is that wisdom is not really that hard to find. Wisdom is just
crying out to us. You know, there's so many ways that wisdom does this. We'll look at some of those,
but you have to understand that just like Proverbs one is talking about,
how long will you simple ones love simplicity? The reason people don't get any wisdom and don't
have any smarts about them is the fact that they weren't really wanting it. They weren't really
paying attention because the Bible is saying that wisdom is constantly crying out. And you know,
if we're honest with each other, in the day and age that we're living in, in 2025, we have more
access to information, to knowledge, to the truth than human beings have ever had in history. I mean,
with things like AI, it is just amazing the research that we can just have at our fingertips
in a second. And you know, obviously we need to be careful with this technology, not allow ourselves
to become too dependent on it or overly trusting of it, where we just read something, just
automatically believe it. You know, we need to fact check things, but we also shouldn't just be
like, oh, a new technology, therefore it's bad. You know, I've heard this idea from Christians
recently that it's like devil AI, you know, AI is satanic. Look, it's just a tool. And you know,
we don't want to be like the old IFB that waited 30 years after the internet was invented to start
live streaming their sermons. And when they did, it was just like Wednesday evening service, March
22nd, seven o'clock p.m. You know, it's just like, we want to embrace technology and we want to use
it for the glory of God. But you know, wisdom is constantly crying out today. I'll show you one way
that's happening. Go to Psalm chapter 19, Psalm 19. One way that wisdom is just crying out to
people today is through God's creation. Just from the simple physical world that we are living in,
it is just constantly crying out the wisdom of God. And that's what the Bible teaches in
Psalm 19 verse 1. The Bible says, "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament
showeth his handiwork." Notice verse 2, "Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night
showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard."
So notice the heavens, they're declaring the glory of God. You know, obviously, the earth
isn't speaking, space is not speaking, but it's just declaring the glory of God. Why?
Because God created it, and it's so obvious just by looking around that there is a mighty,
magnificent, intelligent Creator in this universe. And you know, every single person knows this.
That's why it says, "There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard." It doesn't
matter what continent you live in. It doesn't matter what language you speak. The wisdom of
God's creation is just screaming out at you every day. Just go outside. Look at the sun. Look at the
moon. Look at the stars. These things are just a testament to God's wisdom and God's might. Go to
Psalm 148. Psalm 148. You know, that's why the Bible says that the fool has said in his heart
that there is no God. Because for someone to even just simply look outside and just look at the
reality of the world and come to the conclusion that this all came from nothing, you have to be
a complete idiot to believe that. When wisdom is constantly telling you otherwise. Look at the poetic
language of verse 3 here. It says, "Praise ye him, sun and moon. Praise him, all ye stars of light.
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens and ye waters that be above the heavens. Let them praise the
name of the Lord, for he commanded and they were created." So, I mean, just this poetic language
that the Bible is using, you know, it's as if sun and the moon and the stars of light and the heaven,
that all these things are going to praise the name of the Lord. You know, of course,
this even this chapter talks about like snow and all these inanimate objects praising God.
And how is it they're praising God is because they're giving testament to God's wisdom in
his creation. Go to Romans 10. Another way that wisdom is just crying out to people today is
through the preaching of God's word. You know, God has chosen the foolishness of preaching,
the Bible says. And obviously it's foolish to the unsaved mind, to the carnal person, but really
preaching is the wisdom of God. And it's calling out to people today. Verse six of Romans 10,
the Bible says, "But the righteousness, which is of faith, speaketh on this wise,
say not in thine heart, who shall ascend into heaven, that is to bring Christ down from above,
or who shall descend into the deep, that is to bring up Christ again from the dead.
But what saith it," notice this, "the word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart,
that is the word of faith, which we preach." Notice Paul's saying here, look, you don't have
to go looking around on this far journey to discover the true wisdom, to discover the true
word of God. You don't have to go up into heaven, you don't have to descend into hell. He's saying,
look, the word is nigh you. It's right with us. It's the word that we preach. Go to verse number
18, it says, "But I say, have they not heard? Yes, verily." Notice this, their sound went into
all the earth and their words unto the ends of the world. So, you know, the Bible does not paint
this picture that, oh, you know, the word of God only went to the European nations, only went to
the United States, and you know, those poor people in Africa, how is God going to send those people
to hell if they don't believe in Him, if they didn't even get the word of God? No, the Bible
says that His words went into all the earth, to the ends of the world. There's not all these people
in the world that have not heard of Jesus Christ. It just doesn't exist, folks. And additionally,
you know, Romans, go ahead and turn to John 12. Romans 1.20 says, "For the invisible things of Him
from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made,
even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse."
So think about the witnesses that people have in this world to the wisdom of God and to the truth.
They have simple creation, which the Bible says that basically, hey, this is manifest. This is
clearly seen to all people. And all people, by simply looking at creation, can come to the
conclusion that there's a God and that that God is powerful. Now, of course, without preaching,
without the word of God, people wouldn't necessarily know that that's Jesus Christ.
But that's why there's that other witness, which is the preaching of God's word, which the Bible
says has gone into all the earth. And so that's why people are without excuse today. Every single
person, whether you like it, whether I like it or not, if someone ends up in hell today, that's on
them that's not on God. Because God gave them the truth. Wisdom was crying out to them. They had the
gospel being preached throughout this whole world. And you know what the Bible says is that those
that seek find. And how you respond to truth often determines how much more truth you're going to get
exposed to. See, the person living in the jungle of Africa or South America or something like that,
when they look at creation and they in their heart say, "Yeah, there's a God. Yeah, he's super
powerful," and that person wants to know God and maybe even praise God, you know, "Show me who you
are. I want to learn about you." You know, that's the person that God is going to give a lot of
Bible to, a lot of preaching to, soul winners, missionaries. You know, that's what I believe.
John chapter number 12, look at verse 31. The Bible says, "Now is the judgment of this world.
Now shall the prince of this world be cast out, and I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw
all men unto me." This, he said, signifying what death he should die. And you know, when we think
about wisdom, wisdom is calling out to everyone. Wisdom is lifting up its voice for people to
hearken unto wisdom. And also, wisdom can picture the Lord Jesus Christ in this chapter as well.
And when we go through this chapter, Proverbs 8, there's going to be a lot of parallels between
wisdom and the Lord Jesus Christ. Because just like wisdom is calling out today, hey, Jesus said,
"If I be lifted up, I will draw all men unto me." And so Jesus today wants people to be saved.
He has called them. He has drawn them. Go back to Proverbs chapter number eight. You know,
because you get this idea from Calvinist that, well, Jesus only died for certain people. He picks
and chooses who goes to heaven, who goes to hell. It's weird because like wisdom's just crying out
to everyone. Wisdom's just like, "Listen to me." And Jesus is saying, "Hey, if I be lifted up,
I'll draw all men unto me." Look at verse number five of Proverbs 8. The Bible says,
"O ye simple, understand wisdom, and ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart." Now, this verse
is encouraging because obviously fools, people who are fools can be very frustrating. But the good
news is that there is hope for a fool because the Bible's saying here, "O ye simple, understand
wisdom." So, you know, wisdom's calling out and saying like, "Hey, I know you're a fool right now.
I know you're silly right now. I know you're stupid right now, but understand wisdom." Kind
of contrasted with the strange woman in Proverbs 7 where she's calling out and she's saying,
"Hey, whoever simple turn in hither, I'm going to destroy you." Wisdom is saying like, "Hey,
you're simple, but understand." It's actually wanting you to improve, wanting you to get better.
And so, you know, dealing with simple people can be frustrating. Let's just be honest.
But the good news is, is that it's not hopeless for them. And so, we should be patient with them.
We should be long-suffering with them. And, you know, sometimes you go out soul-winning,
and you run into some pretty simple people. You know, we try to go to the ghetto for a reason,
because they're very receptive to the gospel. But sometimes you go to a place where it's so ghetto,
it's like this person's illiterate. And look, that sucks. I'm not happy for that person.
But sometimes you might have to work a little harder with someone, spend a little more time
with someone, and you ought to learn to discern the difference between someone who's rejecting
your teaching and who's, you know, contradicting what you're saying, and someone who's just having
a hard time grasping information. Because wisdom is calling out to that person. Wisdom's saying,
"Hey, understand wisdom, ye fools. Be ye of an understanding heart." Now, go back to Proverbs 1.
Now, why is there hope for the fool? Well, I'll tell you why. Because being foolish is a choice.
And guess what? Being wise is also a choice. It really is. Now, of course, I'm sure there's some
genetic factors to your IQ and your intelligence and stuff like that. But you know what? Being
wise is a choice. Being foolish is a choice. Look at verse 22 of Proverbs 1. "How long, ye simple
ones, will ye love simplicity." So why are they simple? Why are they stupid? Because they love
simplicity because they love being stupid and notice in the scorners delight in their
scorning and fools what hate knowledge hey what's stopping someone from becoming wise
what's stopping someone from becoming knowledgeable it's your own desire because those who want
to be wise you know they're gonna do they're gonna love wisdom they're gonna love learning
they're gonna love listening they're gonna love attaining unto wise counsels but the
fool just says that they hate knowledge you know sometimes hate can mean to esteem something
less than something else and what does the fool do they always don't care about learning
learning is on the down low oh you know who would read a book that's so boring people
who are wise would read a book and it's like you want to know how people get wise it's
through reading because in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the
word was God you know that Jesus Christ is the word of God you know how you have a relationship
with wisdom you know how that you learn wisdom it's through words you know what this book
is this is a combination of words in a different order and everything that you read is just
a combination of words but you know what it can give you wisdom and so you have to love
knowledge not hate knowledge number two go back to Proverbs 8 we saw the cry of wisdom
number two I want you to notice the characteristics of wisdom verse 6 the Bible says here for
I will speak of excellent things and the opening of my lips shall be right things for my mouth
shall speak truth and wickedness is an abomination to my lips what I want you to notice about
these verses is that wisdom is objective wisdom is not subjective because you know there's
just like there's science falsely so called in this world where people will say oh this
is science and it's really not it's it's just fairy tales like evolution for example
it's the same thing with wisdom sometimes people just throw that word around and say
like oh you know this philosopher he's so wise he's so smart or people say you know
Muhammad Gandhi he was so wise you know Jordan Peterson this guy's so wise but you know what
actually determines wisdom is very specific characteristics read this again in verse 7
for my mouth shall speak what truth and what wickedness is an abomination to my lips in
order for something to be wise it has to have something truth and so many people just throw
that word around oh it's such a wise teacher oh it's such a wise professor let me tell
you where wisdom comes from the fear of the Lord it has to come from truth and even children
of this world who could be wiser in their generation than the children of light the
things that unsafe people are wise about it's still based in truth like if some unsaved
guy has run a business for 50 years he might be really wise on how to run a business but
all of his principles are going to be based in truth for it to be real wisdom and so
what I want you to understand is that wisdom is not oh he's good with words oh he sounds
really smart no wisdom has to be based in truth because you know you got guys like Jordan
Peterson who are very crafty with their words I mean they're excellent speakers they are
super good at convincing people but the question is is what they're teaching based in truth
or not you know you could have someone else like Paul said that he was rude in speech
he was not very eloquent he wasn't the best speaker but man was that guy wise why because
he was dropping down the truth let me give an example of this here's something that the
world thinks is so wise today and you'll see this with beautiful pictures with this caption
in very nice font what it'll say hate the sin love the sinner right and people be like
wow that's so wise and it came from Gandhi they'll say that's so beautiful that's so
wise but question is it true absolutely not it's not true good Psalm 11 Psalm chapter
number 11 you know wisdom is determined by something it's got to be true and notice also
it said that wickedness is an abomination to lip my lips so people that act like they're
wise or think that they're following a wise person has to be true and he can't be speaking
wickedness you know someone who would listen to liars someone who would spread gossip someone
who would support sin these are not wise sources no matter how good they may speak Psalm 11
verse 5 the Bible says the Lord trieth the righteous but the wicked and him that loveth
violence his soul hateth oh hate the sin love the sinner well here's the problem with that
that's not a wise statement because it's not true God does not just hate the sin there
are instances where God hates the sinner and there's instances that we too should hate
the sinner let me read for you Hosea 915 the Bible says all their wickedness is in Gilgal
for there I hated them look there's just tons of verses in the Bible that talks about
God hating individuals there's verses about God hating nations God hating the soul of
the person that loves violence you know that's not God just hating the sin folks God hates
the sinner and simple logic would teach you this because there's a place called hell and
you know what hell is it's people being burned and tortured and being in suffering and agony
in smoke and torment forever and ever and ever and the Bible says they have no rest
day nor night people that are in hell will never escape they will only experience pain
and suffering and misery for all of eternity sounds real loving right no absolutely not
you know God does not love the people that are in hell now did he love them at one point
of course for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son of course God
loved every single individual in this world at one point in time but no God does not love
people in hell and you know it's funny Pastor Shelley and I we went to a college campus
one time in DFW I believe it was TCU it was a Christian university and we were asking
these Christian kids this question does God love the people that are in hell and I think
that every single one of them said yes and it's like wow this is the education this is
the institute of higher learning this is the Christian University when it's just like you
don't even have to get far into Psalms to see that God hates people it's madness look
at verse number eight with Proverbs eight the Bible says all the words of my mouth are
in righteousness there is nothing forward or perverse in them so you know of course the
ultimate source of wisdom is the Bible why because it's always going to be true and it
says that all the words of my mouth speaking of wisdom but we could apply this to the word
of God says are in righteousness there's nothing forward or perverse in them you know it makes
me think about how the Bible says every word of God is pure and you got people today that
want to side with the Jews the the Jewish censors with Hollywood and the people in charge
of TV shows and movies who want to tell you oh this is rated PG-13 this is rated PG this
is rated R and what do they often base it off of language where they'll say oh there's
these certain bad words that exist and some people will take that mentality and even think
that there's bad words in the Bible and there's holier than nows and virtue signalers that
will get up and criticize you and judge you for even saying the word hell and it is madness
folks I mean when I go out soul winning I always make the person say hell because when
I read Romans 6 23 I say hey we've all sinned and because of that we deserve to go to hell
or I'm sorry I say we deserve a punishment from God when we die there's one of two places
we can go heaven or where and I make them say it and sometimes people are like it's
just like it's not a bad word it's a real place it's a real word in the Bible here and
you know what the Bible says is that all the words of my mouth are in righteousness there
is nothing forward or perverse in them I do not want this holier than thou attitude that
acts like the words that are in the Bible are sinful folks it is ridiculous now look
parents can make their own rules for their children that's fine but you know don't come
in here acting like bastard is a bad word or hell or piss or whore or ass every single
word I just said is in your King James Bible and so it would just be madness to act like
these are bad words because what you're saying is that God is just putting bad words in the
Bible like the Bible says every word of God is pure we could hand this to a child and
it's not going to defile their mind it's not going to hurt them you know the Bible
talks about some pretty rough stuff and the Bible talks about you know relationships between
men and women but it always does so discreetly and so even words like ass bastard piss hell
dung these are all words that are used in the Bible but you know what they're not bad
they're not wrong and quite frankly the words even that Hollywood wants to censor sometimes
who says that those were bad words who says that those were sinful show me a Bible verse
please where the Bible says that certain words are sinful now there could be words that are
describing sin that would be sinful here are some sinful words lying here are some simple
you know some sinful words you speaking proudly you boasting those are some sinful words but
you know what a word in and of itself is not sinful it is a man-made doctrine there is
no verse that's as passing is a sin people constantly show you oh look Peter cursed Peter
cursed Peter swear yeah what he's saying is like I swear to God I don't know Jesus Christ
let me be struck dead if I know Jesus Christ that's actually what it means to curse and
to swear and I've heard people get up behind the pulpit and preach with their whole chest
you know Peter was cussing when he was denying Christ and when you cuss you're acting like
someone denying Christ is like you just butchered that entire story my friend it's not at all
what Peter was doing it's a man-made doctrine not gonna let people be all grandstanding
about something that's not in the Bible notice verse 9 the Bible says they are all plain
to him that understandeth and right to them that find knowledge you know the wisdom of
the Bible is straightforward to people who are receptive to people who want to they want
the cry of wisdom they want to find the truth they want to understand the Bible the Bible
says that they're all plain to him that understandeth and what's funny is in any area of life something
that you're not familiar with can just look crazy to you and super confusing I mean I
remember the first time I saw Pastor Shelley computer programming it looked like he was
like working for NASA or something like building a space I'm just like this is so crazy you
know and then I started understanding components bits and pieces of it I don't claim to be
an expert in that area whatsoever but you know it starts to become a little less foreign
to you if you've ever learned a foreign language and you open up a book in a foreign language
it looks crazy but you know I speak English and I'm just looking at this it's just no
problem whatsoever if you speak a different language and you open up that language it's
not going to look crazy to you it says they are all plain to him that understand it here's
the truth a lot of times people will criticize the Bible and think that it's wrong in certain
areas that it's not wise in certain areas and let me tell you why they think that is
because they don't understand it because those of us who understand the Bible we're like
oh yeah Leviticus 20 that totally makes sense you know we're opening up the book of revelation
we're like oh yeah that makes sense Matthew 24 after the tribulation yeah it makes total
sense but people who are not around the Bible or reading the Bible much it's not plain to
them it's difficult to them it's hard for them and you know you don't want to get this
mentality in life that like just because you don't understand something means like oh it
must not be true because like this is a disease of the mind amongst conspiracy theorists is
like I don't understand something therefore it's not true but the truth is is that it's
plain to him that understand it you know people who you know went to the moon for crying out
loud they know how to do it because they did it but because people are stupid because people
are moronic there's like that's impossible there's no way that could be done what's lunar
orbit rendezvous what's trans lunar injection what's the difference between Buzz Aldrin
and Buzz Lightyear they don't know right but to people who actually know these things it's
plain it's obvious and you know you and your job you have a different trade than me you
know we got plumbers in here we got engineers in here I would go to your job and I'd be
kind of like I don't know what you're doing but to you it's plain because it's something
that you've studied well it's like this with the Word of God if you want to know it and
you seek knowledge and you spend time in the Word of God you know what most of the Bible
is pretty dang simple yes there's some hard portions and I thank God for those hard portions
but you know what the majority of the Bible is pretty straightforward it's not really
hard to know what to do it's hard to do it but the Bible is pretty straightforward number
three let's talk about the value of wisdom we talk about the cry of wisdom the characteristics
of wisdom let's talk about the value of wisdom look at verse number 10 it says receive my
instruction and not silver and knowledge rather than choice gold for wisdom is better than
rubies and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it you know the
bible is trying to impart to us and especially to young men to children to teenagers it's
trying to impart unto us the importance of having the right priorities in our life and
the fact that we need to understand that wisdom is better than all the things that may be
desired now that's a pretty extreme statement that's an extreme claim that the bible is
making that anything you could dream up anything that you could want it's actually more important
to get wisdom why is that because wisdom is what actually allows you to succeed in any
area of your life what are some things people want today how about people want a wife but
if you were just given a wife and you had no wisdom whatsoever we didn't have the word
of god to teach us you know how to do marriage how to act as a man how to provide all these
things if you didn't have that wisdom you're going to fail in marriage you know people
want money people want riches okay have you ever heard of this thing called the lottery
it's a bunch of money is given to people without wisdom and what do they do they lose all
of it sometimes it ruins their life sometimes they end up being broker a few years later
than they were before they even played the lottery why because wisdom is more important
verse 12 the bible says i wisdom dwell with prudence and find out knowledge of witty
inventions the fear of the lord is to hate evil pride arrogance and the evil way and
the froward mouth do i hate so here is an attribute of wisdom and here's some value
to wisdom the bible says that the fear of the lord is to hate evil how can you recognize
if someone is not wise is when they don't hate evil how do you recognize when someone
is a fool when they've hated knowledge they've hated wisdom it's like you see a situation
going on and there's a clear side of who's on the side of the bible and who's not and
you see all these people siding with the side that's not scriptural and what do I know about
that person I know that they're not wise because they're not fearing God right we had a situation
in the last six months all this craziness in the new IFB it's like we got children cursing
their mother and father we've got a bunch of lying going on we've got a bunch of railing
going on we've got a bunch of feminism being preached we've got a bunch of false doctrine
being preached and it's like people that side with that you know what I know about
them is that they don't fear God why because the Bible says the fear of the Lord is to
what hate evil you know what evil means evil means harm and you know what sin does sin
harms people and so people who are wise and people who actually love and fear God are
always going to hate evil no matter who it's coming from they're going to stand on the
side of truth it'll list a few things pride arrogance in the evil way and the forward
mouth do I hate stay there I want to read Psalm 119 verse 104 the Bible says through
thy precepts I get understanding therefore I hate every false way see if you actually
love wisdom and you love the word of God and you love the precepts in the Bible you know
what that causes you to do it causes you to hate the false way but you know have you ever
noticed someone where it just seems like they're always lining up with the wrong side of a
controversy they're always misinterpreting scripture they're always misapplying it they're
always on the wrong side of things that person is not esteeming God's precepts high enough
that through thy precepts I get understanding therefore I hate every false way talks about
in verse 13 it says their pride you know the wise person would hate pride people speaking
arrogantly people getting puffed up people putting themselves in positions of authority
they were not placed in you know people rebuking elders people preaching false doctrine false
doctrine is pride you know why because you're not submitting yourself to what the bible
says you're saying no my idea is better oh my philosophy is better that's pride the bible
says we should hate that talks about the evil way so it kind of just repeats that twice
it says that you hate evil and the evil way then it says the foward mouth wow I cannot
warn people enough about the foward person it is a serious negative trait in a person
it is a serious revelation of a person's character and who they are when they are a foward person
what's someone who's foward they're always just contrarian they've always just got weird
takes they're kind of a hard person to manage a hard person to deal with they're always
kind of bucking against their authority they're always you know disagreeing with everything
their authority says this is a foward person and this is a very dangerous person and you
know something i've noticed recently in the new ifb is that it seems like there's this
group of people that really want to change the culture of the new ifb it seems like there's
a lot of people that they really want to change the culture of men being in charge men running
the home men being in authority seems like there's some people trying to push against
hard preaching and just bucking against authority in general and it seems like there's kind
of this push to change the culture and let me tell you where it's coming from it's coming
from a forward heart because you know these new guys that are getting ordained they're
sending pastors aren't the ones preaching this weird junk preaching this trash it's
like they go take an ordination from someone just to turn around and preach differently
than their pastor preach differently and change the culture you know what that is dis
ingenuous because when I went through pastor Shelley's class he had everyone take a little
sheet and he asked what do you disagree with me about in general just what do you disagree
with me on and it's funny how someone can get ordained and all of a sudden just for
months and months and months it's just preaching a different culture preaching different doctrine
preaching crappy sermons and that is a forward person and any you know we have so many different
satellite churches right now in the new IFB and praise God for that that is so awesome
but you know to any of the guys that are training for the ministry right now if you in your
heart are constantly disagreeing with your pastor you don't like his culture you don't
like his vision you don't like his preaching you've got all these problems with the new
IFB hey do us a favor and don't get ordained please I'm so sick and tired of people they
want to yoke up to the new IFB just to try to change what it is it is disingenuous it
is wicked it is coming from someone who is foward no you should not take an ordination
from someone that you do not agree with you know I didn't just get ordained and think
like man how do I change the culture to be as far from steadfast baptist church as possible
I'm thinking like I love steadfast I love the culture there I love the vision that pastor
Shelley has I love his hard preaching I love his rough attitude I'm not trying to change
those things because he's the one that trained me it would be disingenuous for me to try
to change everything it would be forward and you know what it's not a wise thing to do
to say the least and so I really hope that this attitude stops and I hope that you know
obviously I've never done this and people who have done this have way more experience
than me and defer to their wisdom on this but we just need to be very careful vetting
people that are going into the ministry that I know we need to be careful and we need to
watch out for the froward mouth we need to watch out for the froward person because that
is a manifestation of someone that does not fear God that is not esteemed wisdom very
high and you know what people get hurt when bad people get ordained in the ministry things
get destroyed churches shut down people get hurt it's terrible we got to be careful look
at verse 14 the Bible says council is mine and sound wisdom I am understanding I have
strength so you know part of strength when we think of strength we think of working out
eating healthy getting your protein in you know all those things are great but we also
need to constantly strengthen ourselves with wisdom you know we need to make sure we take
the sincere milk of the word and we're ingesting the strong meat of the word and getting our
spiritual protein in getting that strength look at verse 15 the bible says by me kings
reign and princes decree justice so remember this chapter is saying that of all the things
you could desire wisdom is the most important thing it's better than anything you could
desire what is one thing that some people desire they'll desire power sometimes people
will desire to be in a position of leadership a position of authority but you know more
important than just being a king more important than just being a prince is having wisdom
why because the bible says by me wisdom kings reign and princes decree justice go to deuteronomy
chapter number 17 and you know one of the most important aspects of leadership and i
don't care if you are a pastor or a mother or a manager whatever position of leadership
you have in life one of the most important things for us to consider is constantly seeking
wisdom just constantly seeking wisdom deuteronomy 17 verse 18 the bible says and it shall be
when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom that he shall write him a copy of this law
in a book that which is before the priests the levites and it shall be with him and he
shall read therein all the days of his life that he may learn to fear the lord his god
and to keep all the of this law and these statutes to do them that his heart be not
lifted up above his brethren and that he turn not aside from the commandment to the
right hand or to the left to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom he
and his children in the midst of israel so notice the old testament kings of israel god
wanted them to physically write out a copy of the law of god and to read therein all
the days of his life you know it sounds like god just wanted leaders and kings and people
in positions of authority to constantly be seeking wisdom and for getting wisdom to be
one of their highest priorities in fact this is why god was so pleased with solomon because
when solomon was dedicating the temple and he was asking things from god he asked for
wisdom he asked for an understanding heart to judge god's people and he's like hey because
you didn't even ask for riches and long life and safety and the necks of thine enemies
you asked for wisdom i'm gonna give you wisdom and all those things that you didn't ask
for you know it just goes to show why it's so important to seek wisdom first and says
that if you do this you're gonna learn to fear the lord your god you know when it comes
to leaders in this world don't you want them to fear god right because power is a real
thing and power can be abused can it not so people who have power don't you want them
to fear the lord i mean if you're in a courtroom and the future of your life is hanging in
the balance don't you want it to be a judge that fears god who is someone i mean someone
that fears god you know what they're going to do they're not going to accept the testimony
of one witness they're going to make sure that there's evidence a real judge that fears
god he's not going to accept hearsay he's not going to just harken unto lies he's not
going to just convict you without evidence he act why because he actually fears god you
know or police officers you know they have a lot of discretion in their career and police
officers do have the ability to abuse their power wouldn't you like to have some cops
that actually fear the lord that they actually care about hey not only am i just an officer
of the law not as just the court gonna judge me but there's god in heaven right now watching
my actions too that's what we need from leaders and it says that it's gonna cause his heart
not to be lifted up above his brethren no one likes to follow a prideful leader no one
likes to follow an arrogant jerk no one likes the boss at work that he can never even be
spoken to he can never even get input from anyone it's just he's you know he's such
a man of below that no one can even speak to him no one likes to be around that type
of leader the king he has a lot of power he has a lot of authority but that doesn't mean
god wants his heart being lifted up above his brethren no god wants leaders to be humble
how does that happen through reading the bible every single day go back to proverbs chapter
number eight but you know that just goes to show that the old cliche is true leaders are
readers right that is absolutely true because here's a leader the king in the old testament
and what does god tell him to do read every single day and people that are successful
leaders in whatever industry there's something that's common about them they read and if
you want to get wise if you want to learn if you want to maybe be a leader someday more
importantly than worried about you know being tall or buff or anything like that worry about
getting wisdom that's what's going to help you be a good leader verse 16 the Bible says
by me princes rule and nobles even all the judges of the earth I love them that love
me and those that seek me early shall find me so notice wisdom seeking wisdom it rewards
your life it helps your life you will have a better life you will be more successful
in whatever area of life when you actually prioritize getting wisdom first wisdom is
going to love you back it's like a positive feedback loop here and you know it makes me
think of this this statement here's another cliche and this one's not true ignorance is
bliss it's one of these things that people just repeat and sometimes people say oh that's
so wise wait but hold on is it true that's what we should ask when determining if something's
wise oh ignorance is bliss no the Bible says that I love those that love me those who love
wisdom are the one that's going to reap the blessings of wisdom but what you don't know
can hurt you then it says this and those that seek me early shall find me and again you
know the book of Proverbs primarily being written to young men it just goes to show
that God really wants young men teenagers to seek wisdom early in life and to realize
that hey childhood and youth are vanity and pretty soon your childhood is going to be
over, your teen years are going to be over and some people they wait until they're 30,
40, 50 oh crap I need to start getting some wisdom in life I need to start figuring stuff
out you know you're way better off if as a child you start taking reading the Bible seriously
you know if you can read you know you should be doing you should be reading the Bible every
single day no matter what age you are you should be prioritizing that notice verse 18
riches and honor are with me yea durable riches and righteousness right so it doesn't make
sense just to chase money chase success when by chasing wisdom sometimes God will bless
you with those things in addition and it says that it's durable riches what's better being
rich for a short amount of time in your life or having durable riches that last you know
there's a big difference between the drug addicted street bum that buys a scratch off
ticket and wins somehow the one in the million that that happens to there's a big difference
between that guy and a guy who started a business worked super hard you know got good customers
got good cash flow built a legitimate business by labor the magnitude of wisdom between these
two people are just huge that's why people who play the lottery they often go broke they
often lose it all yet people who are wise often can be much more successful financially
verse 19 the bible says my fruit is better than gold yea than fine gold in my revenue
than choice silver I lead in the way of righteousness in the midst of the paths of judgment that
I may cause those to love me that love me to inherit substance and I will fill their
treasures go to Hebrews chapter number 11 Hebrews 11 so it's talking about how the fruit
of wisdom it's better than gold better than silver it leads in the way of righteousness
so wisdom is never going to lead you to sin wisdom is never going to lead you down a dark
path and it goes to show that wisdom is not driven by your desires wisdom is not determined
by your heart because our desires oftentimes leads us to a sinful road and sometimes our
desires say hey you know what would be good for me right now is to procrastinate on my
homework right is what kids think oh you know it'd be so good is if I stayed up all night
playing video games and not doing my homework but wisdom actually leads to lasting blessings
lasting good consequences for your actions it's not short-sighted Hebrews 11 verse 24
says by faith Moses when he was come to years refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's
daughter choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures
of sin for a season see Moses was a wise man why because he wanted to be why because he
chose affliction over the pleasures of sin for a season you know we got a lot of foolish
young people today that are not thinking about the long-term consequences of their actions
they are just living today they're just living for now they're living for the present whatever
their flesh wants in this moment they think that must be what's wise that must be what's
good and we live in this you know deconstructed mentality today where people make up their
own right or wrong their own definition of good no folks wisdom is absolutely concrete
and wisdom is always based in truth and making decisions like committing fornication you
know it may seem like it's a good idea in the short term but you know what it ruins
people's lives people bring that baggage into marriage people bring bastard children into
marriage people bring STDs into marriage and so the wise decision is not necessarily what
will feel the best for you or be the most pleasant at that time the wise decision is
actually what leads to durable righteous results go back to Proverbs chapter number 8 Proverbs
chapter number 8 verse 22 the Bible says the Lord possessed me in the beginning of his
way before his works of old so even before God's creation God possessed wisdom Proverbs
319 says the Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth by understanding he hath established
the heavens so God had this wisdom with him before the world was kind of makes me think
of John chapter 17 where Jesus is praying to the father and he talked about how he shared
glory with the father before the world was that the father loved Jesus Christ before
the world was why because Jesus is a perfect example of wisdom he's pure wisdom he's true
wisdom verse 23 of Proverbs 8 the Bible says I was set up from everlasting from the beginning
or ever the earth was so again what have I been saying this whole sermon is that wisdom
is fixed wisdom is objective it's not relative that's why wisdom the Bible says was set
up from everlasting see it's not subject to our opinions it's not subject to man's thoughts
what's wise and what's not no wisdom has been set up from everlasting how is that possible
well forever oh lord thy word is settled in heaven you know God's word has eternally existed
and because God's word has eternally existed wisdom has also eternally existed by the way
Jesus Christ has eternally existed Jesus Christ is not a created being like the Mormons
will teach no Jesus Christ has always existed throughout all eternity look at verse 24 it
says when there were no depths I was brought forth when there was no fountains abounding
with water before the mountains were settled before the hills was I brought forth so even
before the days of creation you know who was there the Lord Jesus Christ was there and
how we know that well Colossians tells us that he was the one making the world anyways
so Jesus has always existed verse 26 while as yet he had not made the earth nor the fields
nor the highest part of the dust of the world when he prepared the heavens I was there and
notice this when he set a compass upon the face of the depth you know I love that word
compass there because it completely debunks the flat earth because there's a couple of
definitions of compass one thing it could just be a line that encompasses something
which you want to know what that is that's a circle that's what that's what that is also
a compass is like a geometric measuring tool that sometimes people use to measure what
circles now I'll just read you the definition of it says a compass is an instrument for
drawing or describing circles measuring distances etc consisting generally of two movable rigid
legs hinged to each other at one end have you ever seen one of these if you could picture
what I'm talking about right now yeah I've seen one of these before and what's funny
is pastor Shelley he did a baptist bias episode one time where he showed all these ancient
bibles and in these ancient bibles it showed a depiction of God sitting above the earth
with one of these compasses and it guess what shape the earth was it was a globe it was
like in all these ancient bibles why because the bibles not teach the flat earth people
love to repeat that lie that the Bible teaches the flat earth but you could stay there Isaiah
40 verse 22 says it is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth and the inhabitants
thereof are as grasshoppers that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain and spreadeth
them out as a tent to dwell in so the Bible says that he sits on the circle of the earth
and of course we know that we live in a three dimensional world so what is a three dimensional
circle it is a sphere folks so the Bible does not teach a flat earth no it's saying that
I was there when he set a compass upon the face of the depth and that God sits on the
circle of the earth now obviously I hope everyone in here understands and knows that the earth
is not flat but you know you could literally just observe the fact that the earth is a
sphere with your own eyes during a lunar eclipse because during a lunar eclipse the earth is
in between the sun and the moon and as these heavenly bodies are moving you will see the
shadow of the earth being projected onto the moon and what's interesting about a lunar eclipse
is that no matter what angle the sun is at during that lunar eclipse the shadow the shape of the
shadow on the moon is circular which can only be done with a sphere go home tonight get a flashlight
hold up a basketball or tennis ball or baseball and just go around the object and what you'll
notice is that the shadows are always going to be circular why because the earth is a sphere
and you can literally prove it with your own eyes during an eclipse you know it's just it is
literally reality denial to be a flat earther and again we want to discourage that culture as much
as possible i do not want to attend a church where people feel comfortable saying the most idiotic
retarded things imaginable i do not want people getting all dogmatic about the dumbest conspiracies
that they know nothing about that they've done no research into whatsoever i want that culture
discouraged because it is a scourge on christianity to be stupid and to be foolish because you know
what the bible is constantly saying is that wisdom is crying out god's saying how long will you love
simplicity how long will you fools hate knowledge you know it's a shame when christians are stupid
it's a shame when christians believe idiotic ideas like the flat earth people who are flat
earthers should be mocked people who believe in geocentrism should be mocked it is absolute
insanity that has been debunked for hundreds and hundreds of years and i am not going to pay it
respect i am not going to give you respect for that i'm not going to pay it credence no i'm not
going to hear you out i'm going to tell you to stop how long you just stop speaking so foolishly
is what i'm going to say we do not want that attitude in our church and you know if you think
that's mean you know what i think is mean i think it's mean to subject all of you to stupidity
that's what i think is mean i i think it's mean if you got cornered by some visitors like hey you
want to talk about the flat earth i don't want that no that would be really annoying we will not
have that culture proverbs chapter number eight you know what before i even move on also here's
some other ways that you could just prove that the earth is a sphere with your own observation
if you go to the coast and you look at a ship going out to sea you will see it disappear bottom
first because it is going above the horizon because the earth is a sphere also if you go
to the northern hemisphere you will see stellar constellations that you can only see in the northern
hemisphere whereas you go to the southern hemisphere you will see different stellar
constellations that you would not be able to see in the northern hemisphere that's because of the
shape of the earth if we're just on this dome and you know nasa glued all the stars to the glass dome
up there you know what's going on are they just dimming parts and it's just retarded folks the
earth is obviously a sphere proverbs 8 verse 28 the bible says when he established the clouds above
when he strengthened the fountains of the deep when he gave to the sea his decree that the waters
should not pass his commandment when he appointed the foundations of the earth referring to back when
you know god had separated the land the dry land from the water verse 30 says when i was by him
as one brought up with him and i was daily his delight rejoicing always before him so when it
says i that's referring to wisdom and when it says was by him that's referring to god so let's read
that again with that in mind when i wisdom was by him as one brought up with him and i was daily
his delight i like this verse because the bible teaches that god delights in wisdom god loves
wisdom god loves knowledge and you know as as his children we should be the same way and those of us
who have children we take great pleasure when our child says something that's true or says something
that's wise you know i remember one time we were sitting at dinner and bethany corrected one of
the younger daughters about what it takes to get to heaven she's like no it's only believe in jesus
i'm just like that was a wise statement and you know i just i had pleasure at that moment
seeing my child choosing to be wise and this is another reason why god i believe gave us free will
is because god takes pleasure in his created created being actually wanting knowledge
actually thirsting for knowledge calling out for knowledge praying for wisdom asking you know
reading the bible every single day not because god programmed us to not because we were created
and came out of the womb with all this knowledge and wisdom and information no but because that
person actually desired those things that actually brings pleasure to god verse 32 the bible says now
therefore hearken unto me oh ye children for blessed are they that keep my ways hear instruction and be
wise and refuse it not so notice the application it's saying like hey here's the truth god takes
pleasure in wisdom what's the application be wise oh my children right so it's not a vain exercise
when we choose to believe the bible it's not a vain exercise for us to choose to obey the
commandments of god it's not even just for our own benefit that like well of course you know our
life is going to be better when we keep his commandments we're going to have some sort of
feeling of satisfaction when we do god's word when we receive god's word but you know who
else is benefiting god is benefiting and god created all things for his pleasure and god
actually takes pleasure in his children being wise he actually takes pleasure in us keeping
the commandments you know that should be a strong motivator for us to actually think about the
gravity of what i'm saying right now that here we are these tiny little specks of dust in a vast
gigantic universe we are just meaningless in the sight of god but god looks down and god says
hearken unto wisdom my children he says you know what i take actual pleasure in you doing right he
gets pleasure out of you reading the bible after you going soul winning you repenting from your
sin you doing things that are wise that actually brings pleasure to god and as much as we should
think about ourselves when it comes to hey don't go down the road of sin because your life's going
to be destroyed you know another positive motivating factor for us to be wise is thinking
about the fact that you know what god actually takes pleasure in this we're actually making god
happy that's a cool thought you could stay there john 8 29 jesus said and he that sent me is with
me the father hath not left me alone for i do always those things that please him you think
about why did god love his son jesus christ so much why did they have such a great relationship
is because jesus always did those things that please him see god takes pleasure in us he knows
that we're butt dust he knows that we're sinners he wants us to walk in wisdom and he does you know
take pleasure in those things but jesus was always walking in wisdom jesus was always keeping the
commands jesus was always doing those things that pleased him that's why god the father had just
such an immense love for jesus christ and by extension a love for us because for god so gave
the world or for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that that son that he
loved he gave for us go to roman's chapter number 12 roman's chapter number 12 with that in mind
look at verse number one the bible says i beseech you brethren by the mercies of god that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice holy and notice this acceptable unto god which is your reasonable
service and be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind that
you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of god so you know of course
we're not going to be perfect like jesus christ we're not going to always do those things that
please him but you know what we should offer our bodies a living sacrifice and do those things
that are acceptable unto god that's how we're going to be accepted with him you know i know
there's this weird new idea lately that you don't have to do works you don't have to obey god's
commandment to be accepted with him but it's like okay then why is the bible telling us to transform
to renew our minds to give our bodies a living sacrifice so that we can prove what is that good
and acceptable and perfect will of god go back to proverbs chapter number eight you know it makes
me think of if you love me keep my commandments right hey you know if you love yourself it's also
true keep god's commandments if you love yourself because otherwise you're gonna get punished
you're gonna get chastised you're gonna ruin your life but also if you love jesus keep god's
commandments yeah it's good to have wisdom for yourself because wisdom is going to benefit
yourself but wisdom also is going to bring pleasure to god and that's something that i think we should
care about verse 34 says blessed is he that heareth me watching daily at my gates waiting at the posts
of my doors for who so findeth me findeth life and shall obtain favor of the lord you know in
this portion of scripture when it's talking about wisdom personified this really is just screaming
to me it's just jumping off the page thinking about the lord jesus christ because the bible says he
that hath the son hath life and what does the bible say there that those who who so findeth me
findeth life and you know true wisdom the the most accurate the absolute best wisdom in this world
is jesus christ and he is the word of god and so you could get that wisdom at any time by reading
your bible that's why it says in verse 34 blessed is the man that heareth me watching daily at my
gates makes me think about daily bible reading you know the bible people would be like well how
often should i read my bible do i have to do it every day well bible says to seek wisdom and hear
wisdom it says that we're supposed to watch daily at my gates you know i think that god would take
pleasure of you seeking wisdom daily not just thinking you know seeking wisdom once a week
once a month once a year no he wants you to seek it daily verse 36 says this but he that sinneth
against me wrongeth his own soul all they that hate me love death you know those who despise
the word of god those who are rebellious or even christians that are just prideful they're not
submitting themselves to the word of god they're just you know going their own way doing their own
things notice what the bible says that they sin but he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own
soul you and i and every single person when we go against the word of god we are hurting ourselves
and today people love to thumb their nose at the bible or mock god or blaspheme god or talk all
sorts of crap on the word of god and his commandments but at the end of the day all you're doing is
hurting yourself those who love god those who fear him hey they're going to find the favor of the
lord you know it makes me think about the biblical structure of marriage and this big fight lately
that's been happening over feminism it's like hey if you want to swallow the lie of feminism
you're just going to be hurt yourself i mean if you want to be dwelling with the brawling contentious
woman and you want to breed a culture in your church of feminism and loudmouth women hey you're
going to have to live in that bed i'm not going to have to live in it because i'm going to destroy
that attitude i'm going to destroy that culture no you're just whenever you go against the bible
in any way you're wronging your own soul you're hurting yourself and people you know atheists of
this world that love to mock god the sodomites of this world that love to mock god and blaspheme
his word about how terrible god is how terrible and mean god is you're the one that's got to die
of aids faggot hey you're the one that's your bowels are falling out you're the one that's got
the stds you're the one that's rejected by god and reprobate and worthy of death you're the one that
hates yourself you're the one living a debauched life not me so you know mock on but he that sitteth
in the heavens shall laugh you know you are gonna be destroyed you are going to burn in hell and you
know what you're gonna suffer it you're wronging your own soul and so that's why the bible is
imploring to us hey hearken to wisdom seek wisdom seek it early all those that don't all they that
hate me love death you know people that just hate the word of god that hate following his commandments
you look at those people and you just think like you must just love death like you must just love
your life being terrible you must just love destruction in your marriage you must just love
destroying your church you must just love destroying the work of god when you're not
harkening to the you must just love these things because if you didn't you'd be actually following
god's commandments you'd actually be esteeming wisdom let's do a quick recap talked about first
of all the cry of wisdom you know we got to realize that wisdom's more accessible now to us
than it ever has been we have a responsibility and a duty to become wise do not be content oh i'm
just not a person really cares about learning fix that attitude do not go through like oh i'm just
not really a reader it's not god gave you a book to read it's called the bible and you need to seek
wisdom wisdom is crying out to you from everywhere from creation to preaching to the word of god in
your lap we need to seek it we talked about the characteristics of wisdom we got to remember that
true wisdom is objective and how do we know if something's truly wise well it has to be based
in truth and it has to be based in righteousness if it leads you down a sinful path it's leading
you against god's commandments and if it's based on lies you know for sure that's not wisdom that's
not wisdom that's calling you and then we talked about the value of wisdom how it's something we
should seek more than anything more than money more than fame more than power that the blessings
that we're going to get in this life come from getting true wisdom we'll close reading verse 34
the bible says blessed is the man that heareth me watching daily at my gates waiting at the posts
of my doors for whoso findeth me findeth life and shall obtain favor of the lord but he that
sinned against me wrongeth his own soul all they that hate me love death let's have a word of
prayer lord we thank you for your word we thank you for this great proverb and i pray that you
would help every single person in this room to desire to seek wisdom i pray that they would
seek learning and understanding that they would read their bibles every single day lord i pray
that you would help me that you would give me wisdom as a young pastor and lead me help me to
know how to lead lord i pray that all of us would choose to love you to fear you to keep your
commandments in Jesus name we pray amen we'll go ahead and sing one last song to conclude the
service if you would take your hymnals at this time and turn to him number 448 brethren we have
met to worship and number 448 we'll go ahead and start there right on the first