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Good evening and welcome to Sherpa Foundation Baptist Church. We're gonna try a new song for the first song. It's called, Yes, I know, number
267.
Number
267.
Come ye sinners lost and hopeless
Jesus blood can make you free
for he's sin.
the worst among you when he saved a wretch like me and I know yes I know Jesus
blood can make the violet sinner clean and I know yes I know Jesus blood can
To the faint, he giveth power, through the mountains makes a way.
Findeth water in the desert, turns the night to golden day.
And I know, yes I know.
Jesus' blood can make the violet sinner clean, and I know, yes I know, Jesus' blood can
make the violet sinner clean.
of safety gives you grace for every day and I know yes I know Jesus blood can
make the violet sinner clean and I know yes I know Jesus blood can make the
will keep thee while the ages roll through all eternity.
The earth hinders and hell rages, all must work for good
to thee.
And I know, yes, I know.
Jesus blood can make the vilest sinner clean, and I know, yes I know, Jesus blood can make
the vilest sinner clean. Amen brother, Stephen, can you open center
word prayer?
let's sing number 292 his way with thee number 292
would you live for jesus and be always pure and good would you walk with him within the narrow
road would you have him bear your burden carry all your love
Let him have his way with thee.
His love can make you what you want to be.
His blood can cleanse your heart and make you free.
His love can fill your soul and you will see.
It was best for him to have his way with thee.
Would you know the peace that comes by giving up?
Would you have him save you so that you can never fall?
Let him have his way with thee.
His blood can make you what you want to be.
His blood can cleanse your heart and make you free.
His love can fill your soul, and you will see.
For him to have his way with thee.
Would you in his kingdom find a place of constant rest?
Would you prove him true in providential test?
Would you in his service labor always at your best?
Let him have his way with thee.
His park can make you what you want to be.
can fill your soul and you will see.
It was best for him to have his way with thee.
Amen.
Good singing.
It's time for Vangelis, Justin, and John.
We'll give the announcements.
All right.
Welcome back to Shrew Foundation Baptist Church.
Raise your hand if you need a bulletin,
and Aisha will bring one to you.
So let's look at the verse the week Isaiah chapter 5 verse 20 the Bible says
we'll unto them that call evil good and good evil that put darkness for light
and life for darkness that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. That's a
great verse describing the morals of this nation people call evil good and
good evil and our job is to just preach the Word of God and what the Bible says.
So, let's look at the inside page. We are on YouTube, Facebook, Grumble, and X, so please
give us a follow there. Service time Sunday morning at 11, Sunday afternoon, service at
4. And once night Bible study at 7 p.m., we'll be going through, we'll be going through Ecclesiastes
chapter number 10 tonight, so we have three more chapters to go, and then we'll be done.
So please let me know what other Bible study, the books you want to hear. So far, I have
one suggestion, okay? So please feel free to let me know what you want to hear.
And then, Salvation and last week's attendance is below, so I think we are...
I think 1,040 Salvation is counting sound day
and throughout the week, so praise the Lord for that.
So upcoming events, Detroit Sony Marathon went great.
So next year we are planning on to go to
even worse neighborhoods, the actual ghettos.
So Dr. Stringer will be preaching on November 18th,
sorry the text cut off, I will fix it in this week's bulletin.
So save the day for that.
And then the Sony Marathon, the one, the big one to finish the year up is the Winter Wonderland
Sony Marathon on December 27th. We'll probably do the same format as last year. We'll meet at one,
just gonna power through and then we'll have dinner together without a lunch break. So that's
Uh, brother Jarrett is hosting the Notre Dame so many, so many marathon as well more, uh, more details to come on that one.
Um, and then you can read the rest on your own.
Um, and, uh, and, and of course today is the more heads wedding anniversary.
So hopefully you guys have a great, great, great anniversary.
Alright, let's sing number 293 as you're all on the altar.
Number 293.
You have longed for sweet peace, and for faith to increase, and have earnestly,
fervently prayed. But you cannot have rest, or be perfectly blessed, until all on your altar is laid.
Is your role on the altar of sacrifice slayed?
Your heart does the spirit control
You can only be blessed and have peace and sweet rest
As you yield him your body and soul
with the Lord in the light of his word and have peace and contentment away. You
must do his sweet will to be free from all ill. On the altar your role you must
slayed your heart does the spirit control you can only be blessed and have
peace and sweet rest as you yield him your body and soul oh we never can know
of the blessings for which we have prayed. Till our body and soul heat up fully controlled
and our all on the altar is laid. Is your all on the altar?
Does the spirit control?
You can only be blessed and have peace and sweet rest
as you yield him your body and soul.
Who can tell all the love he will send from above?
will be made. Of the fellowship sweet we will share at his feet when our role on the altar
is laid. Is your role on the altar of sacrifice slain? Your heart does not spin.
You can only be blessed and have peace and sweet rest as you yield him your body and
soul.
Amen.
If this time the ushers could come forward for the offering.
Brother Matt, could you pray for the offering?
Amen.
We'll be in Ecclesiastes chapter 10 continuing our study in the local Ecclesiastes
Need a Bible raise your hand and usher will provide one for you
Ecclesiastes chapter 10
Why turn it up again bringing the chapter
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking saver
So doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor a wise man's heart is
As his right hand, but a fool's heart at his left
Yay, also when he that is a fool walketh by the way his wisdom faileth him
And he saith to everyone that is, that he is a fool.
If the spirit of the Ruer rise up against thee, leave not thy place, for yielding pacified great offenses.
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which precedeth from the Ruer.
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low places.
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
And whoso breaketh and hedge, a servant shall bite him.
Whoso removeeth stones shall be hurt therewith,
and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
If the iron be blunt, and he do not wet the edge,
then must he put to more strength, but wisdom is profitable to direct.
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment.
And a babbler is no better.
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness.
And the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
A fool also is full of words.
A man cannot tell what shall be.
And what shall be better after him, who can tell him?
The laborer of the foosh, where if every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go
to this city.
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning.
Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is a son of nobles, and thy princes eat in new
season, for strength and not for drunkenness.
And through idleness of the hands, the house dropeth through.
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry,
but money answereth all things.
Curse not the king, no, not on thy thought,
and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber,
for a bird of the air shall carry the voice,
and that which hath wanes shall tell the matter."
Brother Brack, would you pray for the message?
Amen. Tonight we'll be in chapter 10, the book of Elysastes, and the title of the sermon is
Wisdom vs. Folly. Now, this chapter brings up some of the similar topics as, you know,
As the previous chapters we will cover them as it comes up and I will just emphasize where the Bible emphasizes
So point number one is the danger of a little folly the danger of a little folly look at verse number one
Bible says dead flies cause the omen of the apothecary to send forth the stinking savers so that a little folly him that is in
reputation change that is in reputation for wisdom and
honor
So here the Bible is saying that dead flies can ruin the whole perfume, chemicals, whatever the apothecary is.
Apothecary is a chemist, a farmer, so whatever he's mixing, something as small as a fly can just ruin this whole ointment, ruin this whole thing.
Just like it just like a little folly a little sin can ruin a reputation of a person now
We've heard phrases like one bad apple spoils the whole barrel kind of the same principle as in verse number one
And once more sin can destroy a good testimony, okay?
Just like one dead fly can ruin the omen one little folly can ruin the reputation of a man
Turn right to 2nd Corinthians chapter number 6.
2nd Corinthians chapter number 6.
Keep a place in the book of Ecclesiastes.
Obviously, we know the famous phrase,
A little leaven leaven the whole lump.
If sing is not dealt with speedily,
then that little sing will spread.
and affect the whole congregation.
Your sin can affect your family, your church,
and your relationships.
You may have built a legacy of wisdom and honor,
but you can easily destroy your reputation with one sin.
It can be a big sin, or it can be a small sin.
You can be the best worker at your job,
but you can easily tarnish your...
reputation by just one lie, right? You can be a hard worker for years, but one lie will just
destroy everything. I mean, a pastor can successfully pastor for 10 years, 20 years,
but his reputation and his whole ministry can be destroyed with just one sin, such as adultery,
Adultery is a big sin thinking about David. He's a man after God's own heart, but he has one sin
That you know stick with him for the rest of his life and that's and that's the adultery with with Bathsheba, right?
Samson, he's a man of strength, but he could not control his eyes, right?
So we have great men in the Bible, but we still talk about their sin, because the Bible recorded that for us, okay?
So what's the lesson? Guard your testimony, guard your reputation.
The Bible says in Proverbs 22 verse number one,
a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches and loving favor rather than silver and gold.
A good name, a good testimony, and a great reputation is far more valuable than riches
than whatever you have personally.
Philippians 2.15 says that you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke.
in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation among whom you shine as light in the world.
We are supposed to be blameless, be harmless, and be without rebuke, okay?
That means to be blameless. Blameless does not mean to be sinless, okay?
We're not supposed to, you know, if we are...
The rebuke by others and if we are accused by you know, other people let them be false accusations, right?
We should not just go out and sin and don't guard our
Testimony you're in second quench current chapter 6 look at verse number 3
2 Corinthians 6, verse 3, the Bible says,
giving no offense in anything,
here's the reason that the ministry be not blamed,
but in all things, approving ourselves as the ministers of God in much patience,
in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses.
So the Bible says that we should behave ourselves so that the ministry be not blamed.
testimony how people view Christianity in general, right? Because we are conducting ourselves. We are,
you know, we have the ministry of influencing other people, right? When we are acting, you know,
badly, when we are not guarding our testimony, then the ministry will be blamed. People may stop
Because what we do can affect how people view Christianity.
What we do can directly affect how people view this church, right?
What we say, what we post online may affect how people view us.
Our testimony, our daily conduct can directly influence the success of this ministry.
The Bible says that we should we should abstain from all from all appearance of evil
First Peter chapter 2 look at verse number 12 first Peter chapter 2 verse 12
The Bible says
having your conversation.
Now, what conversation means your lifestyle, how you conduct yourself, having your conversation
honest among the Gentiles, that whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may
buy your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
The Bible says that we should conduct ourselves honestly, not full of lies, not full of deceit.
So the purpose is, when they see our good works to glorify the Father which is in heaven,
which is very similar to what Christ has said, right, let your light so shine before man
that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
And sometimes people refuse to come to church because of the hypocrisy of the Christians, right?
Some other Christians, having a bad testimony, now they don't want to come to this church.
What we do can actually influence other people, where they go to church, how they perceive the Bible, okay?
So testimony matters a lot.
So, turn the Bible back to Ecclesiastes chapter number 10, look at verse number 2.
Ecclesiastes chapter 10 verse 2 the Bible says a wise man's heart is at his
right hand but a fool's heart at his left. That's why if you are into politics
I mean it's way better to be on the right than the left because the Bible
says a wise man's heart is at his right hand but a fool's heart at his left
Not kind of look up, you know why they called that the right right and the left left and there are some history behind it
But there's really no, you know solid reason
If you know the reason let me know, but I couldn't find some legit reason. I think that based off some of the history
Anyway, so, you know, but the right hand in the Bible pictures God's favor
Also, God's strength, okay?
Let's just look at several passages out there.
Go to Psalm 16, Psalm chapter 16.
Back in the book of Exodus, at the son of Moses,
Moses praised the Lord by saying,
thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power.
So the right hand pictures God's strength, God's power.
Thou stretchedest out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them."
Again, pictures God's strength using the right hand.
Go to Psalm 16, verse 8.
Psalm 16, verse 8, the Bible says,
I have said the Lord always before me, because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices.
My flesh also shall rest in hope, for thou will not leave my soul in hell, neither will
thou suffer than the holy one to see corruption.
Thou will show me the path of life, in thy presence is fullness of joy.
Don't miss this.
At thy right hand, there are pleasures for evermore.
So here at the right hand, not only pictures God's strength, but also pictures God's
favor, okay, put the Psalm 17, we'll have verse number seven. Psalm 17 verse seven, the Bible says
Show thy marvelous loving-kindness, O that thou savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against thee.
Picture God's delivering power. Go to Psalm 18, look at verse 35. Psalm 18, 35, the Bible says,
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
So God's delivering power again.
It's pictures by the right hand of God.
Go to Psalm chapter 20, Psalm 20.
Look at verse number six, Psalm 20, verse six.
The Bible says,
Now know I that the Lord save it. He's anointed
He will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand
So obviously I can show you more verses in Psalms and just throughout the Bible about the right hand of God
But the right hand of God is not a position in politics, but the right hand pictures God's favor pictures God's
Strength, okay
The Bible says that the son of man Jesus Christ will be sitting on the right hand
of power, right? Again, it's a picture of God's favor. Go to Mac 225, Mac 25.
So the Bible says a wise man's heart is at his right hand
So a wise man has God's favor on him, but a fool's heart at his left
But the fools go the opposite way of God's way, right?
Because God's way is the right hand, but the fool goes to the left or the Democratic Party. Okay, it's the same thing
Some Matthew 25 look at verse 31
Matthew 25 verse 31
Matthew 25 verse 31 Bible says when the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him
Then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory and before him shall be gathered all nations
And shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divided his sheep from the goats
So here we have the judgment of the end time when Christ will divide the sheep also known as the saved
from the goats the goats are the
unsaved, right? So the sheep, the save will be going to heaven, but the unsaved will be
casting to hell. This is a picture, okay? Now look at verse number 33, that says,
and he shall set the sheep on his right hand. The save will have the favor of the Lord by going
to heaven, but the golds on the left, okay? So here we have the unsaved golds that will be casting
So another lesson is make sure that we are on the right hand of salvation by being a sheep and not by being a goat
Okay, don't be a leftist goat who is going to hell. That's the lesson here. Okay
Again, again, I'm not saying all Democrats will go to hell
But if I was as if you are part of the leftist goats, you will go to hell, right?
But if you are, you know part of the right hand of God
If you are a sheep, if you are a sheep, then you will go to heaven, okay?
I think that's pretty interesting that a ghost will be on the left side,
because they go the opposite of God's way.
Go back to Ecclesiastes chapter 3.
Ecclesiastes chapter 3.
Ecclesiastes chapter 10 verse 3, the Bible says,
Ye also
When he, that is a fool, walk up by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to everyone that he is a fool.
So a fool lacks wisdom, and you will know that he is a fool, because foolish people tend to round their mouth, right?
The Bible says that his wisdom faileth him, he lacks wisdom, and he tells everyone that he is a fool.
Obviously, a foolish person is not telling people that I'm a fool.
I'm a fool. I believe nobody is saying that because the foolish person wrongs his mouth so much, whatever he says is foolish, okay?
Now go to Proverbs chapter 13. Keep a place in the book of Ecclesiastes. Go to Proverbs chapter 13.
Okay, verse number 16. Proverbs chapter 13 verse number 16.
The Bible says in Proverbs 13 verse 16,
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge, but a fool layeth open his folly.
So the Bible says a fool just, you know, he's very public about his folly.
Because a fool just uttered all his mind, right?
There's no filter, there's no discretion, but a wise man keepeth it till afterwards, okay?
How do you know someone is a fool?
If that person just wrongs his mouth and says whatever comes into his mind now
I said it before but if someone is using the internet as means to express
Every single thought then that person is a fool. Okay a fool others all his mind. Okay?
So, if you don't know about a certain topic, if you don't know the answer, then the best
thing for you to do is to shut up, because a fool lay it open, he's folly, right?
Even a fool, when he holds his piece, it's counted wise, okay?
I mean, smart people, smart people don't usually talk much, right?
They talk at the opportune time.
They talk at a proper time, okay?
So don't just run your mouth.
Don't pretend that you know everything.
Go back to Ecclesiastes chapter 10.
Ecclesiastes chapter number 10.
Because even if a fool doesn't mean it,
but whenever he opens his mouth,
everyone knows that he is a fool by himself, okay?
So point number one, I said the danger of a little folly.
Point number two, the folly of misplaced authority.
The folly of misplaced authority.
Look at verse number four.
The Bible says, if the spirit of the ruler
rise up against thee, leave not thy place
for yielding pacified grade offenses.
So, if a ruler is mad at you, if a ruler rise up against you, don't leave your duty.
For example, if your parents approve you for something, even if you disagree with them,
you should still honor them.
Don't leave your place, okay?
The Bible says, children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right, okay?
This is a God-given duty for children to obey their parents in the Lord.
tells you to do something that you disagree don't storm out and lose your
cool right staying your place be be respectful and don't leave your place
don't leave your duty the Bible says therefore as the church is subject on to
Christ so so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything so go to
first Peter chapter 2 first Peter chapter 2
Don't leave your place don't leave your God-given. Don't leave your God-given authority
First Peter chapter 2 look at verse number 18 first Peter chapter 2 verse 18
1 Peter 2 18 the Bible says servants be subject to your masters with all fear
not only to the good and gentle but also to the forward so the
Employees are supposed to be subject under the employers not only to the good employers but also to the perverse ones
Wicked ones forward ones right doesn't matter what the status. They are you should you know
respect them not because of their person but
because of their, you know, position, right?
Okay, from the 19th.
For this is thank worthy,
if a man for conscience toward God
endure grief suffering wrongfully.
When you are obeying someone,
even if you disagree with your boss,
you are actually earning rewards in heaven
because you are suffering wrongfully, right?
As long as you're not leaving your place.
Because you're actually submitting to God
when you submit to your boss.
That's why that's why I said don't misplace your authority right when you're obeying your husband
You're actually submitting to God when you're obeying your parents you're actually submitting to God don't have your don't have a misplaced authority
okay
Go to Proverbs chapter 15
Proverbs chapter 15
So I think this is a great perspective, because even if you disagree with your authority, still obey them, still submit yourself to them because you are actually obeying God by doing it,
because ultimately you are supposed to obey what the Bible says.
And then the Bible says, for yielding pacified great offenses.
because a great, calm, collected response
can ease up the situation, right?
This can be a great lesson in any conflict resolution.
We must not leave our place by being prideful.
Even if we disagree with our authority,
we still need to stay calm, be patient, and be gracious.
And sometimes yielding can pacify
whatever problem there is.
Proverbs 15, look at verse number one.
Proverbs 15 verse one, the Bible says,
a soft ends turneth away wrath,
but grievous words stir up anger.
So just imagine if you are in an argument with someone,
Try to find common ground right try to find common ground think before you talk
Don't let your poor poor war choice
Destroy your relationship with your parents with your spouse with your friends
Sometimes we can just agree to disagree and move on without getting all angry and emotional right for yielding
pacified great offenses and a soft answer turned away rat, but grievous words
What you say does matter, right?
It can make the situation way worse, okay?
So how to deal with conflict with your authority.
Stay in your place.
Don't lose your cool.
Submit to them anyway because you have submitting to God,
but also agree to disagree using a soft answer.
Stay calm, be gracious, okay?
Go back to Ecclesiastes chapter 10.
Ecclesiastes chapter 10.
Look at verse number five
Ecclesiastes chapter 10 verse 5, the Bible says,
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun,
As an error which proceeded from the ruler,
Folly is set in great dignity,
And the rich sit in low place.
I have seen servants upon horses and princes
Walking as servants upon the earth.
So sometimes the rulers of the world mess up.
The Bible calls this an evil or an error, right?
Evil proceeds from the ruler.
They exalt the fool and abase those people who actually deserve the position.
They elevate the servants rather than the princess.
Now you may say, you know, the rule is good for lifting the servants up because he's not being partial.
But based on the context, it's a bad thing to, you know, lift up servants.
and just abase the princes, maybe the servants
don't deserve their positions, right?
Maybe the rich people actually deserve the position,
but then the ruler put the servants up anyway
for the sake of equality.
Here we see DEI, OK?
Didn't earn it, OK?
So here we see the ruler lifting up servants,
lifting up those people who don't actually deserve it,
neglect the princes, the rulers who actually deserve their position.
Turn the Bible to Isaiah chapter 3. Go to Isaiah chapter 3.
The Bible says in Proverbs chapter 19 verse 10,
delight is not simply for a fool,
much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Basically, everyone must be in their place.
If you are not a prince or a ruler,
then stay in your place, okay?
If you are a servant, be a servant.
If you are a ruler, then rule well.
Stay in your place.
Don't use simple authorities.
And a misplaced authority is ultimately a punishment from God.
Look at Isaiah chapter 3, verse number 4. Isaiah 3, verse 4. The Bible says...
And I will give children to be their princes.
Children be the rulers, and babes shall rule over them,
and the people shall be oppressed,
everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor.
The child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient,
and the base against the honorable.
So a misplaced authority, when someone is unqualified,
you know,
Takes the office. That's actually a punishment from God because when children when you're serving
When someone who's unqualified
become rulers, then the people will be oppressed, right? Because someone is just not qualified. Someone, you know,
doesn't want to work their way up to actually gain knowledge.
And then the Bible says in the letter and verse 5, the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient.
That the child doesn't know anything, but he's going against those wise old people, right?
That makes me think about the story of Rehoboam.
Rehoboam chose to listen to the council of the foolish young man rather than the wise old man, right?
And then he, you know, eventually lost half of the kingdom because of his gravest mistake.
So, go back to Ecclesiastes chapter number 10, Ecclesiastes chapter number 10.
So it's a lesson stay in your place
Sometimes hey, it's okay to yield stay cool stay collected
Don't be so quick when you you know when you speak because because grievance war stir up anger, right?
But a soft answer to turn it away wrath
So I said point number one the danger of a little folly point number two
The folly of misplaced authority point number three the lesson of risk versus reward
Look at verse number eight
Egliseus chapter 10 verse 8 the Bible says he that did get the pitch shall fall into it and
who so breaketh and hedge a serpent shall bite him who so
Remove with stones shall be heard therewith and he that cleaveth will shall be endangered thereby
Now the service meaning is it is actually very simple, okay, and
That is if you dig a pit you will fall into it eventually
If you take off your protection or the hedge then the sermon then the serpent may bite you
Right if you work with stones eventually you might be hit by the stones if you split firewood
If you chop wood, eventually you might injure yourself, right?
So that's the surface meaning, okay?
Now I believe the primary application is actually not,
you reap what you sow.
Because obviously I believe that's the secondary application,
but I believe the primary application of this passage
is there are risks and there are
Rewards in everything we do, it's just a part of life.
Because if you're digging a pit,
eventually you may fall into one, right?
Time and chance.
If you work a construction job,
eventually you may get hurt, right?
Slide your fingers, cut something.
But we have to take the risk in life
in order to get the job done.
Because everything has risk.
The driving has a risk, right?
You know, if you don't follow common sense,
you might be in a wreck, planting trees can have a risk,
you might be hit by a shovel, washing dishes,
dishes can break and cut your fingers, okay?
Soaring has risk too, you might be bit by a dog
or chased by a dog or be cussed out, right?
Planting churches has risk, what if the leader turns out to be bad, right?
What if someone takes all of your money, right?
Being a Christian can be a risk too, because people look down upon you, they fire you,
and they say all manner of evil things against you, right?
Everything has risk, but we should take those risks.
So what should we do, since everything has risk, we should try our best to mitigate the
risks.
For example, don't break the hedge of protections, otherwise you may get bit.
So if your parents set certain rules to guard you, to protect you, don't break them.
You might give it. God gives you certain rules to keep you accountable and God gives you a church
To keep you accountable. So don't forsake church, right? Since everything has risks. All we can do is mitigate the risk
and keep trying doing great things for God, okay?
So I believe that's the primary application
is the risk versus the reward.
Now the secondary application is you reap what you sow,
because if you set a trap for someone,
eventually you will fall into the same trap
someone else sets for you.
If you talk crap about your spouse in front of other people,
imagine if people will talk crap about you behind your back, right?
What goes around comes around.
Let me let me just read to you a couple of passages Psalm 7 verse 15 says he made a pit and
and digged it and
Is falling into the ditch which he made his mischief shall return upon his own head and his violent
Dueling shall calm down upon his own paint
Proverbs 26 verse
27 says who so dig up the pitch shall fall therein
and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
Again, what goes around comes around.
Look at verse number 10.
Ecclesiastes chapter 10, verse 10, the Bible says,
if the iron be blown, and he do not wet the edge,
though a wet means sharpen or grind,
and he do not wet the edge,
then must he put in more strength,
the wisdom is profitable to direct.
So if your knife is dull, if you don't sharpen it, then it will require more strength for you to cut stuff, right?
But if we have wisdom,
you should know that
You should sharpen your knife. Okay, so how does this tie into the contest of verse eight and nine?
Solomon is teaching us how to how to minimize risk, okay?
For example, if you try chopping wood with a dull axe, you will wear yourself out and risk
risk injury, right? But if you stop to actually sharpen your axe, then the work
is easier and safer, okay? So he's teaching us risk
mitigation, right? Life is full of risk, but we can minimize the risk by, you know, by
applying wisdom, okay? That's the whole point of this chapter, is wisdom versus
folly. If you are building a house, nothing wrong with building a house, but
wear protective gear, wear some gloves if you are working with, you know, sharp
edges, right? You know,
If you are driving follow common sense can save you from from a wreck right work smarter not
Necessarily harder, right many mitigate risk
While taking calculated risk because life is full of risk because if we never take risk well, we will never get
Get any get get anything down
Look at version 11
Chapter 10 verse 11 the Bible says surely the serpent will bite without the enchantment and the babbler is no better
So a serpent can bite you without without the without the enchantment
Now what's the now now? What does that mean? There's a babble, you know
Teach about
Witchcraft talking to snakes. Okay, so as we go to Jeremiah chapter 8
Jeremiah chapter 8
Now the same Hebrew word that you know was translated into the word in Chen and it is also translated into
The word charmed right right?
Have you heard about snake charmer snake charming? So I believe that's what you know this verse is talking about
In Jeremiah chapter 8 look at verse number 17
In Jeremiah chapter 8 verse number 17
The Bible says,
For behold, I will send serpents,
cockatrice's, among you, which will not be charmed.
So here, those beasts, they will not...
They will not be controlled, and they shall bite you, said the Lord."
So here we have a punishment from God.
It's God sending unchorned serpents, cockatrice among the people, and those bees, they were
not chorned, they were not controlled, so they are capable of biting people.
They are like entrained, okay?
So Solomon was talking about that, you know, if a servant is
Not charmed is not properly trained then a sermon can then then a serpent can actually bite you
Okay, so I think so I think the Bible is talking about a some sort of charming or whistling or like hissing
That is snake charmer would use okay, so snake charming. I should look it up
Snake charming is the practice of
of appearing to
hypnotize a snake, often a cobra, by playing and waving
around an instrument called a punjee.
OK, so basically that's how people direct the snake how
to act, or something like that using the hissing noise.
Not about witchcraft.
Some people may actually use witchcraft, but I don't think
this is about witchcraft.
Snake charming people can train the snake, can just
direct the snakes.
Verse 10 is talking about that we need to apply wisdom to you know
Minimize the wrist the verse 11 is saying that if we don't apply wisdom and are hasty about what we do
Also, also known as not waiting for the snake charmer to calm the snake then there will be consequences
Okay, so I think that just a fancy way for Solomon to like tell us that do things at the proper time, right?
wait for the snake charmer to
To ask they tromb the snake, otherwise you will get bit, okay?
So, I think that's what that verse is talking about.
If you have other views on it, let me know after the service.
So, go back to Ecclesiastes chapter 10.
Look at verse from 11 again the Bible says surely the serpent will bite without enchantment and the babbler is no better
So in the same way a babbler someone who talks and talks and talks without any wisdom is worthless
Worse without wisdom or you know proper timing can be as useless and sometimes dangerous like an unchombed snake
Unchombed serpent. Okay, basically the lesson is apply wisdom and don't be so hasty about what we do take carefully the risk
Okay, so
Because I tried to figure out how does verse 11 fit the context, and I think that's what he's talking about, is to mitigate the risk.
So I said point number one, the danger of a little folly. Point number two, the folly of misplaced authority. Point number three, the lesson of risk versus...
And the word and point number four the folly of words look at verse number 12. The Bible says
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swallow up
himself like I said earlier what you say with your mouth matters, okay, so
Go forward to your Proverbs chapter 10 Proverbs chapter number 10
Okay verse 31 Proverbs chapter 10 verse 31
The Bible says the mouth of the just bring forth wisdom, but the froward town
The wicked town shall be cut out the lips of the righteous know what is acceptable
But mouth of the wicked speaketh
frohanness so a so a wise man know knows knows what is acceptable to say, right?
But a wicked person just speaks wickedness frohanness perverseness
That's why I think, you know, it's great to ask yourself three questions before you talk.
Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary, right? I think I, you know, brought this example in my
very first sermon preach behind this pulpit, okay? So if, so if a lady comes in wearing,
you know, leggings, and then you say, you, you look like a whore, okay? Is it true?
Is it necessary? No, especially someone who just comes to this church and trying to learn,
just give people time to grow, okay?
I would likely, after just explaining that,
I think two families left after the first service.
I mean, the very first service, okay?
My whole point is, don't talk to people like that.
And then people got offended for some reason, but.
So, again, your words matter, right?
You know, speak what is acceptable, right?
Speak necessary words.
Colossians 4-6 says,
let your speech be always,
let your speech be always
with grace, season, with salt,
that you may know how you ought
to answer every man.
You can be graceful while telling the truth,
but sometimes truth
irritates like salt does, right?
So we have to have a proper balance.
So go to
Proverbs 10.
So the words of the wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself
I believe the swallowing up himself is just a description
To say that he will end up
Destroying himself probably chapter 10 look at verse number 14
The Bible says wise men lay up knowledge for the mouth of the foolish is near
Destruction so he so a mouth of the foolish will just end up
destroying himself. Go to Proverbs chapter 18. Proverbs chapter 18. Look at verse number 6.
Proverbs 18 verse 6. The Bible says,
a full slips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth forth strokes,
A fool's mouth is his destruction and his lips are the snare of his soul.
So a fool will always get into some kind of fight, debates, calling for strokes, calling
for strides, always lashing out on people, right?
But he will end up destroying himself.
And even in the book of James, the Bible says, you know, even so the town is a little member but both, you know, both stuff, great things, right?
The town is compared to as fire, and your town can set on fire the course of hell, right?
It can, you know, unleashing hell on people, it can unleashing destruction on people.
That's why we need to guard our mouth, guard our town, and learn to say what is actually acceptable.
Go back to Ecclesiastes chapter 10 look at verse number 13
chapter 10 verse 13 the Bible says
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness and the end and the end of his talk is mischievous
madness
A fool also is full of words, a man cannot tell what shall be and what shall be after
him.
Who can tell him?
So again, fools talk a lot.
A fool also is full of words.
They can't stop talking, they can't stop gossiping, talking trash about others.
They want to insert their opinions in everything, right?
They are just full of words, and they are not the experts, but they will tell you how
But then the Bible says, but a man cannot tell what shall be because we don't we don't know the future
Right, we don't know everything under the sound, right, but a fool just
Just pretend that they know everything. They are the experts on every single subject
That's why earlier in chapter 5 the Bible says be not rash with that mouth right be slow to slow to speak
Look at verse number 15 the Bible says the labor of the labor of the foolish
Weareth every one of them because he knoweth not how to go to the city
So if you follow a false direction at work, it will take longer than it should be right
They don't know how to build a house, but they can tell you everything about construction, right?
These are the foolish people. They pretend that they are the experts in everything, you know?
Because in verse 15, the fool is giving you guidance to go to a city. They are aware on every, like, one of
the people that the fools gave the direction to, because the fool himself didn't know anything about it.
Okay, so what's the takeaway?
Talk less.
If you don't know it, then don't talk about it.
Research it yourself.
Don't pretend that you are the experts in everything, okay?
That makes me think about people who are not saved,
but just pretend to be the experts in the Bible.
Those are the fools.
They talk everything about the Bible,
but they're not saved to begin with, okay?
So just stop talking.
Let me teach you what the Bible says, okay?
Especially those people who are like at the door who are not even safe who just pretend to
Have read the Bible ten times, you know, those people don't know what they are talking about
Okay, so I said point number one the danger of little folly point number two the folly of misplaced
Authority point number three the last thing of risk versus
reward point number four the folly of warts and lastly point number five the folly of leadership and
indulgence the folly of leadership and
Look at verse number 16, the Bible says,
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child,
and thy princess eat in the morning.
So the Bible says that it's a bad thing when a child is a ruler of a nation
Isaiah 3 12 says as for my people children are their oppressors and women rule over them
So when a child rules over a nation and when women rule over the nation
That's a curse from God people will people people will be oppressed because of it
And throughout history, we see a lot of child kings, right?
They were actually controlled by their parents.
They were controlled by their relatives,
who just ended up corrupting the whole nation, OK?
So because we actually need someone
who's actually qualified to rule a nation,
to be in the leadership position.
But then he says, and thy princes eat in the morning.
So is the Bible against eating breakfast?
That's not what the Bible is talking about. Look at the next verse. The Bible says in verse number 17
Here's the contrast.
Blessed are thou, O land, when I king is the son of nobles and I princes eat in due season
for strength and not for drunkenness.
So in context, the Bible is saying that those princes or the rulers, they were actually feasting in the morning.
Okay, they were actually having a breakfast club style of meal in the morning.
But then verse 17 says a noble king is better than a child king because noble is someone
Who has a rank someone who's more qualified than a child, right?
And then he says and the rulers eat in due season the word do means at the right or
You know at the proper time they eat for necessity and not for
and now for indulgence okay so verse number 16 is talking about those princes who just get drunk
in the morning and feasting in the morning so actually keep a place it keep a place it in
this book go with what you i z chapter five i z chapter five i z chapter five
okay verse number 11 i z chapter five verse number 11
Alright, I just have to fight version 11.
So the battle is not against eating breakfast,
but the battle is against you just get up
and the first thing you do is feasting, okay?
I just have to fight version 11.
Isaiah 5, 11 says this,
One to them that rise up early in the morning,
That they may follow strong drink,
And continue until night, till wine inflame them.
These are the breakfast club people, right?
They start drinking early in the morning,
And just continue until night, till wine just consumes them,
Till they become drunk.
Okay, look at verse number 12.
and the harp and the vial and the tabret and pipe and wine are in their feast,
but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of His hands.
When you start out your day feasting and drinking, you will neglect the work of the Lord,
especially if you are a ruler, right?
How can you rule a country well?
How can you rule your family?
How can you work hard if you are just feasting the morning?
Go back to, go back to Ecclesiastes chapter 10, okay, verse number 18, Ecclesiastes chapter 10, verse number 18.
The Bible says, by much slothfulness, the building decayeth, and through idleness of the hands, the house, jobeth through.
So if you get drunk and feast in the morning as
leaders of a nation, then you are not taking care of your country, right?
You are being slothful and idle.
I think it's funny that when a Bible rebukes someone
who doesn't have an honest job,
the Bible calls them busy bosses, right?
Because they are busy doing things
that they're not supposed to do.
Those those you know women are gossiping and being tattletailers, right?
They're not doing the proper things that God wants them to do. They are busy doing doing like other things
So the Bible says that those people, they are slothful, those people who are idle.
So what's the result of the idleness?
The building is not getting maintained.
The country is not getting maintained.
That's why the Bible says the house job is through, right?
Everything gets neglected through the idleness.
The Bible says in Proverbs 24, verse number 30,
That's the lazy people.
And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding, these are the fools.
And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof,
and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
When you see someone who is void of wisdom, then they are not taking care of their stuff, okay?
Just thinking about when rulers don't execute justice, the society becomes chaos, right?
When rulers don't kick the illegals out, the actual citizens suffer, okay?
When rulers just only care about their own gain and pleasures, the nation is...
neglected okay because they're idle they are busy doing the things that they're
not supposed to do they just get up and fees and do and do their insider
trading and just rip people off and while the while the whole nation is
going to help so look at verse from a 19 Ecclesiastes chapter 10 verse verse 19
the Bible says a feast is made for laughter and why make of Mary the money
So what does it mean when the Bible says money answers all things? I believe on the surface level
Money money is the medium by which earthly needs are met
Okay, money can buy you meet money can buy you wine money can help you build, you know projects money can help you gain
gain different political influence so money does answer all things
In other words, money pays for all things, right?
Money answers all things.
So in this sense, money has an answer for all things
in an earthly perspective.
But there are certain things that money cannot buy,
such as salvation, such as godly wisdom, OK?
So verse 19, Solomon is giving us an earthly perspective.
Yeah, money can pay for everything in this life, but we still need to obtain wisdom from above the sound.
So he's making a point that even though money can pay for everything,
our focus should still be the things that are eternal, because money will not give you true happiness.
Money itself will not earn God's favor.
Money can make you be happy in the moment.
Money can help you buy the things of the parties,
the food, and the juice, and the wine,
and just all the, you know, all the entertainments,
but money will not give you true happiness
that lasts for a long time.
Look at version 20.
Chapter 10, verse 20, the Bible says,
Curse not the king, know not in thy thought,
and curse not the rich in thy bed chamber,
for a bird of the air shall carry the voice,
and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
So verse 20 is talking about that we should not wish ill.
Towards the leaders in general. Okay, obviously we know we know the Bible does teach about the impact of a prayer
But in general we should not wish people harm, right?
We should not be talking trash behind each other's back
The Bible says curse not the rich in thy bed chamber. Don't even talk bad about people when you are in private
Here's the reason because a bird of the ear shall carry the voice
You may think nobody heard you, but you never know who is actually eavesdropping
And just because nobody else is is listening
Should you gossip and talk behind people's people's back?
No, because because even though nobody is paying attention, but God knows right God knows everything
Go to Proverbs chapter 18 Proverbs chapter 18 look at verse number seven
Proverbs 18 verse number 7
The Bible says a fool's mouth is his
Destruction and his lips are the snare of his soul the words of a tail bearer are as wounds
Because gossip hurt other people and they go down into the innermost parts of the valley
Now, I preach a sermon about gossiping before, but we can make sure that we don't reveal
secrets about someone to someone else, okay?
Ask yourself, is it your place?
Is it your problem?
Right?
We need to be careful and not to just reveal secrets, being a gossip, being a tale-bearer.
This will be the last passage that we turn to Luke chapter number 12
So don't be a gossip watch what you say apply godly wisdom because because you never know who is not carry the voice and
Tell it to other people
Look chapter 12 look at verse from a tube
Luke 12 verse number 2 the Bible says
For there's nothing covered that shall not be revealed
neither hid, that shall not be known, therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light,
and that which ye have spoken in the air in closeness shall be proclaimed upon the housetops."
So what's Christ talking about here? Nothing he do is truly private.
Truth comes out sooner or later.
So, if you keep gossiping and talking behind people's backs, maybe God will reveal the
truth and you will look like a fool, right?
Things will come out, okay?
That's why I think that we should be careful about the things that we say in front of the
kids, too, because you'll be surprised how much they retain.
Okay, and kids are also experts in blowing the story up in just exaggerating stuff
Okay, and you and you will never know who do as they talk to okay
Maybe you know you're actually not fighting with your spouse, but they will tell people hey mom and dad
They fight each other and they hate each other, you know, they'll just make up some random stuff. Okay, so just be careful, okay?
Even if what you're talking about is nothing wrong, but still be careful about what kind of information you are talking
in front of your kids, okay?
Sometimes if you're talking about some, you know,
planting life or something that may require more,
like, context, maybe talk by yourself.
So kids won't just blow up the story
and tell, you know, other people, right?
So by the way, don't have some big arguments
in front of your kids, okay?
So make sure you watch what you say.
But I think the primary application is don't talk trash about your authority, right?
Curse not the king, right?
No, not in thy thought.
Don't talk trash about your parents.
Don't talk trash about your husbands, right?
By the way, husbands shouldn't be talking trash about their wife either, right?
If anyone here or like at this church that I know is talking trash about their
spouse online or like to other people they will be rebuked sharply and don't
talk trash about your evangelist angel pastors privately or see or or publicly
because if you know I find out you will be dealt swiftly you might call it a
code for like whatever you know I don't like care if you like don't like me don't
So what's the point of the whole sermon? It's actually very simple be wise. Don't be a fool. Okay?
It's wisdom versus
Folly so
That's closing. Hey, what a prayer. Thank you all for this chapter
Well, I pray that you'll fill us with godly wisdom and watch what we say
watch how we conduct our life and guard our testimony and
Knowing that what we say matters. Well, I pray that you'll build up this church that people here will be more
more
mature and that will serve you better. In the praise and Jesus name amen.
Amen. Thank you, evangelist Justin Jung. We're going to sing a chorus called his name is wonderful.
I'm going to read through it and then we'll sing it through twice. It goes his name is wonderful.
His name is wonderful. His name is wonderful. Jesus my lord.
He is the mighty king, master of everything.
His name is wonderful, Jesus my Lord.
He's a great shepherd, the rock of all ages.
Almighty God is he.
Bow down before him, love and adore him.
His name is wonderful, Jesus my Lord.
All right, we'll give it a try.
So it goes, his name is wonderful, his name is wonderful, his name is wonderful, Jesus my Lord.
He is a mighty king, master of everything.
His name is wonderful, Jesus my Lord.
He's a great shepherd, the rock of all ages.
Almighty God is he.
Bow down before him, love and adore him. His name is wonderful, Jesus my Lord.
All right, go ahead and stand and we'll give it another try.
All right, on me.
His name is wonderful. His name is wonderful. His name is wonderful. Jesus, my Lord, he is...
a mighty king master of everything his name is wonderful Jesus my lord he's a
great shepherd the rock of all ages Almighty God is he
Bow down before him, love and adore him. His name is wonderful, Jesus my Lord. Amen brother Rashid and close the door to prayer.