MARCH
9, 2014
SECURITY AND
PROTECTION (PROVERBS 1:33, 2:7-8, 20-22)
33
"But he who listens to me shall live securely, And shall be at ease from
the dread of evil."
*****
7
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in
integrity,
8
Guarding the paths of justice, And He preserves the way of His godly ones.
*****
20
So you will walk in the way of good men, And keep to the paths of the
righteous.
21
For the upright will live in the land, And the blameless will remain in it;
22
But the wicked will be cut off from the land, And the treacherous will be
uprooted from it. NASB
DISCERNMENT AND
GUIDANCE (PROVERBS 2:5-6, 9-12, 3:5-6)
5
Then you will discern the fear of the LORD, And discover the knowledge of God.
6
For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
*****
9
Then you will discern righteousness and justice And equity and every good
course.
10
For wisdom will enter your heart, And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11
Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you,
12
To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things;
*****
5
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And do not lean on your own
understanding.
6
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
NASB
WHOLENESS
(PROVERBS 3:1-2, 7-8)
1
My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments;
2
For length of days and years of life, And peace they will add to you.
*****
7
Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
8
It will be healing to your body, And refreshment to your bones.
NASB
RIGHT
RELATIONSHIPS (PROVERBS 3:3-4)
3
Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them
on the tablet of your heart.
4
So you will find favor and good repute In the sight of God and man. NASB
God:
·
Stores
up wisdom for the upright,
·
Is
a shield
Whoever:
·
Is
Evil and treacherous
Will:
·
Be
cut off from the land and uprooted from it.
Psalms 37:20
20 But the wicked will perish; And the
enemies of the LORD will be like the glory of the pastures, They vanish — like
smoke they vanish away. NASB
Whoever:
·
Listens,
Psalms
81:13 "Oh that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!
NASB
Isaiah
48:18 "If only you had paid attention to My
commandments! Then your well-being would have been like a river, And your
righteousness like the waves of the sea.
NASB
Matthew
17:5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud
overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, "This is My
beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!" NASB
·
Does
not lean on their own understanding,
1Corinthians
1:19
For it is written, "I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM
OF THE WISE, AND THE CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER I WILL SET ASIDE." 20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe?
Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the
world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God
the world through its wisdom did not come
to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message
preached to save those who believe. NASB
·
Does
not be wise in their own eyes,
1 Corinthians 3:18-19a
18 Let no man deceive himself. If any
man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become foolish that
he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before
God. NASB
James 3:15-17
15 This wisdom is not that which comes
down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. 16 For where jealousy and
selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. 17 But the
wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of
mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. NASB
·
Fears
The Lord,
Job 28:28
28 "And to man He said, 'Behold,
the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is
understanding.'" NASB
·
Trusts
in The Lord with all their heart,
Psalms 37:3-6
3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell
in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
4 Delight yourself in the LORD; And He
will give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the LORD, Trust
also in Him, and He will do it.
6 And He will bring forth your
righteousness as the light, And your judgment as the noonday. NASB
Jeremiah 17:7-8
7 "Blessed is the man who trusts in
the LORD And whose trust is the LORD.
8 "For he will be like a tree
planted by the water, That extends its roots by a stream And will not fear when
the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, And it will not be anxious in a
year of drought Nor cease to yield fruit.
NASB
·
Acknowledges
Him in all their ways,
1 Corinthians 10:30-31
31 Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever
you do, do all to the glory of God.
NASB
·
Turns
away from evil,
·
Walks
upright in integrity,
Psalms 37:23-24
23 The steps of a man are established by
the LORD, And He delights in his way. 24
When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, Because the LORD is the
One who holds his hand. NASB
·
Be
being blameless,
·
Does
not forget His teaching,
Hosea 4:6
6 My people are destroyed for lack of
knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from
being My priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will
forget your children. NASB
·
Lets
their heart keep His commandments,
·
Does
not let kindness and truth leave them,
·
Binds
kindness and truth around their neck,
·
Writes
kindness and truth on the tablet of their heart.
2Corinthians
3:3
being manifested that you are a letter
of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the
living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. NASB
Will benefit:
·
Have
God as their shield,
Psalms 144:1-2
Blessed be the LORD, my rock, Who trains
my hands for war, And my fingers for battle;
2 My lovingkindness and my fortress, My
stronghold and my deliverer; My shield and He in whom I take refuge; Who
subdues my people under me. NASB
·
Wisdom
will enter their heart,
1 Corinthians 2:6-8
6 Yet we do speak wisdom among those who
are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age,
who are passing away; 7 but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden
wisdom, which God predestined before the ages to our glory; 8 the wisdom which
none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it,
they would not have crucified the Lord of glory; NASB
·
Will
live securely,
·
Be
at ease from the dread of evil,
Psalms 112:7
7 He will not fear evil tidings; His
heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
NASB
·
Be
delivered from the way of evil,
Psalms
121:7 The LORD will protect you from all evil; He
will keep your soul. NASB
·
Be
delivered from the man who speaks perverted things,
·
Have
their path of justice guarded,
Psalms
37:28 For the LORD loves justice And does not
forsake His godly ones; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the
wicked will be cut off. NASB
·
Preserved
in their way,
·
Will
live in the land,
Psalms 37:29
29 The righteous will inherit the land,
And dwell in it forever. NASB
·
Will
walk in the way of good men,
Psalms 32:8
I will instruct you and teach you in the
way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you. NASB
Isa 35:8
8 And a highway will be there, a
roadway, And it will be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean will not
travel on it, But it will be for him who walks that way, And fools will not
wander on it. NASB
·
Keep
the way of righteousness,
Psalms
25:10
All the paths of the LORD are
lovingkindness and truth To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies. NASB
·
Discretion
will guard you,
·
Discern
the fear of The Lord,
Job
28:28 "And to man He said, 'Behold, the fear
of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.'" NASB
·
Discern
righteousness and justice and equity and every good course,
·
Discover
the knowledge of God and understanding,
John
17:3 "This is eternal life, that they may
know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. NASB
Jeremiah 9:23-24
23 Thus says the LORD, "Let not a
wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might,
let not a rich man boast of his riches; 24 but let him who boasts boast of
this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises
lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these
things, "declares the LORD. NASB
1 John 5:20-21
20 And we know that the Son of God has
come, and has given us understanding, in order that we might know Him who is
true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true
God and eternal life. NASB
Psalms 119:104
104 From Thy precepts I get
understanding; Therefore I hate every false way.
NASB
·
Understanding
will watch over you,
·
Knowledge
will be pleasant,
Jeremiah 15:16
16 Thy words were found and I ate them,
And Thy words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been
called by Thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
NASB
·
He
will make your paths straight,
Jude 24-25
24 Now to Him who is able to keep you
from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless
with great joy, 25 to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord,
be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever.
Amen. NASB
·
You
will gain length of days and years of life with peace,
Psalms
34:11-14
11 Come,
you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. 12 Who is
the man who desires life And loves length
of days that he may see good? 13 Keep your tongue from evil And your
lips from speaking deceit. 14 Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and
pursue it. NASB
·
Healing
for the body,
·
Refreshment
for your bones,
·
You
will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and man.
Conclusion:
James 1:17
17 Every good thing bestowed and every
perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom
there is no variation, or shifting shadow. NASB
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