PROVERB OF THE WEEK

“Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him” (Prov 26:12). Continuing on last week’s theme, there is virtually no possibility of one being able to follow Jesus as a disciple when a person is confident in his own ideas and depends upon his self-sufficiency. … Continue reading →

“Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him” (Prov 26:12).  In the creation story recorded in the book of Genesis, we have an illustration that has applied continuously until the present times. Adam is shown two trees, one being the tree of life … Continue reading →

“Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls” (Prov 25:28). There are any number of ways in which a lack of self-control is manifested in the thinking or conduct of a person. Failure to acknowledge the potential for deceit within the heart is one of these. It … Continue reading →

“Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls” (Prov 25:28).  Another very similar translation is that a man who lacks self-control is like a city whose walls are broken down. We have in this saying of Solomon a description of a deficit in the thinking of untold … Continue reading →

“It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter” (Prov 25:2). Scripture clearly describes salvation as a “free gift”  of God (e.g. Rev 22:17), the reason being our redemption was so extraordinarily cost to God. No one can possibly earn his own way … Continue reading →

“It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter” (Prov 25:2). It was the glory of God to conceal in the OT that which would be revealed in the NT. God made covenant with Israel through Moses known as the Law and command-ments. … Continue reading →

“It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter” (Prov 25:2). This proverb has proven one of my favorites over the years. One of the great motivations for this has been compromised teaching by those given privilege of a pulpit in most of … Continue reading →

“Do not say, ‘I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work’” (Prov 24:29). This proverb speaks to the heart of the grace and mercy by which we are saved. Righteousness and justice are absolute foundations of God’s character, and sin cannot … Continue reading →