PROFITING FROM PROVERBS

“What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?” (Proverbs 31:2 KJV).

Now, Timothy had a good mother, and he had a good grandmother. Grandmother passed the truth down to mom, and then mom passed it down to Timothy; and Timothy stood strong in the Lord, and God called him to preach.

In Second Timothy 3:15, not only did it bring about his called to the ministry, but notice 3:14, “But continued thou in the things which thou hast learned.” Where did he start to learn? He learned them at the knee of his mother, and grandmother. “And hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.”

Timothy had a good mother. Timothy's mother showed Timothy at an early age that the scriptures taught that a person must be saved, and he said that “from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto Salvation,” the church cannot save you. I don't know what any of your are trusting in to keep you out of hell, but the church can't keep you out of hell; a religion can't keep you out of hell; good works can't keep you out of hell. The Bible says, “you knew from a child the holy scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto Salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.”

There's only one way for a person to be truly, totally saved, and that's by faith in Christ Jesus. The Bible says that “the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” The Bible says in Ephesians 2:8, “For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves: it is the grace of God.” Timothy's mother, Eunice, had showed him those verses. shown him that he was a sinner; showed him that Jesus Christ died for his sins, and then he believed on the Lord Jesus Christ and was saved.

Now that's a pretty good mother! It's a pretty good mother that will take the time to teach her child those Bible stories and Bible lessons and Bible laws, and sees that that child gets the gospel, and sees that that child gets saved. You can be thankful that your children are getting a good education, but you can be even more thankful that they are saved and going to heaven. You could all get in a car wreck today and not survive, but you’ll be immediately in the presence of Christ because of Calvary.

King Lemuel had a good mother. She taught him the truth, and she taught him things about how to live, and how to be a good man.

Daily Bible study is necessary if we are going to begin our day with the right attitude and the right spiritual diet. Proverbs has 31 chapters, and most months have 31 days, so let's read a chapter of Proverbs a day and see what God might have for us. As the Lord leads, share with us what God has shown you in a special way and by His grace let us build up a devotional repository. Let's keep our knives and forks handy for some daily bread! Ideally, a chapter or two of Proverbs will fit in nicely with a good plan of reading our Bibles through each year.

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Thanks. A very, good lesson and an outstanding commentary.

. A few insights from Charles Bridges

All that we know (of King Lemuel) is that he was endowed, like many of God's people with the invaluable blessing of a godly mother; who, like Deborah of old (Judg. v. 1), was honoured of God to be the author of a chapter of the sacred volume.

What an animating burst from the yearning of a mother's heart! What! my son-the son of my womb-of my vows! Happy mother- when the son of her womb is the son of her vows! like Samuel, a dedicated child, a child of many prayers; "asked of the Lord, let into his service." (1 Sam. i. 11.) If there were more Hannahs, would there not be more Samuels?

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