Posted on 01/01/2021 1:25:56 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel” (Proverbs 1:1).
The first thing we notice in the Book of Proverbs is that its author is “Solomon the son of David, king of Israel.” Now, that's important because Solomon, of course, was the wisest man to ever live outside of the Lord Jesus Christ. The important thing to learn as we see from Ecclesiastes that he basically ruined his wisdom from God by his actions and his idolatry. So, the first thing we need to see is that wisdom is nothing to play with. This book is written for that purpose, and that's what the first six verses are about.
It is for this purpose that the Book of Proverbs is written. Solomon was quite another person when the Lord came to him and asked, “What shall I give you?” He said, “I am but a little child, and am completely overwhelmed by all this and I need wisdom by which to judge the children of Israel,” and the Lord gave him that and then gave him riches as well. There is nobody ever compared to Solomon for his great wisdom. What we read in proverbs is some truly insightful stuff.
One tremendously helpful habit and something, by the way, that brother Sam Gipp promotes a lot, is to read a chapter of Proverbs every day. It works pretty out pretty well because there's 29, 30, or 31 days in a month and there's only one or 2 days a month that you might have to even read 2 proverbs. To read a proverb a day as a preface to just about any of the rest of your Bible reading is real good stuff. If you go and read 5 chapters of proverbs at one time, by the time you're done you're probably asking yourself, “What did I just read?” Your mind is just rolling. Okay, there is some really profound stuff in Proverbs. It's real deep stuff. If you want insight into human character in short pithy statements this is where you get it.
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Yes, Solomon was a wise sinful man. Just as murder, stealing and lying is mentioned in other locations in the Bible; not everything is Proverbs is wisdom from God.
The Bible is the inspired word of God. Yes, it reflects both the unvarnished depravity of man and the redemptive nature of God. It has views/accounts that are difficult to understand. Why was it necessary for God to drown mankind in Noah's day? Why did God direct Israel to kill the men, women and children of its enemies? We can ask these questions to Jesus when we see Him. God's nature reflects mercy, judgement and justice, which are seemingly contrary attributes.
The creature has no business accusing or questioning its Creator. This is something that Satan does.
It's enough for me to know/see Jesus who said, "When you see me you see the Father."
John 3:16,17
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