PROFITING FROM PROVERBS

“For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death” (Proverbs 8:35-36 KJV).

“For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD,” speaking of finding the way to eternal life, in the Person of Whom wisdom speaks, and to find Him is to find favor of the Lord. “To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved” (Ephesians 1:6 KJV). This man, by faith, becomes one of God’s children and finds favor of the Lord.

“But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death,” this is bad. This speaks of self-destruction.

“He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil” (John 3:18-19 KJV).

To hate Christ is to love death. To hate God’s only path to righteousness is to love condemnation. People are playing with something that is so valuable, but they prefer the darkness of their own souls to the light of God’s truth. But they that sin against the light, hate their own soul.

Young people say, “I don’t want to go to church, because my mom and dad always make me go.” Well, they are not hurting mom and dad when they don’t want to go, they are hurting themselves. And when someone gets the idea that when they grow up, they are not going to go to church, he is not hurting anyone but himself.

“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him” (John 3:36 KJV).

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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