PROFITING FROM PROVERBS

“The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul” (Proverbs 16:17).

“The highway of the upright is to depart from evil,” if the Old Testament saint is going to get to heaven, that is where it has to come from. In Ezekiel chapter 18, if a man lived right, he was righteous, or upright—and he lives. But if a man commits wickedness, he dies in his wickedness.

“Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?” (Ezekiel 18:19-23).

This is Old Testament salvation. I realize it is by faith, but a man had to believe what God said, and he had to live it. He had to obey what God said, not only believe what God said.

“. . . he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul,” this is like in keeping his heart with all diligence. He was to keep his heart right, and he was to keep his ways right.

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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