Posted on 04/17/2022 12:26:42 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince” (Proverbs 17:6-7).
“Children's children are the crown of old men,” these are grandchildren and there is more in this passage then we could ever cover. Suffice it to say that if you really want to know how successful you were as a parent, wait until your children have children. Usually, we are able to bend that twig of a young life after our own desires, but if there is no real sound and solid character there, it will show up in the next generation. Having children is so much more than having someone that you can command to go get you a beer out of the refrigerator.
“Children's children are the crown of old men,” if the old men have done it right, done it God’s way, not only will his kids come out all right, but his grandchildren will come out all right. “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6).
“. . . and the glory of children are their fathers,” a father truly glories when his children are doing well. It is only natural that a son would want to follow in the path of their father, if the father is worth following. When they are, the son does. When they are not, the child does not . . . it is that simple. This doesn’t guarantee that there won’t be a bad egg when a child is a young fool and allows himself to be influenced by the crowd—but generally when the father is fair and loving, the child gravitates toward him. That is just one of the rewards of speech.
“Excellent speech becometh not a fool,” you take a guy who is an anarchist and a socialist that is actively seeking to overthrow our government, there is nothing excellent about his speech. It is all about rebellion as they seek ways to sow discord against our country. In a sense, it may be pleasing to the ears of those that agree with him, but of those that love America and its Constitution it is reprehensible speech, if not seditious.
To “become” means that it makes something, like a dress is ‘becoming’ to a woman in the sense that it makes her more beautiful or matches her personality. With regards to a excellent speech from the wrong lips, they are “professing themselves to be wise, but they became fools” (Romans 1:22).
These people that believe in evolution, they can give excellent speeches, but they don’t become them at all. They don’t given them even a modicum of spiritual wisdom. Knowing what they believe and what they do, it is kind of like a fur coat on a pig. It doesn’t become them at all.
“. . . much less do lying lips a prince,” a man that is in a position of authority that was raised in a royal home . . . becomes no better than the urchin living down in the back alleys. “That’s the prince, but he’s a liar. We don’t trust him.” Be careful anytime says something good about you, and then immediately follows it with a “but,” because he is about the tell the truth about you. Are there any sadder words than, “He’s a Christian, but . . .?” Yet, it is possible to grow up in a good, godly Christian home and live like and have the reputation of a Devil. Don’t let that be said about you!
“. . . much less do lying lips a prince,” here is a man that has been raised in royalty, and raised with good things and a good education, and given an opportunity to rule the people—but he has no credibility. A prince is a king in the making. It is possible to look at a child and have a good idea of what kind of man he will be.
That’s what you and I are. We are children of the King. We are kings in making, and we are going to rule and reign with Christ one day. And lying lips doesn’t become a prince.
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