Category Archives: – Thru the Bible Series

We began this series on January 11, 2017 and continues to this day.

It chronicles our ongoing trek through the Bible beginning in Genesis, though our trek has not followed a 100% traditional order.

We have attempted to keep books whose contents are related in time, as much together as possible with some noteworth exceptions.

The specific chapters covered are NOT usually part of the title of each post making specific scriptures a little tricky to find by a simple “search”.

To compensate for that we have a page dedicated to this series which lists each of the scriptures we’ve covered so far as a link. It is our hope that this will help aid you in your studies….God Bless!

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The actions and rewards of the righteous & the wicked

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The first verse in chapter 11 prompted me to do a brief lesson on the 613 commandments which are supposedly in addition to the 10 given to Moses. All the proverbial statements can be found in these commands. While the great majority of these are still a matter of righteous behavior for God’s children, some have been rescinded or replaced with the person and work of Jesus through the New Covenant, ratified in His blood.

After this introductory teaching, we went on to see how Solomon compares the actions and rewards for the righteous and the wicked throughout the chapter as well as the entire book of Proverbs.

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Proverbial Fortune Cookies

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Well tonight we are closing out the first segment or division of the greater book of Proverbs with chapter 9. We then work through the first of the second division in Proverbs with chapter 10.

Proverbs 9 is a sort of wrapping up of the first 8 chapters and the setting of our moral compass as we begin navigating the next 19 chapters.

In it two appeals are made:
One from Wisdom
One from Folly

Both are set forth as the only two choices presented to us in this natural life each possessing at least some benefits and certain costs.

Chapter 10 begins what I like to call “fortune cookie” proverbs which are brief, succinct statements most typically offering a progressive truth or a comparative between wisdom and folly.

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Wisdom Proverbs 8

I, Wisdom…

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This is a very unique chapter in all the Bible! While several of the first 9 chapters of Proverbs, personify wisdom – THIS chapter, seems to go a little further, suggesting that this is more than simply allegory.

Regardless of whether the existence of Wisdom as a real spirit as opposed to simply being represented as such for literary and allegorical reasons, we still learn much about wisdom in this chapter.

Certainly what is further stressed in this chapter is the lasting value of Wisdom and that those who proactively seek her find life and the favor of God!

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Hear my wisdom son – Avoid the adulterous woman!

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Proverbs 7 continues the tradition of the first 9 chapters by being advice given Solomon by his father (and mother) which he in turn penned down for all future generations.

David knew his son Solomon, and understood his weakness was beautiful women, so the wise counsel he offered him along this line was extensive.

In this chapter wisdom is again personified as it will be in the following 2 chapters, but in this case wisdom is the witness to the story AND the one telling the story both!

The development of the chapter goes like this:
A son receives wise counsel from his father
Wisdom then is personified to witness and narrate a story in which the son does not heed his fathers instruction
The “villian” if she can be called that, is an adulterous woman
The story ends in the near ruin of the son
The chapter ends with the closing statements of the father.

So I encouraged everyone to use their imagination to take on the role of wisdom as she viewed the entire story as it unfolded from her balcony window.

After looking at the mistakes, missteps and foolishness of this naive son, we cast our glances back at the woman – the adulteress. What was her story? What likely led her to this ungodly decision? What motherly advice did she scorn or fail to receive?

Hopefully this will be a blessing as you walk through this chapter afresh and with perhaps a perspective that you will find unique.

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Proverbs 6 Lazy Content

The Proverbial sluggard… are you Lazy or Content?

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If the Apostle Paul had “followed his heart” and “pursued his dreams” he would have ministered exclusively to the Jews and missed his calling to the Gentiles.

This is just one of countless examples where conventional worldly wisdom has entered into the church and distorted our understanding and values. The modern church teaches things Jesus actually taught against. Things the apostles and early church would have found both foreign & carnal.

Modern Christians pursue self-focused ambitions by either twisting the scriptures away from their intended meanings or through plain ignorance of what their bible teaches.

We are told “God will give you the desires of your heart” and “without a dream, people will fail” or “I know the plans I have for you says the Lord…” all in an attempt to place God’s seal of approval on our flesh driven pursuits, but what do the scriptures REALLY say?

Christians who are content with what they have are accused of lacking ambition, while those who openly pursue materialism are praised and celebrated.

In tonight’s installment of ‘Thru the Bible’ we examined Proverbs 6 which contains many truths and instructions, but the one that stood out among the rest was the teaching on the sluggard. So we dove into that topic – taking a 30,000’ view of scripture in order to seek out the whole counsel of God’s word on the topic and the results expanded our teaching to include the topics of laziness, ambition, contentment, needs, desires, pursuits, dreams, materialism, God’s will & the kingdom of God.

The findings may surprise you! At very least we arrived at a more informed grasp of God’s thoughts on these issues which for a true follower of Christ is a win regardless!

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