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0:00Hey Bible nerds, this is Dr. Manny
0:02Orango. Welcome to the Bible department
0:04podcast powered by Arma. We are walking
0:08through the entire Bible in a year. You
0:10can go to the description or the bible
0:13department.com to download a reading
0:15plan and join the journey
0:24family. Welcome to day 302 here at the
0:27Bible department. We are diving into a
0:30brand new book of the Bible. And oh, I
0:34am excited because we are actually
0:35diving into one of my favorite books of
0:38the Bible. We're diving into the book of
0:41Proverbs. And I love Proverbs. Okay? And
0:46uh I I really do believe that the
0:49foundation of your life should be that
0:51of King David and Solomon. King David,
0:54as we just, you know, learned through
0:57studying the book of Psalms, was the
0:59figurehead for worship. And I think
1:02worship helps us to touch heaven. And I
1:04think King Solomon is the figurehead for
1:06wisdom, which helps us to touch the
1:09earth and be effective here on the
1:11earth. And I think that every single
1:12believer should be touching heaven,
1:15touching earth. You should have worship
1:17and wisdom as the foundations of your
1:20life. And so I'm really really really
1:22really really really
1:24excited to dive into the book of
1:26Proverbs. Not only am I pumped just to
1:28get into Proverbs chapters 1, 2, and
1:31three, which is our assigned reading for
1:32today, but I'm I'm excited to camp out
1:35in the book of Proverbs over the next
1:37couple of days or weeks or however long
1:39it's going to take us to trek through
1:41the book of Proverbs. If you have not
1:44done the reading for today, then like I
1:47say every day, how about you stop the
1:49video, pause the audio, go get the
1:51reading done. I don't know if you found
1:54Psalms to be like super enjoyable
1:56reading, but man, I love Proverbs. I I
2:01find the book of Proverbs to be
2:02entertaining. Very, very enjoyable
2:05reading. So, uh, how about you go to
2:08Proverbs chapter 1, read chapters 1, 2,
2:11and 3, and then come on back if you
2:13haven't done the reading yet for today.
2:15I'm going to try to give us context
2:17clues. Now, context is going to work
2:19very, very differently for the book of
2:22Proverbs. It's not like there are
2:24historical moments attached to these
2:26proverbs. Okay? Every day I I may give
2:29like the context clues will just look
2:31different. Okay? I'll probably give some
2:35overarching idea that will help us uh to
2:39navigate our way through wisdom
2:40literature in general. We'll we'll see.
2:43But every day I'll give you a lot of
2:45nerdy nuggets and we going to have a lot
2:47of timeless truths uh because wisdom is
2:51very relevant for our life today. Man,
2:57there's something that the world needs.
2:58It is wisdom. And uh let me just give
3:01this precursor. Okay, it's funny. I've
3:04always gone to churches that I would say
3:07are marked by wisdom. And uh one time I
3:10invited somebody to church, not the
3:12garden, not the church that we're
3:13planting, but I invited them to a church
3:15that I was on staff at. And I asked them
3:17like, "Hey, like what do you think?" And
3:18they were like, "I wasn't deep enough
3:20for me." And I was like, "Deep? Like
3:22what do you mean?" And they, you know,
3:24they kind of just started like it was
3:26just too practical. And I was like, "So,
3:29you must not like the book of Proverbs."
3:32Because like God's wisdom isn't so lofty
3:36and deep that it just makes you feel
3:38smart. And this is a big theme when it
3:41comes to wisdom in the Bible. That
3:43wisdom for the biblical authors is not
3:46intelligence. It's not like how
3:48confusing something is or how
3:50complicated it is. For the authors of
3:52the Bible, wisdom is found in very
3:55practical things. And so we're going to
3:57discover that all kinds of people get
4:00called wise in the Bible. Actually, I'll
4:02give you a couple of examples, okay? In
4:05Exodus 31:2, there's a man by the name
4:08of Bezel. He's an artist who crafted the
4:10Ark of the Covenant. He said in in the
4:13word Hebrew to be wise in craftsmanship.
4:16And the same word is used a few chapters
4:18later in Exodus 35:2 to describe a woman
4:22who's skilled in weaving. She's wise.
4:25Why? because she's excellent. Okay.
4:27Next, the word for wise is also used for
4:30Solomon composing songs and proverbs.
4:33Okay. Uh we'll get into authorship in
4:35just a second. Those who are
4:36strategically minded, generals. Isaiah
4:3910:13 is going to say like those people
4:42who know how to like win battles, win
4:44wars. Generals who are strategic, those
4:47people are wise. Uh Jeremiah 9:17 is
4:51going to say there are certain people
4:53who are skilled in mourning. Remember in
4:55the biblical world you could actually
4:57pay people to come to like a funeral to
5:00professionally mourn. Okay? So there are
5:02people who are skilled in that. They're
5:04excellent at that. Those who are wise in
5:07ship building and navigation. Ship
5:09building and navigation. If you're good
5:10at that, then you're called wise in the
5:13Bible. This is Ezekiel 27:8. And
5:16Jeremiah chapter 10 verse9 actually says
5:19that even those who have the skill
5:22required to craft pagan idols that they
5:26have a wisdom. Why? Because they have a
5:28skill, they have a craft, they have
5:30excellence. Okay? They have expertise.
5:33And so wisdom for the authors of the
5:37Bible is not phil philosophy. It's not
5:40like how much information can I load
5:43into my brain. It's how well do I live
5:46my life? Okay, wisdom is very, very
5:50practical. And so to the person who's
5:52like, it wasn't deep enough for me. I
5:54was like, I'm sorry that we weren't
5:56spinning around and twirling and waving
5:59flags, I don't know. Like, what did you
6:01want? Like, you don't want to go to a
6:03church on Sunday that's going to make
6:04you a better wife, a better husband, a
6:06better mom, a better father, a better
6:08employer, a better entrepreneur, a
6:10better business owner. Like, Don't
6:13you want to GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY? AND
6:15LIKE THE pastor give practical
6:18wisdom like wisdom. There's a whole
6:21bunch of people who know how to pray for
6:2214 hours but don't know how to like
6:24treat their kids. They don't know how to
6:26like be good parents. They don't know
6:28how to like be a good spouse. They don't
6:30know how to build a home. Not just
6:33actually physically build a house, but
6:35like build a home. Build culture. Build
6:38teams that work. Build businesses that
6:40thrive. fix real problems like you know
6:44I so I don't know I I like wisdom I love
6:48wisdom all right I I don't like anything
6:51that feels like a waste of time and uh
6:54wisdom is is helping you to get straight
6:56to the point to actually fix problems I
6:59love wisdom and uh I'm glad that we get
7:01to talk about wisdom for the next couple
7:03of days or weeks or however long we're
7:05going to be in the book of proverbs
7:06family the wait is over my brand new
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8:00should get a copy today. All right, back
8:03to the episode. Let's talk authorship.
8:05Okay, no one debates whether or not
8:07Solomon is the author of these proverbs.
8:10Okay, now there's a big debate on
8:12whether or not Solomon is actually the
8:14author of Song of Songs or whether he's
8:16the author of Ecclesiastes. Those
8:19scholars debate that heavily. No one
8:21really debates whether or not Solomon is
8:23the author of Proverbs. And part of the
8:26reason is what we have right here in
8:28First Kings 4. I'll start reading in
8:31verse 29. says this, "God gave Solomon
8:34wisdom." Man, let me stop right there. I
8:37think if God gave Solomon wisdom, God
8:39can give you wisdom. Okay? If you're an
8:41idiot, like God wants to give you
8:43wisdom. Like, if you're foolish, God
8:45wants to give you wisdom. If you're
8:46broke, God wants to give you wisdom. If
8:48you've been dating idiots, God wants to
8:49give you wisdom. If you just been
8:51bouncing around from one relationship to
8:52the next relationship and you don't know
8:53what you're doing, God wants to give you
8:55wisdom. If your baby daddy stupid, God
8:57wants to give you wisdom. God wants to
8:59give you wisdom. Like man, if if you if
9:03you lack wisdom, God desperately wants
9:07to give you wisdom. He wants you to be a
9:09thriving, successful, flourishing,
9:11excellent, skilled person. He wants to
9:14give you wisdom. Okay? If you got anger
9:16problems, God wants to give you wisdom.
9:18Anything that's going to take away from
9:20your ability to thrive at life, he wants
9:23to give you wisdom. Okay? God gave
9:25Solomon wisdom and very great insight
9:28and a breadth of understanding as
9:31measurless as the sand on the seashore.
9:33Solomon's wisdom was greater than the
9:36wisdom of all the people of the east. He
9:38was wiser than anyone else including
9:40Ethan the Ezra height, wiser than Hemon,
9:43Callhole, and Darda, the sons of Mahol.
9:46And his fame spread to all the
9:48surrounding nations. By the way, that's
9:50the goal of wisdom, to actually win the
9:52world. the deep stuff, the stuff that
9:54makes you feel like you're smart but
9:56really is a waste of time. Like the
9:59world isn't impressed by that. Here's
10:01what the world is impressed by. Here's
10:02what people who don't know God is
10:03impressed by. You having a good
10:05marriage. You having fantastic kids.
10:08Kids that are disciplined. You running a
10:09thriving business, profitable. You being
10:12excellent. All right? You being
10:14fantastic at what you do. Okay? So, the
10:17surrounding nations are all coming to
10:18Solomon because he's wise. And here we
10:21go. He spoke 3,000 proverbs and his
10:24songs numbered a thousand5. He spoke
10:27about plant life. So right there that
10:29verse verse 32 lets us know yeah like
10:32these proverbs like we have a recorded
10:35historical you know data that Solomon
10:38actually did like speak 3,000 proverbs.
10:42So the collection of proverbs that we
10:44have 100% Solomon. Okay through and
10:47through. No one debates whether or not
10:48this is Solomon. It says this in verse
10:5033. He spoke about plant life. Now this
10:53is fascinating. Okay, this is wisdom. He
10:56spoke about plant life from the cedar of
10:58Lebanon to the hissup that grows out of
11:01walls. He also spoke about animals and
11:04birds, reptiles and fish. I I want you
11:06to think about this, okay? When you
11:08think about plant life, cedar trees,
11:10hissup, when you think about animals,
11:13birds, reptiles, fish, what does that
11:15make you think of? I give you a second.
11:17I know what it makes me think of. What
11:18does that make you think of? Eden. Yeah,
11:21the Garden of Eden. Okay. So, one of the
11:23themes throughout the book of Proverbs
11:26is that wisdom offers a door back into
11:31the Edenic ideal. Okay? That wisdom is
11:36actually trying to get us back to the
11:38Garden of Eden. Okay? back to the kind
11:42of wisdom that God was trying to
11:45download into Adam and Eve's mind,
11:48heart, soul, spirit. Okay. So, so the
11:52the wisdom literature of the Bible is is
11:55providing a path back into what is the
11:59original design of the earth? What's the
12:02original design of humanity? How can we
12:05understand that original design? And how
12:07can we create lifestyles and communities
12:11that actually flourish? Okay, this is
12:14not a coincidence, okay, that Solomon is
12:18is, you know, has things to say about
12:20plants and animals and trees. Well, this
12:24is very very very intentional. The
12:27language that's going to get used all
12:29throughout the psalm all all throughout
12:30the proverbs sorry not psalms all
12:33throughout the proverbs is going to be
12:35edenic language and we'll get into that
12:38in a second from all nations people came
12:40to listen to Solomon's wisdom because
12:42wisdom is evangelistic sent by all the
12:45kings of the world who had heard of his
12:48wisdom okay so Solomon is the author
12:51wisdom literature is an entire genre and
12:54proverbs psalms ecclesiastes the Song of
12:57Songs and Job is the wisdom literature
12:59of the Bible. As we continue our trek
13:02through Proverbs, I'll drop context
13:05clues on just wisdom literature, how to
13:07interpret it. And audience, okay, I want
13:09we'll say this and then I'll give you
13:11seven nerdy nuggets. Okay, seven nerdy
13:13nuggets. The audience are always going
13:15to be children and those who are already
13:19wise. Okay, children. If you look at
13:22Proverbs 1:8, it says, "Listen, my son."
13:26And then if you get to verse 10, "My
13:28son," and then verse 15, "my son." And
13:32then chapter 2 verse one, "My son."
13:35Okay? Over and over and over and over
13:37and over. It's the same in 31 and 3:21.
13:41Okay? Uh it's the same in 3 verse 11.
13:44Okay? My son, my son, my son, my son.
13:47And so I'll just say this personally,
13:50part of the reason I love Proverbs so
13:52much is because I didn't have a
13:54biological father or an earthly father
13:57who could really give me wisdom, which
13:59is the number one thing you need. You
14:01need wisdom. And I can always tell
14:04whether or not people had, you know,
14:06strong or weak relationships with their
14:08parents based on how wise they are
14:10because that's the number one thing a
14:12parent should be leaving to you is
14:14wisdom. Not money, not an inheritance,
14:16not cars, not property. If your parents
14:19leave more to you than they leave in
14:22you, then you'll squander everything
14:24they leave to you. Okay? So wisdom is a
14:28thing that I believe parents should be
14:30leaving in you so that they don't
14:32squander what they leave to you. So my
14:35dad was incarcerated. My dad was on
14:37drugs. I didn't have a father to really
14:40share wisdom. the things that my dad
14:43taught me I had to unlearn because they
14:45were toxic and crazy. And so I honestly
14:49when I started to read the book of
14:52Proverbs, I felt like the Lord was
14:55grabbing me by the ears and and and the
14:58Lord began to teach me wisdom and the
15:01Lord began to put spiritual fathers in
15:03my life to teach me wisdom. And uh I I
15:07kid you not, if you have a pastor or
15:11like a mentor or a coach um who wants to
15:15give you wisdom, you need to listen with
15:17everything you have. And we currently
15:20live in a society that's so mummified,
15:23not mummified, mummified. We just have a
15:26lack of fathers. And Proverbs is going
15:28to give a dad's perspective to their
15:32sons. So, so Proverbs is gonna have
15:34masculine energy, okay? So, Giloinso,
15:38okay? Because this is not a mom giving
15:40advice to her daughter. This is a father
15:43giving advice and wisdom to his son. And
15:46I think that one of the things that's
15:48lost in society right now is the
15:50understanding that part of the ways that
15:53men love, especially their children, is
15:56by teaching. Instruction and teaching is
16:00a love language. Okay, it's not a love
16:03language that we talk about, but man,
16:05you know you got a good dad if they
16:07taught you how to tie a tie. You know
16:09you got a good dad. They taught you how
16:10to change a tire. You know you got a
16:12good dad. They taught you how to invest
16:13money. You know you got a good dad when
16:16they gave you wisdom. Me and my wife
16:20love our son equally, but we don't love
16:22our son the same. Part of the way that I
16:25love our son is by preparing him and
16:29training him for a cruel, harsh world.
16:32Okay? And part of how I do that is by
16:34giving that boy wisdom. I'm constantly
16:39in teaching mode when it comes to my
16:41son. Okay? I'm constantly in instruction
16:45mode when it comes to my son. And I'm
16:47not saying moms don't do that. I'm not
16:49saying that wives don't do that. I am
16:52saying that what we kind of call
16:55mansplaining in in our world right now,
16:59it I don't know if it's mansplaining. I
17:01I just think men like to teach and
17:04instruct and make things as plain as
17:06possible. And the temptation is, you
17:09know, as a son, you could get into this
17:12mode where you're like, "Ah, I heard
17:13that story already. I heard my dad say
17:16that." Well, just because you heard your
17:18dad say it doesn't mean that your heart
17:20was ready to receive it. And so our
17:22heart posture when we approach Proverbs
17:25needs to be I'm in the seat of a son and
17:28my father is going to teach me some
17:30things. My heavenly father's going to
17:32teach me some things. Maybe some
17:34spiritual fathers are going to teach me
17:35some things. Or maybe my earthly dad is
17:37going to teach me some things because I
17:39have not learned everything that there
17:40is to learn. and I need to attain wisdom
17:44and I need to be in the seat to to to
17:47receive it. Okay. So, there are seven
17:49nuggets that we're going to look at
17:51today and we're going to fly through
17:53them. The number one nugget, I may not
17:55be able to get through all seven. Uh I
17:56I'll get through as many as I can and
17:58we'll maybe save some for another day.
18:00The number one thing that you're going
18:01to need to learn, okay, is the fear of
18:03Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. We're
18:05going to get this theme over and over
18:07and over and over and over and over. The
18:09fear of Yahweh is the beginning of
18:11wisdom. Now, is the fear of Yahweh the
18:14goal of wisdom? No. It's just the
18:16beginning. It's the first step. Why is
18:18it the first step? Well, it's the first
18:20step because when I fear him, that means
18:23I've placed him in his proper place.
18:25He's magnificent. He's grand. He's in
18:29transcendent. He's wise. So, the fear of
18:32the Lord should create humility in me.
18:35It should put me in the learner seat.
18:37There's a, you know, kind of a secular
18:39cliche proverb that says like hard to
18:42teach somebody a lesson when they're
18:43winning. It means that failure actually
18:46opens you up to wanting to learn some
18:48stuff because failure creates humility.
18:52Okay? Proud proud people can't learn
18:54anything. Okay? So, so the first thing
18:56that you got to learn is the fear of the
18:58Lord. There is no way you're arrogant
19:02when you realize how insignificant you
19:04are in the grand scheme of life. Like
19:07when you realize that God's infinite and
19:09you're finite, that he is omnipotent and
19:11you're not. When you realize he's
19:14omnisient and you're not, the fear of
19:16the Lord should put you in proper
19:18perspective. And so you can only attain
19:22wisdom if you have humility. Okay? So
19:25that's going to be a massive theme. And
19:27I want you to begin to just track that
19:29theme even in these first three
19:30chapters. Number two, the purpose of the
19:33whole book of Proverbs is found in
19:35verses 2 to6 of Proverbs chapter 1.
19:38Okay, that's our second nerdy nugget.
19:40Okay, it says this, for gaining wisdom
19:41and instruction, for understanding words
19:43of insight, for receiving instruction
19:45and prudent behavior, doing what is
19:47right and just and fair. For giving
19:49prudence to those who are simple,
19:51knowledge and discretion to the young.
19:54Okay, we'll talk about this probably
19:56tomorrow or the next day or the next day
19:58like why children and young people are
20:02such an emphasis in the in terms of who
20:05should be receiving wisdom. Let the wise
20:08listen and add to their learning. So the
20:10this book is not just for the young or
20:13for for sons but it's also for people
20:16who are already wise cuz people who are
20:18already wise guess what they want more
20:19wisdom because you can never have
20:21enough. they can add to their learning
20:22and let the discerning get guidance for
20:25understanding proverbs and parables and
20:27the sayings and riddles of the wise.
20:30Okay, that is the purpose of the book.
20:32So, if you're ever wondering what's
20:33Proverbs up to, well, you just read
20:35Proverbs 1:es 2 to6. Number three, we're
20:38going to see this today, tomorrow, most
20:41days when we look at the Proverbs that
20:42wisdom is personified as a woman. Okay?
20:45Now, I think that this is important
20:47because it culminates in Proverbs 31. In
20:50Proverbs 31, what's going to happen?
20:52This is going to be this the book of
20:54Proverbs going to end on a wife of noble
20:57character. And uh a lot of people will
21:00take that wife of noble character
21:01literally. But every other time, wisdom
21:04was personified as a woman throughout
21:05the book, we took it not literally. I
21:09think actually the goal of the entirety
21:11of the book of Proverbs, the reason that
21:13it ends with a wife of noble character
21:15is because I think Proverbs is trying to
21:17get you to fall in love with a woman
21:19named wisdom. So, Proverbs wants you to
21:22marry wisdom. And I would say before you
21:25marry anybody, you should marry wisdom.
21:28And the only way to even choose a spouse
21:30well is to first marry wisdom. And we
21:33got a lot of people who don't want to
21:35choose a spouse. They want God to choose
21:36a spouse for them. And I just want to be
21:38very clear. There's no time in the Bible
21:40where God tells another person who to
21:42marry. Now, you can argue with me. You
21:44can get mad in the comments. You can
21:45debate. That doesn't m I don't care what
21:47you do. I'm wise. So, foolish people
21:51argue. I'm not going to argue. You know,
21:53I you can argue with me all you want.
21:55But God wants you to marry wisdom so
21:58that whoever you do marry is a wise
22:00choice. And a lot of people want to
22:02advocate their responsibility in
22:04choosing a spouse because they are
22:07scared of the consequences of making a
22:09bad decision. But you won't make a bad
22:11decision if you actually marry wisdom
22:12before you marry anybody else. Okay? So
22:15wisdom is personified as a woman.
22:17Really, really, really important. Next,
22:19number four, you're going to see this
22:21all throughout the book of Proverbs that
22:23wisdom is valuable and profitable. Okay,
22:28so just here we go. You can be offended.
22:31Uh, you know, it is what it is. I don't
22:33take advice from broke people, okay? I I
22:36don't part of my a rule for my life is
22:39whatever like poor people are doing, I
22:41don't do it. I I don't do what poor
22:43people are doing, okay? I I don't I
22:45don't find poverty to be something that
22:48is inherently holy or or any like I I
22:52just I don't I don't do what poor people
22:54do. Okay? So, Proverbs chapter 2:1 says,
22:57"Store up wisdom like it's currency."
23:00Proverbs 2:4 says that, you know what?
23:03Wisdom is like silver. It's like hidden
23:05treasure. Chapter 2:7 says that wisdom
23:08brings success. Chapter 3:4 says that
23:11wisdom brings favor. Chapter 3:9 says
23:14that wisdom brings wealth. Chapter 3:14
23:18says wisdom is better than silver or
23:20gold. Chapter 3:1 15 says it's better
23:22than rubies. Okay? Chapter 3:16 says
23:26it's it brings riches. Okay. So, so
23:29Proverbs is going to make a link not
23:32just between wisdom and and femininity
23:35or or womanhood, but it's going to make
23:38correlation between wisdom and
23:40profitability. Okay? Profitability. One
23:44one of the things that I say all the
23:45time, if it if it don't make dollars, it
23:47don't make sense. like like you you're
23:51proof to me that something is wise is
23:54will it lead to wealth or will it lead
23:57to poverty? And if you're uncomfortable
23:59with that as a as a kind of a life
24:01model, you're going to be uncomfortable
24:02with Proverbs cuz Proverbs essentially
24:04going to say a big reason to not do a
24:06whole bunch of things because that leads
24:08to being poor. Last nerdy nugget that
24:10I'll give you is that and this will lead
24:12into our Thomas truth. What you're going
24:14to see is that wisdom is going to get
24:16exalted and esteemed as a agent of
24:21creativity and creation. Okay. So what
24:24the book of proverbs is going to say is
24:26that the Lord used wisdom before he laid
24:30the foundation of the earth. Okay. This
24:32is chapter 3. This is Proverbs chapter 3
24:3519 says this. By wisdom the Lord laid
24:38the earth's foundations. By
24:39understanding he set the heavens in
24:42place. By his knowledge the watery
24:44depths were divided and the clouds let
24:46drop the dew. Okay. So wisdom is is
24:50going to be seen as a powerful agent
24:53that was with Yahweh in the creation of
24:56the cosmos. Okay. So this is a creation
25:00and a creative agent which gets us back
25:02to Eden. Okay. This is our timeless
25:05truth for the day. This is Proverbs
25:073:18. Proverbs 3:18. Wisdom. The she
25:11hears wisdom. She is a tree of life to
25:14those who take hold of her. Those who
25:16hold her fast will be blessed. A tree of
25:19life. What is Proverbs actually
25:22advertising? It's actually saying, "Hey,
25:24in the Garden of Eden, there's a tree of
25:26knowledge of good and evil." And because
25:29Adam and Eve chose to take it instead of
25:32waiting on God's timing to receive it,
25:35they then forfeited their right to the
25:37tree of life. Okay? because they took
25:39something instead of waiting to receive
25:41it. Now they forfeited their ability to
25:44get, you know, access to the tree of
25:46life. And what Proverbs is saying is
25:49Proverbs and all of wisdom in the Bible
25:52is saying we actually want God wants you
25:55to have knowledge of good and evil. And
25:57I'll talk about why in in later days as
26:00we continue our trek through Proverbs.
26:02God wants you to have the knowledge of
26:04good and evil, but he also wants you to
26:06have a tree of life. And that's not just
26:08true for Solomon. That's true for you
26:11and I. We need both the knowledge of
26:14good and evil and we need the tree of
26:17life. And so what Proverbs is doing is
26:20it's offering a way back to the Garden
26:22of Eden. And it's going to do that in
26:24subtle ways by saying that Solomon
26:27talked about plant life and animals. But
26:29it's also going to do that in blatant
26:31ways like saying like wisdom is a tree
26:34of life. Okay. What? What? What tree of
26:37life? The one that was in the Garden of
26:39Eden. All right. Wisdom offers you a way
26:43to have knowledge of good and evil, but
26:46not take it in sin, but receive it,
26:50which means I'm not forfeiting my
26:52ability to access the tree of life,
26:54which God has for all of those who
26:56actually obey him, who have trusted in
26:59the shed blood of Jesus. And that is
27:01timelessly true. It's true when Solomon
27:04wrote these words and it's true today
27:06that God wants you to get back to your
27:08original design which is found in the
27:11Garden of Eden. The garden where people
27:14flourish. All right, tomorrow is day
27:17303.
27:18We're going to be looking at Proverbs
27:20chapters 4-6.
27:22I can't wait. Some of my favorite verses
27:24in the Bible are in Proverbs chapters
27:264-6. I hope that today's episode has
27:30given you kind of a 30,000 foot view.
27:32bird's eye view on the book of Proverbs
27:34as a whole. We're gonna have fun over
27:36the next couple of days. I'm gonna
27:38figure out how many days we're actually
27:39in Proverbs because I am pumped. I love
27:42this book. I'm so proud of you.
27:44Especially if you're on a streak. Love
27:45you. Love you. Love you. I'll see you
27:46tomorrow, same time, same place as we
27:49continue walking through the book of
27:50Proverbs together. Love you guys. Peace.
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