Sermon Tone Analysis

Warnings!

(Slide) Warnings (plural; noun) a statement or event that indicates a possible or impending danger, problem or other unpleasant situation.

Warnings have always been a part of God’s instructions to us.

(Slide) The instruction, you shall not eat, the reason, you will surely die.

(insert slide with a warning sign) (illustration) - Driving down the road you read a warning sign “dangerous curve ahead” what are you going to do? Are you going to adhere to the warning, reduce your speed and continue on or are you going to ignore the warning and risk the danger?

The Bible is full of warnings, not because God does not want us to do things, but because God wants to protect us from things that will, can harm us.

Today as we look at some of the warnings that go with the precepts of , let’s see the spiritual application that is for our benefit.

If you were to summarize , taking what we looked at last week (instructions/precepts) and this week (warnings/instructions) we can deduct that even when it seems evil is prospering we should not be inclined to join evil.

(Slide) They may have happiness, where you have joy

(Slide) They may be content, but you have peace

(Slide) They may have riches now, but you have eternal riches.

Don’t Join In

Trouble in the making, don’t desire the things of this world, for they will lead you to trouble.

1Jn

One day we will stand and give account for our actions and our words; our benefit is we have God’s Word, God’s truth, God’s power to do what is right and to hate that which is evil.

(Slide) To have the fear of the Lord is to hate evil and to cling to what is good.

Wisdom, fool and the Schemer

Pro24:

Wisdom is too high, too much for the fool, remember they do not listen in the first place.

In the days of these writings the wise men would meet at the gates of the city and that is where judgment came, disputes were resolved.

We should not waste our time in listening to the babbling of the fool who does not have the wisdom of God.

Listening to perverse arguments, intellectually and morally inept people is a waste of time and energy.

(Slide) Don’t be a conniver!

- A loss of a good name, a good reputation, and being a person of character is not easily regained, or to come back from

(Slide) In one of the Hebrew translates it says “the scheme of an unprincipled person is sin.”

Do not lie in wait!

Are you familiar with the term

Pro24: 15-16

Are you familiar with the term

(Slide) “You can’t keep a good man down?”

Well the righteous man will not stay down, he will get back up, look up, thank God and move on.

He has the truth.

In the end the evil man, the wicked man, the unjust man, the unprincipled man will stumble, be caught up in their own nets, their own schemes for

They can try to hide things from God, but God knows the heart for He is the searcher of the heart; not only in prayer but in all things.

Don’t Gloat!

(Slide) Pride comes before the fall, and gloating is a form of pride.

Don’t rejoice when evil stumbles around you, for you too stumble and God gave you mercy!

Don’t forget that God is just

We are to be people of love

How About some more wise sayings?

(Slide) God is not partial in His judgment (v.23)

1Pet

(Slide) Don’t lie (vv.24-25) for that is not in character with us as a Christian

(Slide) Since we have put away the old self, we should be honest and give an honest answer (v.26)

(Slide) Don’t look for a hand out, but put your hand to work (v.27)

(Slide)This is the general principle of don’t look for a hand out, put your hand to work and then get your house in order.

This is a prelude to (vv.30-34) whereas it does look at laziness.

Maybe you know the proverb (though not in the bible)

(Slide) Feed a man a fish and feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime”

Pro24:30

Pro24: 32-33

The poetic words paint a picture of the story of a lazy man and the outcome.

It is a wise saying and a great illustration of the warning principles we have looked at today.

We have looked at lot’s of don’t’s today, but surely we don’t want to end on that do we?

The warning we need to be concerned about more than any other, is the day is coming in which the Lord is going to return to judge the world.

Will He find faith?

Will your be filled with faith?

Will you be walking by faith?

Will you be assured in God’s finished work on Christ’s cross?

Then Don’t be alarmed, be ready, Don’t be afraid of what is to come, look for it.

Don’t be quiet, share your hope with others.

(insert slide from despair, to hope)