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Introduction
Today, we begin a new series in the book of Proverbs.
We will be in this book for the next couple of months.
Some of you might ask, why are we studying proverbs?
Why did you choose Proverbs Pastor Alex?
Why did I choose this book?
Its in the OT.
I choose this book because we need to grow in our understanding of the OT.
75% of the Bible is found in the OT and I believe many Christians are ignorant of its teaching.
Proverbs seemed to be an easy book that relates to all age groups and in all seasons of life.
2. Its practical.
This book is profoundly practical.
It helps and guides us with the everyday decisions we make.
Proverbs is applied Christianity.
There are things in life where we need wisdom: what should I look for in a spouse?
How should I spend my money?
How shall I invest?
How shall I work?
When should I speak?
When should I stay silent?
What type of friends should I choose?How shall I use my time?
Shoot I tweet this?
Proverbs helps us understand these questions in our day to day experience.
Its needed.
3. It’s Needed.
We live in a digital age with the explosion of information and rapid changing technology.
We can ask Google or Alexa anything, and an answer is immediately generated.
Yet with all the information at our fingertips, people are still not living successful lives.
We are becoming people who have access to vast amounts of knowledge with a few taps of our thumbs but who retain just little bits of knowledge in our minds and hearts.
As we increasingly dedicate ourselves to the pursuit of information, we grow increasingly unable or unwilling to distinguish between knowledge and information, wisdom and knowledge.
Tim Challies
In fact, there was an article written in the Atlantic, entitled “Is Google Making Us Stupid?
What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains” which the author makes the case that even though we have more information than ever, we are becoming stupid and less human because of how the internet is shaping our brains.
Even while I was reading it, there were ads that were distracting me and I clicked on google because I was bored.
The author writes,
Over the past few years I’ve had an uncomfortable sense that someone, or something, has been tinkering with my brain, remapping the neural circuitry, reprogramming the memory.
My mind isn’t going—so far as I can tell—but it’s changing.
I’m not thinking the way I used to think.
I can feel it most strongly when I’m reading.
Immersing myself in a book or a lengthy article used to be easy.
My mind would get caught up in the narrative or the turns of the argument, and I’d spend hours strolling through long stretches of prose.
That’s rarely the case anymore.
Now my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages.
I get fidgety, lose the thread, begin looking for something else to do.
I feel as if I’m always dragging my wayward brain back to the text.
The deep reading that used to come naturally has become a struggle.
Think about a generation now addicted to social media.
If the first thing we do in the morning is check facebook or social and media, instead of reading the Bible and pray, do you think buzzfeed or the latest instagram story is going to make us godlier or wiser?
Proverbs help us for the everyday and it is needed today.
Today, we will be looking at the introduction of the Book.
The first seven verses lay out a road map for the rest of the book.
The proverbs were mostly written by Solomon, but other Kings and writers are mentioned at the end of the book and it may have come to its completed form years later after Solomon’s death.
I want to ask three questions this morning.
I. What is Wisdom?
(v. 1)
II.
Why do you need Wisdom?
(vv.
2-6)
II.
How does One attain Wisdom?
III.
What is the foundation of Wisdom?
III.
Where do you get Wisdom?
(v.
7)
Scripture Reading:
The Title (v. 1)
The Purpose (vv.
2-6)
The Foundation (v.
7)
I. What is Wisdom?
(vv.
1-2)
What is a proverb?
A proverb is a short simply and pithy saying of practical truth that is easy to remember.
“Early bird gets the worm.”
“An apple a day keeps a doctor away.”
The Hebrews used proverbs because they are easy to remember and they are poetic expressions of truth.
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words.
One preacher likened proverbs to hard candy you must chew on until you get the sweet part.
Proverbs are like warheads.
Sour on the outside until you chew and suck on it until it becomes sweet.
Proverbs are like warheads.
Sour on the outside until you chew and suck on it until it becomes sweet.
A proverb is a poetic, terse, vivid, thought-provoking saying that conveys world of truth in a few words.
They are observations about how life works.
Tim Keller.
The Proverbs are for deep thinking and living.
They are observations about how life works.
Tim Keller
The Author: The Proverbs of Solomon
This is King Solomon.
David was considered the greatest King of Israel.
Solomon was considered the wisest.
He ruled from 970-931.
Israel was prosperous under his reign.
1 Kings 4:29-3
He was the Son of David through Bathsheba.
He began his rule well as he prayed not for riches, nor for the lives of his enemies, but he prayed for wisdom.
God’s Response:
1 Kings 3:7-
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