The Beginning Of Wisdom | Pr Alvin Keng

So the title of the message today is the beginning

of wisdom. Okay, the beginning of wisdom. We're going to

read Proverbs, chapter nine, verse ten to twelve, the beginning

of wisdom. It says here, the fear of the Lord

is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the

Holy One is understanding. For by me, your days will

be multiplied and years of life will be added to you.

If you're wise, you're wise for yourself. And if you scoff,

you were buried alone. So the Bible teaches us to

look for wisdom. You'll know what wisdom is, right kind

of yes, No, in a way, so.

The Bible teaches us.

Okay, let's let's just read word for word what the

Bible tells us to do, and then we just try

and follow.

Okay.

So the Bible teaches us to look for wisdom, right,

and it teaches us to search for wisdom like searching

for hidden treasure. Have y'all seen those treasure hunters, not

those documentary treasure hunter I remember watching the Titanic treasure hunter,

you know, the time they haven't found that Titanic yet,

you were sunk somewhere, and of course you know and

you know. Do you know that a lot of money

is invested first not even knowing where they can find it,

A lot of money is invested to search for it,

right And I And one of the reasons why I

remember Titanic is because one of the submarine's name is.

Called Alvin La Okay, yeah, well yeah, you know, I.

Think it's a smaller one. I found it anyway, not

very important note, but my past history.

Uh.

And and it takes a lot of effort to search

for treasure if you're a treasure hunter, guys, I'm not

asking to be treache hunter.

ROI is very bad.

One return investment is not so good because you may

not find it, you know, case in point. You look

at all the movies about treasure hunting always and bad

leon right, there are some either some you know, hidden

Nazi somewhere or something, or some zombie somewhere. So don't go,

don't go, okay, don't be tree hunter. But it takes

a lot of effort to look for treasure.

Right. But when we find it, wow, you have found

something good. Right.

Problems two four or five says if you seek her

as silver and search for her for him and treasures,

then you will understand the fear of the Lord and

find the knowledge of God.

Right.

So the second thing the Bible teaches us about wisdom

is that the Lord is the one who gives us wisdom.

You can't find wisdom from anywhere, only from God. Okay,

only from God you can find wisdom, So we should

seek him.

Let's read Proverbs Chatter to verse sixty seven.

He says, for the Lord gives wisdom from his mouth,

come knowledge and understanding. He stares up sound wisdom for

the upright. He is a shield to those who walk uprightly. Right,

So God is a shield for those who walk uprightly.

How many of you here? You are the type that

are very U must do the correcting one. Okay. You cannot.

You cannot afford to do something wrong or or even

come to a place where you know, if let's say,

the police come to you and say not so long,

you say.

But Amon, if you'll get what I mean right?

Uh, you won't say, oh, sire believes about you.

Know. You don't say that. You say, say say just

summon me.

Okay, you you can't do you know that if you

walk up right and the Lord sees even if the

the reason of walking upright will cost you something. He's

your shield. Hard to follow, easy to say. Amen, now,

real life situation difficult. But I want to encourage you.

The Lord is your shield, even if you have to

do the right thing and lose something. Most of the

time it is that that right, especially in business, or

I have to do this, you know you don't have to.

You don't have to because the Lord is your shield.

He guards the paths of justice and preserves.

The way of his sayings? Are you? God says? Here?

Are you his sayings in this place? Do you know

that God protects you when you follow him? Okay, you

don't follow him, No, I don't know how. But if

you're following him, no metal where you're in your life,

he preserves you know you have the confidence though I

feel some of us don't have no or we only

look at what's in front of us. You know, a

lot of times in my life right when I'm going

through challenge. Of course you don't see it, you feel it,

you complain, you make noise. But the moment the challenge

shops and I take a step back, I take a step.

Back and I look at the bigger picture. Oh God,

now I know why I went through that? Have we

been there for? But when you're in it, you're like,

why am I here? Why is this is like that?

But when you take a step back.

You're like, oh, wow, Lord, now I know so a

lot of times, right, God is always there for you,

and no, you just don't realize it, especially when we

don't get what we want, but we are actually getting

what we need.

You'll see the difference.

You don't get what you want, but you're actually getting

what you need.

Very important.

Okay, Wisdom, it also says the Bible says, when you

have wisdom, you will understand righteousness and justice and value

every good path.

What does it mean by that? Let me read further,

let me see where is it? Okay?

So which path are you tak Okay? I think it's

in Proverbs to so Proverbs to chapter ten the tub.

He says, here, when wisdom enters your heart, Ah, when

wisdom enters your heart and knowledge is pleasant to your soul,

Discretion will preserve you. Understanding will keep you to deliver

you from the law, the way of evil, from the

man who speaks perverse things.

Right, that's what it does.

I'm trying to find the path, but whenever you will

come out later. Right, So the Bible says first point er,

teach us us look for wisdom, guys, look for wisdom.

Don't look for wealth, don't look for comfort, don't look

for don't don't don't look no, look for wisdom. Right,

and then almost like a setting up, God gives you wisdom.

So you put too and two together means see God,

la makes sense? Not why are you seeking God to

seek wisdom? Right? Why do you need wisdom?

Because with wisdom, when it enters your heart, you will

understand righteousness. Oh, I know what is righteousness. I know

what is right from wrong. You know what is justice right?

And not only that, you will value every good path right,

it says here. When wisdom enters your heart and knowledge

is present your soul, discussion will preserve you.

You know what.

Discression means or not? Do you know what discression means?

Discussion just means discernment. Are you the type of person

that know how to discern things or not? You know

what discernment means? No? Discern is very important now right

to discern whether a person is of character or not.

To discern whether or not the situation is favorable to you.

To discern whether or not that guy is someone you

knew marry or not. I'm waiting for you say amen,

by okay, you know to this sern no, Yeah, to

discern whether this girl that is pretty, he's gonna make

a good wife or not or just a trophy girlfriend.

May but she looked like the latest current. Okay, I

don't know any name, la.

Discernment to discern whether or not the blessing of God

is gonna the blessing of God is gonna blank blank blank.

Sometimes we chase after a lot of things in life,

and then we come to a place where we may

maybe not regret because you know, if I choose and

I say God blessed, and then later I admit that regret,

but did down inside you know that probably wasn't the

right choice.

Decern is very important, right because when we discern, it

will preserve us. You'll keep us safe.

Right, and understanding will keep us and understanding of a situation.

Having an understanding or what is important. It's important for

us to continue to live a life of peace. Amen, Solvin,

You're established wisdom is important.

So what is wisdom? Well, there's a big question. Now,

what is wisdom? I was smiling over it a little bit.

Oh, we've got wisdom, wisdom, wisdom, you know, is wisdom

going to the guru in the mountain that looked like

you know, our brother here, maybe a.

Bit more white hair. He really looks like you.

He can sit down spew wisdom. I'm not making fun. No, seriously,

you have that. Maybe he is so, I know, men

or little words, a lot of wisdom come out, right,

So go and seek him.

Okay, you know is that wisdom? Right? What is wisdom?

Is it just information? Is it info? Do you know

that we have?

The internet has given us a lot in information, but

zero wisdom. In fact, a lot of foolishness. Right, the

mouthfulishness is crazy? Is it intelligence? Is that wisdom?

No?

No, Why you got a lot of smart people, but

they're not so smart? Right, yeah, you've experienced that.

Not why sir? You know smart, know everything, but probably

make wrong decisions. Right.

No, it's not about being knowledgeable or about being smart. Very

good example I can give. It's Chagibt. Chagibt is intelligent, right,

has a lot of information.

Right?

Do you think Chagibt is wise? You're gonna ask Chgibt

or relationship problems.

See what they.

Say, go in type going type type in your relationship

problem in Chagibt, See what Chagibt says.

Do you think that's wisdom there? I also don't think so. Right.

Wisdom is about making the right decision, making the right

decision for yourself. Wisdom is about discerning on what is

right at what time do you think it's correct?

Right?

The wisdom that God gives us keeps us safe from destruction.

Do you notice that it says here the wisdom didn't

say the wisdom God gives us makes us happy and

gives us what you want. It says keeps us safe

from destruction. Let me read problems two, verse thirteen twenty two.

Let's read further.

Okay, what the.

Bible says for those who leave the paths of uprightness

to walk in the ways of darkness, who rejoice in

doing evil and delight in the perversity of the wicked,

whose ways are crooked, and who are devious in their paths.

To deliver you from the immoral woman from the structures,

who flatters with her words, who forsakes the companion of

her youth and forgets the covenant of her God, for

her house leads down to death, and her paths to

the dead. None who go to her return, nor do

they regain the paths of life. So you may walk

in the way of goodness and keep to the path

of righteousness. For the upright will dwell in the land,

and the blameless will remain in it, but the wicked

will be cut off from the earth, and the unfaithful

will be uprooted from it. It does keeps us safe

the wisdom that God's God gives us right, just so

fun to go a little bit deeper. I wanna ask

two brothers that I kind of earlier on, ask for

their help just to give us a little bit.

Like a scenario about wisdom.

So can I invite Charles and Albert to come to

do a little scenario that I think a lot of

us here can see a lot of young kid out.

We are quite familiar, you know, on on this scenario.

They're just they're just gonna play out something and I'll

probably get you guys to feedback, okay, So just to

establish something. So Charles is Albert's collect okay, and Albert

needs help from Charles, you know, uh, don't don't, don't

don't don't go far away. Everybody can see you, okay,

and we're gonna place some scenarios out.

Uh and they're gonna help me. Okay, so action.

Yeah, he suffers he yeah, yeah, so yeah, clicks colicks

their clicks.

Yeah, h standing there standing this yeah.

Yeah, okay, and then you supposed to ask him okay,

pause here, so Charles can actually complete this monthly report

in two days forty eight hours?

Okay? Why do I need give for the hours?

Because I've done this scenas few times a lot of

people ask a lot of smartle question now, okay, so

in forty eight hours? If you know he has the

ability to complete the report in forty eight hours, Okay,

but he doesn't know that.

But he knows that, okay, and he answers.

Him okay, pause, Okay, I ask you a simple question.

Now, was that a wise decision? No? I see some

why not wise? Not enough time? He needs for the hours? Right?

Why he going from is tomorrow? Right?

So he needs more time? Okay, Okay, let's restart that scenario. Okay,

So no, no, no, not wise? Not whyse Okay, let's

restart that scenario. No, not when you need it? You

ask you as about ask you? Okay, actually had the

scenario wrong?

Ready?

Okay, we'll restart that again. Yeah, answers okay, boss, next month?

Was that wise? Okay, we're just talking about why was

that wise? I see some people say why it's wise?

One man? Was there wise? Why no? Wise? Probably?

No?

Why not? Too long? Too long?

Do you realize that he's asking for monthly and chall

say next month? No point indeed that Okay, Okay, now

now you go, next scenario. Okay, I just reminded his script.

Yeah, okay, start from from the top. Yeah, y two days? Okay? Pause?

Was what's that wise? Okay? I'm not sure? Yeah, nominally

this answer will breakdown? No, No, Wise? Why not wise?

Who's the one that said not? Why is why not wise?

He got other work to do? Right? What what if

something goes wrong? What is suddenly top falls sake? You know? Yeah?

What what what he suddenly goes wrong? Right? So what

would be the correct answer? Come, let's see what's the

correct answer? Okay? Last and lastn Yeah? Four days? Okay? Pause?

Is that better? What's that wise? I'm talking about wisdom?

What's that wise?

Some? I'm still not sure? Is it? Why not? Wise.

When I did this scenario, I thinks so much. Guys

get a hand.

So when I did this scenario, when I did this

scenario in one of the chess plans, someone shouted, ah

passe Alvin, Uh, under promise, over deliver correct, under promise

over deliver? Right, you under promise a few days and

then over deliver.

Okay, thank you, Okay.

So you're very confused, Sir Alvin, I have no idea

what you're trying to explain, and you pray for a

chest ban, broke wisdom, dessonment. Let me establish a few things.

So Charles, who is the colleague, should give a wise

answer Corona, because any other answer will cause will be

a foolish answer. And what happens when you have a

foolish answer, you get yourself in trouble.

One day. Foolish?

Why he never count the cause? Why is he not

aware that he can complaine in two days? That is

not wise? He's not aware? Right one day, try and

rush it out, cannot finish one So then after that

fight you know, or get in trouble or break his promise.

Do you think he'll be trusted? He won't.

He's not a wise cysician. Right, one mon, Hey, come on, la,

do you really need one?

Man?

Of course some people say yeah, one more way, good. No,

that's not wise. He only needs two days. That's not

a wise position. It's not a wise yet at all.

You mean every time you have to deliver what you're

gonna give yourself? Now, what you're gonna do the rest

of the weeks? L alright, ley bar but it's not wise.

Then he answered, weis divided the room a little bit.

Two days? Okay? Well correct? What correct? Lie, guys?

It's not a math problemer one plus one is two ford,

it's not a math.

What my brother said? Correct?

You know, got other work? What if something happens? Why

don't you have buffer? It's also not wise, it's correct.

Right If it was math, then he get ady, But

in real life, confirm, Pailan. Something will go wrong, something

will happen, right, So a why decision is? He gave

four days. Actually, earlier on he said one week was

also correct. One week is quite reasonable, don't you think so?

So?

Actually, if you think three days, four days, five days,

one week not too bad. Two weeks I'll be stretching it.

But still okay, still wise, we're talking about wisdom. Guys,

when you make wise decisions for your life, you benefit,

you benefit. But when you keep making foolish decisions, then

you get yourself in trouble in your work in different areas.

That's what happens, right, So that's what wisdom is all about.

We got to learn to make my decisions problems tree.

If we read the Bible, it's basically just instructions that

a father is leaving his son, instructions or wisdom sharing

the consequences of good things and bad If we follow,

don't follow wisdom. Right, And of course Proverbs is very

flowery language.

Right.

I will encourage you to go and read Proverbs a

little bit more. Right, but it's very flowery. But the

Bible establishes let's go back again. Bible teaches us to

look for wisdom. So in life we look for wisdom.

Right.

The Lord is the one who gives us wisdom, so

we will need to seek him, seek his wisdom.

And when we understand wisdom, then we know to do.

We know the right thing.

We know we not understand righteousness or I don't know,

we just rite wrong.

Hello. When you understand wisdom, you know it's right wrong, right,

it's very clear.

It's very clear. There's no great area, right. And then

you need to understand what is wisdom. Some people think

information is wisdom. Oh I know a lot, yeah, but

you do not apply right. Some people think, uh, intelligence

is wisdom or very smart. No, it's not just about

where smart. You need to have wisdom, amen. The Bible

also teaches us that there is security in wisdom. You're

not security means not. Security means you're secure. Not you're

secure in your life. You're secure in yourself. That security right,

And we will have long life if you are wise.

That's how the Bible promises us. When you are wise,

you have long life. However, if you are foolish, you

will cut short your lives. Many foolish people have cut

short their lives really, you know. And we should learn

to live and be wise making wise decisions in life.

And I'm not just talking about church, you know, I'm

talking about overall. Let me give you a personal example.

In November, I had to go for a stant in

my heart. It is very clear that before that I

was unwise with my health. I was unwise and ignorant

with the way I treated myself. I was enjoying my lifelant.

But I was not wise. I was not wise until

that moment. And then I had to wake up. I

had to take responsibility. I had to exercise, I had

to cut down on certain things. I had to start

taking stock of my own life, because if I continue

in that journey further, I cannot say I'm a wise

person when it comes to my health. Moreso, I had

a second chance.

Now.

A lot of people got no second chance, unfortunately. So

if you think about wise and unwise, it's quite clear.

And if we think at least considered, because when you're

thinking about with or foolishness, a lot of things don't

matter anymore. Let me tell you what don't matter. Your situation,

that doesn't matter anymore. How much money you have doesn't

matter anymore. Your background doesn't matter anymore because you're not considering.

It's not about that. It's about whether you are making

a wise choice or not in this regard. And it's

very important for us to be wise. We shouldn't find ourselves.

You know, it is ignorance for me if I say, ah,

not my fault. Actually it was the KPC's fault for

doing promotions. It was all my guy's fault for taking

me out, you know. Ah, it was all the you know,

it was all the church members fault for Hello, if

I'm the kind of person, now do you don't you

think I am a foolish person. I can say no, right,

I can. I can do my own yeah, I can refrain, right,

I can have self control.

Right. So that's the thing in the way we think

about life. Right.

This might sound a bit outchland, but I think about

that for myself. I shouldn't be a surpriser where I'm

at now if I look at the way I made

the decision. And I remember sitting now and looking at

the doctor, and I was very clear with the doctor.

I said, so any other explanation. I look at doctor.

I said, nope, I'm very clear. This is my fault.

I didn't take care. So from now onwards, I take care.

And then just last week we need, I had a

vice with a doctor.

Again.

This is my third we sit, it's almost one year already.

You know, I was very encouraged because I really took care.

After that, the other end of spectrum a bit more

hardcore now, ah, but it's paying off.

You know, why the doctor say this? Whyever?

You know, if every patient like you are, I no

need to meet them long long. I just had a

five minute meet. All checks out, Okay, bye, see you

in three months, Praise God, right, And I was like, okay,

expected long, you know, and before I go one of

two patients had to wait quite long for them. And

then he made that comment, if every patient you are

a very happy I don't need to talk so long.

I'm like, okay, thanks doctor.

I don't see you again. See you you know. Yeah,

seeing not taste not fun. But you think about it.

Think about our own lives.

Are we making why usicians or making foolish usitions. It's

our own responsibility and our friends. It's our own responsibility.

You cannot blame the pastor you cannot blame that.

You cannot.

You have to take responsibility, right, you can You can't

blame you can't. You can't blame your but it cannot you.

You have to take responsibility. Is this isition making wise

or not right? It's not about your circumstance, Amen, So

start making white susicians friends, for.

Your health, for your family, for your life.

The Bible cautions us to constantly to not walk in

the path of the wicked probably Chapter four verse fourteen seventeen.

I'm just gonna read that real quick, okay, four fourteen seventeen.

It says here, do not enter the par half of

the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil,

avoid it, do not travel on.

It, turn away from it, and pass on.

For they do not sleep unless they have done evil,

and their sleep is taken away unless they make someone

fail fall, for they eat the bread of wickedness and

drink the wine of violence. This one now is quite clear.

So and our caution you're on this, what kind of

friends are you keeping? Be careful, Be careful who you.

Hang out with.

If doing things like gossiping, talking bad about someone, of

course all these other vices. You're Christian, you don't do it.

But I talk about this and or question Mar, question Mar,

question Mark.

Right. Yeah, it's a family show, so we can't go

to day.

If you if you get yourself involved with such things,

don't be surprised that further down the line you will

lead a path of destruction. And do you want to

you want to know something that is not so nice

to hear the influence of the devil is very strong

because he's here to steal, kill, and destroy.

The Bible is very clear.

No, when you follow the path of righteousness, are you

will continue to be blessed, continue to grow, continue to

a peace one not but the more you double into

things that shouldn't double if then is slowly story going

to the path destruction right now? Because the Bible is

also very clear. Why is the road to destruction narrow?

Is the one to life?

Who can find it not easy? Half to life not easy? Right?

But we've got to make the right decisions. So it

cautions us problems. Chapter six warns us of many things

we can take note in our daily lives.

Daily life.

You want daily life taking note problem six reproblem six Right,

many temptations and many peoples.

Go deep into the world, and you will learn and

you will grow. Amen, I'm gonna wrap up soon. Ready.

It says here the fear of the Lord to hate

evil problem Chapter eight Verster teen says proverb. Chapter eight

Verster teen says, the fear of the Lord is to

hate evil, pride and arrogance, and the evil way and

the perverse mouth I hate.

Let me read further eight thirty two thirty six.

Now, therefore, listen to me, my children, for Blessed are

those who keep my ways here instruction, and be wise

and do not distain it. Blessed is the man who

listens to me watching daily and my gates waiting at

the posset of my doors, and obtains favor from the Lord.

But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul.

All those who hate me love there means that, I mean,

it's a very nice way to say. If you continue

to don't do wise things and be foolish, then.

You will, you know, go the bad wayla.

So this is the part that is quite interesting, and

I hope that you will follow me in this thought.

Processor. Okay, I go back to the beginning.

The beginning says number one one, Bible teaches us to

look for wisdom. Second point, God is the one that

gives us wisdom. So if we want to look for wisdom,

we look for him.

Okay.

When we have wisdom, we will understand righteousness and justice

and value every good path. Then we have to understand

what is wisdom. Wisdom is making the right decisions. It's discernment,

it's not just information. Okay, And then we also learn

that there's security and wisdom means wisdom I'm safe. I'm

secure no matter how See, when you have wisdom right,

no matter how crazy things are around you, you are

still secure.

You're still secure.

And then it goes to tell us that when we

need to hate evil, to fear God. And this is

a kicker. The fear of the Lord is the beginning

of wisdom.

You're following enough? Are you following the floor?

Now?

If you want to start being wise, you got to

fear God. First.

Let me read the scripture and I give you a

scenario that hope you'll catch. The fear of the Lord

is the beginning of wisdom. And the knowledge of the

Holy One is understanding. Knowledge means a knowledge of God

is understanding. It gives me understanding. I know who God is,

I know how it operates.

Me. Fearing him starts making me wise.

And then he says here for by me or days

will be multiplied and the years of life be added.

So this is a promise.

If I fear God and i'm wisdom right, I will

live longer. And before I go into the fear of

the Lord, let me share this wonderful, wonderful truth that

I caught from this. If you are wise, you are wise.

For yourself and if you scoff you bury alone. Okay,

this is super interesting because when okay, I use myself. Example,

if I am wiser, friends, I'm sharing you about Jim

and Honor. But do you know that the big the

person that benefits the most is myself? You guys don't

benefit anything out you know. Do you know that when

I'm wiser, you get When I am wise, I get everything?

Do you know that when you are wise, I get nothing?

You get everything? Your cash there not. At the same time,

if you scoff at wisdom, you will sufferer. Don't you

find it interesting that when it comes to wisdom it

is for you.

You don't become wise for other people. Know? Why do

I say that? Because I can be the wisest person.

In this room and I and the interesting thing is

that being the wisest person I benefit the most. And

I can be the wisest person in this room and

I can be sharing you wisdom. Whether you receive wisdom

or not now and whether you act upon the wisdom

or not, no is your own problem.

You'll see that. So when I read, I'm like, wow, lord, it.

Is super interesting because wisdom only works her when you

do it. I cannot take doctor Daniel's wisdom and apply No,

I cannot. He Wi, Sir, doesn't affect me or not.

I need to be wise. I need to draw the wisdom.

I need to draw the wisdom from God myself. Can

I draw wisdom from can? Definitely? Can you know the side.

For those of you who are in discipleship relationships, you

understand this. You draw wisdom from your leaders. But I see,

when you act upon the wisdom, you are wise. That's

how it works. When you act upon the wisdom, you're wise.

But when you don't act upon the wisdom, automatic your foolish.

Not just that because before that you were not you

were maybe you were ignorant. But after you learn ready

and then you don't do then how Cantani's got a word,

but I don't use it. Not so nice word to use.

For those of you laughing, you probably know.

Is it okay?

I share with you why the fear of the Lord

is important for us.

The way we understand it that it's.

Very clear, is the relationship between parent and child.

You know, our child children and they grow up.

And for these of you who are children, wants you

know when you were still staying your parents.

Do you know everything? No? Right?

Do you know some things your parents asked you to

do last time? Like wake up early, build good habits?

Do you all wanted to do it? How many are

you here?

Like? Yeah, man, I live for it. Every time my

father asks me a wake up, I'll be there. Every

time you excet.

Every time I don't eat vegetables, I will eating one

because it's like the best thing ever. None of you right,

if you are you're lying, please come and repent. See

do you think your parents will come and say you know?

And even if they try and teach you, you're like vegetable?

Not nice? Man? But we all know pho those of

us we're older, we know vegetable. We are important. You

don't eat vestable? You can't go toilet? Right?

Yeah, yeah you can't. You can't by see when you're

a kid. Now, everything works fine. But don't you think

that if they don't build the habit of eating vegetable

when they are young, when they grow older, they will suffer.

So when you're young, what doll your parents teach you wisdom?

You want to know when wisdom starts. The fear of

parents is the beginning of wisdom. You'll agree or not

think about it. I use parents first. The fear of

your parents is the beginning with wisdom. I got very

good example to share right when I was growing up.

Of course, when you're growing up, uh, you know, as

a young man, you like girls are okay, right, and

and I was very friendly with a lot of girls.

But my mom was super strict. Yeah, very strict. Okay,

let me tell you how strict she was. She once

threatened me before treatoner and I know the treat will

follow true and because my mother will follow true.

One okay, she treated me before.

She said, Elvin, if you if I ever find out

that you get involved with a girl before you graduate

from UNI, I will, yeah, you need, I will drag

you to a house, you kneel, and you break her

in front of her and the family. She threatened me

this treat when I was in high school, and I said, Mom,

I believe you. I'm not gonna The fear of my

mother is the beginial wisdom square your mother.

Friends, let me tell you why. I believe it's wisdom.

So because of that, right, I never play player. No

play play okay, no play play. Don't messy mother, It's fine.

I can be good friends and girls. You you cannot,

I mean, I confessor, no girlfriend, but you can say

a pastist word. Yeah that's our now it's oh now

the term they use this situation ship, it's nonsense, like

come on, all this concertstem okay, you think we didn't

do it for the last time? No by clothes but

not together kind of thing. So true enough. I didn't

get involved with any girl. You want to know why.

It's wise. I didn't have to go through a heart break.

My wife is my first girlfriend. It feels good right

to say that. Don't you think it was the fear

of my mother that gave me wisdom? You know, we

laugh about it, but it's true. Let me use this

as an example. The fear of the Lord is beginning

of wisdom. If you are here in this place and

you don't fear God, it's very dangerous.

I fear God. Oh, my God loves me. You know.

I feel good.

Yeah, all these things are. But I also fear God.

I fear God enough to not simply do things. I

fear God enough that every time I come to the

poor pit. Now I don't share my own opinion. I

fear God enough. I fear God enough that no matter

how much I quote unquote disagree with my leader.

Man, I love my leaders likely, but sometimes you might

not agree. Agree with you.

I agree that I recognize that he's God's anointed. She's

God's anointed.

I submit.

Why is King David a man after God's own heart?

He understands he fears God. No other people say, hey,

this crazy king, I want to kill you. You know right,

Finally it's your chance. They even say God is delivering

him to your hands. Now you can offer him.

You're not.

King David said, no, he's God's anointed. God will do him.

I'm not gonna touch. He has the fear of the

Lord in his life, you know. And you see where

King Davey is until today? God say, this is a

man from my own heart until today. Yes, he messed up,

but he say, has a legacy. Don't you think the

beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord. Consider this?

How many of us truly fear God here? Or has

God become an idol in our house? Has the Bible

become something we just live at the side. Then you

don't scala He might not be wise. He might not

be wise. That's why when I read this, I'm like, Wow, Lord,

truly is the fear of the lows the beginning of wisdom?

We want to read whatever that the Bible says. But

are we willing to submit ourselves to God? Are we

willing to submit ourselves to doing what is right?

Oh? We are right? Or nowadays I see it online.

We are God. I decide. I decide.

No one else. I cannot submit because all people everywhere

is nonsense. Only me and God not so wrong, Me

and you and God. But think about it. If you

cannot submit to your leader, you can see. Do you

think you submit to God? You cannot see? Think about it.

Decide.

The Bible is very clear the fear of the low

is beginning of wisdom. Number one, do we fear God?

We fear our parents? Right, a lot of things. We

fear our parents, and we follow. We benefit now now

that we're older, we understand. When we're we don't understand that.

I don't understand, Lord, why we why a min in

this situation? God, I don't understand. But as I go

through it and I step back, I'm like, oh a lot, thanks,

thank you for taking care of me. You know, I

look back. I joke about the joke because people say

your mother crazy, Yeah, she's crazy, but I thank God, No,

she gave me that track. I thank God she gave

me that track. I thank godna that. I tell you

the amount of heartache or I save myself. Man, wow,

so much heartache. I save myself because I have a

crazy mother. And with a treat like that. As I

think back, I'm like, Wow, Lord, thank you for that

track that I know where followed through. Okay, But because

of that, I can live a life of testimony. I

can say my first girlfriend, my first my wife, and

I am proud to say it. I'm also proud to

say that I didn't debl in a lot of things,

which when I see other people, unfortunately, you get a

chance to minister to people and you see how they

live their lives with no fear and no boundaries, and

then they suffer the past, herd past heartbreak, allowing themselves

to go through different things. We all know that is it.

But we're not willing to sacrifice. We're not say God,

I fear you enough that I want to do I

want to do nonsense. I want to simply do things.

Do we have the fear of God in our lives?

When you have the fear of God, then wisdom starts

because you will fear him enough to listen to him.

You will fear him enough to submit to him and

his words. That's why the fear of the law is

very important. So friends, it's interesting when you read the

Bible from Problems one to Problems nine.

It's all just preparation. But you want to know the

cool thing.

You guys want wisdom? Right, just read problems ten to

thirty fun thirty one. Problems ten to thirty one is

just full of wisdom. God's wisdom to apply in our

lives and just so fun. I'm just gonna randomly pick

one or two and you see whether it is wisdom

or not.

Okay, it says here probably seventeen verse one.

Better is a dry muscle with quietness than a house

full of fisting with strife.

You understand that, isn't that true for those who are family?

You know better to have one Guardiania Bretner and have

peace at home Diana to have a full KC. Bana

and everybody is shouting order dinner table. Isn't that wisdom

that tells you what you should be? Let's read another one,

just the fun. I'm gonna flat my name. You see

what I can say, right? Twenty seven Verse one says,

do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know

what a day may bring forth. Let another man praise you,

and not your own mouth, a stranger, and not your

own lives. A stone is heavy and sand is weary,

but a fool's raft is heavier than both of them.

So many, let's see whether there's another one.

He who works in the uprightness fears the lot, but

he who is in his perverse ways despises him.

He's talking about God.

In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride.

But the lips of the wise will preserved them just

so much wisdom. And of course you have to go deeper, right,

go and read problems ten to thirty one, Francis afternoon.

I want to encourage you. Let's seek wisdom for.

Our lives, you know, and you know sometimes in you know,

as we live lives, sometimes.

We can get into this rut. Off. I don't really

like this word legal legalistic, right, they say, oh, why

you also legalistic?

It's not legalistic because at the end of the day,

if you read the Bible, right, there's only a very

clear right.

Or wrong one.

The ten commments is very clear right and wrong. Man,

you cannot fight them. But everything else support is great.

Actually I disagree. Everything else is not great. Everything else

is why or on wise.

You get. I mean, it's like how I remember people

ask me things like, oh, a buster can get that too?

Or not?

What the Bible? Actually it's great. No, it's a why

or on wise.

Okay, if you think getting that, we're gonna help you,

go ahead. But I mean, I'm not saying anybody here

is getting I'm just using this an example. Okay, please

don't stow me after this's okay. I'm not judging anybody

who has it or so please okay. But what I'm

trying to say is that if you ask me where

I get it, I won't get it because I know

it looks ugly and I've seen a TikTok video is

very funny. The person that threw the whole face and

everything and then complaining why I cannot find job?

Yeah, we all laugh? Right, Oh, is there no equal opportunity?

I'm like, why are you going to do that to yourself?

One door?

So put in a place. No, we can see la, right,

think about it. Is that why it's not wise? So, friends,

don't live in a place where foolish desicians. And then

you wonder, why, oh why in my life like that?

Why is it unfair? Are you making my desitions? Are

you making my desitions?

Don't be ignorant?

Are you making whit desicitions? Let's all make whit desicians.

We need to fear the lot and hate evil. We've

got to seek the lot and walk the paths of righteousness,

even if it's difficult. Friends, I know it's not going

to be easy. And let us set ourselves up for success.

You know, it says in the Bible that when we

are white, so we will have prosperity.

Now, I like how you know when we think prosperity.

Maybe because Chinese, right, we think all prosperity, you know,

got a propriety.

Actually it's not like that, know, uh.

I remember I can't remember which AMD. There was one AMD.

One of the pastors came. I think it was Pastor

Jeffrey from from sib He came and he shared the

meaning of prosper in the Bible is shalom and charom.

If you say charlom means peace be with you. So

he's talking about peace. We're shown you prefer money or peace, Manila.

I don't care if I get peace or not. Yeah,

but peace be with you. You want peace, be wise,

have less drama in your lives. Maybe I can get

extreme to come up because I'm done, I guys, Okay,

I hope it's not too heavy for your Yeah, that's

my encouragement. I mean it's also something to be really honest.

I've been miling over myself about when we operate, you know,

as believers, what is our consideration? Is it just right

or wrong? Is it just I follow a long set

of laws. I think God wants us to be wise.

Let me share another point why it's important for us

to be wise. Yes, we benefit, we live longer, we prosper,

we live happier life.

Strength I think we will do. You know what else happens.

When you are in your office, in your family, when

you are in your school, in your college, and when

you are more at peace, and even though everyone is

in the storm and everybody's going to craziness, but you're there.

You're at peace.

When you have strength because you have wisdom with you,

because you're secure. Don't you think people will notice. Don't

you think you can be a blessing to another person

by sharing your wisdom to them? Don't you think we

can spread the glory of the lot to the people

around us? It starts here first, one, No, that's wisdom,

or so, it starts here. I know it starts here.

I know. Oh, why why we talk about blessing so much?

Why we talk about growing?

No?

Why? No?

I believe we have to get it right first. It

is very hard to help someone else out. If you

ask you are drowning. You have to put the oxygen

masks on yourself first. Breathe first, be okay first, Then

you can help someone. It is very difficult to help

another person in a place of weakness.

But when you're in a place of strength, oh so easy.

I know.

I was making a bit of noise about Daniel and yes,

just now, let me tell you why they can sacrifice

so much, Because they're in a playoff of strength, and

of course because of their willing lad they're very willing.

I wonder how many important people here will step up.

I'm sure a lot of you here are in a

place of strength. One then hurts you. Time to live

for Christ, time to step up, Amen, time to ask

what else can I do?

A lot?

Here in this place, I have received so much. I've

been blessed so much. I've gotten so much encouragement and support.

What can I do to give back? What can I

do to support someone else? You want to know the

purpose and the one thing that you will really experienced. No,

I know why they do it, because they fine fulfillment

in helping others. There is no other greater joy than

when you really be a blessing to someone else.

That's my encouragement to you, Amen,