The Beginning of Wisdom | Pr Alvin Keng

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write down notes, remember, put down things. The beginning of wisdom,

the beginning of wisdom, Problems nine to ten is the

key verse. And I'm going to read from verse ten

to verse chelf I, guys, okay. Problems nine ten says

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. How many of you

want to live long? Some feel like I don't want

to live long?

Right? You want to live long? This is what the

Bible says. Right.

For by wisdom, your days will be multiplied and years

of life will be added to you.

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. Huh,

what do you mean by that? God? And if you scoff,

you buried alone.

It basically just means, right, do you know who will

benefit out of your wisdom?

Yourself? No one else?

By yourself, meaning if you are wise, you are benefit

because you are wise. And if you scoff, scoff means

like you don't care lot, then you were buried alone,

meaning that if you're unwise, no one else will suffered

out of your own foolishness yourself. And if you're wise,

the same goals. When you are wise, you are bare

the benefits of wisdom. That's what the Bible says. No,

why I say? Okay, So what does the Bible teachers.

The Bible teach us to look for wisdom, You gotta

look for it, okay, Right, to search for wisdom, like

we're searching for hidden treasure. How you have a last time?

Got we got played? Like treasure hunting quite exciting, right,

tree hunting?

Right?

And then when you find the trade. Sometimes it's the

trill of searching for the treasure. It's a trill of it, right, Hell,

not everybody here like treasure hunting. I can see some

of you're bored of that oki my mind. So Problems

two four or five says, if you seek her at

silver and search for her as hidden treasure, for hidden treasures,

then you will understand the fear of the Lord and

find knowledge of God. So the Bible teaches us to

search for wism. So we got to search for wisdom.

Guys. It won't come easy. It doesn't just come like that. Right.

The Lord is the one who gives us wisdom. How

do you say that?

Let's read Proverbs chapter two, verse sixty seven. You guys

should got your Bible with you. I think it is

by no chance right that today our laptop cannot show

scripture because I think God wants you to know that

you have to bring your own bible to church.

Sorry for being direct, I'm very direct.

I think we've taken for granted the word of God.

It's become too convenient for us. When they told me,

just sounds so funny you want to put scripture or not?

I said you can, but we cannot put. Then you

ask me for what you're asking me something I say,

need to and then no, I'm just joking, okay?

Is that wisdom?

Problems chatter two, What does first sixty seven says, for

the Lord gives wisdom from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. Wow,

do you believe in that or not? The Lord himself

gives wisdom. Amen, he starts up sound wisdom for the upright.

He's a shield to those who walk up rightly. So

what does it mean? God is a shield of to

those for those who walk up rightly.

That's the saying, good guys die first? Right?

Is the Is there such a saying? No, don't have

I thought it was the saying like that. Actually I

would say, good guys die last, finished last? Right, good

guys finished last?

Is it?

That's the saying, oh, you know, but all the wicked

people are getting richer and rich and richer. Oh but

all the people that are playing politics and doing all

nonsense is succeeding.

Are they really succeeding? Are they really?

Are they? The Bible says God is a shield for

those who walk up rightly? Are you saying that the

Bible is not true when you claim such things?

Okay?

Asking questions? Now, he guards the path of justice. I

remember hearing this phrase, or I can't remember which one.

Someone I was watching on YouTube okay, And a person

said he have come to learn and realize that you

can never get away with evil.

Huh, what do you mean by that? Now?

Meaning if you commit evil in this world right even now,

you cannot run away.

One you will be found out one. You'll be caught one.

And if you study history, and you study the most

atrocious thing man has ever done, it doesn't last long one. No. Yeah,

maybe they succeeded in killing a lot of people, but

it only lasts a few years. One whose judgment and

righteousness you think is controlling that, Because if it's true evil,

and if they can get away with it, you have

lasted way longer than what we know. But God never

allows it to last. That also means in our own lives,

caution for all of us here. If you're doing nonsense,

you'll be found out. Sooner or later, you'll be found out.

One.

We cannot run away from God. People who are wicked

cannot run away from God. Yes, God causes rain to

shine on both. He you know he causes it because

we always have this thought, if the person's better now,

only bad things happen to to the person.

That's why we have.

This understand something we have this understanding not so mature,

and I'll tell you it's not true. Oh, if something

bad happens to me means I've seen guys. How close

minded are we? Let's not think that way. But God

gives us wisdom.

Amen.

And the Bible teaches us to look for wisdom. And

what else does God do? He preserves the way of

his sayings. This is the safety that we have with God.

When we are with him and we are walking up rightly,

he takes care of us. Eventually. Even first day you suffer,

eventually God will take care of you. So you don't

have to worry. You don't have to worry. God is

the one that will take care of you. Yes, someone

might frame you, but eventually it will be found out. Yes,

you might lose everything, but eventually. So you don't dabble

into things that you shouldn't devel into. Because if you

are wronged and you fight wrong with wrong thinking that

God will help you after that. Hello, But if you

are wronged and you continue to remain righteous, he will

take care of you. That's the promise of the Bible.

Are you catching that or not? Are you catching that?

And what does the Bible say? Sorry, what does the Bible,

say right continuously. Then you will understand the fear of

the Lord and find the knowledge of God. We will

understand righteousness and justice and value every good path Proverbs

two ten fifteen.

Let's read that.

Okay, when wisdom enters your heart and knowledge is pleasant

to your soul, discretion will preserve you.

I'm gonna stop here.

Do you know that it is very important for us

to learn how to be to have discretion? You know

what discress means, not discernment correct well, not correct? H I

don't I used to work correct or wrong? Go some

nice that makes it very you know, legalistic.

You know.

Decernment is not about correct or wrong. Discernment about whether

or not you should or should not do something. You

discern you know you consider not Everything that seems correct

will put you in a place of success, will put

you in a place where you will, you know, have

abundant life. Some things we decide on thinking that it's

a good idea, later we regret or later we suffer.

Our discernment is off. You'll catch that. You'll catch that.

So wisdom helps us with that.

When wisdom enters our heart and knowledge is pleasant to

our soul, discretion will preserve you, and understanding will keep you.

To deliver you from the way of evil, from the

man who speaks perverse things right, from those who leave

the paths of uprightness to work 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.

Okay, now it continues to go to some other place ready,

So which path are we taking today? Do you know

that every path you take riches somewhere? It does? And

the Bible is very clear. Some paths lead to destruction.

Maybe during the start of the path of everything very nice,

right can buy house by car look awesome, but eventually

it will lead to destruction. But some paths lead to

and abundant life. Maybe the beginning is very difficult, things

are very hard, but eventually you will come to a

place of peace.

Does that make sense not?

Sometimes we evaluate things based on what we see and

what we think is nice, But there's always something behind

the curtain. Unless you know, you won't really know. So

we got to think about it. What path am I

taking today? Is it the path towards righteousness, or if

it is the path towards destruction, that's you know, God,

it's very clear. No, it's either righteousness or destruction. There's

no righteousness or on. Righteousness means the moment you're not

righteous means you're going on the wrong halfday, you're getting

yourself in trouble. Don't get yourself in trouble.

Oh okay? Are you guys? Okay? And it says here

discretion will preserve us.

Understanding will keep us means when you don't understand something,

it's very dangerous. If you don't understand something, it's very

very dangerous.

You know.

When you understand something, it's not so hard, you know.

And a lot of times we come to a place

where we trust we don't understanding. That's very dangerous. Please understand,

Please don't yeh, stop to the expert. But you also

need to learn, you know, you also need to go

and find out, are.

You guys okay? Okay?

So I establish ready number one, wisdom is important, right corent?

Okay? How many of you hear things? Wisdom is not important?

No wisdom Okay, I think I've made my point law

and I've established also that the Bible teaches us to

look for wisdom, follow us word. The second thing is

who gives us wisdom, God, God gives us wisdom right.

Right.

That tells me that wisdom is very hard for me

to turn out on my own. It has to come

from somewhere, right, because if not, then I will constantly

be trying and testing and failing and hopefully not making

the same mistake again. But if wisdom comes from the Lord,

means that I can come to a place where I

can have wisdom and not make mistakes in a way

when the same mistakes for myself, no, not for anyone

else here, not make or decide on something that will

put me in trouble. When I receive wisdom from the Lord. Okay,

and when we have wisdom in our heart, we will

understand meaning I will know what is righteousness, I will

know what is justice. I don't know right from wrong right,

And I will value a good path. I will know

that this is a good path. Wisdom teaches me that,

and I continue in this path. And the more I

continue this pathway, I will reach a place about in life.

But if I continue in this other pathway.

I will lead to destruction, stress, anxiety, worry, trouble.

You know all these things. Okay, So what is wisdom? Sorry?

What is wisdom? I had this revelation that day. I yeah,

and those that ask for help wait in a while,

I'll call you up.

Okay.

I just want to give you a picture on what

wisdom is. Okay, because some of us we think that

intelligence is wisdom.

Is intelligence wisdom? No? Okay? Because you get someone that's

super smartner but not wise? Not right? Is information wisdom? Oh?

This person knows everything, but you know, but you don't

know how to apply cora. Not.

So it's not with them knowing everything, is not with

them being very smart?

Social wisdom? Right? What is wisdom?

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

about making the right decision. That's wisdom, corent not okay,

It's about discerning what is right at what time?

Correct. That's wisdom.

Okay, that's wisdom, and the wisdom that God gives us

keeps us safe from destruction. Parents, you know this very well.

Parents who have young kids or kids are young. Ready,

you've been through before, ready, right, life, you've gone through

trouble ready, right right. Some of us have made mistakes

as well, right, and we want to make sure our

kids don't make the same mistake, or our kids will

be in a better standing.

So we give them wisdom. Whether you receive it or not,

there's another thing, but we give them wisdom.

If you wake up late for school all the ti time,

you're gonna get expelled. If you get expelled, you cannot study.

If you cannot study, then what do you do next time?

When you work?

Right, If you go out in the rain and don't

wear a shirt and only wear your swimming trunks and

run around for two hours, you're gonna fall sake? Is

that wisdom? Wisdom? Corona? Okay, Okay, let me go deeper. Okay,

let's read Proverbs chapter two, verse thirteen to twenty two.

What do you say?

Okay for those who Okay, I read some ready, I'm

just gonna continue. Who forsakes the companion of a youth

and forgets the covenant of a god for her house

leads down to death and her paths to the dad.

None who go to her return, nor do they regain

the paths of like Okay, design is talking about let's see,

Oh wow, I lost the scripture? Okay, yeah, to deliver

you from the immoral woman. Okay, he's talking about your

moroman So you may walk in the way of goodness

and keep to the paths ah, let's read that, Okay,

whose ways are crooked and who are devious in their paths?

To deliver you from the immoral woman.

From the structress who flatters with her words, who forsakes

the companion of her youth, and forgets the covenant of

a god. For her house leads down to death, and

her paths to the dead. None who go to their return,

nor do they regain the paths of life.

So you may walk in.

The way of goodness and keep to the paths 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. So wisdom that God gives us keeps

us safe.

Okay.

So just to give you an example of wisdom, and

want to ask Jamie and Selene to come out and

just to show you this little thing about wisdom. If

you still like, don't have any clarity you need yet,

just to explain, just say, sometimes when you talk about wisdom.

It can be a bit tricky to understand what is wisdom,

not why it's not wisdom. But just oftime, you're just

gonna do this little illustration you guys. Okay, can I

this guy?

Okay?

Yeah, okay, So just to do that thing, Selene and

Jamie colleagues Okay, uh you actually you can replace this

scenario with a lot of things, either colleagues or schoolmates

or whatever. And Selene is gonna ask you me to Yeah,

you'll see that. You'll see what happened. Okay.

The monthly report, right is coming up? So when can

you give it to me tomorrow? Can?

Okay, hold on before you answer so fast. So anyway,

just to let you know she's asking for something monthly

pot and I just give you a bit of insightler

because you all don't know.

Right.

So Jamie actually can complete the monthly report in two days.

If let's say nothing goes wrong, she just focuses on it.

In two days, you can finish it. She needs two

working days. Okay, this is about for you hours, two

working days for everything to be delivered.

And that's what she can. But then what did she

answer tomorrow?

Okay, so tomorrow means, is it two days? No?

You can count? Right? Hey? Can I get some response?

He or not? Two? Is it two days? Tomorrow? Todays? No? Right?

Today and tomorrow? My goodness.

Wow, they're becoming illegally saying, you know, okay, tomorrow and tomorrow, okay, tomorrow,

twenty four hours.

Let's count ours again.

Let's say she needs for eight hours, but she said

one day, which is twenty four hours. So I ask

you a simple question. Is that wise or foolish? It's

not wise? Right, she needs more time. Why do you

promise one day when you know you.

Can finish it in two days? Okay? So when can

you give it to me? I think a month? La? Okay? Good? Right?

One man? Is that good?

Yo? Saying yeah, yeah, yeah, one man is good. Some

are like no, no, why why is he not good?

One man?

Ma, it's a monthly report. It's too late, really right?

What if it's not a monthly report? Why is a

yearly report? It's one man, okay, it's I'm not sure.

Some are like, yeah, yeah, I actually need a month

because I need one way to sleep, one way to dream,

one way to do research, another way to rest.

The only I can do the work in two days.

It's not wise?

Right?

Why is he not wise? Why does she need a

man when she can complete it in two days?

Is that wisdom? Think about what's wise and what's not wise?

So what's the answer. When can you give it to me, Jimmy?

Two days like todays? Two days? Okay? Okay, let me

ask you a question now, is that wise? Is that wise? Okay?

Now we've got very some say why. Some say not wise?

Not wise? Not wise?

Huh? Buffer buffer? Okay? I want to I want to

ask those give you here then? Okay, you're just here here? Okay?

Yeah, yeah, so wingman, she can finish in two days,

but she said todays, which you got record?

Why you say it's not wise? Just give one day buffer?

Just in case?

Just give one day buffer? Just why do we need buffer?

Everything is perfect.

Because you don't know if you'll be perfect. You don't

know it'd be perfect until you do it. Okay, don't

stay shake here one agree or not agree? Agree? Okay?

So one day buffer? Okay, one day buffer? Okay, So

let's continue this scenario.

So when can you give it to VDB? Let me

check out realistically? I think one week, one week Okay, okay,

let me ask you a question. Is that wise? Yes?

But wingman say one day buffer? Sorry? Thanks? So I

give them hand, give them a hand, give them a hand.

Okay, So one week five working days for those of

you legalistic people, because we can.

Oh, no, no, five working days? So is that? Why?

Is or not?

Her promise is why? It's why she got some buffet time.

Why because Murphy's law, if anything can go wrong, it

will go wrong. Those of us will be working very long.

We understand this very well. Ah right, Sorr? Yeah, Andre.

Under promise of reliever? Yes, yes, no, but da she

under promised one man?

What why then? Why not? Correct? Not realistic?

You're a very good lah can can set smile goals?

Friends? You understand what is wisdom? Correct or not? Now?

Can I ask you a question? Can you apply that

in every area of your life? Easy to say?

How to? Do you know? But I love the guy

so much and he's not a Christian.

I I work Monday to Friday. Really want to come

early for Sunday?

For what a boss? Are? Sorry? Sorry? Boss? Might you know?

I on on the germ is getting worse and worse.

That's why I late. That's why getting later and later,

sleep earlier, very hard. I'm not a night I'm not

a night person.

The ballet.

You guys know why his wisdom? You know how to promise, under, promise,

over deliver. Right, isn't it wise? It's quite right when

you compabiting it Was it wrong for her to promise

one man? No, it was not wrong, but it was

not wise. Actually, was it even wrong for her to

promise two days? It's correct. No, it was not wrong,

but it was not wise. Is he about wrong and right?

Do you know that Bible is very clear about what's

wrong and right, very clear, very clear about what's wrong

and right. Anything that is within the ten commaments are

wrong right? No need to argue.

But why?

Everything else is up to interpretation. No, it's not friends.

Everything else is whether or not you are foolish or wise.

Your cashare not hey. I want you to succeed. No,

I want you to not have so much problem in

your life. No, I want you to live long and all.

I want you to be a blessing to the people

around you. I want you to be stress free, be wise,

make the right choice, be the man.

Right now, you don't get a joke. It's long time gone.

Ready if you read Problems, Actually, Problems is a very

good to read to understand God's wisdom.

Right, you know, Solomon, when.

God say, tell me what you want, I will give

you anything and everything whatever you want, Solomon, smart, God

give me wisdom and then everything flow after that. Why

Because when someone is wise, and when they make wise decisions,

and when they make the right decisions, they are setting

themselves up for success. You see all these lines we

catch easy to say, how to do right, easy to say,

how to do?

Why?

Because our hearts are deceiving, because we fall prey to

our emotions. Because we we we don't suffer. We just

want it now. And now it's even worse. No, now

it's even worse. Everything is so fast. Parents, you know

you're dealing with your kids. You understand that you're dealing

with tantrums that you've never dealt before.

Last time? Huh you are now.

Betters, take the slipper and heat no, then you'll be quiet.

Ready. Problems is a good book to read on God's wisdom.

I encourage of you to read it, okay, because if

you look at the first two chapters, it just establishes

why what wisdom is important, right, And where do you

get it from? You have to get it from somewhere.

It just can't come out from anywhere, you know. And

of course we say this God created. You haven't said

the earth. Don't you think he has the blueprint to life?

Yes? Why we now follow.

A lot of things are very obvious, it's glaring in

our face, but we don't realize. And then we get

stuck in the world of information, and we get over

fed with information, and then we start believing all kinds

of things that does not bring wisdom to the situation.

And then we wonder why we're in trouble, and then

we wonder why, oh why are this happened?

That happened?

Oh, it's because this person's walk, that person's walk, everybody's

person's walk. It's because of our nation, it's because of.

Our life, it's because of my parents.

Everyone else will not by your own. And then the

Bible clearly says when you are wise, you benefit, and

when you're foolish you benefit. Take responsibility of your life.

Take responsibility of your life. This is something that I've

been talking to the people around me as well to say, hey,

you know, the one thing clearly that I understand recently

is the taking of responsibility. I use myself as an example.

Before my stent, was I wise in my health?

No? Totally not ignorant? More like it? No, God, because

I self him right, super ignorant.

Now different story, I'm thinking, because I have to take

responsibility of my own health, something that God has already

given me. If I don't take responsibility that, how can

I be seen as a righteous man? Because I don't

take responsibility on what that has been entrusted to me.

If I don't take responsibility on my own family that

has been entrusted to me, Can I just blame my

kids for being naughty?

No?

I have to take responsibility because I'm the father of

the house. I set the rules. Isn't that right? And

if they don't follow the rules because I'm over straight

and don't love them enough or don't sign them enough,

whose fault?

Is it my fault?

They're under my care and my wives or foolish Bible

says don't provote your kids, and I love to message them.

Really, I'm not following what the Bible is saying. I'm

not being wise.

You know that if I continue to provote my kids,

they're not going to listen to me. But do you

know that if I love my kids no matter what,

even if it's difficult, they will listen because they know

they're dead live, So do I set the rule on law?

Who's responsibility? My responsibility because they're my kids. Later on,

when they grow up and they live their life, who's

response their responsibility? At their adult say they're not gonna

listen to me anymorelready? Can they blame their daddy?

Oh yeah, aah?

My father never teach me. Why you never learned why

new grow? You know, there are a lot of things

in my life that can blame. You know, I'm not

rich enough, like guys, I'm not rich enough. Nobody taught

me to be eloquent. You know a lot of things

we can blame. You know, it's very easy and convenient

do that. But he said, wise, that's the question I

gave you. Problems tree is the instructions that the father

is living to his son, instructions or wisdom, sharing the

consequences of good things and bad if we follow or

don't follow wisdom. You can read Problebstree and of course

it establishes it with Problebstree vers five. Trust the Lord

with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.

Why does it tell you that because we don't know enough,

none of us here will know enough. None of us

here will ever understand. That's why we need discernment. Not

just trusting our own experience, but discernment in the spirit

is important. Right and in all your ways, acknowledge Him

and He shares direct It is a promise. Not do

you know that if you acknowledge God in everything that

you do, he will take care of you. He will

make sure you're in the right way. That's why when

you pray for something and you say, Lord, please give

me this, and you don't get it. Now, do you

know that God is directing your path. Don't be so

quick to say, oh, say, don't get me behind me

because you never give me that thing that I wanted.

Your Father in Heaven knows what is good for you.

If you didn't get what you wanted, then it's not

good for you. That's something you got to consider. We

only want the here now, but God is thinking about future.

Our kids only want the here now, but the parents

are always thinking about their future. What kind of son

am I going to raise up if I keep giving

into it all that he wants.

Right, what more offer in heaven?

Imen another point, there is security in wisdom, there is right,

and we will have long life if we are wise.

However, if we are foolish, and please.

Take note on this, we can cut short our own lives.

Can I almost cut short my own life? And we

should learn to live and be wise, making wise decisions

in life for our health, our family, and our life.

The Bible cautions us to constantly to not walk in

the path of the wicked Proverbs Chapter four of US

fourteen to seventeen. Let's read that Proverbs four fourteen to

seventeen says, do not enter the path of the wicked,

and do not walk in the way of evil. Avoid it,

and 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 some and fall, For they eat the bread

of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. But the

path of the just is like the shining sun that

shines ever brighter on through the perfect day. The way

of the wicked is like darkness. They do not know

what makes them stumble. My son, give attention to my words.

Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them

depart from your eyes, and keep them in the midst

of your heart, for they are alive to those who.

Find them, and health to all their flesh.

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it

springs the issues of life. You know what that means,

not friends, All your stress and anxiety, right comes from

the heart. That's why you have to guard your heart.

That's why you have to know who is the king

of your heart. Because if you allow your heart to

be taken by anyone else, if your heart you allow

your heart to be released to the world, you will

be disappointed and the issues of life will engulf you.

Your heart is very important, but your heart is so

very deceiving.

That's how they say. Lean not on your own understanding,

or I feel I need to be careful. Right, be

are careful.

Put away from your deceitful mouth, and put perverse s

lips far from you. Let your eyes look straight ahead,

and your eyelids look right before you. Ponder the path

of your feet, and let all your ways be established.

Do not turn to the right or to the left.

Remove your foot from evil problem six warns us of

many things we can take note in our daily lives.

You read proverb six many temptations and many pitfalls. I'm

just gonna randomly read one. Okay, let's see P. Six.

People do not despise a thief if he steals to

satisfy himself when he's starving. Yet when he's found, he

must restore seven four. He may have to give up

all the substance of his house. Whoever commits a doubtery

with a woman like understanding, He who does so destroys

his own soul, wow wounds and dishonor he will get

and his reproach will not be wiped away, For jealousy

is a husband's theory. Therefore he will not spare in

the day of vengeance. He will accept no recompense, nor

will he appease. Though you give many gifts a lot

of warnings here verse six. Wisdom keeps us secure because

if we follow wisdom, we won't get in trouble. But

when we follow foolishness, then you get in trouble. Let

me use a very simple example. When you drive on

the road, use hands free.

Is wise.

Why because if you use your phone beyond just the

police coming to catch you, and then you have to

go through uh, you know, the court. You might bang

someone and the person might die. Then we see who

is wise?

You know? That's the thing about people know things don't

go back.

Now, we are okay one, but do you know that

if you never and are always careful in your car,

you will never even come to a place where you

will accidentally hit someone. The accident won't even happen because

you are just not doing it.

Do you know that? If you.

Do, you know that one of the something I learned, Okay,

one of the ways to not be late now is

to be earlyer. And one of the ways to be

early and not be affected by jam is to be

even earlier. Do you know that to not be late,

you just need to be very early. But a lot

of us here are living on time. We're just on time.

We're just on time. Is that what you're happy with?

On time?

Or you prefer to be early? Food for thought? The

fear of the Lord is to hate evil Proverbs eight

thirty two thirty six says oh, let me read problems

eight thirteen.

Are you guys okay? I hope you guys are catching something?

Proverbs eight thirteen says the fear of the Lord is

to hate evil. Okay, pride and arrogance and the evil

way and the perverse mouth I hate. Let me talk

a little bit about the perverse mouth. The Bible says

only gossip can destroy friendship. Only gossip can destroy friendship.

Yet gossip is sweet to our lips things that are

not nice. Sometimes even complains. Is it wrong to complain?

Where I don't think it's wrong to complain now?

Right?

But I think you know something you will say, Oh,

constructive criticism. You know, when you give the constructive criticism

not to the person they're supposed to hear it, it's

called gossip. And if you gossip enough and it sounds

good and you like the latest one, do you know

that it is a path to destruction, not just to yourself,

but to destroy other things. Do you know that good

friends that have been friends for many years can be

no longer friends just because someone says something that they

shouldn't say?

Friends?

Can I caution you on this, be very careful about

your speak, because the Lord sees.

No, not me. I don't know, Okay, I'm ignorant.

Some people can ask me, oh, you know, are affected

by saty say, actually, nobody will talk to me about

bad stuff because they know I'll say so they they're

not also right, so I highly hear bad things that okay,

I only see good things, thank God. But if constantly

you're hearing bad things around you, and constantly you're hearing

what people are saying, whether it's your and I'm not

talking about church, I'm talking about your company, your family,

you constantly want to talk Sila.

The day Daniela I saw him.

You know, you know what he shouldn't know because he

fat ready Hanserlin and he now go exercise ask him. Come, Jimy,

come friends, be very careful, perverse talk, watch yourself, watch

what you say right be you are careful. I'm sparing

you a lot of headache. You are careful, Okay, problems

eight three twenty six says Now, therefore, listen to me,

my children. For blessed are those who keep my waist

here instruction and be wise. Again, it's not me, it's

what the Bible says, what God says, and do not

disdain it. Blessed is the man who listens to me,

watching daily at my gates, waiting at the polls of

my doors. For whoever finds me finds life and obtains

favor from the Lord. But he who sins against me

wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.

And the Bible says, the fear of the Lord is

the beginning of wisdom. Okay, let me establish. Let me

try my best to establish this understanding about the fear

of the Lord. The fear of the Lord is the

beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One

is understanding.

For by me or.

Days we multiplied, and years of life will be added

to you. If you are wise, you are wise for yourself.

And if you scoff, you are buried alone. I think

the best way to understand the fear of the Lord

and wisdom is to understand the fear of children to

their parents. Makes sense not because not parents, you know right,

Not everything you can explain to your kids one. Neither

do you have the luxury of time to tell your

kids you know what if this happened, this happened, that happened,

that happened. These you can't just say don't do it,

you say stop, You just say hey, when you earn money,

spend less than you may Why I.

Got credit card, or I just use nimah. Hello, Hello.

When you earn money, spend less than you make. Don't

get in debt. But that's such a normal thing. Why

do I spend that?

No? No, I can use a few years down the.

Road when you're not making enough money and you're deep

in debt and you keep trying to find your way

out of debt, and then you get deeper in debt.

Shouldn't you have in the beginning spend less than you make.

The thing about foolishness sometimes it's not very obvious one

you only discover later.

Right.

So when kids fear their parents, and they will just

following what their parents say. The parents are saving them

from a lord. Heytache, the parents are saving them from

lave with them. And a lot of times, right, you

see other people or you see things that only realize.

Thank god, I followed that instruction. Thank god I did

that right. This is the same thing about the fearing

of God. When we fear God, we follow his commandments.

And when we follow his commandments, we set ourselves up

for success. But when we don't fear God, we won't

follow his commandments. Listen for what you're not scheduled kids

they are not afraid of their parents, will listen to

their parents.

Will you know that?

Right? They won't? For what, I'm not afraid? Who are

you the boss of me? I can do whatever I want.

I can sleep whatever I want, I can do whatever

I want. I can study whenever I want. I just

do whatever I want. Not realizing that the parents are

paying their bills right, paying their rant, right, saving money

for your future. Not not realizing that no, no, it's your.

Job word do whatever I want to.

But they don't realize that right, and then it becomes

a right. So the side when the Bible says the

fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. He's

trying to teach us. Know, when we learn to fear authority,

and we learn to fear God, we will set ourselves

up a subf sass because it's not just about a

year now. It is always about the future. It's not

just about yeah, you can comedy. It's not just about

today you need you know, Yes, today might not feel good,

but it's always about tomorrow, you know. It's always about

setting ourselves up to experience the abandant life of God.

We have to follow it. Now.

Yes, it's boring. Yes, it's difficult. Yes it's not as exciting,

but it's important.

A lot of us here who are adults.

How many of you here have come to a place

right where you wish you have listened to your parents

when you were younger on one or two things. I'm

sure some of you have. You know what I have

wished I would have done last time, long time ago.

I wish I would have learned how to save money better.

I wish I would have learned certain things.

You know.

One of the things I wish i've done that my

mom kind of let me decide on my own. And

I decided on my own. And I'm like, Mama, I

didn't force me was to swim. Until today, I don't

how swim? You know, not too late, my wife say

to that, Yeah, not too late.

I'm already I'm lazy. So imagine my wife suggested you

go and learn.

With your kids are one forty through your old uncle

there trying to swim with all the young boys. How

humiliating is that? Malula? Sorry, you're okay, fine, it's okay,

it's just me my ego. Okay, No, but if I

if I've learned it when I was younger, much better.

You know, this thing about the fear of the Lord

is so important in our lives. When we fear the Lord,

we will walk in the past of unrightness. And the

more we want in the past of art right nours,

we will make white susicians. And the more we make

white susicians, we will have abandoned life.

But do you know what messages with that? Our emotions, our.

Hearts, our sight decided. Bible says, look straight, look straight,

don't look.

To the left. You know what's at the left or

the right? Other people? No, no, look don't look there.

Looks straight, looks straight, looks straight, looks straight, you know,

don't look left, don't look right, look straight. But but

but the person's doing this, the person's doing so well

that the person invests in this thing, you know, and

getting so much. You know, I should do it. I

should do it, and then do ready three months later

lost everything? Yeah, I regret, be too late. La, looks straight,

look straight, look at the lot, look at Christ, look

at the word. Let the word of God guide you.

We got cheat hip. You know this is the cheat ship,

But we don't use it. I think we need to

learn to use it.

Don't you.

I think we need to learn to be wise. You know,

you realize that a lot of things right. I remember

when I was when I was seventeen, quite young, and

I was reading Problems and I was reading Solomon.

I ask God, I said, God, And my life wasn't

that great then?

And I always asked questions like why why do I

Why am I living in such a life? Why am

I living in a situation where my family is always

shouting at home all the time?

This is my normal life? Now? Why do I? Why

do I see other people?

Or now see RB see other people and they're having

such a wonderful family time and going to Disneyland.

Now and I'm stuck here? Why what's the difference? God?

Can you give me wisdom that I will make the

right decisions? Can you give me wisdom like King Solomon?

If you can give him, you can give me. Give

me wisdom. Give me wisdom to make the right choices.

Give me wisdom to not put myself in trouble. Give

me wisdom, Lord, because I.

Want to be able to walk upright. I don't want

to just listen to anybody.

I just want to follow your wisdom.

That was so long ago. I think I'm pretty okay. Now,

I think I'm pretty okay. Why am I sharing this

to you?

You can ask off for wisdom too. If you think

I'm wise enough, I don't know. I don't think i

am that. If you think for those who have interested me,

I will let you know. The only reasons because I

prayed for it. The only reason is because it's couseworth.

This is where you get wisdom, right. Yeah, it may

not be the most happening thing or the most updated thing,

but I think it's wisdom that a family unit is

between a man and woman. I think it's wisdom that

you need both parents to parent a child. God intended

it in a certain way, you know, and we should

never change that. You know why the words so messed

up now, it's because men want to do his own thing.

That's why it's messed up. Now.

You try so hard to make things a certain way.

But time and time again, the wisdom of the Bible

helps set us up for success and abundant life. That's

not for sake, amen, If you didn't remember anything, just

remember this. The fear of the Lord is the beginning

of wisdom. Fearing God first helps us. So friends, Proverbs ten,

the proverbs that you want all the way. Proverbs one

to Nina was just setting up what is wisdom and

what will happen? But Proverbs ten to promise that you

want if you go, go and read, go and read. Wow, guys,

it is the wisdom of King Solomon all the way.

I just read one. Okay, I read one just now,

and I think it's so true. It says here. And

this is in relation to why I just share view

about my own life. He says here in chapter seventeen,

verse one, better in it's a dry muscle in quietness

than a house full of feasting with strife.

Isn't it true?

You don't have anything right by your peace, it's way

better than you have everything, and it's just stress shouting.

Hate. Why is there a conflict?

Chinese drama, Pakistani drama, Indian drama or drama?

Everything drama? They got everything? They drama drama? No, I think,

are you read? No?

Just give me guardia break a were happy. I just

need peace and quiet. Isn't it wisdom? Isn't that wisdom?

So much wisdom in the Bible. It's time for us

to read it. It's time for us to apply so

let's seek wisdom in our life, to fear the law

and to hate evil, to seek the lawd and to

walk the paths of righteousness, even though it might be difficult, Guys,

it will be. It's not easy doing the right thing,

but it's for your benefit. It's not being righteous, it's

not easy being righteous, by it's for your benefit. To

set ourselves up for success. You save yourself a lot

of headache if you are just wise. I pray to

everybody here will want to be wise.

Amen.

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