Title: Principles of Wise Living
Author: Marvin Patterson
Text: Proverbs 20:1-15
After being away on business for a week before Christmas, Tom thought it would be nice to bring his wife a little gift.
"How about some perfume?" he asked the cosmetics clerk. She showed him a bottle costing $50.
"That's a bit much," said Tom, so she returned with a smaller bottle for $30.
"Thats still quite a bit," Tom groused.
Growing disgusted, the clerk brought out a tiny $15 bottle.
Tom grew agitated, "What I mean," he said, "is I'd like to see something real cheap."
So the clerk handed him a mirror.
Introduction:
We have been going through this wonderful book of Proverbs,
and I hope it has been as big of a blessing to you, as it has been for me! I have never preached on Proverbs verse by verse, but in doing so, it is power packed in imparting the ways of the wise compared to the folly of the foolish! If you will implement and put into practice these principles, they will change your life for the good! They are explanations and expansions from the Ten Commandments! They teach us how to apply God's commandments into everyday life! With that in mind let us jump in and see what God wants us to learn this evening!
Body:
20 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
The word for "wine" means,
yah'-yin
From an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine (as fermented); by implication intoxication: - banqueting, wine, wine [-bibber}
We could say this is an alcoholic beverage that is fermented, and will cause intoxication! This would be served at many of the banquets, but Solomon gives a warning about how it affects individuals! It is a mocker. What does that mean? The word for "mocker" means
loots
A primitive root; properly to make mouths at, that is, to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede: - ambassador, have in derisio ...
Author: Marvin Patterson
Text: Proverbs 20:1-15
After being away on business for a week before Christmas, Tom thought it would be nice to bring his wife a little gift.
"How about some perfume?" he asked the cosmetics clerk. She showed him a bottle costing $50.
"That's a bit much," said Tom, so she returned with a smaller bottle for $30.
"Thats still quite a bit," Tom groused.
Growing disgusted, the clerk brought out a tiny $15 bottle.
Tom grew agitated, "What I mean," he said, "is I'd like to see something real cheap."
So the clerk handed him a mirror.
Introduction:
We have been going through this wonderful book of Proverbs,
and I hope it has been as big of a blessing to you, as it has been for me! I have never preached on Proverbs verse by verse, but in doing so, it is power packed in imparting the ways of the wise compared to the folly of the foolish! If you will implement and put into practice these principles, they will change your life for the good! They are explanations and expansions from the Ten Commandments! They teach us how to apply God's commandments into everyday life! With that in mind let us jump in and see what God wants us to learn this evening!
Body:
20 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
The word for "wine" means,
yah'-yin
From an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine (as fermented); by implication intoxication: - banqueting, wine, wine [-bibber}
We could say this is an alcoholic beverage that is fermented, and will cause intoxication! This would be served at many of the banquets, but Solomon gives a warning about how it affects individuals! It is a mocker. What does that mean? The word for "mocker" means
loots
A primitive root; properly to make mouths at, that is, to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede: - ambassador, have in derisio ...
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