Proverbs 3:11-12 My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the Lord reproves him who he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

For the Parents: Don't ignore the folly.

1. Give truth
2. In love
3. Use the rod to demonstrate both

For the Parented: Don't ignore the truth.

1. Hear truth
2. In wisdom
3. Use obedience to demonstrate both

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1. Sexual sin ignores the instruction of wisdom
2. Sexual sin believes the lie of temptation's promise
3. Sexual sin squanders the joy of God's Design
4. Sexual sin fails to look beyond the immediate
5. Sexual sin surrenders your honor

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1. God created good things for our pleasure
2. As Creator, God defines the boundaries of pleasure
3. With self-control we war against the idolatry of pleasure
4. Earthly pleasures remind us of the perfect, eternal, undiminished pleasure of being with God in heaven

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Listen as we learn what self-control is, what sanctification is, and who is responsible for self-control in sanctification.

We seek to avoid the pitfalls on either extreme, instead we look to the Bible as it lays out our role in the process.

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Proverbs calls us to six actions:

1. Knowing God
2. Worshipping God
3. Trusting God
4. Enjoying God
5. Loving truth
6. Rejecting sin

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Two Obligations of Friendship

1. Betterment
   • Sharpening
   • Counsel
   • Correction
2. Belonging
   • Love
   • Help
   • Trust

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Series: The Wisdom of Solomon

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The Family Tree of Laziness

Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

• Laziness 19:24
  • Selfish 21:26
    • Loveless 31:10-31
    • Proud 26:16
  • Disobedient 21:25
    • Wasteful 12:27; 18:9
      • Undisciplined 28:19
        • Self-destructive 21:25; 24:30-31
      • Needy 19:15
        • Unsatisfied 13:4; 21:26
        • Troubled 12:24; 15:19
  • Ease 6:10
    • Unmotivated 26:14; 16:26
    • Self-indulgent 6:9; 21:17
      • Short-sighted 20:4; 27:26

Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.

Three concluding thoughts:

1. Work is not part of the curse.
2. Work to reflect God's image and carry out our calling.
3. The work/rest pattern points us to the gospel.

When Christ tranforms your life, laziness can be weeded out because we can do all the work that we do as though we are doing it for the Lord himself.

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What does it mean to honor the Lord with your wealth?

6 Principles That Guide You To Honor The Lord With Your Wealth

1. Don't apologize for wealth. Stuff isn't sinful in and of itself.
2. Don't compromise your integrity. Character is more important than wealth.
3. Don't focus on lack. See what you have and not what you don't have. You must live in contentment.
4. Don't hoard your resources.
5. Don't trust in wealth. Ask the question, What are you trusting in?
6. Don't undervalue God's wisdom.

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5 Tools for Interpreting Proverbs

1. Interpret Proverbs by remembering what a proverb is.
   • Brief
   • Poetic
   • Guide to godly living
2. Interpret Proverbs as general principles, rather than unconditional promises.
3. Interpret Proverbs recognizing that the proverbs generally fall into two literary forms.
   • Instructions/commands
   • Wisdom sayings
4. Interpret Proverbs by understanding parallelism.
   • Synonymous parallelism
   • Antithetic parallelism
   • Emblematic parallelism
   • Synthetic parallelism
5. Interpret Proverbs with the broader teaching of scripture.

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Series: The Wisdom of Solomon

7 ways that we — like Solomon — can be wise.

1. Hear the call of wisdom
2. Recognize the need for wisdom
3. We must persue the source of wisdom
4. We must exercise the power of wisdom
5. Expect a testimony of wisdom
6. Remember the purpose of wisdom
7. Believe the fulfillment of wisdom

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