A Potsherd Covered with Silver Dross Part II Prov. 26: 23-28 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO A potsherd is a fragment or piece of broken pottery – dross is the worthless material that is removed from the silver when it is refined (it’s lead or tin or something like that). In this...
Consider the House of the Wicked Prov. 21:12 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO According to Prov 21:12 we are to consider the house of the wicked – that way we can learn from him – v.11 – we’ll learn not to be like the wicked. In the first part of Prov 21,...
Justifying the Wicked, Condemning the Just Prov 17:15 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The wicked are to be condemned in God’s law – examples – Deut 21:20-21 where parents of a child turn him over to be stoned because he is an incorrigible glutton and drunkard [this would be terribly hard but...
The Lord Made the Wicked Prov. 16 :4 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This explains the existence of the bad guys who have been used by the Lord for his purposes – it’s not that he made them wicked – but that he uses their wickedness FOR HIMSELF – this is not...
The Wicked Is Snared Prov. 12:13 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips. The trouble with the wicked is heart trouble, Mk 7:20:23. What snares them is these bad things in their hearts coming out of the mouth. Look at these examples of people...
Prov. 11:8 The Righteous is Delivered CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There is a pattern in the Bible, the righteous is delivered and the wicked cometh. This pattern shows you several things. In government, leadership degenerates – righteous rulers are often delivered from the trouble that comes to the wicked rulers...
Devolution Is. 14:16-32 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The devil had said that he was going to exalt himself. However, instead of rising up, he gets cast down to hell. He doesn’t evolve; he devolves. This lesson is about the devil’s devolution. He becomes a wicked man – v.16-17 – he devolves from...
The Righteous Shall Never Be Removed Prov. 10:30 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In the world, governments are established, policies are implemented, wars are fought, economic decisions are made, and negotiations are conducted without a single thought of what God thinks about any of these things. In other words, men operate globally...
Starvation Prov. 10: 3 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There is a statement here about the Lord’s dealings with the righteous and with the wicked as it concerns their food supply. The Lord doesn’t starve righteous men to death and yet he will starve out the wicked, because the Lord will cast...
There are Two Paths Prov 4:14-19 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There are two distinctly different paths described in this passage. One is the path of the wicked which is in darkness and the other is path of the just which is in the light. These two paths do not run on...
