Lesson 2
Theology
Proper
Who is
God?
Review:
Ø In the
first 9 verses of Proverbs 2 Solomon describes for us the steps to acquiring
wisdom or how to discern the fear of the Lord.
2:1-5 Discerning the fear of the Lord.
Intro:
> These verses 2:1-9 are structured
around "if - then" which is readily seen.
> Now
in chapter 2 a very nice follow on; have the student
or the learner crying out to be taught.
Four
Steps Leading to Wisdom
1. 2:1a "If you will
receive my sayings."
The wisdom to be inculcated, to
be received is God's wisdom, just as the wisdom crying in the streets in ch-1
was God's wisdom. [dvpt]
Step #1 is reception: xql
The goal and objective of the context as given in vs:5
is "knowledge of God."
True wisdom, an understanding of God's truth is not based on
speculation at all but by examination of the written word, His revelation to
us.
The way that man thinks, apart from the Bible is totally opposite and
contradictory to what the Scriptures communicate.
We can see this chasm between
God's thinking/viewpoint and man's in Isa 55:8.
God's vpt man's speculations
1. Huvpt does not supplement God's vpt
2. man's opinions are opposite of God's
volition - choices
May operate from either vpt (what we think or what God thinks) your
choice.
Basic Prin:
We are either looking at the
world around us, and evaluating or interpreting all input apart from the Word
of God or we are looking at the world thru the lens of Scripture and therefore
on the basis of DVPT, interpreting life by the WOG.
2. Step two to wisdom 2:1b "treasure my commandments within you."
- Step #2 then is to memorize
Scripture!
treasure = !pc zaphan; the idea of the word is to store up, to get a
lot of; to stock pile
** Reasons for memory!!
1. How can you put into practice what you don't
know, what's not in your minds?
2. Always act out of memory; for the majority of decisions that we
need to make. true
some are reflex; hot stove; hit finger w/hammer;
3. You
just don't have time to study, to look things up in the heat of
a real life situations.
4. There
are times when you will have the opportunity to seek council or to do some
study of Scripture for major issues but not for most.
Psa. 119:11 Points to the
importance of memory in our ongoing relationship to the Word.
> The emphasis here is not on
the Word itself but on the heart (bl).
- Other passages for documentation; Ps 37:31; 40:8; Prov
7:1-5;
Why is the heart/mind so important?? The foundation or basis of one's thinking
comes out of what is stored! And ones
conduct follows. Mt
What do
we all do regularly?? Eating!
- Job