Pastor Rob Wheeler

June 13, 2010

Which Course Will You Follow?

Proverbs 9

I. Wisdom invites anyone to benefit from her (1-6)

A. Wisdom prepares to serve many (1-2)

B. Wisdom provides for those who are in need (3-5)

C. Wisdom’s prerequisite is repentance (6)

II. Ways people respond to wisdom vary (7-12)

A. Correcting a mocker leads to insults and abuse (7-8a)

B. Confronting a wise man leads to appreciation and growth (8b-9)

C. Comparison of the responses’ outcomes (10-12)

III. Woman of folly leads to the grave (13-18)

A. Folly pursues those who pass by to take advantage of them (13-15)

B. Folly promises sin with no consequences (16-17)

Prov 5 15-17

C. Fools are punished when they go toward folly (18)

Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. NIV

James 1:14 but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. NIV