Wednesday Night January 25, 2012
scriptures: Proverbs 17, Romans 12
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Notes
Proverbs 17:4- 17
Are you a person that seeks love?
Do you seek wisdom?
Are you seeking to do right?
Sometimes you have to remove from a situation because the foolish person is raging. It is better to meet a bear in the forest.
There is still blessing and cursing today, consequences for what we do. Mistreating people who are trying to do you good is asking for evil on yourself.
People think that they are going to get away with a lot of stuff. Even if the people get over it, you still have to make sure that you have sought God’s mercy and forgiveness.
You can see a situation break down because people don’t chill out, leave off at the beginning of the matter. Stop tripping to avoid the blow-up!
“It all started when …”
You don’t want to be the person living off of apologies. Stop tripping before things blow up, before the dam breaks.
Proverbs is about emotional control. Anger and aggravation can’t be your life motivators.
God knows right from wrong and so can we. He hates it when we call good things bad and when we celebrate evil things.
vs 16 The reason that most people are not Christians is because they do not want to be. They are not looking for the right answer or wisdom. They have already decided that they will do what they want to do, regardless of what God says.
There are people who’ve been in church 10, 20 years and don’t know what is in the bible.
It takes sacrifice to know the Lord. You have to redeem the time, sacrificing it from something else to give the time to the Lord.
If you want it, invest in it. What have you exchanged for getting to know God? IF you could have a closer walk with God, would you pay for it?
People who don’t want to hear are rejecting God.
vs 17 “Good” friends are those that you expect to be there when you need a friend. A lot of people are not there when you need them. A good example is when a person gets a debilitating illness. A lot of the people that hung around are not going to be around anymore.
Do you rejoice with them that rejoice? Do you weep with people that weep?
Romans 12:9-15
Hold on to the good and avoid the evil.
The bible tells you to be friendly and loving like a brother to each other. It puts no conditions on it based on how you feel or your “personality”.
Do you say that you want to be a true friend. Some people want people to rejoice with them when they rejoice, but don’t want to rejoice when someone else wants to rejoice.
Which kind of person are you? Loving and a true friend, or not.
Jesus is that kind of friend. He was born to be there for our worst. He loves at all times.