Seeking Wisdom Together – Proverbs 9, 1-18

1 Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars.  2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.  3 She has sent out her servants, and she calls from the highest point of the city, 4 “

Let all who are simple come to my house!”  To those who have no sense she says, 5     “Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.  6 Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.” 7 Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.  8 Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you. 9 Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.  10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.  11 For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.  12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer. 13 Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing.  14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city, 15 calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way, 16 “Let all who are simple come to my house!”  To those who have no sense she says, 17 “Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”  18 But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.

February 2, 2014 – John 7, 14-24 Feast of Booths, Part 2, pdf

¹⁴ About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and began teaching. ¹⁵ The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning, when he has never studied?” ¹⁶ So Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. ¹⁷ If anyone’s will is to do God’s will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. ¹⁸ The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood. ¹⁹ Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?” ²⁰ The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” ²¹ Jesus answered them, “I did one work, and you all marvel at it. ²² Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. ²³ If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man’s whole body well? ²⁴ Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

PM Worship – 1 Samuel 9 – Saul is Chosen as King –

Seeking Wisdom Together – Proverbs 8, 1-21

Does not wisdom call?Does not understanding raise her voice?² On the heights beside the way,at the crossroads she takes her stand; ³ beside the gates in front of the town,at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:  ⁴ “To you, O men, I call,and my cry is to the children of man.  ⁵ O simple ones, learn prudence;O fools, learn sense.  ⁶ Hear, for I will speak noble things,and from my lips will come what is right,  ⁷ for my mouth will utter truth;wickedness is an abomination to my lips.  ⁸ All the words of my mouth are righteous;there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.  ⁹ They are all straight to him who understands,and right to those who find knowledge.  ¹⁰ Take my instruction instead of silver,and knowledge rather than choice gold, ¹¹ for wisdom is better than jewels,and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.  ¹² “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,  and I find knowledge and discretion.  ¹³ The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.  Pride and arrogance and the way of eviland perverted speech I hate.  ¹⁴ I have counsel and sound wisdom;I have insight; I have strength.  ¹⁵ By me kings reign,and rulers decree what is just; ¹⁶ by me princes rule,and nobles, all who govern justly.  ¹⁷ I love those who love me,and those who seek me diligently find me.  ¹⁸ Riches and honor are with me,  enduring wealth and righteousness.  ¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver.  ²⁰ I walk in the way of righteousness,in the paths of justice,  ²¹ granting an inheritance to those who love me,  and filling their treasuries.

Come tomorrow as we hear the final few verses on the Bread of Life discourse in the morning worship, when many of those that have been following Christ turn away and no longer follow him.

Then that night, we will continue in our study of 1 Samuel 7 and the Covenant of David, as Samuel leads the Isrealites to turn from pagan Gods and re-commit to follow Yahweh!

Also come and support our youth lunch fundraiser to help with the costs of youth summer trips and our PM fellowship after evening worship!

This Sunday afternoon at 2:30pm, come to the Columbus Court House for a Sanctity of Life prayer vigil.  Our speaker will be Gary Bynum, originally of Collierville, TN and serves as the Vice Chairman or the Board of Directors of Life Choices of Memphis.  He is a Pilot for Fed Ex and reserve instructor Pilot at Columbus Air Force Base and lived in Caledonia, MS from 1999-2006, where he was a member of East End Baptist Church.

Our service will begin at 2:30pm and will involve Scripture reading, a time of worship led by Randy Comer of Woodland Baptist Church, and readers from our local community.  Please come and join us as we remind the world of the Sanctity of Life!