18 Jul Summer At Waters | Part 2 “How to Grow Wisdom” – All Locations
Announcements:
-Our offer was accepted in Tiverton! Waters Church South Coast is moving forward.
-We will be restoring our parking lot and building the fire pit. The lot is about 40K and the Fire pit will be about 60K. Please continue to give toward those.
-We are planning a 7th location in Guatemala,Waters Church Antiqua!
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Key Verse: Proverbs 3
Theme: Wisdom
The word of the Lord brings light and understanding to our eyes. We have a golden opportunity to live wisely in an age of foolishness. The darker the night gets, the brighter the light shines. We look at our culture and see deterioration. We have the opportunity to be the Church. The Church that reflects the glory of Jesus Christ.
We can know a lot but not know what to do with what we know. We can always go to the book of Proverbs and James the two places we get wisdom from without any theological training needed. The book of Proverbs is not a manual of good suggestions, it is a personal book written by a father to his sons. Twenty-three times the father appeals to his sons in this book.
The Book of Proverbs is WISDOM passed on from ONE GENERATION to the NEXT through RELATIONSHIP.
We will grow wiser or more foolish based on the relationships we choose to maintain. It is our choice. We are to choose our friends wisely. We should find people to do life with that are healthier than ourselves. If we go to restaurants with someone that eats too much, we are likely to eat too much also. If we hang around with people who spend too much money, we are likely to eventually spend too much money also. We have a right in God to choose our friends. We should be looking for people with godly results and get around those people. We do not gain wisdom by picking and choosing from the Bible, but by people who live wisely.
Q. What are some positive and negative affects from hanging around certain people?
1. God IMPARTS wisdom from OLD to YOUNG through the NATURAL FAMILY.
This is why fathers and mothers matter. A cultural heresy in our society is that raising children is less than a stellar lifestyle. Stay-at-home moms should never say ‘I’m just a stay-at-home mom.’ Fathers should not get so caught up in their careers that they forget to invest in the lives of their children. We should celebrate these things. God has patterned the family that way, when he wants to change the world he creates a family. The best thing is for dads and moms to stay married and raise their children in the fear of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 6:4 (ESV)
Ways we provoke our children is by ignoring them, showing favoritism, impossible expectations, being judgmental, or never providing clear boundaries. Prisons are filled with those whose fathers did not discipline.
Q. (MOMs and DADs): What examples can you share about how you raise(d) your children regarding the above statements (how have you imparted or have you neglected to impart wisdom to your children)?
Q. How had your parents imparted wisdom to you?
Titus 2:3-5 (ESV)
Women should be investing in our next generation. Young ladies need to learn to love their husbands by older ladies. We should try to work out our marital problems, work it out for the kids.
2. God IMPARTS wisdom from OLD to YOUNG through the SPIRITUAL FAMILY.
We are brothers and sisters in Christ. Spiritual fathers and mothers are the leaders of the next generation. We have to be intentional in raising up the next generation through the spiritual family.
1 Timothy 1:18 (ESV); 1 Timothy 1:2 (ESV)
Timothy was Paul’s spiritual child. We need to invest in men and women beyond us. Loving each other through caring and investing in those who come behind us. Paul raised seventeen men up to minister. This is why we do Small Groups, there is nothing more important than sitting in circles and getting to know other. The doors open up when we get to know people in our church. Pastor Tim used the example of the women with cancer’s baptism testimony. Because she shared with the church, there were people who could come along sider her and help her. We need each other, isolation is a demon and gets us depressed.
Q. What wisdom have you gained from and or imparted to your spiritual family?
The FIVE APTITUDES of the WISE:
1. Wise people KNOW the SCRIPTURES through RELATIONSHIP.
Proverbs 3:1–2 (ESV)
Teaching is from the word Torah which is the law of God. The law of God is not rules, it is instruction. Rules do not help us live. For example rules posted at a pool (no diving, no splashing, no glass near pool etc.) do not help us swim, we need instructions for how to swim. Instructions are passed on form person to person.
Proverbs 13:20 (ESV); 1 Corinthians 2:6 (ESV); 2 Timothy 3:14–15 (ESV)
The scripture tells us to be discerning concerning what we hear outside the Church. The world’s wisdom does not jive with what we hear in Church.
2 Timothy 3:14-15 (ESV)
Timothy knew the people who taught it to him. This book is designed to be taught person to person through relationship.
We don’t get wiser from listening to worship music in the car. We have got to get to know people we can trust and learn together.
Q. Who is your Spiritual mother/father – son/daugther?
2. Wise people KNOW God’s SALVATION intimately.
Proverbs 3:3 (ESV); Exodus 34:6 (ESV)
We are not to let the steadfast love of the Lord leave us. We need to remind ourselves of it. God will never leave us nor forsake us. He is the Author and finisher of our faith.
Two pictures of our salvation: ADOPTION and MARRIAGE
Every time the Bible refers to our salvation, it refers to it as adoption and marriage. Both are unbreakable in the economy of God.
Isaiah 49:15–16 (ESV); Matthew 19:6 (ESV); Proverbs 3:4 (ESV)
If we know we are sealed with the love of God and he can never lose us, we are now released form needing the love and approval of people. We are to root ourselves in the love of God. He has us in the palm of His hand. Every other option is performance based religion which says : He loves me based on what I have done.” We have social success when we have spiritual strength to know the love of God inside us.
Q. How have you got caught up in ‘performance based religion’?
Q. What is an example of social success for you, knowing that God loves you and can never lose you (are you more confident, no need for people to like you etc.)?
3. Wise people KNOW their own FOOLISHNESS daily.
Proverbs 3:5 (ESV); Proverbs 3:7 (ESV)
Everywhere we turn we are taught to trust ourselves. Trust our gut, go with our instincts, feel, or live our truth. There is no such thing as ‘our truth’. We don’t know what is right. We need to reject the culture of ‘me-sim.’ Jesus said if we want to save our life, we must lose it (Matthew 16:25). Celebrating Us is not Christianity. Christianity is losing our life for the cause of Christ.
The Paradox of Proverbs: If you don’t KNOW you’re a FOOL, you’re a FOOL.
Q. What are some examples of where you thought you were wise because you trusted in yourself or your feelings when you should have sought out wisdom from God?
4. Wise people KNOW their SOURCE is God.
Proverbs 3:9 (ESV)
These were farmers. They brought their first tenth of their hard work to the Lord. It was a test. They believed the Lord was their source. When we believe the Lord is our source, and we give him the first tenth, He will bless the rest. The Lord is our source not the almighty dollar. The Lord is our God, not the water bill. God is first when he is first in our wallet.
God is FIRST when He’s FIRST FINANCIALLY.
Proverbs 3:10 (ESV)
God says to give so he can bless you. He increases.
Q. What is a testimony you can share about being wise with your money?
5. Wise people Know DISCIPLINE is a GOOD THING.
Proverbs 3:11–12 (ESV); Psalm 119:71 (ESV)
Q. What are some afflictions you learned to trust God through?
Challenge: Get in on the family treasures of God’s wisdom from one generation to the next. Get
a spiritual mother/father or son/daughter.
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