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 Proverbs chapter 9.

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 Proverbs chapter 9.

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 Leave your simple ways and live and walk in the way of insight.

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 Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,

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 and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.

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 Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you.

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 Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

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 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser.

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 Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

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 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,

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 and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

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 For by me your days will be multiplied,

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 and years will be added to your life.

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 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself.

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 If you scoff, you alone will bear it.

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 The woman of folly is loud.

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 She is seductive and knows nothing.

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 She sits at the door of her house.

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 She takes a seat on the highest places of the town,

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 calling to those who pass by,

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 who are going straight on their way.

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 Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.

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 And to him who lacks sense, she says,

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 stolen water is sweet,

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 and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

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 But he does not know that the dead are there,

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 that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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 Well, in Proverbs chapter 9.

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 So I think we don't have to argue the case

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 that everybody would recognize

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 there are competing worldviews,

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 competing ideas of what defines the good life,

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 and competing ideas of what it is to live the good life.

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 In terms of Proverbs,

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 they're competing ideas of wisdom and foolishness.

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 Now, they cannot all be right

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 because they say such different things.

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 You might say, well, none of them could be right,

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 and that's true, that's a possibility.

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 Some could be right and others wrong,

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 and that's a possibility,

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 but they can't all be right.

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 And the big question about that then is,

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 how do I know that my worldview

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 or my view of life and the good life is correct?

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 How do I know the worldview

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 that's shaping my life is wise?

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 And how do I know that it's actually delivering

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 the good life I crave?

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 Is it possible to think that my worldview

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 is delivering the good life

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 and actually be deceived?

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 Well, Scripture tells us, yes.

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 It's possible to think you're in wisdom,

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 and yet you're in foolishness.

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 Australians, and I may not sound like one,

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 but I count myself as one,

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 I haven't lived much more of my life here

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 than in Ireland.

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 But Australians think of themselves

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 as very open-minded.

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 So if you're talking to Australians,

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 they'll say, look,

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 I'm easily persuaded by evidence and truth.

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 And if you talk about history,

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 they'll say, yes,

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 and I'm persuaded by evidence and truth

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 in contrast to past generations

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 where it was so obvious

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 they were so full of prejudice,

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 racial prejudice, religious prejudice,

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 social prejudice, and so on and so forth.

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 But in reality,

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 every person has prejudice.

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 That is, prejudice is buried background beliefs

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 about wisdom and the good life.

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 And these things are often things

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 we're blind to.

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 Sometimes we'll hear it expressed as,

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 well, that's just the way things are in life.

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 Probably that's a background belief,

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 a buried background belief

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 that just accepts without questioning.

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 And what that means is, I think,

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 oftentimes people just copy

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 the lifestyle that's familiar,

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 copy the lifestyle that's been handed down to them.

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 Copy the lifestyle that we see

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 others around them living.

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 And from that, they say,

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 well, if that's what the majority are doing,

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 then that must be the good life.

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 That must be wisdom.

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 And then from there,

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 most people would agree

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 that the closed,

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 the person who is closed-minded,

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 who backs their own form of wisdom

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 without ever examining it,

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 is actually foolish.

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 Or stupid.

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 And what we've done, you see,

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 as Australians,

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 is we've got ourselves into a real dilemma.

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 Because our society is committed

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 to the absolute freedom of the individual.

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 That means an individual is free

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 to believe what they want,

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 how they want,

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 and should be free

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 from even being examined

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 or corrected on that view.

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 But this is an expression of closed-mindedness.

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 And it's in conflict with discovering

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 the life of wisdom we crave.

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 Because if we're going to have a worldview,

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 it means,

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 and we've got to be able to examine it.

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 And in fact,

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 I would argue we need an external authority.

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 Because we can't actually trust

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 our own examination ultimately.

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 We need an external authority

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 which is both true

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 and actually works

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 when it comes to delivering the good life.

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 Now,

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 that takes us into Proverbs

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 because Proverbs presents

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 God's pathway of wisdom.

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 And it presents it as the only one

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 that delivers the good life we crave.

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 In fact,

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 the Bible at other points

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 and quite repeatedly

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 through the scriptures,

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 the Bible says

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 what Peter says

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 in chapter 1,

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 verse 18.

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 He says that everything else

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 is an empty way of life

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 handed down to you

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 from your forefathers.

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 It's that idea of just

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 taking what you've received,

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 what's popular,

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 what's familiar,

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 and trying to make the best of it.

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 Even though most of us would say,

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 hey,

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 it doesn't actually work.

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 Wisdom is about choices,

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 choices,

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 choices.

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 That's the reality

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 that these,

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 that first section of Proverbs,

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 chapters 1 to 9

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 has been building towards.

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 Wisdom and foolishness

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 are competing alternatives.

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 And making right choices

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 requires discernment.

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 And heaps of it.

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 Wisdom is wholesome.

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 It's desirable.

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 It's valuable.

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 It's satisfying.

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 And generally,

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 wisdom is a course of action

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 which is reasonably obvious.

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 But we see it all around us

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 all the time

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 that wisdom doesn't happen automatically.

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 It's not something

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 we're naturally inclined to.

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 It's always as a choice,

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 and I think a tough choice,

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 to follow wisdom

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 and turn away

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 from foolishness.

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 Chapter 7, 8, and 9

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 emphasize this

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 with challenging pictures

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 or metaphors.

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 Chapter 7

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 was a sexual metaphor.

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 and the thing

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 that plays out there

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 is the choice

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 between true intimacy

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 and false intimacy

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 in the context

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 of a picture of seduction.

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 Chapter 8

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 was a treasure hunting metaphor

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 that Dave took us through

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 last week.

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 The choice is between

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 real treasure

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 and counterfeit treasure

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 that looks shiny,

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 that dazzles

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 and turns your head

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 but just doesn't deliver.

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 The choice is always

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 between finding life

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 in relationship with God,

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 expressing God's character

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 and every action of life

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 and chasing

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 an alternative life,

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 a life of autonomy,

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 a life of rejection

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 of God's pathway.

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 And as Dave said last week,

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 foolishness always presents

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 as an equal alternative.

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 That's the sneakiness,

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 the deceitfulness of it.

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 It always presents

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 as an equal alternative

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 to God's wisdom

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 but it actually seduces

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 and dazzles

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 and appears popular

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 while actually destroying people.

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 So once again I say

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 to make right choices,

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 every person needs

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 discernment

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 in spade loads.

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 And chapter 9

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 I'm suggesting this morning

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 is a case study

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 in wisdom and discernment.

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 So critical,

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 as I'm saying,

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 is in this process

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 of finding

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 and nurturing wisdom

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 is discernment.

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 Now,

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 what is discernment?

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 Discernment's

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 the ability

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 to sort through

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 apparently equal options

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 and dig into it

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 in a way

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 that you can

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 identify

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 and avoid lies

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 or false reality

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 and embrace truth

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 or true reality.

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 Bit of a tautology there

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 but for emphasis.

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 Now,

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 I would actually venture to say

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 and it's a bit sad to say

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 that I think discernment

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 appears practically

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 to be in really short supply

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 in our world.

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 And I think it's actually

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 even the case

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 among Christians

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 that discernment

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 is in short supply.

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 One of the past greats,

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 the theological greats

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 said that

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 they figured that discernment

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 was probably the last characteristic

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 that Christians would develop.

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 Well,

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 come with me then

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 into chapter 9.

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 And what we have here

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 is another metaphor.

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 It's a metaphor,

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 a party metaphor

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 where the choice here

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 in chapter 9

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 is between

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 a life-giving

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 and a life-destroying

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 party.

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 Now,

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 it could be a feast,

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 it could be a party,

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 it could be an event.

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 I'm just using those terms

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 interchangeably.

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 But party's probably

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 something we resonate

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 with more.

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 So,

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 there's two competing

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 identical party invitations.

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 One from this woman

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 called Dem Folly,

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 we'll call her Dem Folly.

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 If you look at verse 16,

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 look at the words.

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 Whoever is simple,

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 let him turn in here.

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 There's the invitation.

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 And verse 4,

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 identical invitation.

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 Whoever is simple,

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 let him turn in here.

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 Now,

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 these two invitations

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 turn up in your mailbox.

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 And at that point,

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 they look identical.

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 Which party will you go to?

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 Each is issued

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 to the simple.

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 Now,

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 hear this next sentence

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 very, very carefully.

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 The simple

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 is a description

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 not of mental capacity,

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 but of mental attitude

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 to life.

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 It's about an approach

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 to life

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 of the average person.

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 The simple person

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 is the average person.

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 That's the point

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 in this metaphor.

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 It's the average person

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 who,

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 in a sense,

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 is a bit aimless

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 and drifting in life,

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 yet always looking

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 for the next exciting thing.

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 unthinking,

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 at points,

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 easily believing

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 what others say

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 and do,

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 yet quite defensive

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 and headstrong

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 when challenged.

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 It's a strange mix,

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 but I think that

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 does describe

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 the average person

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 we rub shoulders with.

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 The invitations

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 are identical,

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 but the shape

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 of the two parties

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 is radically different.

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 They're different

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 in basic appeal.

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 If you look at

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 verses 13 and 14,

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 I'm dealing with

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 Dame Folly first

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 and then come back

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 to Lady Wisdom.

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 So Dame Folly,

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 her appeal

00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:17.680
 is loud

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 and seductive

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 and shameless.

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 That's the word

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 in English there,

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 knows nothing,

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 is probably better

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 translated shameless.

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 She's right out there.

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 She's in your face.

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 She sits at the door

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 of her house.

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 She takes a seat

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 in the highest places

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 of the town,

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 calling to those

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 who pass by her,

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 going straight on their way.

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 She's loud.

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 It sounds a bit familiar.

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 Loud, proud,

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 and shameless.

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 And she knows

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 jolly well

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 that the majority

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 of people

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 will just be passing

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 right past her front door.

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 She doesn't have

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 to work too hard.

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 She just needs

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 to get their attention

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 as they go past

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 and suck them in.

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 And she assumes

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 a crowd at her party.

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 Verse 3,

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 In contrast,

00:14:00.980 --> 00:14:01.680
 Lady Wisdom

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 knows the average person

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 will not be naturally

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 inclined to accept

00:14:06.659 --> 00:14:07.279
 her invitation.

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 So she's busy

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 pursuing individuals,

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 pleading with them

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 to come to her event.

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 The two parties

00:14:17.019 --> 00:14:17.839
 are radically different

00:14:17.839 --> 00:14:18.219
 in AIM.

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 Dame Folly,

00:14:20.459 --> 00:14:21.139
 as we just read

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 those verses,

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 her biggest intent

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 is just to fill her house.

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 Get them all in.

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 She cares nothing

00:14:29.379 --> 00:14:30.420
 for the people

00:14:30.420 --> 00:14:31.220
 she seduces

00:14:31.220 --> 00:14:31.960
 into her party.

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 So she makes it easy

00:14:33.300 --> 00:14:33.780
 for people

00:14:33.780 --> 00:14:34.700
 to be there.

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 And notice,

00:14:36.740 --> 00:14:37.640
 there's no obvious

00:14:37.640 --> 00:14:38.520
 cost of entry.

00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:40.220
 She invites them

00:14:40.220 --> 00:14:41.040
 into that place

00:14:41.040 --> 00:14:41.500
 if you look at

00:14:41.500 --> 00:14:42.460
 verse 15 and 17.

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 She invites them

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 into an environment

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 that's familiar,

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 that's comfortable.

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 Where you can hang out

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 with all the people

00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:52.640
 you've always wanted

00:14:52.640 --> 00:14:53.980
 to be around.

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 The cool people,

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 the celebrities,

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 the high profile sports people,

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 the sexy people,

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 and so on and so forth.

00:15:00.500 --> 00:15:01.179
 Verse 17,

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 water is often

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 a picture

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 for sexual expression

00:15:04.879 --> 00:15:05.639
 in the Proverbs

00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:06.620
 and the Old Testament.

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 So it's almost

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 as if this Dame Folly

00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:10.000
 is saying,

00:15:10.259 --> 00:15:10.939
 hey listen guys,

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 I just want to fill my house.

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 Tell you what,

00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:14.220
 leave your brains

00:15:14.220 --> 00:15:14.720
 at the door.

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 Leave your morals

00:15:16.620 --> 00:15:17.019
 at the door.

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 Come inside

00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:18.860
 and I promise you

00:15:18.860 --> 00:15:19.460
 you can indulge

00:15:19.460 --> 00:15:20.580
 in all the fantasies

00:15:20.580 --> 00:15:21.259
 of your heart,

00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:22.039
 all the desires,

00:15:22.220 --> 00:15:23.220
 the secret desires

00:15:23.220 --> 00:15:23.720
 of your heart

00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:24.460
 you long wanted

00:15:24.460 --> 00:15:25.080
 to express.

00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:27.240
 Because in my place

00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:28.159
 if it feels good

00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:29.100
 and everybody else

00:15:29.100 --> 00:15:29.600
 is doing it

00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:30.759
 then you can be sure

00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:31.320
 it's right.

00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:35.519
 You can be sure

00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:37.039
 I've got the good life.

00:15:38.939 --> 00:15:40.100
 But we're told here

00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:41.039
 that in truth

00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:43.600
 her party is toxic.

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 And it's a picture

00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:48.460
 of Todd Sweeney's place

00:15:48.460 --> 00:15:49.700
 where the bodies

00:15:49.700 --> 00:15:50.860
 are being piled up

00:15:50.860 --> 00:15:51.639
 in the cellar

00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:52.960
 while more people

00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:53.659
 are pouring

00:15:53.659 --> 00:15:54.820
 through the front door.

00:15:55.879 --> 00:16:02.240
 And what do we discover?

00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:04.240
 We discover

00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:05.879
 there is a huge cost

00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:06.919
 of entry to pay.

00:16:07.659 --> 00:16:09.039
 But in her party

00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:10.779
 it's landed on you

00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:11.480
 at the last minute.

00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:12.639
 What's the huge cost

00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:12.980
 of entry?

00:16:14.779 --> 00:16:15.220
 Death.

00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:16.019
 Destruction.

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 And by the time

00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:20.899
 you realize

00:16:20.899 --> 00:16:21.740
 there's a huge cost

00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:22.139
 of entry

00:16:22.139 --> 00:16:23.519
 it's too late.

00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:25.019
 It's pay up time.

00:16:27.439 --> 00:16:28.539
 The good life

00:16:28.539 --> 00:16:29.159
 they thought

00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:30.139
 they had found

00:16:30.139 --> 00:16:31.519
 was actually

00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:33.100
 a lifeless life.

00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:36.600
 Now in sharp contrast

00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.360
 Lady Wisdom

00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:38.980
 is deeply concerned

00:16:38.980 --> 00:16:39.819
 for those

00:16:39.819 --> 00:16:40.439
 she invites.

00:16:41.139 --> 00:16:41.779
 Her party

00:16:41.779 --> 00:16:42.819
 again remember

00:16:42.819 --> 00:16:43.319
 and this is all

00:16:43.319 --> 00:16:43.699
 metaphor

00:16:43.699 --> 00:16:44.220
 that's all

00:16:44.220 --> 00:16:44.860
 picture language

00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:45.759
 verses 1 and 2

00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:46.839
 her party

00:16:46.839 --> 00:16:48.100
 comes from

00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:49.419
 a really solid house.

00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:50.899
 We might use

00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:51.799
 exchange that

00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:52.639
 for the word worldview.

00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:53.639
 She comes from

00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:54.500
 a really solid

00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:55.399
 well thought out

00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:56.879
 well constructed place.

00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:58.620
 She's prepared

00:16:58.620 --> 00:16:59.360
 meticulously

00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:00.959
 and she's offering

00:17:00.959 --> 00:17:02.360
 a lavish feast

00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:03.699
 of meats

00:17:03.699 --> 00:17:04.740
 and wine.

00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:06.259
 The sort of stuff

00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:07.059
 that would really

00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:08.200
 satisfy the body

00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:09.899
 and satisfy the soul

00:17:09.899 --> 00:17:10.599
 in the metaphor.

00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:17.799
 But her party

00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:18.859
 has a very obvious

00:17:18.859 --> 00:17:20.119
 upfront cost

00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:20.659
 to be paid

00:17:20.659 --> 00:17:21.119
 which she makes

00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:21.959
 no bones about.

00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:24.859
 Look at verse 6.

00:17:26.639 --> 00:17:27.319
 She says

00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:28.399
 yeah come to my party

00:17:28.399 --> 00:17:29.199
 by all means

00:17:29.199 --> 00:17:30.339
 I really would love

00:17:30.339 --> 00:17:30.879
 to have you here

00:17:30.879 --> 00:17:31.779
 but verse 6

00:17:31.779 --> 00:17:33.779
 leave your simple ways

00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:34.500
 and live

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:35.980
 and walk

00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:36.959
 in the way of insight.

00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.319
 She's saying

00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:39.740
 look if you want

00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:40.419
 to come to my party

00:17:40.420 --> 00:17:41.300
 that would be terrific.

00:17:42.360 --> 00:17:43.100
 I want you there

00:17:43.100 --> 00:17:44.759
 but the cost of entry

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.840
 is that you must

00:17:45.840 --> 00:17:46.660
 be prepared

00:17:46.660 --> 00:17:48.680
 to examine your life.

00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:50.120
 You must be prepared

00:17:50.120 --> 00:17:51.980
 to leave behind

00:17:51.980 --> 00:17:53.220
 wrong thinking

00:17:53.220 --> 00:17:53.840
 of the past.

00:17:53.980 --> 00:17:54.800
 You must be prepared

00:17:54.800 --> 00:17:55.380
 to be pushed

00:17:55.380 --> 00:17:56.539
 into unfamiliar

00:17:56.539 --> 00:17:58.400
 uncomfortable places.

00:17:59.160 --> 00:17:59.740
 My party

00:17:59.740 --> 00:18:00.200
 won't be

00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:01.420
 a cocahoot affair.

00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:02.019
 My party

00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:02.740
 will be serious.

00:18:02.940 --> 00:18:03.800
 It will be challenging.

00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:07.299
 but it will deliver

00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:07.899
 something the other

00:18:07.899 --> 00:18:08.579
 party will never

00:18:08.579 --> 00:18:09.279
 be able to deliver.

00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:11.099
 It will deliver life.

00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.799
 You need to be willing

00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:15.740
 to think deeply

00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:16.819
 about the big questions

00:18:16.819 --> 00:18:17.279
 of life.

00:18:18.419 --> 00:18:19.159
 You need to leave

00:18:19.159 --> 00:18:19.759
 behind your

00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:21.399
 previous sense

00:18:21.399 --> 00:18:22.139
 of self

00:18:22.139 --> 00:18:23.399
 in as much

00:18:23.399 --> 00:18:24.279
 as you discover

00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:24.659
 that

00:18:24.659 --> 00:18:25.839
 to be foolish.

00:18:27.139 --> 00:18:27.940
 You need to be

00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:28.960
 prepared to embrace

00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:29.879
 a new world view

00:18:29.879 --> 00:18:30.980
 a new lifestyle

00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:32.059
 in short

00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:33.160
 true wisdom.

00:18:36.700 --> 00:18:37.700
 I don't know

00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:39.000
 I'm not a big

00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:39.940
 party person

00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:40.259
 but

00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:42.000
 in terms of

00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:42.339
 the metaphor

00:18:42.339 --> 00:18:43.160
 you can see

00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:44.500
 one party

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:45.420
 is

00:18:45.420 --> 00:18:47.120
 eminently

00:18:47.120 --> 00:18:47.559
 appealing

00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:48.319
 isn't it?

00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:49.620
 And the other

00:18:49.620 --> 00:18:50.099
 you just think

00:18:50.099 --> 00:18:52.880
 and that's exactly

00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:53.920
 the point of the passage.

00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:56.259
 The party

00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.460
 that Lady Wisdom

00:18:57.460 --> 00:18:57.799
 throws

00:18:57.799 --> 00:18:58.680
 doesn't present

00:18:58.680 --> 00:18:59.559
 like an exciting

00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:00.319
 fun party.

00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:01.659
 few I suspect

00:19:01.659 --> 00:19:02.379
 are interested

00:19:02.379 --> 00:19:03.339
 in thinking

00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:04.399
 about the invitation

00:19:04.399 --> 00:19:05.240
 let alone

00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:05.919
 committing to be

00:19:05.919 --> 00:19:06.439
 at the party.

00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:10.339
 Few are prepared

00:19:10.339 --> 00:19:11.159
 to challenge

00:19:11.159 --> 00:19:12.599
 popular belief

00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:13.279
 of the crowd.

00:19:15.679 --> 00:19:16.659
 That's what it is

00:19:16.659 --> 00:19:17.419
 to be the average

00:19:17.419 --> 00:19:17.939
 Australian.

00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:21.019
 Go with the flow.

00:19:22.139 --> 00:19:22.579
 And in brackets

00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:23.139
 still say

00:19:23.139 --> 00:19:24.119
 I'm evidence based.

00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:29.379
 but those

00:19:29.379 --> 00:19:29.859
 who do

00:19:29.859 --> 00:19:30.339
 take up

00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:30.919
 the invitation

00:19:30.919 --> 00:19:31.899
 to Lady Wisdom's

00:19:31.899 --> 00:19:32.199
 party

00:19:32.199 --> 00:19:33.399
 discover

00:19:33.399 --> 00:19:34.979
 that not only

00:19:34.979 --> 00:19:35.819
 is it a brilliant

00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:36.239
 party

00:19:36.239 --> 00:19:37.679
 but it's actually

00:19:37.679 --> 00:19:38.579
 an investment

00:19:38.579 --> 00:19:41.359
 in the good life

00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:42.739
 which lasts

00:19:42.739 --> 00:19:43.359
 for eternity.

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.179
 So yeah

00:19:45.179 --> 00:19:45.719
 there's an upfront

00:19:45.719 --> 00:19:46.299
 cost

00:19:46.299 --> 00:19:47.679
 but boy

00:19:47.679 --> 00:19:48.339
 the cost

00:19:48.339 --> 00:19:48.939
 is nothing

00:19:48.939 --> 00:19:50.119
 compared to

00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:51.399
 what the party

00:19:51.399 --> 00:19:52.139
 itself delivers.

00:19:52.140 --> 00:19:55.440
 so

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:56.340
 choices

00:19:56.340 --> 00:19:57.120
 choices

00:19:57.120 --> 00:19:57.620
 choices

00:19:57.620 --> 00:19:59.360
 and how we make them

00:19:59.360 --> 00:19:59.740
 choices

00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:01.060
 and why we make them

00:20:01.060 --> 00:20:03.180
 which party

00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:04.480
 to buy into

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:08.660
 at first glance

00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:09.860
 the choice

00:20:09.860 --> 00:20:10.680
 would appear

00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:12.020
 totally obvious

00:20:12.020 --> 00:20:12.580
 wouldn't it

00:20:12.580 --> 00:20:15.220
 when you set it out

00:20:15.220 --> 00:20:16.100
 the way I've set it out

00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:22.759
 you would choose

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.619
 life over death

00:20:23.619 --> 00:20:24.179
 every time

00:20:24.179 --> 00:20:25.619
 because remember

00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:27.019
 that is the quest

00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:27.559
 of life

00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.619
 for every single person

00:20:28.619 --> 00:20:29.399
 we want

00:20:29.399 --> 00:20:29.939
 we're actually

00:20:29.939 --> 00:20:30.559
 in our heart

00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:30.879
 of hearts

00:20:30.879 --> 00:20:31.679
 every person

00:20:31.679 --> 00:20:32.219
 whether Christian

00:20:32.219 --> 00:20:32.740
 or non-Christian

00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:33.459
 every person

00:20:33.459 --> 00:20:34.740
 is on that quest

00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.119
 to find

00:20:35.119 --> 00:20:36.519
 what is the good life

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.679
 and so

00:20:37.679 --> 00:20:38.859
 if life's on offer

00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:39.079
 then

00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:40.000
 wouldn't we take

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.759
 life over death

00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:41.339
 every time

00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:42.699
 yes of course

00:20:42.699 --> 00:20:43.059
 we would

00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:44.279
 that's the obvious

00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:44.759
 choice

00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:49.680
 but here's the

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:50.319
 deceptiveness

00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:52.079
 of foolishness

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:54.759
 in reality

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.779
 so many

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.400
 persist

00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:57.799
 in pursuing

00:20:57.799 --> 00:20:58.660
 the popular

00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:59.700
 lifestyle of

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 if it feels

00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.400
 good

00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:02.720
 and everyone

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.359
 else is doing

00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:03.740
 it

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:06.859
 then

00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:08.259
 it's got to be

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.559
 right

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:09.039
 it's got to be

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.380
 good

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:10.559
 it's got to be

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 the best there is

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 even when

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.359
 the evidence

00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:16.400
 suggests

00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:17.819
 it's foolish

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:20.240
 and when

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:20.599
 their own

00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:21.579
 experience

00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.579
 tells them

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.359
 that this

00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:24.460
 life I pursued

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:25.059
 has actually

00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:26.259
 failed to deliver

00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:27.539
 the good life

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 that it promised

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 me it would

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:28.859
 deliver

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:31.099
 it's failed

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:31.559
 to deliver

00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.299
 the security

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:33.379
 the intimacy

00:21:33.379 --> 00:21:34.539
 the satisfaction

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:36.279
 which I crave

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:36.899
 in my heart

00:21:36.899 --> 00:21:37.439
 of hearts

00:21:37.439 --> 00:21:38.740
 and which it

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.099
 promises

00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:43.139
 why

00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:44.279
 well

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:44.979
 come to the

00:21:44.979 --> 00:21:45.779
 last section

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.779
 so the two

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.699
 party invitations

00:21:47.699 --> 00:21:48.959
 form a bracket

00:21:48.959 --> 00:21:49.839
 around the chapter

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.319
 and then verses

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:51.279
 70-12

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:52.899
 dig into

00:21:52.899 --> 00:21:53.740
 this question

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.299
 of why

00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.559
 why

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:57.379
 is something

00:21:57.379 --> 00:21:58.179
 so obvious

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:58.500
 it's not

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.200
 automatic

00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:05.279
 verse 70-12

00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:05.960
 gives us a very

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:07.700
 simple principle

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:08.360
 and then I'll

00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:09.340
 dig into it a little bit

00:22:09.340 --> 00:22:11.259
 verse 70-12

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:11.960
 says really

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:12.820
 essentially this

00:22:12.820 --> 00:22:15.120
 why do people

00:22:15.120 --> 00:22:15.980
 pursue

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:17.000
 foolishness

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:18.200
 and destruction

00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:19.320
 when the choice

00:22:19.320 --> 00:22:19.880
 for life

00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:20.440
 is obvious

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:22.920
 answer

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.820
 very simple

00:22:23.820 --> 00:22:25.400
 it's a question

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:26.259
 of whether a person

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:27.019
 is teachable

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:32.920
 it's a question

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.359
 of whether they

00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:34.180
 have discernment

00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.819
 or not

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:39.440
 Proverbs has

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:40.079
 five or six

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:41.099
 different words

00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:42.299
 to describe

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:43.220
 different aspects

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:43.920
 of foolishness

00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.420
 that are used

00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:44.920
 over all the

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.339
 chapters

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:46.660
 each

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.319
 remember

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.259
 I say again

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:49.139
 each describing

00:22:49.139 --> 00:22:50.519
 mental attitude

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:52.259
 not mental

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.900
 capacity

00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:54.200
 so there's

00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:54.700
 nothing wrong

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.440
 with people's

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:56.420
 ability to think

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:58.220
 when they're

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:58.740
 called the

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.000
 simple

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.880
 or in verse

00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:00.680
 7

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.820
 when they're

00:23:01.820 --> 00:23:02.200
 called a

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:02.620
 scoffer

00:23:02.620 --> 00:23:03.440
 the simple

00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:04.100
 person is now

00:23:04.100 --> 00:23:04.759
 described as

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.580
 the scoffer

00:23:05.580 --> 00:23:10.480
 the same

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:10.920
 person

00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:12.800
 but here

00:23:12.800 --> 00:23:13.500
 the word

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.640
 has an emphasis

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:15.920
 on being fixed

00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:17.240
 in their thinking

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:19.100
 being closed

00:23:19.100 --> 00:23:19.620
 minded

00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:23.640
 now I've said

00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:24.060
 before the

00:23:24.060 --> 00:23:24.759
 average Australian

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.480
 presents as

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.140
 open minded

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:28.660
 what I would

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:29.180
 argue is

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:30.240
 actually closed

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.680
 minded

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.080
 and

00:23:31.080 --> 00:23:32.160
 unteachable

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:35.540
 they claim

00:23:35.540 --> 00:23:35.940
 to be

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.500
 evidence

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.100
 shaped

00:23:37.100 --> 00:23:38.880
 yet generally

00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:39.740
 go with the

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.380
 flow of what

00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:41.000
 is popular

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:44.680
 you speak to

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:44.860
 them

00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:45.620
 and they're

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:46.620
 absolutely

00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.480
 confident

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.680
 that they

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.120
 know

00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:49.980
 what life

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.420
 is about

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:51.880
 and they'll

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.720
 back themselves

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.400
 in what life

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:53.780
 is about

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.839
 yet at the

00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:55.319
 same time

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:55.480
 you're

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:55.660
 thinking

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.279
 hang on

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:56.399
 a minute

00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:57.339
 you're not

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:57.720
 showing me

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.379
 any evidence

00:23:58.379 --> 00:23:58.879
 you've actually

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.639
 thought deeply

00:23:59.639 --> 00:24:00.240
 about this

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:03.220
 and when you

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.960
 challenge the

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.639
 average Australian

00:24:04.639 --> 00:24:05.940
 man you find

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.779
 how seriously

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.460
 they dislike

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.240
 challenge or

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.680
 correction

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.940
 recognition of

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.299
 their world

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.539
 view

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:13.019
 they'll back

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.840
 themselves and

00:24:13.840 --> 00:24:14.240
 their own

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.660
 form of

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:14.940
 wisdom

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:16.180
 every time

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:19.860
 so totally

00:24:19.860 --> 00:24:20.380
 committed to

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:20.680
 their own

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.120
 autonomy

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:22.000
 their own

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.340
 form of

00:24:22.340 --> 00:24:22.640
 wisdom

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:23.799
 as they

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.259
 chase the

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.759
 good life

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:26.519
 that in the

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:26.900
 end they

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.799
 interpret every

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:29.000
 circumstance as

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.680
 supporting what

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.080
 they already

00:24:30.080 --> 00:24:30.640
 believe

00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:33.700
 and when things

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.259
 go wrong

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.519
 their response is

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:35.840
 to back

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:36.320
 themselves

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:37.259
 and blame

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.700
 others

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:39.179
 why is my

00:24:39.179 --> 00:24:39.759
 life falling

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.079
 apart

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:41.779
 well because

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.539
 they did this

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.039
 and he did

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.579
 that and she

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.099
 did that

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:45.359
 and society

00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:45.740
 has let me

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.039
 down

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:48.299
 never

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:49.460
 oh my goodness

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:49.960
 maybe I've got

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.279
 the wrong

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.740
 world view

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:56.879
 in stark

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:57.480
 contrast

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.859
 verse 9

00:24:58.859 --> 00:25:00.939
 the wise

00:25:00.939 --> 00:25:01.460
 person

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.559
 knows their

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:02.980
 heart

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.599
 or knows

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:04.179
 something of

00:25:04.179 --> 00:25:04.519
 their heart

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.379
 the wise

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:05.859
 person is

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.879
 suspicious of

00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:07.940
 their attitudes

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:09.700
 they recognize

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.319
 their potential

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.059
 for foolishness

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.519
 a few weeks

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:11.779
 ago

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.599
 Bo spoke

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:12.940
 about that

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.200
 as the

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.960
 paradox of

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.440
 the gospel

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:15.180
 paradox of

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.619
 proverbs

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.579
 that the

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.220
 person who's

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.639
 starting to

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.940
 nurture wisdom

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:20.279
 actually begins

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.960
 by acknowledging

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.839
 foolishness

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:26.559
 and seeking

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.579
 external wisdom

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.900
 external guidance

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.680
 external rule

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.339
 in life because

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.200
 we've made a

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.700
 mess of our

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.319
 own lives

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:32.819
 and we

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.240
 can't even

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.899
 sort of

00:25:33.899 --> 00:25:34.319
 trust our

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:34.460
 own

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.000
 motivations

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.399
 our own

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:35.839
 analysis

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.419
 to work out

00:25:36.419 --> 00:25:36.980
 what's right

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.259
 and what's

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:37.980
 wrong sometimes

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.519
 we need an

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.539
 external source

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:41.139
 as a reference

00:25:41.139 --> 00:25:41.599
 point

00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:45.799
 in verse 10

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:47.379
 that process

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:48.159
 of wisdom

00:25:48.159 --> 00:25:48.939
 and it is a

00:25:48.939 --> 00:25:49.500
 process

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.980
 verse 10

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.439
 leads

00:25:51.439 --> 00:25:53.119
 to the

00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:53.419
 Lord

00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:58.419
 as a source

00:25:58.419 --> 00:25:59.259
 of real

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.639
 wisdom

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:00.919
 and ultimately

00:26:00.919 --> 00:26:01.460
 the source

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:01.880
 of the good

00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:02.220
 life

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:04.240
 but notice

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.660
 again you

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:04.920
 see we've

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.259
 said this

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.720
 over many

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.319
 weeks now

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:07.299
 verse 10

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.779
 the fear

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.039
 of the

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.319
 Lord

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:09.500
 the fear

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:09.720
 of the

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.079
 Lord is

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:11.799
 much more

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:13.140
 than

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.819
 acknowledgement

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.559
 of his

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.140
 existence

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:17.620
 it's much

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.000
 more than

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.500
 just a sort

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.059
 of general

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.819
 respect

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:21.840
 for God

00:26:21.840 --> 00:26:22.400
 as being

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.279
 part of

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.940
 our universe

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:27.160
 fearing the

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:27.840
 Lord is

00:26:27.840 --> 00:26:28.799
 actually craving

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.740
 knowledge of

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:29.980
 him

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:31.680
 that only

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.339
 comes through

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:33.319
 relationship

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:35.299
 with him

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:36.200
 and exposure

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.799
 to his

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.220
 character

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.839
 and purpose

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:40.480
 which in

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.220
 turn then

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:42.859
 overflows

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:44.640
 practically

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.240
 into all

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.740
 of life

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:47.440
 and verse

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:47.940
 11 then

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.579
 sort of

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:49.640
 gives some

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.559
 illustration

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:50.980
 of that

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.900
 wisdom

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:53.059
 or understanding

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.720
 of success

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.579
 or understanding

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.160
 of happiness

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.820
 and security

00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.340
 of life

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:57.440
 is shaped

00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:58.019
 ultimately

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.980
 by a

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.440
 person's

00:26:59.440 --> 00:26:59.800
 view of

00:26:59.800 --> 00:27:00.160
 God

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:02.860
 by understanding

00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:03.259
 God's

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.759
 character

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.900
 and by

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.880
 relationship

00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:06.400
 with him

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:07.340
 that overflows

00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:10.019
 as I take

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.779
 on and form

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.240
 the mind

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.779
 of the Lord

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.779
 in the Lord

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.279
 Jesus Christ

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:14.420
 then I start

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:14.860
 to understand

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:15.259
 wisdom

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.840
 I start to

00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:16.660
 express wisdom

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.180
 I start to

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:18.240
 live wisely

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:19.320
 in God's

00:27:19.320 --> 00:27:19.620
 world

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:22.799
 and so

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.359
 in summary

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:24.619
 and if you

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.139
 haven't heard

00:27:25.139 --> 00:27:25.619
 anything else

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:26.079
 or haven't

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.379
 connected

00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:27.019
 try and

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.419
 listen to

00:27:27.419 --> 00:27:27.819
 this

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.599
 connection

00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:28.839
 here

00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:29.359
 it's on

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:29.899
 the outline

00:27:29.899 --> 00:27:30.279
 that's on

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:30.559
 the back

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:30.759
 of your

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.159
 bulletin

00:27:31.159 --> 00:27:32.500
 in summary

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:32.839
 then

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:34.619
 the principle

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.479
 of teachability

00:27:35.479 --> 00:27:36.379
 or discernment

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:37.659
 is a

00:27:37.659 --> 00:27:38.319
 process

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:43.979
 we start

00:27:43.979 --> 00:27:44.739
 with choices

00:27:44.739 --> 00:27:47.439
 and those

00:27:47.439 --> 00:27:47.899
 choices

00:27:47.899 --> 00:27:48.479
 hundreds

00:27:48.479 --> 00:27:49.000
 thousands

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.599
 of them

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.019
 will be

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.379
 choices

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:50.799
 either

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.459
 towards

00:27:51.459 --> 00:27:51.959
 wisdom

00:27:51.959 --> 00:27:53.939
 or towards

00:27:53.939 --> 00:27:54.839
 foolishness

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:58.679
 over a

00:27:58.679 --> 00:27:59.119
 period of

00:27:59.119 --> 00:27:59.619
 time

00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:00.480
 our

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.019
 choices

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.539
 actually

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.099
 shape

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.679
 and form

00:28:02.679 --> 00:28:02.919
 our

00:28:02.919 --> 00:28:03.480
 character

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:06.859
 so our

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.199
 character

00:28:07.199 --> 00:28:07.579
 then will

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:08.099
 either be

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:09.139
 increasingly

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:09.819
 discerning

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.240
 and growing

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.740
 in wisdom

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:12.679
 or

00:28:12.679 --> 00:28:13.379
 increasingly

00:28:13.379 --> 00:28:14.019
 drifting

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.659
 into

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:16.480
 foolishness

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.959
 greater

00:28:16.959 --> 00:28:17.679
 foolishness

00:28:17.679 --> 00:28:18.980
 choices

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.559
 choices

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.620
 character

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:22.380
 and ultimately

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:23.660
 all of that

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:25.140
 will determine

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:26.059
 destiny

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:28.000
 life

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.799
 or death

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:34.240
 my friends

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.759
 hear this

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:37.240
 wisdom

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.240
 is not

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.839
 simply

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.500
 a one

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.940
 off

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.500
 choice

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.159
 that we

00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:41.519
 make as

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:41.919
 Christians

00:28:41.919 --> 00:28:42.559
 or we

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:42.879
 make as

00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:43.139
 people

00:28:43.139 --> 00:28:46.500
 and sometimes

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.099
 I think

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:48.299
 that's what

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.639
 we think

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:49.220
 wisdom is

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.640
 wisdom

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:53.839
 now we

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.740
 get wisdom

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.000
 in a

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.120
 one

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.240
 off

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.519
 choice

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:55.819
 as we

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.140
 come to

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:56.460
 Jesus

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:57.440
 no

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:57.720
 question

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.120
 about that

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:59.019
 but

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.740
 nurturing

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.100
 wisdom

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.579
 and becoming

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:01.120
 wise

00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:02.640
 is a

00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:03.079
 lifetime

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.860
 progression

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:06.279
 people

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.539
 people do

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.179
 not discover

00:29:07.179 --> 00:29:07.599
 life

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.219
 or stumble

00:29:08.219 --> 00:29:08.500
 into

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.099
 destruction

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:10.219
 through

00:29:10.219 --> 00:29:10.859
 one

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:11.559
 isolated

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.079
 decision

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:13.839
 it's not

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:14.299
 one

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:15.039
 strike

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.379
 and you're

00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:15.639
 out

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:19.159
 but it's

00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:19.759
 a process

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.619
 of choices

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.819
 wisdom

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.500
 is a process

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:22.979
 of choice

00:29:22.979 --> 00:29:23.959
 reflecting

00:29:23.959 --> 00:29:24.500
 attitude

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.039
 to God

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.839
 and reflecting

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.599
 conclusions

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.139
 about the

00:29:27.139 --> 00:29:27.459
 source

00:29:27.459 --> 00:29:27.919
 and shape

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:28.139
 of the

00:29:28.139 --> 00:29:28.639
 good life

00:29:28.639 --> 00:29:30.599
 and ultimately

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:30.919
 and that's

00:29:30.919 --> 00:29:31.159
 what the

00:29:31.159 --> 00:29:31.659
 point of

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.139
 verse 12

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:32.339
 is

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:32.699
 I spent

00:29:32.699 --> 00:29:33.039
 a long

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.240
 time

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.539
 trying to

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:33.880
 work out

00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:34.400
 verse 12

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:34.779
 I think

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.140
 this is

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.400
 what it

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:35.660
 is

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.859
 ultimately

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.559
 that

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.299
 process

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:39.799
 is for

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.180
 each

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.720
 person

00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:41.380
 and each

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:41.759
 person

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.359
 alone

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:44.120
 to own

00:29:44.120 --> 00:29:46.200
 if you're

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.579
 wise

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:47.000
 you're wise

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.500
 for yourself

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.220
 if you

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.700
 scoff

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.539
 you alone

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:49.880
 will bear

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.099
 it

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:51.079
 we so

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:51.579
 readily

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.000
 blame

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.319
 other

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.759
 people

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:54.180
 even

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.559
 for our

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:54.720
 own

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.079
 choices

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:56.200
 we blame

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.460
 other

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:56.779
 people

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.319
 for the

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:58.019
 consequences

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.539
 of our

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:58.940
 choices

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.700
 I think

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.180
 wisdom

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.740
 says

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:02.539
 that

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:02.900
 how

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:04.680
 we can

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.200
 only look

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.860
 at ourselves

00:30:05.860 --> 00:30:07.900
 for our

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:08.280
 choices

00:30:08.280 --> 00:30:08.740
 and the

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.340
 consequences

00:30:09.340 --> 00:30:09.780
 and the

00:30:09.780 --> 00:30:10.160
 destiny

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:10.600
 that comes

00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:11.060
 from it

00:30:11.060 --> 00:30:12.080
 when you

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.320
 look at

00:30:12.320 --> 00:30:12.620
 your own

00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:13.000
 character

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.660
 and when I

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:13.900
 look at

00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:14.340
 my character

00:30:14.340 --> 00:30:15.220
 I am me

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.660
 I have to

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.380
 take responsibility

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:16.920
 for my

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.340
 character

00:30:17.340 --> 00:30:18.100
 because it's

00:30:18.100 --> 00:30:18.580
 the product

00:30:18.580 --> 00:30:19.180
 of all those

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.600
 choices

00:30:19.600 --> 00:30:20.100
 over many

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:20.580
 years

00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:22.860
 I might

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:23.340
 like to

00:30:23.340 --> 00:30:23.740
 blame other

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.060
 people

00:30:24.060 --> 00:30:26.420
 but I have

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:26.759
 to take

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.100
 ownership

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.600
 for it

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:35.500
 whether

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:35.980
 wise

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.159
 or

00:30:36.159 --> 00:30:36.539
 foolish

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.859
 it's

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.419
 yours

00:30:38.419 --> 00:30:38.919
 to

00:30:38.919 --> 00:30:39.319
 own

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:43.219
 no point

00:30:43.219 --> 00:30:43.639
 trying to

00:30:43.639 --> 00:30:44.579
 scam out

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:44.859
 of it

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:45.699
 it's

00:30:45.699 --> 00:30:45.959
 still

00:30:45.959 --> 00:30:46.299
 yours

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:46.480
 to

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.779
 own

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:48.319
 you

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:48.459
 can

00:30:48.459 --> 00:30:48.699
 blame

00:30:48.699 --> 00:30:48.939
 whoever

00:30:48.939 --> 00:30:49.379
 you like

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:50.399
 but it's

00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:50.659
 still

00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:51.019
 yours

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.199
 to

00:30:51.199 --> 00:30:51.480
 own

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:58.920
 and that's

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.259
 why

00:30:59.259 --> 00:31:00.039
 there's an

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.860
 urgent call

00:31:00.860 --> 00:31:01.380
 in this

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:01.900
 passage

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:03.200
 to

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.839
 nurture

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.740
 discernment

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:06.220
 as the

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.599
 pathway

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.140
 to wisdom

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:08.220
 and the

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.819
 climax here

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.279
 takes us

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.700
 back to

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:09.960
 the very

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.339
 opening

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:10.700
 verses

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:10.920
 of

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.299
 Proverbs

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.779
 chapter

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.059
 1

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:12.279
 verses

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.500
 1

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:12.860
 to 6

00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:14.079
 wisdom

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.720
 is more

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:14.920
 than

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.660
 intellectual

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:16.220
 knowledge

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:19.740
 you can

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.140
 have a

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.680
 massive

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.339
 intellectual

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:21.819
 knowledge

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.439
 and still

00:31:22.439 --> 00:31:22.759
 be a

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.000
 fool

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:24.519
 wisdom

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:25.279
 is applied

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.819
 knowledge

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.939
 first of

00:31:26.939 --> 00:31:27.159
 all

00:31:27.159 --> 00:31:28.199
 accumulating

00:31:28.199 --> 00:31:28.740
 the right

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.319
 knowledge

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:30.139
 true

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:30.599
 knowledge

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:33.220
 but

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.579
 ultimately

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:33.939
 wisdom

00:31:33.939 --> 00:31:34.619
 is applying

00:31:34.619 --> 00:31:35.179
 that knowledge

00:31:35.179 --> 00:31:35.740
 and knowing

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.119
 how to

00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:36.579
 apply that

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:36.839
 knowledge

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.159
 in every

00:31:37.159 --> 00:31:37.579
 situation

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:38.119
 of life

00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:41.099
 that's

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:41.639
 discernment

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:42.879
 and it's

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.500
 a paradox

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.799
 as I

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.039
 mentioned

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.279
 a few

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:44.480
 minutes

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:44.659
 ago

00:31:44.659 --> 00:31:45.480
 it begins

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:45.720
 by

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.299
 recognizing

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.659
 that our

00:31:46.659 --> 00:31:47.099
 natural

00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:47.619
 expression

00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:48.179
 of wisdom

00:31:48.179 --> 00:31:49.279
 is actually

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:50.039
 foolishness

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:51.639
 and counterfeit

00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:54.039
 and leads

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.619
 to a cheap

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.259
 imitation

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.879
 of the good

00:31:55.879 --> 00:31:56.319
 life we

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.700
 crave

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:58.599
 wisdom

00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:59.339
 begins as we

00:31:59.339 --> 00:32:00.099
 recognize our

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:01.240
 closed minded

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.859
 autonomy

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:03.879
 and we recognize

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.720
 that that has

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.619
 kept us from

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:06.879
 considering properly

00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:08.200
 God's alternative

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:09.240
 as an alternative

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:11.940
 and God's word

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.960
 says we get

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.720
 wisdom when we

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.279
 come to God

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.900
 through Jesus

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:15.420
 who is the

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.240
 embodiment of

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.539
 wisdom

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:17.259
 1 Corinthians

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:20.000
 and we grow

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.460
 in wisdom

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.039
 as God's

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.819
 spirit shapes

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:22.579
 new character

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.000
 in us

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:24.700
 expressed in a

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.319
 willingness to

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:26.099
 self-examine

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:26.579
 and a new

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.380
 struggle to make

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:28.759
 every choice of

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.680
 life a reflection

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:30.220
 of God's

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.660
 character

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:32.579
 that's what it

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:33.059
 is to grow

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.519
 in wisdom

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:38.639
 and here's the

00:32:38.639 --> 00:32:39.079
 appeal of

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.359
 scripture

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:39.759
 it's in

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.160
 Proverbs

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.500
 and it's

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:40.980
 right through

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.480
 the scripture

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:42.180
 Psalm

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:42.740
 I'm going to

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.279
 just use

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.859
 two

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.480
 I could have

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.119
 used dozens

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:46.700
 Psalm 34

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.200
 verse 8

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.720
 says this

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.139
 and it's a

00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:48.839
 lovely picture

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.980
 in the context

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.579
 of a feast

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:52.859
 it says this

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:55.059
 test and see

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:56.680
 that the Lord

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.079
 is good

00:32:57.079 --> 00:33:05.480
 taste and see

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:06.679
 that the Lord

00:33:06.679 --> 00:33:07.059
 is good

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:08.859
 that's an

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.359
 invitation

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:10.220
 to a feast

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:12.500
 a satisfying

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.159
 soul

00:33:13.159 --> 00:33:14.139
 satisfying

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:14.740
 feast

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.980
 now

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:17.379
 how will you

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:17.819
 respond

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:20.399
 will you be

00:33:20.399 --> 00:33:21.119
 like the

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:22.699
 brattish

00:33:22.699 --> 00:33:24.000
 closed

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.480
 minded

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.299
 child

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:26.619
 who looks

00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:26.859
 at the

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:27.299
 vegetable

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.719
 on the

00:33:27.719 --> 00:33:28.000
 plate

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.439
 and says

00:33:28.439 --> 00:33:28.679
 no

00:33:28.679 --> 00:33:29.119
 I'm not

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:29.259
 going to

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:29.519
 eat it

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.719
 I know

00:33:30.719 --> 00:33:30.979
 it's not

00:33:30.979 --> 00:33:31.119
 going to

00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:31.479
 be nice

00:33:31.479 --> 00:33:35.500
 I've never

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:35.879
 done that

00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:36.459
 but I heard

00:33:36.459 --> 00:33:37.699
 other people

00:33:37.699 --> 00:33:38.119
 have children

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:38.539
 who've done

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.799
 that

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:41.319
 I don't

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:41.579
 think I

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:41.979
 knew what

00:33:41.979 --> 00:33:42.319
 vegetables

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:42.959
 was until

00:33:42.959 --> 00:33:43.239
 I was a

00:33:43.239 --> 00:33:43.519
 teenager

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.000
 but anyway

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:46.339
 unless there

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:46.519
 was something

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.819
 to throw

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.079
 at your

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.559
 brothers

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:49.579
 so there's

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:49.899
 your choice

00:33:49.899 --> 00:33:50.079
 you see

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.539
 will you be

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:50.959
 like that

00:33:50.959 --> 00:33:52.139
 closed

00:33:52.139 --> 00:33:52.519
 minded

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:52.939
 child

00:33:52.939 --> 00:33:53.219
 and that's

00:33:53.219 --> 00:33:53.459
 what it

00:33:53.459 --> 00:33:53.779
 is

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:55.019
 they look

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.239
 at the

00:33:55.239 --> 00:33:55.539
 thing and

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:55.739
 they make

00:33:55.739 --> 00:33:56.179
 a decision

00:33:56.179 --> 00:33:56.519
 about it

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:56.799
 before they

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.259
 even try

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.599
 it

00:33:57.599 --> 00:34:04.039
 or

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.559
 different

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:04.879
 picture

00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:05.279
 will you

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.680
 heed the

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.460
 urging of

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:07.099
 Romans chapter

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.619
 12

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:08.460
 1 to 3

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.440
 you can look

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:09.719
 it up in

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:09.960
 your own

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.219
 time

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:11.119
 essentially

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.460
 there it

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:11.659
 says

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.599
 don't be

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.759
 conformed

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:15.619
 to what

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.320
 the majority

00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:16.940
 are doing

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.960
 on the

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.559
 basis that

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.179
 it feels

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:19.820
 right and

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:20.320
 the majority

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:20.719
 are doing

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.400
 it

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.900
 rather

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.259
 it says

00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:25.699
 be daring

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:26.839
 be willing

00:34:26.839 --> 00:34:27.179
 to be

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:27.980
 transformed

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:29.599
 by the

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.159
 renewal

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:31.439
 of desires

00:34:31.439 --> 00:34:32.279
 and attitudes

00:34:32.279 --> 00:34:32.899
 and thinking

00:34:32.899 --> 00:34:34.000
 which in

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.399
 turn it

00:34:34.399 --> 00:34:34.759
 says will

00:34:34.759 --> 00:34:35.879
 actually lead

00:34:35.879 --> 00:34:36.199
 you to

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:36.960
 prove that

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.419
 God's

00:34:37.419 --> 00:34:37.819
 wisdom

00:34:37.819 --> 00:34:39.019
 actually works

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:40.159
 both

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:41.059
 factually

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.579
 and

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.739
 experientially

00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:45.239
 and in

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:45.619
 the end

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.099
 my friends

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.439
 that's what

00:34:46.439 --> 00:34:46.699
 I hear

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.319
 all around

00:34:47.319 --> 00:34:47.599
 me

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:49.459
 in Australia

00:34:49.459 --> 00:34:50.139
 our post

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.479
 modern

00:34:50.479 --> 00:34:50.779
 post

00:34:50.779 --> 00:34:51.559
 most modern

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.059
 society

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:53.299
 don't tell

00:34:53.299 --> 00:34:53.599
 me if

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.039
 something's

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.479
 factually

00:34:54.479 --> 00:34:54.859
 correct

00:34:54.859 --> 00:34:55.559
 I want

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:55.759
 to know

00:34:55.759 --> 00:34:56.019
 if it

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.579
 works

00:34:56.579 --> 00:35:00.400
 if I

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:00.579
 can

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.500
 get the

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.319
 experience

00:35:02.319 --> 00:35:02.599
 of the

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:02.759
 good

00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:03.119
 life

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.380
 that I'm

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.759
 craving

00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:06.360
 Romans

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:06.759
 says

00:35:06.759 --> 00:35:08.199
 you've

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.440
 got to

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.579
 be

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:08.980
 prepared

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.279
 to

00:35:09.279 --> 00:35:10.460
 be

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:11.159
 transformed

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:12.139
 to walk

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.519
 away

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.319
 from old

00:35:13.319 --> 00:35:13.940
 patterns

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.420
 of thinking

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:15.179
 to walk

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.900
 into new

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.519
 patterns

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:16.940
 of thinking

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.199
 new

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:17.559
 attitudes

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:17.860
 new

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.400
 desires

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:19.460
 a new

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:19.759
 world

00:35:19.759 --> 00:35:20.019
 view

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:21.179
 and if

00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:21.559
 you do

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:21.980
 that

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.279
 Romans

00:35:22.279 --> 00:35:22.500
 says

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:23.119
 you will

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:23.639
 find

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:23.940
 the

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.340
 proof

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:25.680
 it will

00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:25.860
 be

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.160
 self

00:35:26.160 --> 00:35:27.000
 authenticating

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:32.660
 my friends

00:35:32.660 --> 00:35:33.800
 discernment

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:34.360
 is not

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:34.800
 seen

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.440
 in quick

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:36.019
 fix

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.559
 decisions

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:36.980
 and I

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:37.140
 think

00:35:37.140 --> 00:35:37.320
 as

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:37.680
 Christians

00:35:37.680 --> 00:35:37.920
 we're

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.320
 still

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.960
 totally

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:41.579
 hooked

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.000
 up on

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.280
 that

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:43.320
 we just

00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:43.800
 and I

00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:44.059
 include

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.380
 myself

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:44.960
 we just

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.260
 want

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:45.579
 life

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:45.820
 to be

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.079
 simple

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:48.180
 we don't

00:35:48.180 --> 00:35:48.620
 want to

00:35:48.620 --> 00:35:48.960
 be having

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.340
 to make

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:49.780
 decisions

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:50.380
 every day

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:51.360
 make a

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:51.660
 decision

00:35:51.660 --> 00:35:52.000
 Monday

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.260
 morning

00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:52.519
 at nine

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:52.800
 o'clock

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:53.340
 and let

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:53.720
 that cover

00:35:53.720 --> 00:35:53.980
 the whole

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.260
 week

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:54.520
 is what

00:35:54.520 --> 00:35:54.720
 we'd

00:35:54.720 --> 00:35:54.920
 like

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.120
 at least

00:35:55.120 --> 00:35:55.280
 that's

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:55.520
 what I

00:35:55.520 --> 00:35:55.640
 would

00:35:55.640 --> 00:35:55.920
 like

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.440
 oftentimes

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:58.500
 but it's

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.200
 foolishness

00:35:59.200 --> 00:36:00.760
 discernment

00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:01.100
 is not

00:36:01.100 --> 00:36:01.480
 seen in

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:01.720
 quick

00:36:01.720 --> 00:36:01.960
 thick

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.380
 decision

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:03.440
 but it's

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:03.840
 seen in

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.280
 the way

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:05.060
 of long

00:36:05.060 --> 00:36:05.520
 training

00:36:05.520 --> 00:36:06.080
 and discipline

00:36:06.080 --> 00:36:10.100
 not simply

00:36:10.100 --> 00:36:11.260
 informing your

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:12.080
 mind with

00:36:12.080 --> 00:36:12.820
 God's words

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:13.160
 so that you

00:36:13.160 --> 00:36:13.420
 know what

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:13.800
 is right

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:14.260
 lots of

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:14.540
 Christians

00:36:14.540 --> 00:36:15.080
 do that

00:36:15.080 --> 00:36:16.160
 they can

00:36:16.160 --> 00:36:16.420
 say oh

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:16.660
 yes this

00:36:16.660 --> 00:36:16.800
 is what

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:17.080
 the Bible

00:36:17.080 --> 00:36:17.420
 says about

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:17.580
 this

00:36:17.580 --> 00:36:17.760
 this

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:18.000
 and this

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.260
 and this

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:21.580
 not just

00:36:21.580 --> 00:36:22.640
 disciplining

00:36:22.640 --> 00:36:23.260
 your will

00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:24.100
 impractical

00:36:24.100 --> 00:36:24.720
 commitment

00:36:24.720 --> 00:36:25.160
 to doing

00:36:25.160 --> 00:36:25.480
 what you

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:25.820
 know to

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.260
 be right

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:28.660
 yep

00:36:28.660 --> 00:36:29.620
 I'm going

00:36:29.620 --> 00:36:29.780
 to do

00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:30.000
 this

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.300
 and not

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.500
 this

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:31.060
 because

00:36:31.060 --> 00:36:32.520
 that's

00:36:32.520 --> 00:36:32.720
 what the

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:32.900
 Bible

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:33.320
 tells me

00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:33.600
 today

00:36:33.600 --> 00:36:36.560
 but

00:36:36.560 --> 00:36:36.980
 training

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.660
 the heart

00:36:37.660 --> 00:36:38.880
 to new

00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:39.320
 delight

00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:39.640
 in the

00:36:39.640 --> 00:36:39.820
 Lord

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.240
 himself

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:41.080
 so that

00:36:41.080 --> 00:36:41.580
 you follow

00:36:41.580 --> 00:36:42.360
 his pathway

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:42.980
 to life

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.860
 because

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.460
 he

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.380
 he

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:45.840
 in this

00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:46.180
 person

00:36:46.180 --> 00:36:46.960
 is supremely

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.480
 attractive

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:49.260
 and beautiful

00:36:49.260 --> 00:36:55.380
 I

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:55.660
 want

00:36:55.660 --> 00:36:55.960
 to be

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.180
 like

00:36:56.180 --> 00:36:56.360
 my

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:56.860
 father

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.860
 I

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.060
 want

00:36:58.060 --> 00:36:58.300
 to be

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:58.480
 like

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:58.640
 the

00:36:58.640 --> 00:36:58.860
 Lord

00:36:58.860 --> 00:36:59.120
 Jesus

00:36:59.120 --> 00:36:59.520
 Christ

00:36:59.520 --> 00:37:00.160
 oh

00:37:00.160 --> 00:37:00.780
 and guess

00:37:00.780 --> 00:37:01.020
 what

00:37:01.020 --> 00:37:01.620
 overflows

00:37:01.620 --> 00:37:01.880
 out of

00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:02.100
 that

00:37:02.100 --> 00:37:07.080
 and if

00:37:07.080 --> 00:37:07.300
 you're a

00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:07.600
 person

00:37:07.600 --> 00:37:07.820
 and I'm

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.040
 finishing

00:37:08.040 --> 00:37:08.240
 this

00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:08.560
 if you're

00:37:08.560 --> 00:37:09.060
 a person

00:37:09.060 --> 00:37:09.400
 who has

00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:10.160
 not yet

00:37:10.160 --> 00:37:10.640
 made a

00:37:10.640 --> 00:37:10.900
 choice

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:11.300
 for wisdom

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:11.600
 and there

00:37:11.600 --> 00:37:12.060
 will be

00:37:12.060 --> 00:37:12.300
 some

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:12.520
 here

00:37:12.520 --> 00:37:12.760
 this

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.000
 morning

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.200
 whether

00:37:13.200 --> 00:37:13.420
 you're

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:14.420
 in your

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:14.640
 teenage

00:37:14.640 --> 00:37:15.080
 years

00:37:15.080 --> 00:37:15.600
 or younger

00:37:15.600 --> 00:37:15.940
 or

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:16.440
 whether

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:16.880
 the other

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.260
 end of the

00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:17.520
 spectrum

00:37:17.520 --> 00:37:17.980
 and older

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:19.079
 there'll be

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.260
 some

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:19.400
 here

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:19.559
 this

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:19.740
 morning

00:37:19.740 --> 00:37:19.980
 who's

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.320
 not

00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:20.619
 yet

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.000
 made a

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.300
 choice

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:21.860
 for wisdom

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:22.860
 I say

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.159
 to you

00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:23.780
 take

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:24.400
 the first

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:24.740
 step

00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:25.219
 now

00:37:25.219 --> 00:37:26.539
 before you

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:26.880
 leave this

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.139
 building

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:27.480
 today

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:29.920
 admit

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.780
 that your

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:31.280
 commitment

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:32.039
 to autonomy

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:33.240
 has led

00:37:33.240 --> 00:37:33.699
 you down

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:34.039
 a dead

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:34.219
 end

00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:34.500
 road

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:37.019
 I suspect

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.539
 that the fact

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:37.900
 you're here

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:38.219
 today

00:37:38.219 --> 00:37:38.699
 says that

00:37:38.699 --> 00:37:39.280
 something

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:39.760
 about your

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:40.079
 life

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:40.639
 hasn't quite

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:41.019
 delivered

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.420
 and you're

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:41.740
 looking

00:37:41.740 --> 00:37:42.139
 perhaps

00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:42.599
 for something

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:42.980
 else

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:45.480
 well

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:46.320
 recognize

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:47.059
 your autonomy

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.740
 and recognize

00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:48.139
 how it has

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:50.959
 taken you

00:37:50.959 --> 00:37:53.539
 down a

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:53.939
 dead end

00:37:53.939 --> 00:37:54.239
 road

00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:57.619
 admit

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:59.159
 that your

00:37:59.159 --> 00:38:00.019
 problem thus

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.659
 far in life

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.319
 is not so

00:38:01.319 --> 00:38:01.899
 much a lack

00:38:01.899 --> 00:38:02.500
 of knowledge

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:03.379
 or desire

00:38:03.379 --> 00:38:06.139
 but an

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.959
 empty heart

00:38:06.959 --> 00:38:08.139
 that is

00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:08.819
 settled for

00:38:08.819 --> 00:38:09.859
 fast food

00:38:09.859 --> 00:38:11.699
 instead of

00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:12.379
 the satisfying

00:38:12.379 --> 00:38:13.319
 feast offered

00:38:13.319 --> 00:38:13.919
 by Jesus

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:17.480
 if you

00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:18.139
 want to pray

00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:18.780
 something really

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:19.599
 really worthwhile

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:20.440
 for yourself

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:22.039
 and I include

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.559
 everybody and I

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:23.260
 include myself

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:24.820
 let's pray for

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:25.500
 discernment

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:26.960
 let's pray

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:28.280
 that we might

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:29.180
 know what

00:38:29.180 --> 00:38:30.119
 is the right

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:30.740
 thing to do

00:38:30.740 --> 00:38:31.460
 and that we do

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:31.920
 it because we

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:32.680
 delight in the

00:38:32.680 --> 00:38:32.920
 Lord

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:36.440
 let's pray

00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:39.780
 Lord help us

00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:40.280
 to see the

00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:41.119
 deceptiveness

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:43.360
 of foolishness

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:43.940
 in our world

00:38:43.940 --> 00:38:45.079
 help us to

00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:45.900
 see how easily

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:46.460
 we can be

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:47.000
 fooled by

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.559
 ourselves

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:48.220
 Lord your

00:38:48.220 --> 00:38:48.840
 word tells us

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:49.139
 that our

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:49.900
 hearts are

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:50.519
 deceptively

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:50.840
 wicked

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:53.000
 and we

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.700
 think we're

00:38:53.700 --> 00:38:54.119
 in charge

00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:54.300
 of them

00:38:54.300 --> 00:38:54.619
 Lord but

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:55.240
 often times

00:38:55.240 --> 00:38:55.780
 they're in

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:56.200
 charge of

00:38:56.200 --> 00:38:56.500
 us

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:58.420
 help us

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:58.760
 Lord to

00:38:58.760 --> 00:38:59.300
 look for

00:38:59.300 --> 00:38:59.780
 autonomy

00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:00.420
 that keeps

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:01.019
 us from

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.720
 your pathway

00:39:01.720 --> 00:39:02.220
 of wisdom

00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:04.719
 and help

00:39:04.719 --> 00:39:05.139
 us Lord to

00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:05.599
 be willing

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:06.239
 to step

00:39:06.239 --> 00:39:06.959
 away from

00:39:06.959 --> 00:39:08.399
 that which

00:39:08.399 --> 00:39:08.980
 we've been

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.519
 committed to

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:10.179
 perhaps Lord

00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:11.059
 for 20

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:11.839
 30 40

00:39:11.839 --> 00:39:12.759
 50 years

00:39:12.759 --> 00:39:14.659
 help us to

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:15.139
 step away

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:15.559
 from that

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:16.219
 into new

00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:16.619
 life

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:18.699
 in the

00:39:18.699 --> 00:39:19.079
 Lord Jesus

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:19.719
 Christ in

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:20.259
 his name we

00:39:20.259 --> 00:39:20.480
 pray

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:20.839
 Amen