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 Proverbs chapter 9 verses 1 to 18

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 To him who lacks sense, she says,

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 Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.

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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 wiser still.

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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 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's 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, 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 and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

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 But he does not know that the dead are there, that our guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 As I mentioned earlier, chapters 1 to 9 is really a long prologue to the rest of Proverbs.

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 And up to this point, the chapters are made up of longer narratives, poetic narratives.

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 But starting in chapter 10, the short and witty sayings that we've come to associate with the word proverb predominate.

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 So our passage for today then functions as kind of the conclusion of the prologue and a transition toward the rest of the book.

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 Before we feast on the rich fare of wisdom's banquet in the rest of the Proverbs,

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 we must first heed her call and humbly accept her invitation.

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 That's what this passage is.

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 And that's the main point of this passage, that only those who humble themselves and heed the call of wisdom

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 will feast at her life-giving banquet.

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 We see woman wisdom's call in verses 1 to 6.

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 And then woman's folly's call, which is kind of a mirror image, contrasting image in verses 13 to 18.

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 And then we see in the middle, as a point of emphasis, verses 7 to 12,

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 which talks about the responses of the wise and the scoffer.

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 And because it's intentionally structured in kind of this fashion to have mirroring images of woman wisdom and woman folly,

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 and then in the middle, this how we ought to respond,

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 we're going to look at woman wisdom's call and woman folly's call together,

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 and then look at the response at the end.

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 Let's look at verse 1.

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 It tells us,

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 Wisdom has built her house.

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 She has hewn her seven pillars.

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 The word house also means family or household.

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 The building metaphor is primary here, as we can see in the mention of pillars.

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 But woman wisdom's house building also foreshadows the building of households or families by her daughters.

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 In chapter 14, verse 1, it says,

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 The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.

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 Families thrive and homes flourish when there are wise women upholding them.

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 That's why Psalm 144, verse 12, there also Psalm is praised,

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 May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown,

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 our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace.

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 Families are the foundation of society, and women are the pillars of those families.

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 House building is not for the faint of heart.

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 But while woman wisdom has built her house and hewn her pillars,

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 we see in verse 14 that woman folly merely sits at the door of her house.

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 This contrasts woman wisdom's industry with woman folly's laziness, her lethargy.

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 Read verses 13 to 14 with me.

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 The woman folly is loud.

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 She's 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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 So woman folly is loud.

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 That's the same word that was used to describe the seductress in chapter 7, verse 11.

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 She's loud and wayward is said there.

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 Her feet do not stay at home.

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 Now in the street, now in the market, in every corner she lies wait.

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 The word loud means turbulent or restless.

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 In contrast to woman wisdom who is busily working at her house,

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 woman folly is an idle busybody,

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 meddling in the affairs of others outside her home.

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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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 Woman wisdom is an industrious homebody.

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 Woman folly is an idle busybody.

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 She's always sitting, sitting about here and there.

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 Woman wisdom, verse 2 continues,

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 has slaughtered her beasts.

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 She has mixed her wine.

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 She has also set her table.

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 So woman wisdom has finished building her house

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 and has invited guests for a sumptuous feast,

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 which represents the gourmet dishes of wisdom laid out in the rest of Proverbs.

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 But this is contrasted with the description of wisdom,

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 of woman folly in verse 13.

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 It says,

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 The woman folly is seductive and knows nothing.

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 The word seductive,

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 if you look at the footnote on the English Standard Version Bibles,

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 if you have that,

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 it says it can also be translated as full of simpleness.

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 A woman wisdom's table is full of the richest fears of wisdom,

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 but woman folly's head is empty.

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 It's filled only with simplicity and ignorance.

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 She has prepared no meat.

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 She has mixed no wine.

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 She has set no table.

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 She has made no diligent preparation for her banquet.

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 And the way they issued their respective invitations also differ.

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 In verses 3 to 4,

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 woman wisdom has sent out her young woman

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 to call from the highest places in the town.

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 Messengers have been formally sent out to invite the guests

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 while woman wisdom completes her preparations at home.

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 This shows intention and care.

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 The verb call is singular,

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 which shows that the young women do not speak for themselves,

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 but rather are their mouthpieces for the woman wisdom.

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 They speak for her.

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 And these daughters of woman wisdom represent the messengers,

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 the sages,

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 such as the father and mother of this Proverbs,

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 of the book of Proverbs,

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 who relay Solomon's God-given wisdom to the future generations.

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 In contrast to this,

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 look at verses 14 to 15.

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 Tell us that woman folly 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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 She has no messengers.

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 All she does is try to distract and derail passersby.

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 Her evil intentions are exposed in the fact that she takes unwitting passersby,

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 those who may otherwise be proceeding straight on their way,

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 to veer aside,

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 to go astray.

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 And notice also that both call from the highest places,

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 the most visible location in town,

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 in order to reach as many people as possible.

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 In the ancient Near East,

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 which is the context in which this book is written,

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 only one person has the right to dwell on the highest point of the city.

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 It's either the God of that city,

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 in the temple,

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 or the king of that city,

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 in the palace.

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 In the same way,

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 in Jerusalem,

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 the temple was at the peak of Mount Zion.

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 And this confirms what we know from chapter 8 already,

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 that woman wisdom stands for God,

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 represents God.

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 She is the word of God,

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 by which the world was created.

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 And as God's people say of the Lord in Jeremiah,

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 chapter 17,

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 verse 12,

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 a glorious throne,

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 literally a glorious seat,

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 set on high from the beginning,

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 is the place of our sanctuary.

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 Only God deserves to sit on His glorious throne,

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 on the highest place,

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 and that's where His people are to worship Him.

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 And so woman wisdom issues her invitations from the highest places in the town.

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 The problem,

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 however,

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 is that woman folly

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 also calls out from the highest places of the town.

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 In fact,

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 it says that she takes a seat.

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 That's the same word that's often translated throne,

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 or the seat of honor.

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

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 Common people back in the day did not sit on chairs.

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 They would usually sit on floors.

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 Or if they had extraordinary accommodations,

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 they would sit on stools and benches.

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 Only those in authority had chairs.

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 Only the teachers sat on chairs.

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 This is the origin of the practice of giving,

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 gifting a literal chair

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 to a teacher who has recently been promoted to professorship.

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 And Proverbs chapter 20, verse 8,

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 mentions that a king who sits on the throne of judgment,

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 the word throne,

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 again,

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 is the same word as seat.

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 1 Samuel 1, verse 9,

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 says,

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 Eli the priest was sitting on the seat

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 beside the doorpost of the temple of the Lord.

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 The seat by the temple

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 from which the priests rendered their verdicts

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 for God's people.

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 And similarly,

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 Matthew 23, verse 2,

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 says that the scribes and the Pharisees

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 sit on Moses' seat.

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 It's a place of authority,

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 prominence,

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 teaching.

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 So the fact that woman folly

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 takes a seat

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 on the highest places of the town

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 almost certainly represents

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 a place of prominence

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 and of idolatrous worship.

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 This brazen woman,

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 despite the fact that she is full of simpleness

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 and knows nothing,

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 as verse 13 told us,

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 presumes to sit on a seat

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 on the highest places.

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 She presumes to judge.

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 She presumes to teach.

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 She is an imposter.

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 Ecclesiastes chapter 10,

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 verses 5 to 6,

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 laments the situation.

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 It says,

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 there is an evil

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 that I have seen

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 under the sun,

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 as it were an error

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 proceeding from the ruler.

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 Folly

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 is set

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 in many

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 high

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 places.

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 Ecclesiastes

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 chapter 10,

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 verses 5 to 6,

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 says,

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 folly is set

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 in many

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 high

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 places.

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 So don't believe

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 something

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 simply because

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 someone in position

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 of authority

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 has said it.

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 Remember that

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 woman folly

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 takes a seat

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 on the highest

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 places of the town.

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 From the state houses

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 and white houses

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 built atop

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 many hills

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 throughout the world.

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 From the ivory towers

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 of academia,

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 from the verified

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 social media accounts

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 of celebrities

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 on Beverly Hills,

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 from the high platforms

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 and loud voices

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 of Instagram

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 and YouTube stars,

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 from many

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 of the highest

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 places in the world,

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 folly comes

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 spewing forth.

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 Their views

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 might have currency

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 in the culture.

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 Their views

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 might sound

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 plausible,

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 but if they have

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 no tinge

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 of the fear

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 of God,

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 no sense

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 of the wisdom

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 of God,

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 no tint

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 of the righteousness

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 of God,

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 then it's all folly.

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 That's why

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 we must test

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 everything by

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 the wisdom

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 of God

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 revealed in

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 God's word.

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 16th century

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 theologian

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 John Calvin

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 calls scripture

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 the straight edge

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 to which we

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 must be shaped.

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 Slice everything

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 by the straight edge

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 of God's word

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 and discard

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 the rest.

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 Discard all

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 excess.

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 Let's look

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 more closely

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 at the respective

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 invitations

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 of woman wisdom

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 and woman folly.

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 what they offer

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 their provisions

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 also are worlds

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 apart.

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 Verse 5,

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 woman wisdom

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 says,

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 come,

00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:24.039
 eat of my bread

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 and drink

00:13:25.099 --> 00:13:25.819
 of the wine

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 I have mixed.

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 Now contrast

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 that with the

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 meager proportions

00:13:29.379 --> 00:13:29.939
 of the woman

00:13:29.939 --> 00:13:31.219
 folly in verse 17.

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 Stolen water

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 is sweet

00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:35.099
 and bread

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 eaten in secret

00:13:36.099 --> 00:13:37.399
 is pleasant.

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 Wisdom

00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:39.559
 offers bread,

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 but folly

00:13:40.319 --> 00:13:41.339
 offers bread

00:13:41.339 --> 00:13:42.239
 eaten in secret,

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 forbidden bread.

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 There's an

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 Arabic proverb

00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:47.319
 that says

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 everything forbidden

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 is sweet.

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 That is

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 precisely

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 woman wisdom's

00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:54.219
 tactic.

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 Woman folly's

00:13:55.740 --> 00:13:56.019
 tactic,

00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:56.319
 sorry.

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 Just as the

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 crafty serpent

00:13:59.099 --> 00:14:00.199
 in Genesis 3

00:14:00.199 --> 00:14:01.299
 enticed Eve

00:14:01.299 --> 00:14:02.259
 to eat the

00:14:02.259 --> 00:14:02.839
 forbidden fruit

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 by impugning

00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:04.159
 the goodness

00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:04.819
 of God,

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 she said,

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 you will not

00:14:06.899 --> 00:14:07.639
 surely die

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 when you eat

00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:08.699
 of that forbidden

00:14:08.699 --> 00:14:09.079
 fruit,

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 for God knows

00:14:10.439 --> 00:14:10.859
 that when you

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 eat of it

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 your eyes

00:14:11.959 --> 00:14:12.559
 will be opened

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 and you will

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 be like God

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 knowing good

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 and evil.

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 That's how

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 the serpent

00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:17.259
 tempted Adam

00:14:17.259 --> 00:14:17.620
 and Eve.

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 That's Satan's

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 bread and butter.

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 That boundary

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 that God has

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 placed around you,

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 that's not there

00:14:24.259 --> 00:14:24.980
 to protect you,

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 that's there

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 to restrict you,

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 deprive you

00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:29.199
 of good.

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 You know

00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:31.519
 why that thing

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 is forbidden?

00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:33.100
 Not because

00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:34.220
 it's bad for you,

00:14:34.419 --> 00:14:34.939
 but because

00:14:34.939 --> 00:14:35.980
 it's too good.

00:14:36.340 --> 00:14:37.399
 God's withholding

00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:37.980
 it from you.

00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:39.779
 He doesn't

00:14:39.779 --> 00:14:40.480
 have your best

00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:41.220
 interest in mind.

00:14:41.220 --> 00:14:42.800
 that's Satan's

00:14:42.800 --> 00:14:43.160
 tactic.

00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:44.740
 That's woman

00:14:44.740 --> 00:14:46.240
 folly's tactic.

00:14:47.460 --> 00:14:47.800
 She says,

00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:48.740
 stolen water

00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:49.259
 is sweet

00:14:49.259 --> 00:14:50.420
 and bread

00:14:50.420 --> 00:14:51.279
 eaten in secret

00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:51.820
 is pleasant.

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 And actually,

00:14:54.680 --> 00:14:55.920
 that much

00:14:55.920 --> 00:14:57.279
 is true,

00:14:57.440 --> 00:14:57.840
 isn't it?

00:14:58.800 --> 00:14:59.800
 Sin is

00:14:59.800 --> 00:15:00.720
 often

00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:02.060
 pleasurable.

00:15:02.059 --> 00:15:04.599
 the problem,

00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:04.959
 however,

00:15:04.959 --> 00:15:05.459
 is that

00:15:05.459 --> 00:15:06.219
 it's only

00:15:06.219 --> 00:15:06.899
 half true.

00:15:08.259 --> 00:15:08.819
 And a half

00:15:08.819 --> 00:15:09.359
 truth

00:15:09.359 --> 00:15:10.239
 masquerading

00:15:10.239 --> 00:15:10.879
 as a whole

00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:11.299
 truth

00:15:11.299 --> 00:15:11.879
 is a whole

00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:12.279
 lie,

00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:13.579
 as is often

00:15:13.579 --> 00:15:13.939
 said.

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 Notice the

00:15:15.819 --> 00:15:16.559
 contrast between

00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:16.979
 what woman

00:15:16.979 --> 00:15:17.879
 wisdom promises

00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:18.419
 up front

00:15:18.419 --> 00:15:19.119
 in verse 6

00:15:19.119 --> 00:15:20.219
 and what woman

00:15:20.219 --> 00:15:21.119
 folly fails

00:15:21.119 --> 00:15:21.799
 to disclose

00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:22.879
 in verse 18.

00:15:23.859 --> 00:15:24.539
 Woman wisdom

00:15:24.539 --> 00:15:25.339
 makes her offer

00:15:25.339 --> 00:15:25.799
 up front

00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:26.259
 in verse 6,

00:15:26.339 --> 00:15:26.779
 leave your

00:15:26.779 --> 00:15:27.579
 simple ways

00:15:27.579 --> 00:15:28.679
 and live

00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:30.119
 and walk

00:15:30.119 --> 00:15:30.659
 in the way

00:15:30.659 --> 00:15:31.120
 of insight.

00:15:31.219 --> 00:15:32.000
 She promises

00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:32.740
 life.

00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:34.600
 That's the end,

00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:35.600
 the goal of wisdom

00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:36.659
 that that's

00:15:36.659 --> 00:15:37.179
 what you're in

00:15:37.179 --> 00:15:37.639
 for when you

00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:38.159
 accept her

00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:38.919
 invitation to

00:15:38.919 --> 00:15:39.699
 join her banquet.

00:15:39.860 --> 00:15:40.299
 You'll be given

00:15:40.299 --> 00:15:41.480
 life abundant,

00:15:42.219 --> 00:15:43.219
 eternal life.

00:15:44.219 --> 00:15:45.240
 Now contrast

00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:45.679
 that with

00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:46.339
 verse 18.

00:15:47.579 --> 00:15:48.120
 But he does

00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:48.759
 not know

00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:49.699
 that the dead

00:15:49.699 --> 00:15:50.259
 are there,

00:15:50.819 --> 00:15:51.579
 that her guests

00:15:51.579 --> 00:15:52.419
 are in the

00:15:52.419 --> 00:15:53.240
 depths of Sheol.

00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:54.639
 Woman folly,

00:15:54.819 --> 00:15:55.899
 stolen water

00:15:55.899 --> 00:15:56.860
 and secret bread

00:15:56.860 --> 00:15:57.740
 lead to death.

00:15:58.579 --> 00:15:59.139
 Her house

00:15:59.139 --> 00:15:59.740
 is a foyer

00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:00.319
 that leads

00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:01.120
 to the chamber

00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:01.860
 of death.

00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:02.960
 Her guests

00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:03.560
 are in

00:16:03.560 --> 00:16:04.100
 the depths

00:16:04.100 --> 00:16:04.700
 of Sheol,

00:16:04.860 --> 00:16:05.860
 the realm

00:16:05.860 --> 00:16:06.460
 of the dead.

00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:07.520
 But that's

00:16:07.520 --> 00:16:07.900
 the thing,

00:16:07.980 --> 00:16:08.640
 woman folly

00:16:08.640 --> 00:16:09.360
 does not

00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:10.140
 disclose

00:16:10.140 --> 00:16:11.040
 that fact.

00:16:12.700 --> 00:16:13.640
 It's not,

00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:14.920
 there's no

00:16:14.920 --> 00:16:15.360
 disclaimer.

00:16:15.860 --> 00:16:16.420
 It's not

00:16:16.420 --> 00:16:16.879
 in the fine

00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:17.220
 print.

00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:18.920
 It's the author

00:16:18.920 --> 00:16:19.580
 of Proverbs

00:16:19.580 --> 00:16:20.560
 that discloses

00:16:20.560 --> 00:16:21.340
 this hidden

00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:22.280
 fact to us.

00:16:23.300 --> 00:16:24.300
 Woman folly's

00:16:24.300 --> 00:16:24.840
 invitation

00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:26.080
 is a deceptive

00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:27.120
 half-truth

00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:28.740
 and he

00:16:28.740 --> 00:16:29.240
 who falls

00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:29.580
 for her

00:16:29.580 --> 00:16:30.580
 does not

00:16:30.580 --> 00:16:31.519
 know this.

00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:32.879
 This whole

00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:33.399
 section on

00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:33.860
 woman folly

00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:34.620
 begins and

00:16:34.620 --> 00:16:35.179
 ends with

00:16:35.179 --> 00:16:35.720
 the phrase

00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:36.500
 does not

00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:37.000
 know.

00:16:37.539 --> 00:16:38.340
 Verse 13

00:16:38.340 --> 00:16:38.759
 says the

00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:39.240
 woman folly

00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:40.159
 knows nothing,

00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:40.879
 literally does

00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:41.700
 not know

00:16:41.700 --> 00:16:42.259
 anything.

00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:43.679
 And verse 18

00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:44.100
 says that her

00:16:44.100 --> 00:16:45.000
 dull subjects

00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:45.860
 does not

00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:46.360
 know.

00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:47.620
 This is the

00:16:47.620 --> 00:16:48.419
 deficiency that

00:16:48.419 --> 00:16:48.940
 Proverbs is

00:16:48.940 --> 00:16:49.379
 trying to

00:16:49.379 --> 00:16:49.740
 correct.

00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:50.860
 Sin is

00:16:50.860 --> 00:16:51.680
 pleasurable for

00:16:51.680 --> 00:16:52.139
 a time,

00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:52.539
 yes,

00:16:52.539 --> 00:16:53.120
 but like

00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:53.679
 a drug

00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:54.099
 that is

00:16:54.099 --> 00:16:54.799
 enjoyable

00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:55.779
 at first

00:16:55.779 --> 00:16:56.799
 but enslaves

00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:57.559
 and kills

00:16:57.559 --> 00:16:58.299
 at last.

00:16:59.279 --> 00:16:59.779
 Sin has

00:16:59.779 --> 00:17:00.079
 a bitter

00:17:00.079 --> 00:17:00.539
 end.

00:17:01.839 --> 00:17:02.459
 Consider this

00:17:02.459 --> 00:17:03.059
 parallel from

00:17:03.059 --> 00:17:03.419
 Proverbs

00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:04.139
 chapter 5

00:17:04.139 --> 00:17:04.680
 verses 3

00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:05.180
 to 5.

00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:05.839
 For the

00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:06.480
 lips of a

00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:06.839
 forbidden

00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:07.579
 woman drip

00:17:07.579 --> 00:17:08.759
 honey and

00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.319
 her speech

00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:10.019
 is smoother

00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:10.659
 than oil.

00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:11.480
 But in the

00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:12.099
 end she is

00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:12.720
 bitter as

00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.259
 wormwood,

00:17:13.420 --> 00:17:14.240
 sharp as

00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:14.759
 a two-edged

00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:15.180
 sword.

00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:16.379
 Her feet

00:17:16.379 --> 00:17:16.839
 go down

00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:17.579
 to death.

00:17:18.220 --> 00:17:18.639
 Her steps

00:17:18.639 --> 00:17:19.180
 follow the

00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:19.720
 path to

00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:19.980
 shield.

00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:21.420
 The beginning

00:17:21.420 --> 00:17:21.920
 of sin

00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.420
 is sweet,

00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:22.980
 but its

00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.720
 end is

00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:24.079
 bitter.

00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:25.240
 The beginning

00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:25.599
 of sin

00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:26.119
 is smooth,

00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:26.519
 but its

00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:27.240
 end is

00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:28.240
 sharp and

00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:28.680
 cutting.

00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:29.579
 It makes

00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:29.920
 you feel

00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:30.720
 alive for

00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:31.259
 a moment,

00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:32.200
 but it

00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:32.500
 makes you

00:17:32.500 --> 00:17:33.839
 dead forever.

00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.220
 And that

00:17:35.220 --> 00:17:35.639
 is what

00:17:35.639 --> 00:17:36.159
 is ultimately

00:17:36.159 --> 00:17:36.740
 at stake.

00:17:38.180 --> 00:17:38.500
 Wisdom

00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:39.059
 is not

00:17:39.059 --> 00:17:39.539
 merely

00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:40.119
 something that

00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:40.920
 is expedient

00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:41.500
 for us to

00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:42.019
 have to

00:17:42.019 --> 00:17:42.779
 navigate life.

00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:43.819
 Folly

00:17:43.819 --> 00:17:44.220
 is not

00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:45.000
 merely an

00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:45.960
 inconvenience.

00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:47.019
 It's a

00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:47.639
 matter of

00:17:47.639 --> 00:17:48.159
 life and

00:17:48.159 --> 00:17:48.500
 death.

00:17:49.879 --> 00:17:50.159
 Woman

00:17:50.159 --> 00:17:50.460
 wisdom

00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:50.879
 said at

00:17:50.879 --> 00:17:51.200
 the end

00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:51.579
 of chapter

00:17:51.579 --> 00:17:51.899
 8,

00:17:51.900 --> 00:17:52.240
 whoever

00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:52.940
 finds me

00:17:52.940 --> 00:17:53.780
 finds life

00:17:53.780 --> 00:17:54.540
 and obtains

00:17:54.540 --> 00:17:55.320
 favor from

00:17:55.320 --> 00:17:55.740
 the Lord,

00:17:55.940 --> 00:17:56.320
 but he

00:17:56.320 --> 00:17:56.759
 who fails

00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:57.180
 to find

00:17:57.180 --> 00:17:57.820
 me injures

00:17:57.820 --> 00:17:58.320
 himself.

00:17:58.800 --> 00:17:59.480
 All who

00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:00.280
 hate me

00:18:00.280 --> 00:18:01.300
 love death.

00:18:02.120 --> 00:18:02.720
 If you

00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:03.220
 spurn

00:18:03.220 --> 00:18:03.640
 wisdom,

00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:03.940
 if you

00:18:03.940 --> 00:18:04.540
 despise

00:18:04.540 --> 00:18:04.980
 wisdom,

00:18:05.340 --> 00:18:05.740
 you're not

00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:06.660
 merely embracing

00:18:06.660 --> 00:18:07.200
 a hard

00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:07.620
 life,

00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:08.600
 making life

00:18:08.600 --> 00:18:09.060
 hard for

00:18:09.060 --> 00:18:09.440
 yourself.

00:18:09.700 --> 00:18:10.140
 You are

00:18:10.140 --> 00:18:10.680
 loving

00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:11.540
 death.

00:18:13.940 --> 00:18:14.480
 And the

00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:15.000
 language of

00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:15.500
 wisdom and

00:18:15.500 --> 00:18:15.960
 folly are

00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:17.000
 commonly used

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.220
 in our

00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:17.680
 culture,

00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:19.960
 newspapers

00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:21.980
 and news

00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:22.480
 anchors

00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:23.299
 often describe

00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:23.859
 a crime

00:18:23.859 --> 00:18:25.019
 as senseless.

00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:26.920
 They use

00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:27.279
 the word

00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:28.660
 to refer to

00:18:28.660 --> 00:18:28.940
 the fact

00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:29.240
 that this

00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:29.660
 crime had

00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:30.180
 no rhyme

00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:30.720
 or reason.

00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:32.680
 It lacked

00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:33.240
 sense.

00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:34.000
 But in

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 reality,

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 all sins,

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 even the

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 sins that

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 are celebrated

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 in our

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 culture,

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 are senseless

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 because they

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 lead to

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 death.

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 A

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 politician

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 caught in

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 a consensual

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 extramarital

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 relationship

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 will never

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 admit to

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 sin,

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 but they

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 will admit

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 that they

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 were short

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 sighted or

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 inappropriate,

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 that it

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 was a

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 lapse in

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 judgment.

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 But we

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 must not

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 let such

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 euphemisms

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 hide the

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 ugliness

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 and the

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 morbid

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 consequences

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 of sin.

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 Cornelius

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 Plantinga

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 puts it

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 this way

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 in his

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 book,

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 not the

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 way it's

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 supposed to

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 be.

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 A sinner

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 will often

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 not concede

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 that he

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 has been

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 a knave,

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 but he

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 feels obliged

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 to concede

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 in effect

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 that he

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 has been

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 a fool.

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 And in

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 so doing,

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 ironically,

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 he enters

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 the mainstream

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 of biblical

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 thought and

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 paves the

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 path to

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 sin.

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 The Bible

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 speaks of

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 foolishness,

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 folly of

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 rejecting

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 wisdom.

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 sin.

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 That's in

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 the mainstream

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 of how the

00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:43.539
 Bible speaks

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 of sin.

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 And the

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 bad news

00:19:47.300 --> 00:19:47.940
 is that we

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 have all

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 sinned.

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 We've all

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 been fools.

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 Note well

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 that woman

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 wisdom and

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 woman folly

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 are competing

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 for the

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 exact same

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 crowd.

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 Compare what

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 they say in

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 verse 4 and

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 verse 16.

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 It's the

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 only part of

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 the contrasting

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 sections that

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 is exactly

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 identical.

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 Whoever is

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 simple, let

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 him turn in

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 here.

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 The address

00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:17.419
 him who

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 lacks sense.

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 The simple

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 are those who

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 have not yet

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 turned toward

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 the path of

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 wisdom, but

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 those who

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 have not yet

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 settled into

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 the path of

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 folly either.

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 And there is

00:20:29.159 --> 00:20:29.919
 good news

00:20:29.919 --> 00:20:30.519
 embedded in

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 this passage.

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 It's fitting

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 that woman

00:20:34.139 --> 00:20:35.019
 folly would

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.740
 target those

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 who are

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 simple and

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.000
 lack sense,

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 isn't it?

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 That sounds

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 like her

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 kind of

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 crowd, the

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 kind of

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 people who

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 would be

00:20:41.280 --> 00:20:41.860
 duped by

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 her half

00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.260
 truth.

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 But what

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:44.800
 is remarkable

00:20:44.800 --> 00:20:45.560
 is that woman

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 wisdom also

00:20:46.760 --> 00:20:47.700
 reaches out to

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 the simpletons

00:20:48.540 --> 00:20:48.960
 and the

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.520
 senseless.

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 You would

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 think that

00:20:52.020 --> 00:20:52.640
 woman wisdom

00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:53.200
 would leave

00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:54.020
 the fools to

00:20:54.020 --> 00:20:54.740
 woman folly

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:56.020
 and invite only

00:20:56.020 --> 00:20:56.600
 those who are

00:20:56.600 --> 00:20:57.500
 wise and

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.180
 full of

00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:58.960
 understanding to

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 come to

00:20:59.380 --> 00:20:59.880
 her banquet.

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 But she

00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:01.940
 doesn't do

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 that.

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 She says in

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 verses 4 to

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 6,

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 whoever is

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.460
 simple,

00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:06.379
 let him

00:21:06.379 --> 00:21:07.000
 turn in

00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:07.259
 here.

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 To him

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.420
 who lacks

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:08.940
 sense,

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.519
 she says,

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 come eat

00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:10.680
 of my

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.279
 bread and

00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:11.779
 drink of

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.319
 the wine

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 I have

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 mixed.

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 Leave your

00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:14.960
 simple ways

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:16.019
 and live

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 and walk

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 in the way

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 of insight.

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 What a

00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:20.599
 gracious and

00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:21.920
 lavish invitation.

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 Though we

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.680
 have all

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 sinned,

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.399
 though we

00:21:25.399 --> 00:21:25.720
 have all

00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.299
 had our

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 share of

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.660
 godless

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.420
 foolishness

00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:28.759
 in our

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.200
 lives,

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.539
 wisdom invites

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:31.299
 us to

00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:32.240
 partake in

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:33.500
 her banquet.

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 Her

00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:35.779
 banquet is

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.319
 not a

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:37.359
 high-browed,

00:21:37.879 --> 00:21:38.960
 high-nosed

00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:39.519
 affair.

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.940
 It's not an

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:42.240
 exclusive party

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:43.059
 for those of

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.899
 righteous and

00:21:43.899 --> 00:21:44.720
 noble bearing.

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.859
 It's for

00:21:45.859 --> 00:21:47.779
 simpletons and

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.420
 the sinners

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:50.019
 like us.

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.779
 And

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.339
 wisdom's

00:21:53.339 --> 00:21:53.839
 banquet

00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:55.279
 prefigures

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.940
 the heavenly

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.519
 banquet that

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.220
 Jesus speaks

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.680
 of in

00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:58.359
 Luke chapter

00:21:58.359 --> 00:21:59.019
 14.

00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:00.720
 There in

00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.079
 Jesus'

00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:02.059
 parable of

00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:02.399
 the great

00:22:02.399 --> 00:22:02.839
 banquet,

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.759
 the master

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.059
 of the

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.740
 feast says

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.019
 to his

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.339
 servants,

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.079
 go out

00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:06.839
 quickly to

00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:07.399
 the streets

00:22:07.399 --> 00:22:08.139
 and lanes

00:22:08.139 --> 00:22:08.459
 of the

00:22:08.459 --> 00:22:09.259
 city and

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.159
 bring in

00:22:10.159 --> 00:22:11.319
 the poor

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:12.740
 and crippled

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.959
 and blind

00:22:13.959 --> 00:22:15.339
 and lame.

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.539
 In that

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.319
 day and age,

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.000
 the poor

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:20.299
 and the

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:21.439
 disabled were

00:22:21.439 --> 00:22:22.359
 precisely the

00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:22.779
 kinds of

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.339
 people that

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:24.220
 people omitted

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:24.759
 from their

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.399
 guest list.

00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:27.500
 But Jesus

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.599
 seeks out

00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:30.119
 precisely such

00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:30.480
 people.

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:32.180
 that's

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:32.599
 because

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.200
 Jesus,

00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:34.140
 when the

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:34.700
 Pharisees

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.099
 and the

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.380
 scribes

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:35.900
 grumbled

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.440
 at why

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:36.779
 he was

00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:37.440
 dining with

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:37.920
 sinners and

00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.559
 tax collectors

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:38.980
 in Luke

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.660
 chapter 5,

00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:40.860
 Jesus answered

00:22:40.860 --> 00:22:41.259
 them this

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.519
 way,

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.099
 those who

00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:42.660
 are well

00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:43.140
 have no

00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:43.740
 need of

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.279
 a physician,

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.319
 but those

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.599
 who are

00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:46.079
 sick,

00:22:46.579 --> 00:22:47.200
 I've not

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.680
 come to

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.200
 call the

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.660
 righteous,

00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:50.019
 but sinners

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:51.039
 to repentance.

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:52.900
 That's the

00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:53.759
 heart of God

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.420
 for sinners

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:55.319
 like you

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:55.740
 and me.

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:59.220
 we often

00:22:59.220 --> 00:23:00.059
 superimpose

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:00.500
 on God

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:00.700
 the

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.259
 characteristics

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:01.740
 that we

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.559
 see in

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.259
 sinful

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.779
 humanity.

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.319
 In our

00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:05.740
 world,

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:06.640
 beautiful

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.200
 people

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:08.279
 despise

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.599
 ugly

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:08.980
 people.

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.519
 In our

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:10.779
 world,

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.339
 sophisticated

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:12.759
 people despise

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.599
 simple-minded

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:14.000
 people.

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.240
 In our

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:15.620
 world,

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.120
 wealthy

00:23:16.120 --> 00:23:17.160
 people despise

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.519
 poor

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:17.940
 people.

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.440
 Successful

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:20.519
 people despise

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:21.099
 failed

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.680
 people.

00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:22.880
 And so

00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:23.400
 we think

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:23.880
 that since

00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:24.839
 God is so

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.319
 holy,

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.519
 and since

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:27.380
 God is so

00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:28.059
 wise,

00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:29.220
 he must

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:30.200
 despise us

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:30.640
 and want

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:31.400
 nothing to

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:31.960
 do with

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.819
 sinners and

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.640
 fools like

00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:34.039
 us,

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:34.720
 but this

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.380
 cannot be

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:36.140
 further from

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.740
 the truth.

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.039
 Woman

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.559
 wisdom,

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:40.140
 her target

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:41.019
 audience,

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:41.900
 are the

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.620
 simpletons

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:43.259
 and the

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.700
 senseless

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.140
 of this

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:44.460
 world,

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.140
 and the

00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:45.759
 wisdom of

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.140
 God

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:47.220
 beckons us

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.680
 to come

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 to her

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 banquet.

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 And so

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.319
 we're faced

00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:53.079
 with a

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.519
 choice.

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 whether to

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 accept

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 woman

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:57.859
 wisdom's

00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:58.420
 invitation

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:59.680
 or woman

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 folly's

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.339
 invitation,

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 and this

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.960
 is the

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.400
 most

00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:04.299
 consequential

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:04.960
 decision we

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.700
 make in

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:06.220
 this life.

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.359
 So verses

00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:10.180
 7 to 12

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:11.000
 seek to

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.539
 guide us

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 by giving

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.740
 us examples

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.539
 of how the

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.440
 wise and

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:15.180
 the scoffer

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:16.259
 respond to

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.879
 woman wisdom.

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:19.200
 verses 7

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.520
 to 8

00:24:19.520 --> 00:24:20.180
 warn us,

00:24:20.860 --> 00:24:21.040
 whoever

00:24:21.040 --> 00:24:21.900
 corrects a

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:22.600
 scoffer gets

00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:23.600
 himself abuse,

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.300
 and he

00:24:24.300 --> 00:24:25.080
 who reproves

00:24:25.080 --> 00:24:25.420
 a wicked

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:26.480
 man incurs

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.080
 injury.

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 Do not

00:24:28.040 --> 00:24:28.700
 reprove a

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.360
 scoffer or

00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:29.980
 he will

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.640
 hate you.

00:24:32.280 --> 00:24:32.640
 The

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 scoffer

00:24:33.300 --> 00:24:34.080
 refers to

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 someone who

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 is too

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.940
 prideful to

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.540
 listen or

00:24:36.540 --> 00:24:37.280
 to submit to

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 anyone's

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:38.460
 instruction.

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.860
 He has an

00:24:39.860 --> 00:24:40.880
 over-inflated

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.220
 ego.

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.520
 He is

00:24:42.520 --> 00:24:43.160
 immune to

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:43.900
 correction and

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.440
 is never

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:45.280
 known to

00:24:45.280 --> 00:24:45.960
 change his

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 mind.

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.580
 Three times

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 the sage

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 tells us

00:24:49.600 --> 00:24:49.900
 that it

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.280
 is no

00:24:50.280 --> 00:24:50.800
 use to

00:24:50.800 --> 00:24:51.240
 try to

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.760
 correct the

00:24:51.760 --> 00:24:52.160
 scoffer

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:52.660
 because when

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.120
 you do,

00:24:53.560 --> 00:24:53.980
 you will

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.700
 get yourself

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.620
 abuse and

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.260
 injury and

00:24:56.260 --> 00:24:56.700
 hatred.

00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:58.640
 The scoffer

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.060
 will heap

00:24:59.060 --> 00:24:59.880
 abuses on

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.380
 you and

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:01.200
 berate you.

00:25:01.540 --> 00:25:02.220
 In trying to

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.720
 help him,

00:25:02.780 --> 00:25:03.700
 you only earn

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.420
 his hatred.

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.260
 It reminds

00:25:06.260 --> 00:25:06.600
 me of what

00:25:06.600 --> 00:25:07.240
 Jesus said in

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:08.080
 Matthew 7

00:25:08.080 --> 00:25:08.620
 verse 6,

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 Do not give

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.860
 dogs what

00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:10.320
 is holy,

00:25:10.800 --> 00:25:11.240
 and do not

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.680
 throw your

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.420
 pearls before

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:12.900
 pigs,

00:25:13.260 --> 00:25:13.700
 lest they

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.300
 trample them

00:25:14.300 --> 00:25:15.440
 underfoot and

00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:16.120
 turn to

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.820
 attack you.

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:19.540
 The wise

00:25:19.540 --> 00:25:20.380
 man is a

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:20.720
 study in

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.320
 contrast.

00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:22.160
 It says in

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.680
 verses 8 to

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:22.920
 9,

00:25:23.020 --> 00:25:23.820
 Reprove a

00:25:23.820 --> 00:25:24.640
 wise man

00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:25.220
 and he

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:25.980
 will love

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.200
 you.

00:25:26.860 --> 00:25:27.120
 Give

00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:28.080
 instruction to

00:25:28.080 --> 00:25:28.640
 a wise

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.100
 man and

00:25:29.100 --> 00:25:29.400
 he will

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:30.320
 be still

00:25:30.320 --> 00:25:31.100
 wiser.

00:25:31.840 --> 00:25:32.660
 Teach a

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.380
 righteous man

00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:33.700
 and he will

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.580
 increase in

00:25:34.580 --> 00:25:34.920
 learning.

00:25:35.800 --> 00:25:36.100
 This

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:36.740
 threefold

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.620
 affirmation of

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.080
 the wise

00:25:38.080 --> 00:25:38.480
 man's

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.320
 teachability

00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:40.680
 contrasts the

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.680
 scoffer's

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:43.240
 incorrigibility.

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.200
 If you

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.680
 prove a

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.200
 scoffer,

00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:46.060
 he hates

00:25:46.060 --> 00:25:46.400
 you,

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.000
 but if you

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.620
 reprove a

00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:48.259
 wise man,

00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:49.200
 he loves

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.380
 you.

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:49.660
 If you

00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:50.039
 correct a

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.460
 scoffer,

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:50.900
 you get

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.519
 abuse,

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.200
 but if you

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.560
 correct the

00:25:52.560 --> 00:25:52.960
 wise man,

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.560
 he increases

00:25:53.560 --> 00:25:54.420
 in learning.

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.259
 The word

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.960
 learning in

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.720
 verse 9 is a

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.420
 noun form of

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:57.820
 the verb

00:25:57.820 --> 00:25:58.560
 get in

00:25:58.560 --> 00:25:59.140
 verse 7,

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.500
 so it

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.200
 highlights the

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.900
 contrast even

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:01.259
 more.

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:02.519
 When you

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.160
 instruct a

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:04.340
 scoffer that

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:05.220
 bounces off,

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:06.060
 he repels

00:26:06.060 --> 00:26:06.580
 instruction,

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.340
 it bounces off

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:07.839
 and strikes

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.199
 you.

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.399
 But if you

00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:11.480
 instruct the

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.019
 wise man,

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:12.699
 he gets

00:26:12.699 --> 00:26:13.259
 wisdom,

00:26:13.419 --> 00:26:14.039
 he learns.

00:26:15.659 --> 00:26:16.319
 It's ironic,

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.199
 the scoffer who

00:26:17.199 --> 00:26:17.819
 needs wisdom

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.759
 most rejects

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:18.919
 it,

00:26:19.199 --> 00:26:19.579
 and the

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.279
 wise man who

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:21.159
 already has a

00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:21.579
 measure of

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.779
 wisdom receives

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.500
 it eagerly.

00:26:24.459 --> 00:26:25.679
 The wiser you

00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:26.599
 get, the

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.639
 humbler you

00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:27.939
 get.

00:26:29.419 --> 00:26:29.839
 This is

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.419
 because, as

00:26:30.419 --> 00:26:31.319
 verse 10 says,

00:26:31.679 --> 00:26:32.480
 the fear of

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.459
 the Lord is

00:26:33.459 --> 00:26:34.019
 the beginning

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.659
 of wisdom,

00:26:34.939 --> 00:26:35.539
 and the

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:36.299
 knowledge of

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:36.839
 the Holy

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.319
 One is

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:38.419
 insight.

00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:39.759
 To know

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.599
 God is to

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:41.299
 fear Him,

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.240
 to revere

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.539
 Him.

00:26:43.899 --> 00:26:44.740
 It refers not

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.159
 merely to

00:26:45.159 --> 00:26:45.859
 knowing God

00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:47.179
 in a just

00:26:47.179 --> 00:26:47.919
 knowing about

00:26:47.919 --> 00:26:48.819
 Him, but

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.899
 rather personally

00:26:49.899 --> 00:26:50.559
 knowing Him,

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.779
 experientially

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.339
 knowing Him.

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.240
 And when you

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.659
 know and

00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:54.179
 relate to

00:26:54.179 --> 00:26:55.059
 God rightly,

00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:56.619
 you revere

00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.200
 and worship

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.740
 Him, you

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.480
 obey Him.

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.779
 To have the

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.200
 fear of the

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:00.779
 Lord is to

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.799
 live in the

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.500
 presence of

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.059
 God, under

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.639
 the authority

00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:04.240
 of God, and

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:05.059
 for the glory

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:06.000
 of God.

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.220
 And that,

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:08.099
 the fear of

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.619
 the Lord is

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.299
 the beginning,

00:27:09.639 --> 00:27:10.220
 not the

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.159
 end of

00:27:11.159 --> 00:27:11.859
 wisdom.

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:14.179
 When you

00:27:14.179 --> 00:27:14.599
 fear the

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.019
 Lord, you

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.859
 cannot be

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:17.099
 slothful, because

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:17.879
 you live under

00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:19.019
 His watchful eye.

00:27:19.439 --> 00:27:19.839
 When you

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.240
 fear the

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.720
 Lord, you

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.099
 do not

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.919
 gossip or

00:27:21.919 --> 00:27:22.839
 slander, because

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.679
 you know He

00:27:23.679 --> 00:27:24.419
 hears you.

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.220
 When you

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.659
 fear the

00:27:25.659 --> 00:27:26.059
 Lord, you

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.399
 do not

00:27:26.399 --> 00:27:27.819
 boast, because

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.899
 you know how

00:27:28.899 --> 00:27:29.759
 indebted you

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.379
 are to Him, and

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:31.240
 how dependent you

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.980
 are on Him.

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.700
 When you

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.139
 fear the

00:27:33.139 --> 00:27:33.460
 Lord, you

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.139
 do not grumble

00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:35.000
 or complain

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.580
 about your

00:27:35.580 --> 00:27:36.520
 life circumstances,

00:27:36.520 --> 00:27:37.320
 because you

00:27:37.320 --> 00:27:38.180
 submit to His

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:39.259
 superior wisdom

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:40.340
 and sovereignty.

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.080
 When you

00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:41.680
 fear the

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.040
 Lord, you

00:27:42.040 --> 00:27:42.340
 do not

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:42.940
 oppress the

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.480
 poor, the

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:43.980
 widows, and

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.680
 the orphans,

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.560
 because you

00:27:45.560 --> 00:27:46.440
 know that He

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.300
 will judge

00:27:47.300 --> 00:27:48.020
 justly.

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.660
 When you

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.080
 fear the

00:27:49.080 --> 00:27:49.440
 Lord, you

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:49.700
 do not

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.400
 fear what

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:51.080
 man can

00:27:51.080 --> 00:27:51.440
 do to

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:52.200
 you, because

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:53.040
 you trust in

00:27:53.040 --> 00:27:54.020
 His sovereignty

00:27:54.020 --> 00:27:55.280
 and power.

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.640
 The fear of

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.240
 the Lord is

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.780
 the beginning

00:27:57.780 --> 00:27:58.960
 of wisdom,

00:27:58.960 --> 00:28:00.160
 and the

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.819
 knowledge of

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.420
 Holy One

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.100
 is insight.

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:04.680
 And then

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.240
 verse 11

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:06.200
 provides further

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.900
 incentive for

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.779
 acquiring wisdom.

00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:09.539
 For by me

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.440
 your days will

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:11.000
 be multiplied

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:12.059
 and years

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.799
 will be added

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.259
 to your

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:13.660
 life.

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.019
 Once again,

00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:15.799
 wisdom promises

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:17.680
 life, and

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.460
 verse 12

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.100
 lays the

00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:19.700
 responsibility

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.799
 squarely on

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.900
 the individual's

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:22.240
 shoulders.

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.840
 If you are

00:28:23.840 --> 00:28:24.840
 wise, you are

00:28:24.840 --> 00:28:25.799
 wise for

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.519
 yourself.

00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:28.180
 If you

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.720
 scoff,

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.839
 you alone

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:31.000
 will bear

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.259
 it.

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:34.319
 This doesn't

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:34.839
 mean that

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.440
 your wisdom

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:36.220
 or folly

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.600
 doesn't affect

00:28:37.600 --> 00:28:38.200
 anyone else

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.759
 in your life.

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.500
 Human beings

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.240
 were created

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.079
 to be social

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:43.019
 beings, and

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.620
 for better or

00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:43.980
 worse, we

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.600
 live in an

00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:45.079
 interconnected

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.700
 world.

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.579
 And so

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.460
 everything you

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:48.279
 do affects

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:49.120
 other people.

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.339
 If you

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:51.059
 choose wisdom,

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.740
 it will affect

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.279
 those around

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.400
 you.

00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:52.600
 If you

00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:53.220
 choose folly,

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:53.920
 it will affect

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.519
 those around

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:54.819
 you.

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:55.920
 Nonetheless,

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.900
 the primary

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.900
 beneficiary

00:28:58.900 --> 00:28:59.980
 will be

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.280
 you.

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:02.420
 You're not

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:03.340
 choosing wisdom

00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:04.580
 primarily for

00:29:04.580 --> 00:29:04.980
 the benefit

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.519
 of others.

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.920
 This is for

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.700
 yourself.

00:29:08.060 --> 00:29:08.300
 It will

00:29:08.300 --> 00:29:09.480
 benefit you.

00:29:09.800 --> 00:29:10.140
 It will

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:11.100
 impart life

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:11.920
 to you.

00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:12.500
 It's

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.180
 therefore all

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.519
 the more

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:13.980
 urgent that

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.519
 you choose

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.259
 wisdom for

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.759
 yourself.

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.480
 It's your

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.280
 responsibility

00:29:18.280 --> 00:29:19.680
 and yours

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.560
 alone.

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:22.839
 And this

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.379
 digression,

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:23.879
 or this

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.859
 centerpiece

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.740
 of the

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.679
 responses of

00:29:26.679 --> 00:29:27.179
 the wise

00:29:27.179 --> 00:29:27.779
 man and

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.359
 the scoffer

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:29.240
 serve as a

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.980
 warning to

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.960
 woman wisdom's

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:32.000
 target audience.

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.619
 This simple.

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.220
 Will you be a

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:35.259
 wise man or

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.919
 a scoffer?

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.559
 That depends on

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.419
 how you respond

00:29:38.419 --> 00:29:39.359
 to the call of

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:39.960
 woman wisdom.

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.319
 If you heed

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:42.039
 her call, you

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.980
 become a

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.579
 wise man.

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:45.019
 If you ignore

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:46.200
 her call, you

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:47.259
 become a

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:47.839
 scoffer.

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:50.720
 A

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.500
 modernized

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.859
 alternative

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.839
 title for the

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.139
 book of

00:29:54.139 --> 00:29:54.679
 Proverbs could

00:29:54.679 --> 00:29:55.859
 be God's

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:56.819
 wisdom for

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:58.539
 dummies or

00:29:58.539 --> 00:30:00.220
 life skills for

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.559
 dummies.

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.259
 I've never

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:03.019
 owned any of

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.579
 the books in

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:03.939
 the four

00:30:03.939 --> 00:30:04.799
 dummies series.

00:30:04.919 --> 00:30:05.240
 You guys know

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.639
 what I'm talking

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:06.059
 about, right?

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.599
 The popular

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:07.199
 four dummies

00:30:07.199 --> 00:30:07.500
 series.

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.419
 I think they

00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:09.039
 have one for

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.759
 everything that

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.839
 I can imagine.

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.220
 But if I

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.720
 owned one of

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.220
 those books,

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:14.059
 I think I'd

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.619
 be embarrassed

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.159
 to read it

00:30:15.159 --> 00:30:15.639
 in public.

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.480
 Because in

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.700
 my pride, I

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:19.079
 want to be

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.559
 seen reading

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.200
 the book for

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.720
 experts.

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.339
 I want to be

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:22.860
 reading the

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:23.259
 book for

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.799
 smarty pants,

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:24.200
 not for

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.519
 dummies.

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:25.779
 And that's

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.480
 precisely the

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:26.839
 point.

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.980
 Acquiring the

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.480
 wisdom of

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.339
 God requires

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:31.000
 humility.

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.200
 Wisdom calls

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.660
 out the

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:34.059
 simple.

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.680
 We must

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.640
 acknowledge that

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:37.240
 we are

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:38.019
 simple, that

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:39.019
 we do lack

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.680
 sense, that

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.480
 we need

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.420
 correction and

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:41.839
 learning.

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:43.120
 Only then do

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.839
 we diligently

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.660
 seek the

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.240
 wisdom of

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.519
 God.

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:47.619
 As woman

00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:48.299
 wisdom invites

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:48.799
 us to do

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.240
 in verses

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.079
 4-6, we

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:51.759
 must turn and

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.700
 leave our

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.279
 ways.

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.859
 Leave our

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.819
 simple ways.

00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:56.900
 In order to

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.740
 walk in the

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.779
 right path of

00:30:58.779 --> 00:31:00.779
 wisdom, it's

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:02.139
 no use insisting

00:31:02.139 --> 00:31:02.859
 that you're on

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.619
 the right path

00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:04.619
 anyway, or that

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.879
 the sins that

00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:06.319
 you commit in

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:07.059
 your life are

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:08.680
 tolerable, that

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.240
 they're okay.

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.799
 That doesn't get

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.559
 us anywhere.

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:12.379
 In order to

00:31:12.379 --> 00:31:12.879
 walk in the

00:31:12.879 --> 00:31:13.519
 right path of

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:13.839
 wisdom, we

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.639
 must first admit

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:14.980
 that we're

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.500
 going in the

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.180
 wrong direction

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:16.800
 and turn.

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:18.160
 That's what it

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.880
 means to repent

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:20.360
 of our sins and

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:21.020
 to believe in

00:31:21.020 --> 00:31:21.340
 God.

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.740
 It is then and

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.640
 only then that

00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:25.240
 we become wise

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:27.000
 because that's

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.660
 the way that

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.340
 God has chosen

00:31:28.340 --> 00:31:28.860
 to save

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.220
 sinners.

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.360
 As I

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:32.660
 mentioned

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.400
 earlier, woman

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:34.840
 wisdom prefigures

00:31:34.840 --> 00:31:36.560
 Jesus Christ and

00:31:36.560 --> 00:31:37.320
 her promises

00:31:37.320 --> 00:31:38.600
 ultimately point

00:31:38.600 --> 00:31:39.320
 to and are

00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:41.020
 fulfilled by the

00:31:41.020 --> 00:31:41.780
 person and

00:31:41.780 --> 00:31:42.620
 work of Jesus

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:43.100
 Christ.

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.139
 Christ.

00:31:43.659 --> 00:31:44.719
 This is why

00:31:44.719 --> 00:31:45.279
 Jesus is

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:46.019
 described in

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.619
 1 Corinthians

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:47.619
 chapter 1 as

00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:48.459
 the wisdom

00:31:48.459 --> 00:31:49.439
 from God.

00:31:50.439 --> 00:31:51.639
 Jesus has

00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:52.619
 prepared for us

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:54.099
 a banquet that

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:55.719
 imparts eternal

00:31:55.719 --> 00:31:56.259
 life.

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.559
 But in order to

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.679
 enter, we must

00:31:58.679 --> 00:31:59.659
 humble ourselves

00:31:59.659 --> 00:32:00.859
 and heed his

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:01.459
 call.

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:04.639
 We have all

00:32:04.639 --> 00:32:06.119
 eaten the

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:06.980
 secret bread of

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.619
 woman folly.

00:32:07.939 --> 00:32:08.659
 We have all

00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:10.019
 drunk her

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.819
 stolen water.

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:12.299
 and as her

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:13.200
 guests, we

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.919
 were destined

00:32:13.919 --> 00:32:14.799
 for the depths

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.980
 of Sheol as

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:17.039
 verse 18 says,

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:18.079
 but God did

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:19.099
 not give up on

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:20.200
 us even then.

00:32:20.919 --> 00:32:21.619
 He sent his

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:22.980
 only son, Jesus

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:24.200
 Christ, the

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:25.299
 wisdom from God

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:26.980
 to rescue us.

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:28.799
 Jesus,

00:32:30.139 --> 00:32:31.619
 left the glory

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.419
 that he had with

00:32:32.419 --> 00:32:33.119
 the father from

00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:34.179
 before the world

00:32:34.179 --> 00:32:36.799
 began, took on

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.819
 human flesh.

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.799
 He humbled

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.339
 himself and

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:40.099
 became obedient

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:41.019
 to death, even

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.700
 death on a

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.200
 cross.

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.139
 Jesus, the

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:45.240
 very incarnation

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.559
 of the wisdom

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:47.839
 of God, endured

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:49.019
 the penalty of

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:50.299
 folly that we

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:51.319
 had incurred.

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:53.119
 He takes our

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:54.879
 place and

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.859
 instead of us,

00:32:55.899 --> 00:32:56.899
 he descends to

00:32:56.899 --> 00:32:58.480
 the dead so

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:59.119
 that from there

00:32:59.119 --> 00:32:59.619
 he might be

00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:00.700
 raised from the

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.399
 dead to impart

00:33:01.399 --> 00:33:02.279
 his eternal

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:04.200
 resurrection life

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:05.179
 to all those

00:33:05.179 --> 00:33:06.200
 who turn aside

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:07.340
 to him and

00:33:07.340 --> 00:33:08.000
 heed his call.

00:33:10.080 --> 00:33:10.740
 That's the

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.340
 gospel of

00:33:11.340 --> 00:33:11.900
 Jesus Christ,

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.740
 the good news

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.539
 of Jesus Christ.

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.460
 And this

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:16.240
 wisdom confounds

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:16.759
 the world.

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.059
 Who would have

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:18.620
 thought of a

00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:19.539
 God who takes

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:20.420
 on human flesh?

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:21.880
 Who would have

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:23.100
 thought of a

00:33:23.100 --> 00:33:24.340
 crucified king?

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:25.980
 But it was

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:27.019
 God's pleasure to

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.880
 confound the

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:29.000
 wisdom of the

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.460
 world, the

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.140
 shallow and

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:31.140
 empty wisdom of

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:31.720
 this world in

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.500
 order to reveal

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.640
 the depth and

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:34.559
 fullness of

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:36.419
 his divine

00:33:36.419 --> 00:33:36.899
 wisdom.

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:38.859
 And so 1

00:33:38.859 --> 00:33:39.259
 Corinthians

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:40.039
 chapter 1

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:42.059
 verses 18 to

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:43.139
 31 say this,

00:33:43.639 --> 00:33:44.500
 For the word

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.379
 of the cross is

00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:46.500
 folly to those

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.319
 who are perishing,

00:33:47.659 --> 00:33:48.539
 but to us who

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.379
 are being saved

00:33:49.379 --> 00:33:50.599
 it is the power

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:51.139
 of God.

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.339
 For it is

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:53.379
 written, I will

00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:54.299
 destroy the

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.059
 wisdom of the

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.799
 wise and the

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.639
 discernment of

00:33:56.639 --> 00:33:57.500
 the discerning I

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.099
 will thwart.

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.980
 For consider your

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.759
 calling, brothers.

00:34:01.179 --> 00:34:02.079
 Not many of you

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:03.299
 were wise according

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.799
 to worldly

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:04.379
 standards.

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.339
 Not many were

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:06.039
 powerful.

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.319
 Not many were

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:08.420
 of noble birth.

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.880
 But God chose

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.759
 what is foolish

00:34:10.759 --> 00:34:11.779
 in the world

00:34:11.779 --> 00:34:12.980
 to shame the

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.400
 wise.

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:14.759
 God chose what

00:34:14.759 --> 00:34:15.840
 is weak in the

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.820
 world to shame

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:17.500
 the strong.

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.639
 God chose what

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.500
 is low and

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.460
 despised in the

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:21.299
 world, even

00:34:21.299 --> 00:34:21.960
 things that are

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:23.059
 not to bring to

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:24.099
 nothing things

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:25.179
 that are, so

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:26.059
 that no human

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:27.119
 being might boast

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.940
 in the presence of

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.239
 God.

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.900
 And because of

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:31.299
 him, you are in

00:34:31.299 --> 00:34:32.360
 Christ Jesus who

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:33.619
 became to us

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:35.179
 wisdom from

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:36.679
 God, righteousness

00:34:36.679 --> 00:34:38.159
 and sanctification

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:40.000
 and redemption, so

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.859
 that as it is

00:34:40.859 --> 00:34:41.539
 written, let the

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.839
 one who boasts

00:34:42.839 --> 00:34:44.500
 boast in the

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:44.980
 Lord.

00:34:46.319 --> 00:34:47.799
 Thanks be to

00:34:47.799 --> 00:34:48.159
 God.

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.880
 Are you

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:52.579
 discouraged that

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.400
 you are weak and

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:53.759
 foolish?

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:53.980
 foolish?

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:58.180
 Do you hesitate

00:34:58.180 --> 00:34:59.560
 to come to the

00:34:59.560 --> 00:35:00.500
 banquet of Jesus

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:01.540
 in your filthy

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 sin-ridden rags?

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 Remember, woman

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 wisdom, she calls

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 out to the simple

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 and addresses those

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 who lack sense.

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 She invites us to

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 come eat hover

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 bread, drink of the

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 wine she has mixed.

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 Wisdom calls out

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 from the highest of

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 places to the

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 lowest of sinners.

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 sinners.

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 Consider what God

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 says in Isaiah 57

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 verse 15.

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 I dwell in the

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 high and holy

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 place and also

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 with him who is of

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 a contrite and

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:35.440
 lowly spirit.

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 To revive the

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 spirit of the

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 lowly and to

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 revive the heart

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 of the contrite.

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 This verse tells

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 us that there are

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 two places in

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 the world where

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 the presence of

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 God is especially

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 manifest.

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 First is the

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 high and holy

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 place, God's

00:35:56.379 --> 00:35:57.859
 dwelling place, a

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 heavenly place.

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 Second is within

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 the heart of the

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 contrite and

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 lowly.

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 That's where

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 God dwells.

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 The admission

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 of your lowliness,

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 the admission of

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 your unworthiness,

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 your weakness,

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:18.259
 your sinfulness,

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 forgiveness is

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 not a hindrance

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 to coming into

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 the banquet of

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 the kingdom of

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 God.

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 It is a

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 prerequisite for

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 entry into the

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 banquet of the

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:28.420
 kingdom of God

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 because only those

00:36:29.720 --> 00:36:30.200
 who humble

00:36:30.200 --> 00:36:31.340
 themselves and

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:32.260
 heed the call of

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 wisdom can

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 feast at her

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 life-giving

00:36:35.620 --> 00:36:36.080
 banquet.

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 Let me close

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 by reading the

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 first verse of

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 an old hymn,

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 Come,

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 ye sinners.

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 sinners.

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 Come,

00:36:47.379 --> 00:36:47.940
 ye sinners,

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:49.500
 poor and

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:49.940
 needy,

00:36:50.799 --> 00:36:51.539
 weak and

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:51.940
 wounded,

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 sick and

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:53.859
 sore.

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 Jesus ready

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:57.359
 stands to

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 save you,

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 full of

00:36:59.559 --> 00:36:59.919
 pity,

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 love,

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 and power.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.