 Good morning everyone. Welcome to today's session. The book of problems recording is on. I hope each of us had a good weekend. Even before we could begin with our class. Let's start with a word of prayer. Jeffina, you will lead us in prayer. Dear Heavenly Father, we come here in the name of Jesus. Thank you for this beautiful day and for the beautiful class that we are about to have. I thank you for everyone who is attending the class. I thank you for the health. I thank you for the great minds that you have given us this morning. Father, as we listen to this class that your Holy Spirit filled us, that your understanding filled us. Every time when we listen to this, let us apply it in our life and let us live as an example to all the people who are around us. Let us shine the light that the God has given us. God be with us and guide us, fill us with knowledge and wisdom. I pray for everyone who is attending. I pray that this class will be a blessing to our life. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen. Thank you. Thank you. Well, today we are going to study on the book of problems before we could just present the slide. Let us keep on notes and our Bible is ready. Here I can see this. So the book of problems is a book, something that instructs us how to live our life wisely. Have you ever met somebody who was just full of wisdom? And you know, maybe an elderly person at home, a grandfather or grandma, we would just love being around them just because they would tell us amazing stories. The truth about life when they went through their life experience with us and we would always love to be around them to listen to their stories. So the book of problems is something to do about wisdom, where it imparts a wisdom from our history where we can apply it in our life. So far in the Bible, as we started a number of weeks ago, we started to learn from the book of Genesis, the very first book of the Bible. So we went on, you know, we went through it from Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and all of these books tells us the real story, the story of God. How God created people and how the mankind fell and then how God begins with the mission to reach back to them and bring them back. So that's the big story. But once we get to the book of problems, it changes. There's a change. It does not deal with God's covenant or temple or about Moses or law or about the land. But here it talks about wisdom. It talks about how a human, a man should live, how he can change his life. So the book of Proverbs along with book of Proverbs, we also will be studying Ecclesiastas and Song of Songs or the Song of Solomon. And these are the book, which is a wisdom literature where we can learn wisdom, which can be applied to our daily living. So the book of Proverbs helps with that. So the main idea of this book is Godly wisdom, which is highly valuable and very necessary for our living and a successful life. And it's available for everyone who seeks it. That's what we see in James chapter one verse five. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God who's the source of all wisdom and he gives us liberally. You know, when we seek God, he gives us wisdom liberally. So that's what we will be learning through the book of Proverbs. So as long as we define the word successfully. So when we read this book, when we take the wisdom from this book, we can lead our life successfully. So when we define this word successfully is available for everyone who ever seeks it. So hopefully, you and I, you know, get the right kind of wisdom as we study the book of Proverbs. And the structure of this Proverbs as, you know, if I say a little bit of the structure, it has about 31 chapters in the book of Proverbs. And that, and that's the reason why a lot of people read, you know, read one chapter a day. So throughout the month, they get to read each chapter a day. So for example, today in Proverbs 11 and tomorrow being 12, we would read Proverbs 12. So like that, we would be covering all 31 chapters in a month. The month which has 31 days. So as we meditate on this wise saying every day, yes, we tend to become wiser. We tend to intentionally apply those wisdom in our life, in our day to day life. And we would be much more watchful in leading our life. Okay, now let's turn to the book of Proverbs, which says the Proverbs itself named in a Latin word, which means for words. So the book of Proverbs, along with the other books of Job, Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon is called the Wisdom Literature from the Hebrew Old Testament. So the book of Proverbs may be considered as a manual script for practical rules for our daily living for all ages and for all conditions of men. So the key word in the book of Proverbs is wisdom, the ability to live a life skillfully, which is very important. And throughout this book, when we see in verse 7, Proverbs chapter 1 verse 7, can one of us please turn to Proverbs chapter 1 verse 7 and read. Proverbs chapter 1 verses 7, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge but fools despise wisdom and discipline. Can you also read Proverbs 9, 10? Chapter 9 verse 10, yes. They will be garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck. My son. Is that Proverbs 9 verse 10? Can I read? Chapter 9. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. Thank you. Thank you. So we always been studying about the fear of the Lord. So the fear of the Lord is what brings us knowledge. When we read Proverbs 1, 7 says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge and in Proverbs 9, 10 it says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, knowledge and the understanding. So all we need is the fear of the Lord and which is the essence of all human for wisdom. So the proverb applies the principle of God's teaching to our whole life, to our relationship, to our work, at home. It gives us ability to make decisions and it changes our attitude, reaction and everything man does and says about it in our everyday life. So the book begins with a design, with an introduction. When we turn to chapter 1, chapter 1 to 9, it links to the book of the first Kings of Solomon where we read that Solomon, you know, asked God for wisdom to lead Israel well. And we see that later in the chapter that God granted his request and in Solomon became known as the wisest man in the ancient world. And we're also told that in first King that, you know, he has written thousands of Proverbs and poems and collected knowledge about the plants and animals. Look like Solomon was the fountain head or the source of wisdom those days in Israel's wisdom literature. So just like Psalms, Proverbs also has multiple individuals as the author. But then Solomon was uniquely qualified to serve as the principal author because it says that, you know, first 29 chapters were written by Solomon and it has also been recorded in Proverbs chapter 1 and chapter 10 and chapter 25 that Solomon was the author. But then the last two chapters, chapter 30 and 31 are been written by the non-Jewish people. So chapter 30 was written by Eger and chapter 31 was written by a non-Jewish King Lemuel. Lemuel and he talks about his mom's wisdom and we will study it much later as we go through the chapters. So the very purpose of writing the book of Proverbs is the knowledge. Knowledge is nothing more than an accumulation of the raw facts, but wisdom is the ability to apply that knowledge that we gain in the right place at the right time to see how we can answer or react to people or how we conduct ourselves in different events and situations of our life and, you know, with the help of God, of course. So in the book of Proverbs, Solomon reveals the mind of God in matter high or low or in common. And then we also studied the book of Kings. We saw how Solomon with his wisdom gave the right judgment to the people who walked into him and he was admired for his great wisdom. We saw the kings and queens from different places sought Solomon for his wisdom. They got the clarification. They seek this help. And we also saw because of his wisdom, yes, God has blessed him with that wisdom. And because of that, God also gave peace around his kingdom that during the rule and reign of Solomon, there was not any war. There was peace and he had a good relationship with the other kings as well because of the wisdom that he carried with him, which was a gift given by God. So unlike him, even when we seek God, even we can gain that wisdom so that we can conduct our daily life, our personal conduct, any kind of relationship that we interact on our daily life can be conducted in a much well manner with God's wisdom. So when we study chapter one, we see from chapter one to nine, it gives us an introduction. Proverbs gives us an introduction and about the knowledge, the wisdom of God. In Hebrew word for knowledge, it is called as kakma means much more than just a mental activity. It was the first action also for a man to conduct himself with godly wisdom. So skillfully, if we think we need knowledge, but we need knowledge. Along with that knowledge, we also need wisdom to apply that knowledge in the right place. So when we see the book of Exodus, God did give this knowledge to the person initially in the time of Moses when they had to build the tabernacle and they had to make the equipments like the Ark of the Covenant or many other things for the tabernacle. So God gave this knowledge for the craftsmen to make those, to chesil the Ark of the Covenant, to make the cherubim, seraphim and many other things which God instructed. And God gave that knowledge and the wisdom. So in the same way, when we fear God and when we seek God, God gives us that knowledge and he also gives us the wisdom. So that's what we learn from the book of Proverbs. When we fear God, when we fear God, we increase in our learning. We increase in our learning and when we increase in our learning, he also gives us the knowledge, the wisdom and the understanding that is needed for us to live in a daily life. So now the fear is not about that terror it talks about, but in a healthy sense of reverence for God and about his wisdom. And also the scripture says when we humble ourselves and God gives us the wisdom and he exalts us in his timing. So in chapter 1 to 9, it contains many short one-liner proverb that we find there are some 10 speeches about father writing to a son. He writes like, you know, in chapter 1 verse 8, we see that listen my son to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching. So unlike that, you know, there are many short saying like son should listen to the wisdom and cultivate the fear of the Lord and how he can live accordingly, which means a life of virtue, integrity, generosity, all of which leads to a success and peace. So we see that so the father also warns his son about the folly, the evil and silly decisions that will breed selfishness and, you know, selfishness and pride, which would in turn ruin his life and bring shame to him. So the son should make a pursuit of wisdom and have this fear of the Lord with his greatest goal in life. And this way of thinking forms the moral logic from the entire book. So we can, as we read this, we can also get our life orchestrated in that way. So these speeches about father giving to the son, it's like God instructing us as well. When we read it, you know, we gain wisdom to conduct our life in a rightful manner. Yeah. So as we read from chapter 1 to 9, we see there are four poems about the lady wisdom. Yeah, the wisdom is a feminine word. So yeah, we see the wisdom has been politically personified as a woman who calls out to humanity to pay attention and to seek her. So the wisdom says that she is woven into a fabric of the universe. And so wherever you see people making a wise decision, they are relying on the wisdom. So we see someone being generous or having integrity and upholding justice in their life. So they are drawing the wisdom, they are drawing wisdom. So the lady wisdom poem here, which is a creative poetic way of exploring the idea that we live in God's moral universe. And so fearing the Lord is a right way to live in our lives so that we can be wisdom from God. And now together these two sets of speeches from the father to the son and from the lady wisdom, where we can draw the wisdom, actual wisdom to lead our life claims, powerfully claims this book as a wisdom literature. So with that we will move on to this slide, I guess. Take you to the second slide. So here we see how the book has been structured. Purpose of this problems are been given in chapter one. And we also see the theme, the introduction and the commendation of the wisdom. And then father's instruction we see from chapter one to chapter nine, we see father giving instruction to the son or the proverbs to the youth. You can see that. And along with it from there, from chapter one to chapter 29, we see the principles of wisdom or the councils of wisdom, which is mostly written by Solomon. It's the first collection of Solomon from chapter 10 to 24. Again, the second collection of Solomon we see from chapter 25 to 29. And yeah, we see the words of Eger in chapter 30, and then words of Lemuel about the virtuous wife. He's been inspired by his mom and he writes in chapter 31 about that. And that's the also the conclusion of the book. And this book is believed to be written in Judah in the time period of 950 to 700 BC. And there's also some of the comparison when we read through our notes, we will see comparison between Proverbs and Psalms. Well, the main author of this book is Solomon. And there we saw the main author that is most of the books we contributed from King David. And in Proverbs, we see believers living through and here we see believers praying and worshiping in the book of Psalms. In Proverbs, we see the life before men. In Psalms, we see the heart towards God. Give me a minute, please. Sorry about it. Okay, so we see love toward men and love toward God. And we see the practical wisdom and Proverbs and song of devotion in Psalms. And in Proverbs, we see the Hebrew wisdom. In Psalms, we see the Hebrew worship. And so in the next section, that is from chapter 10 to 29, we see about the Solomon's speeches where we find hundreds of ancient Proverbs. And they apply wisdom in fear of the Lord, fear of the Lord to every life topic you could imagine. So we can apply this to our life, our work, our neighborhood, friendship, sex, marriage, money, anger or forgiveness. It can be various things. And these are all filtered through the value system of Proverbs 1 to 9. And these Proverbs, they are all pretty short, one line, easy to memorize. And actually this section of the book is meant to become a reference work that we could come across time and time again through the years, which raises some important issues in learning how we can apply this Proverbs in our life. And as we read this, Proverbs are by nature about probabilities. If we fear the Lord, we will make the right decisions. We can lead our life, we can make good choices in our life. And if we do not have fear, we will end up making wrong decisions. And that may take our life into some danger. So with this, we will move on to the next. So the book of Proverbs are not also the promises, but they are not formulas also to have a successful living. But then some Proverbs, for example, the fear of the Lord prolongs our life, but years of the wicked are cut short. Or we can also see this verse saying that train up a child in the way they should go. And then when they are whole, they will not turn from it. So these are the certain things which we can take it and we can apply it in our life. Due to the week in a network signal, I would just put our video off so that there will be any connectivity problem. Is that okay class? Yes, ma'am. Sorry. So yes. So fearing God being a moral person will most likely lead to a better, longer life. And raising up kids that stable, loving home does set them well. So we can trust God in these areas. So what are our Proverbs says in this area like trusting God, fearing God, and teaching the children about how they need to go at the early age. These are some of the applied and proven principles that we can take it from this. So a lot of things can often go wrong in our world. And also lastly, Proverbs by nature, making us to focus on the general rule, which would be many as we read it. And there are some exceptions with other wisdom books like Job, Ecclesiastas or the song of Solomon. But together they acknowledge that life is too complex for simple formulas. Which is why we all need the wisdom books together to get a bigger picture of our life and how we can lead our life. So with this, it leads us to the section of chapter 30 and 31. So these two chapters are two large sections of this book. And chapter 30, as I said, it has been written by Agar, who begins by acknowledging his own ignorance and folly and his great need for God's wisdom. So Agar is the only prayer in Proverbs who asks God to make his content with a humble life, make his life content and how to lead a humble life. And he also asks God, Lord, I don't want to become poor nor be too rich because both will take my heart away from God. So he is asking God, God, give me your wisdom so that I can lead my life with humility and not have pride in it. And we also see Agar agrees with Apostle Paul who said, God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise and God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. So our world does not believe this as our world values strength, power and also competency or the very least appearance of those kind of things. But God has determined to destroy the wisdom of the world. So he has chosen to use things like the simple man or sometimes the broken man untalented. But God picks those men and he gives them the skill, he gives them the talent, he nurtures them, he gives them the wisdom and he lifts them up. Why? To nullify the things that are around us so that we do not boast on ourselves with our skills, with our talent, but we give glory to God. So we see here that, you know, we see that Agar is asking God, God, I depend on you for your wisdom, for your guidance. And he's also lifting it as a prayer. Lord, help me to be content in my life that I may give you the glory. So we see that Agar discovers that the divine wisdom is everything and he needs it and it's been given in the scripture and he teaches to live well. And so Agar puts a model, he sets himself as a model to the readers of Proverbs. Somebody who was always open to God, asking God for his wisdom and also being the humble front of God and saying, God, I'm contented with what you have blessed me with and I give you all the glory. So this is something that we can learn from Agar. And with this, we will move on to the last chapter, chapter 31, which is written by a non-Israelite king, Lemuel, and he passes on the wisdom that was given to him by his mom. So it's a guidance for being a wise and a chess reader. So this poem, each line begins with a new letter of a Hebrew alphabet and the entire poem is about women of a noble character. So it depicts a woman who lives according to the wisdom of Proverbs and stands like a model of someone who takes God's wisdom and then translates it into practical decisions and everyday at life. So we see that at work or at home in a family and in a community, how she conducts herself, how she applies the wisdom of God and nurtures every area. She tries to be excellent in every area and she stands as an example. So this is what King Lemuel has seen his mom and learned from his mom. So he writes how strong women can be. So the book opened with the words from a father to a son and about listening and in between we see listening to Lady Wisdom. And now we see the book closes by offering the words of a mother to a son about a woman who lives wisely. So the book of Proverbs is for every person in every season of a life where we can draw wisdom and apply it to our life. So I think it's like a guidebook for our everyday living. So we can also live our life wisely and which also would be pleasing God in a daily life. And I also see that every chapter, every chapter in the book of Proverbs is so very important. We cannot miss on anything. So I will leave the class open where as you I'm sure each of us would have read. I'm sure each of us would have read through this book of Proverbs from chapter one to 31. I would request each one to share your inspiration from the book of Proverbs. What is that as touched you? You can read that word and you can just share a little bit about what has touched you. So I keep this open to the class to share your views so we all can learn together. Because this book is about our practical learning, how we have applied the book of Proverbs in our life and what has helped us. Okay, let's start with the Divya. Divya, you would like to share any words from the book of Proverbs that inspired you? Sure, sure. There are so many actually. Especially I love Proverbs 3, 5 to 7. Words say it's about trusting the Lord and not to be wise in your own eyes. Fear the Lord and just commit your plans to Him and He will make all your paths straight. I love that words very much. Also I love what it says in Proverbs 6, I think it's about the six things that God hates. Yeah, so I was just, you know, the list of things. It's a good list to look back and reflect on ourselves, whether we are, you know, sometimes falling into any of those categories. You can list those as we read so that it will benefit our whole class. Yeah, sure. Yeah, Proverbs 6, 16 to 19 says, there are six things the Lord hates. Seven that are detestable to Him. Hotty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood. A heart that devises wicked schemes. Feet that are quick to rush into evil. A false witness who pours out lies. And a person who stirs up conflict in the community. Yeah, yeah, so this one and also this, the very words that we first read. That's the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge. So I used to think what is the fear of the Lord. And whenever I read a job as well as Noah, it talks about them that they were blameless and walked before the Lord uprightly. So that's the characteristic of a person who fears the Lord. Yeah, so I just love how, you know, we can look into different characters in the Bible and see these these wise sayings being emulated in their lives. Yeah, yeah. So in fact, even Proverbs 31. I really love that. Charm is deceptive beauty is fleeting. Yeah. Love all those verses. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Divina. Thank you. Yes. Elisha, would you like to share? We'll have three or four people share. Elisha, Brother Lubega, John, Nicky, Rosalind, Jeffina, Rubika, anyone, please go ahead. One of the verses which I like is power 16 verse seven. When the man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. Very, very important, isn't it? Thanks, John, for sharing that. That was which verse? Proverbs 16 verse seven. Verse seven, yes. And the man's ways pleases the Lord. He makes even his enemies to be at peace with them. And this is a very much practical saying that which happened to Solomon. He had peace during his reign. Praise God. Next. Please go ahead. Proverbs three, five, six. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge him and he will make straight your paths. Make your paths straight. Most of the time, actually, we are confused about the future. But these words actually encourage that, okay, we should and we must trust in the Lord with all our heart. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Brother. Next. Okay. We have Anita, anyone in the class? Okay. I would also like to share on the, I would also like to share on the Proverbs 10, 12. Which was about love that covers all sins. I believe that as believers, when we should love, it is the love of God for humanity that brought Jesus Christ to us from the penalty and the guilt of sin. In the same way, we must demonstrate love to our fellow men, so that we will not count their many offenses or sin against them. So Proverbs is a book that Jesus has wisdom. And one of the greatest wisdom that Jesus has is to love people and love all men, so that we will not count their sin against them. Thank you. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Lysha, for sharing that. Brega Lupega, Jeffina, Sid, Roslyn. Ma'am, I would like to read from the verse that always encourages me is Proverbs chapter four verse 20, 21, 22. Like it says, my son, give attention to my words, incline your ears to my sayings, do not let them depart from your eyes, keep them in the midst of your heart, so they are life to those who find them and helps to all their flesh. Having read this, there are times when I do fail. Like whenever I have a tough time, I fail in obeying the word of God. Like I do come back to the scripture and remind myself again what I have to do. Put away from you a deceitful mouth and put perverse lips far from you. Let your eyes look straight ahead and your eyelids look right before you. You know, a really proverb encourages me. I don't see that I'm a perfect woman, but then yes, whenever I fail, I do come back and remind myself all the scriptures. Thank you. Bless this scripture. Also remind us of Joshua chapter one eight, something similar there. It says Joshua one eight says this book of law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on a day and night that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. But then you will make your way prosperous and you will have good success. And here it says my son, give attention to my words. Incline your ear to my saying, do not let them depart from your eyes. Keep them in midst of your heart for there are life to those who find them and held to all their flesh. So when we read God's word, the scripture. The scripture actually keeps us, you know, it gives us the fear of God. That means God is watching over us and we need to lead our life. You know, watchful of what is right, what pleases God, what delights him. So when we being mindful of God and you know, lead a life in the way that pleases God, it actually brings life to us and health and healing to our flesh. And also in book of Joshua one eight, it says it will also gives us success in our life. Yes. Thank you, Rosalind. Next. Anyone else would like to share. Okay. With this, we will move on. Yes, Breville Obiga, please go ahead. As far as I'm concerned, I look at Proverbs seven, verse one, which says my son, keep my words and the treasure of my commandments within you. And when you look at that, it means when I was reading somewhere before going to this course, you can see that King Solomon got like three books, not maybe in itatality, but because there are almost three of them which are attributed to him. I look at songs of Solomon that he might have sung, or that might have wrote during the, when he was still a youth. And you see Proverb, when he's an aged man and a middle-aged man, and we look at exasperates or the preacher, when he's very old. So you look at here, he was giving his son, telling his son that my son, keep my words and the treasure of my commandments within you. Meaning that if you really do what I'm telling you, do not pass through the bazaar of the things that I pass through as a youth. That's why I take in this scripture. So I also tell my daughters that my daughters keep my words and the treasure of my commandments within you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Very important. Thank you so much for sharing that with me. We also see the Book of Proverbs asking us or encouraging us. Okay. Encouraging us to embrace wisdom. When we embrace wisdom, we embrace God who's the source of all wisdom. And with that wisdom, we can lead our life pleasing to God with all awareness. And, you know, we will also be a leader life and we will find success in our life. With that, I would like to play a short video which narrates the story of the Book of Proverbs. One of your please confirm if the audio is clear. The Book of Proverbs gives us a vision of the past. Thank you. The life that's represented by the image. One is named the lady wisdom. She leads all who will listen to the word. The other is named Lady Full. Her lives are calling people off wisdom's path to come. Commiss should remind us of the beginning of the Bible in the Book of Genesis. God in his wisdom created a garden and put two trees within it. One was the tree of life which had fruit that would keep you near God and eternally alive. The other was the tree of knowledge which had fruit that was desirable to the eyes and even promised to make you wise. But in the end, its fruit would only cause you to die. The first to face this paradigm were who were told to let God's wisdom define what is wrong and what is right. To trust wisdom's voice, to listen to wisdom's words so that thereby they too would become wise. Through wisdom they would live with God and eat from the tree of life. But there was another voice in the garden by the tree of knowledge that did not speak wisdom but spoke lies. It was the voice of the serpent that called the gardener to die and taught them to question the voice of wisdom, taught them to listen to their own truth, to define their own versions of wrong and right. And this was the voice of sin, the voice of the enemy. This was the voice of Lady Fawn. Adam and Eve turned their backs on God, on wisdom, and therefore on life. They turned toward Bolly, toward sin which opened up the door for them to die. So they were separated from God who is the source of life. They were separated from the tree that would keep them alive. The point of Proverbs then is to get us back in to the garden, back to life, back to Eden. And Proverbs does this by trying to teach us to listen to the voice of Lady Wisdom. And the primary way Proverbs seeks to prune our ears to Wisdom's voice and then our eyes is with short simple sayings that play out God's wisdom in everyday life so that we can see in everyday things what God's ways look like and what they look like is life, what they look like is vitality. What it looks like to be wise is to have joy, favor, and immortality. What it looks like to live with wisdom is to be back in the garden of Eden. Which is why in Proverbs Lady Wisdom is not just giving good advice. She is leading those who will listen to the tree of life. Alongside the way of life found beside nearly every wise proverb line we find the way to death also being described. She is called adulterous, forbidden, wayward, lady folly. Her speech is smoother than oil, her lips drip with honey. She lures people away with her faint promises of pleasure, ease, and fame. But her path only and always leads to the grave. Just like what happened to Adam and Eve when they turned into the forbidden tree any time we try to define what is good and right in our own eyes any time we try to find the pleasure in places God wisely denies any time we try to live contrary to what is wise we take the forbidden fruit and swallow folly's lies. Any time we try to find a way to live apart from God we only find our own demise and that is because we are trying to live apart from the tree of life. Which is why we all die because doing right is not our default position. We as humans don't naturally listen to the voice of Lady Wisdom. So when we meet her in Proverbs she is not some quaint quiet teacher instead she's begging people to listen like some wild street preacher. Proverbs shows us a picture of Lady Wisdom crying loudly along our paths and in public squares trying to snatch people before they fall into folly's snare. She says if anyone would turn to listen she would pour her thoughts into them and they would know Wisdom but no one pays attention to this wise rhetoricition. And so instead of pouring out wisdom the foolish will get disaster and distress instead of receiving the tree of life all who follow folly choose the path of death. God's wisdom would triumph over folly because wisdom would come in the flesh. Wisdom would move beyond the words and sayings of Proverbs to take on life and breath. Wisdom would be a human the voice of God would be like us so that we could encounter wisdom in the person of Jesus. Jesus is wisdom in the flesh he is Proverbs made alive. He walked on actual paths and spoke in actual squares to show us the actual way to life. He walked the path of the wise which no one else was able to tread. He refused the snares of falling by which everyone had been despite the death for my trust in the life Jesus lived and the tree on which he died we can escape the final. We all approach this path we all face this choice to follow the ease of Lady folly or intently listen for Wisdom's voice. The difference now is that Jesus does what Proverbs said, bring wisdom with him for those who listen to her counsel and for those who adhere it. Jesus comes to force like us and pours his wisdom into us through his spirit. Wisdom has come near us what used to be a distant voice has now come inside for the spirit of wisdom by which Jesus lived, died and was made alive is the same spirit guiding those who trust Jesus down the path to the tree of life. So in Proverbs 8 you see that wisdom is personified and seen in perfection. It is a divine and this wisdom has been incarnated in Christ in whom are all hidden treasures of wisdom and knowledge. We see that Paul writing in the book of Colossians chapter 23 that you know the hidden treasure the hidden in whom are all hidden all treasures of wisdom and knowledge is through Christ and also we see Paul writing in the book of Corinthians 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 22 to 24 and also in verse 30 you see that by his doing you are in Christ Jesus who became to us wisdom from God and righteousness and sanctification and redemption. So we see that Christ becoming our wisdom and when we have Jesus with us we have the source of all wisdom with us. So Jesus guides us in the right way when we seek him. We see Jesus and so we see wisdom is Jesus on the cross and we see how God himself completely humiliated and the world will look at him as maybe the foolishness for sending his only begotten son but then while the message of the cross is foolishness that is to the one who are perishing but to us who are believers it is been saved it is the power of God and the wisdom of God for the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom and the weakness of God is stronger than the human strength for anyone willing to accept Jesus must leave their pride so that we can humble ourselves unto God. We also see in the book of Proverbs we see that while ants have a storehouse and they admire the locus organization and lizards slit are impressive but they are nothing when compared to the resurrection power of Jesus in the life of those who are humble and we see their lives being transformed. So may the Holy Spirit open our eyes to see God's wisdom which is hidden in this world that you know through this wisdom the humility and as we receive Jesus as a Lord and Savior and we see the Jesus wisdom in us working in and through us when we seek him we can draw this wisdom from Jesus who is living in us because the scripture says that Jesus is abiding in us we are one with him in one in spirit so when we are one with him when we are one in the spirit Jesus is the source of all wisdom and we each of us have access for this wisdom so the book of Proverbs talks about the wisdom the godly wisdom and as we are the New Testament believer when we have received Jesus as a Lord and Savior we have this wisdom within us so with that confident we can lead our life we can lead our life with the confirmation that we have Jesus abiding with us we have the spirit of wisdom with us where we can increase in that every day as we depend on him so this is all about the book of Proverbs yeah open to class if you would like to share add on before we could end this class somewhere I see a question from Sid who is King Lemuel only in this chapter we get to read him yes King Lemuel and Agar are mysterious person we don't get to read about the background before but then only in the book of Proverbs whatever they have written has been recorded but not much about them said okay can I request one of us to please dismiss us with a word of prayer please yes Sid please go ahead Father by the grace of God by the power of the Holy Ghost we come to your presence Lord thank you for the session Lord as we today we have learned from the book of Proverbs Lord your son Samuel wrote with the wisdom Lord you gave him wisdom Lord we want Lord to be a some part of that wisdom to be given to us Lord Lord whatever we have done Lord whatever the idols in the Bible Lord whatever the icons in the Bible have done Lord whatever we should be learning from their achievement and their failures Lord the mistake they have done in their life Lord we should be not be repeating the same mistakes Lord guide us Lord whatever we are learning Lord here thank you for the opportunity you have given us thank you for the teacher thank you for the session we thank you we acknowledge the Lord all the things you have given to us Lord in Jesus name we pray amen amen thank you Sid I'm also sharing the link for this video if anyone would like to go back and watch on this video you can thank you so much God bless you all tomorrow with the next book goodness thank you thank you yes ma'am I just wanted to know in the assignment if there if a person is preparing a presentation is there is a number of limit that only this muscle number of a slide should be there or something like that there is no nothing like that Sid you can just prepare and upload it on the Google Classroom okay thank you ma'am I just wanted to know that thank you goodness