proverbs 25b

Post on 20-Jun-2015

191 Views

Category:

Spiritual

0 Downloads

Preview:

Click to see full reader

DESCRIPTION

Gentle persuasion is more effective than harsh words.

TRANSCRIPT

1

Gospel Baptist Tabernacle781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741

Where the Love of God abounds, everyone is

welcome.

Children’s Church taught by Paul and Marsha

Davis during preaching.

www.rossvillechurch.com

Nov 12, 2014

2

Proverbs 25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

(NIV) 15 Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

Patience and gentle words are far more effective means of persuasion,

Than losing your temper and harsh words.

3

This kind of angry words will start a fight, but they end with nothing accomplished.

There is no persuasion going on.

4

16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. 17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

These two verses go together:

Too much honey will make you sick, and too much time at your neighbor’s house will make him sick.

God is the exception to this.

He wants us to come to Him, the more often the better.

5

Overdoing anything can create problems.

Philippians 4 5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

Temperance, which is self-restraint, is produced in us by the Holy Spirit.

We can live a life of godly moderation.

6

Temperance

7

18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Again and again we are admonished to be

honest and straight-forward.Don’t lie about anything, but especially don’t

tell lies on someone.

Hurtful!

8

19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

1 Corinthians 1 9 God is faithful, by Whom ye were called unto the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

We are His children; let us be faithful.

9

20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

Romans 12 15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

10

21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: 22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

Sometimes a person’s fire went out and he needed to borrow some live coals to restart his fire. Giving a person coals in a pan to carry home “on his head” was a neighborly, kind act; it made friends, not enemies.

The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures by Dallas Seminary Faculty.

11

Romans 5 8 But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

The Lord didn’t wait to see what we would do.

He died to save us, whether we accepted His sacrifice or not.

12

James 4 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

God loves even His enemies; He loves even those who choose a life of sin over Him.

We need to be as generous as our Father.

top related