Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and best-selling author Dr. Paul David Tripp connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

In today's episode, Paul introduces us to his brand new Bible study, the gospel, one proverb at a time.

In this first of three segments, Paul talks about why he's choosing to study

the book of Proverbs and how we often misinterpret this incredible book. Here's Paul.

I must say that I have a great sense of blessing and privilege right now.

You know, I'm that I have been chosen by God to do the things that he has called for me to do.

Last year, we walked together through every book of the Bible,

just pulling out the gospel cord in each one of those books,

that in a real way, every portion of scripture teaches the gospel in some way.

And this year, we're going to spend an entire year in the Proverbs. I have a confession to make that

I think for much of my life, I didn't understand the Proverbs at all. And I think that I'm not, I'm not alone.

I would ask you, when you think of this portion of Scripture, the Proverbs, what do you think

is there? I think that Proverbs is one of the most referenced portions of the Word of God, yet maybe one of the

least understood portions of the Word of God.

Here's what, here's I think most people think.

They think of the Proverbs as these utterly isolated little nuggets of God. Here's what, here's I think most people think. They think of the Proverbs as these utterly

isolated little nuggets of wisdom. They're really not connected to anything else. It's like God

just dropped these little diamonds of wisdom down into a pile and you can pick away at them

and hope you get something for your life.

That view of the Proverbs looks at the wisdom in the Proverbs as being sort of mechanical.

It's almost a machine view of wisdom.

You do this and you get this, as if you're winding a watch.

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