Proverbs Intro

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Dr. J. Vernon McGee

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Lessons learned from Proverbs include: A proverb is a saying that conveys a specific truth in a pointed and pithy way. Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. A proverb is truth couched in a form that is easy to remember, a philosophy based on experience, and a rule for conduct. The key verse is found in the first chapter: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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0:00.0	How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your
0:15.0	faith faith
0:18.0	to the Bible with our teacher
0:20.0	Dr. J. Vernon McGee,
0:21.0	I'm your host Steve Sweets,
0:22.0	and today we're gonna set off on a new journey
0:24.2	through the remarkable Old Testament book of Proverbs. So while you hop
0:28.4	aboard the Bible bus, Greg and I have got some good news about how God is using his
0:32.3	word in home groups in what are really
0:34.6	dangerous places that may surprise you.
0:37.0	Yeah Steve, when you say you want to get the whole word to the whole world, it means everywhere. At least that's our aspiration and we're trying
0:45.2	our best to do that and you end up in some very interesting places and some of them are, I think we just have to call it what it is.
0:53.4	They're strongholds of evil in certain areas of the world,
0:57.6	often under the guise of some form of something called religion.
1:01.2	But it's really actually, you know, it's just a darkness that we're trying to
1:05.8	overcome.
1:06.8	And so today we want to talk about the power of God's word in home groups in places like
1:12.2	Northern India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
1:15.0	Yeah, and here's the first one.
1:16.5	This is a testimony from Northern India in Punjab.
1:19.0	And by the way, India, all countries kind of ebb and flow in terms of their openness and their hostility
1:24.4	towards all things related to the gospel and you can keep India in your prayers because
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