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Exodus 34:6 + Proverbs 16:6

Exodus 34:6 + Proverbs 16:6

  Exodus 34:6, “YHWH, YHWH, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness…” Proverbs 16:6, “By steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for…” Final atonement comes when the Holy God revealed on Mt. Sinai shows the fullness of His steadfast love and faithfulness toward His sinful people …

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Proverbs 10:24

Proverbs 10:24

  Proverbs 10:24, “What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.” For God’s graciously chosen, Spirit-filled people, the filling of the universe with the Glory of God through the slain-and-risen Son will be the satisfaction of their deepest desire. But for those enduringly opposed to Him …

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Proverbs 1:7

Proverbs 1:7

  Proverbs 1:7, “The fear of YHWH is the beginning of knowledge.” Our mind truly knows, only if our heart truly fears…And apart from a heart that has been pierced with this blood-bought fear of YHWH, human knowledge of the universe is like an F22 sealed in a cave….impressive, but pointless.

Proverbs 12:18

Proverbs 12:18

  Proverbs 12:18, “There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”   As those created in the image of the one who creates reality by His word, our words also have real power to alter what is around us….especially regarding the internal world of others. …

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Proverbs 9:10

Proverbs 9:10

  Proverbs 9:10, “The fear of YHWH is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.”   The knowledge (intimate, personal knowledge—same word used for the way a husband and wife “know” one another in marital union) the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. By saying that knowledge of …

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Proverbs 8:23

Proverbs 8:23

  Proverbs 8:23, “Ages ago I was set up [or, “poured out”], at the first, before the beginning of the earth.”   The word that the ESV translates as “set up” in verse 23 is used 26 times in the Old Testament and 23 of those times, it has to do with the outpouring of …

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Proverbs 1:20-22

Proverbs 1:20-22

  Proverbs 1:20-22, “Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice; at the head of the noisy street she cries out… ‘How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?’” At first it seems strange that Wisdom would speak to people in the “noisy streets” and “markets” and bustling …

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Proverbs 28:13

Proverbs 28:13

  Proverbs 28:13, “Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them WILL obtain mercy.” There is no sin which—if confessed and forsaken—will not be swallowed up in the mercy of Calvary…..and we ought to show the same mercy that we’ve been shown.

Proverbs 17:3

Proverbs 17:3

  Proverbs 17:3, “The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and YHWH tests hearts.” The crucible and the furnace melt the metals down to liquid so that the dross and slag that were inseparably fused within and throughout the pure metal rise to the surface and can be skimmed off. It …

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Proverbs 9:10

Proverbs 9:10

  Proverbs 9:10, “The fear of YHWH is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.” Many of you probably recognize this, but today’s picture is built on Plato’s famous “analogy of the cave”.  Briefly, the analogy presents a cave in which people sit facing the back wall. The bright …

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