Proverbially Speaking

Categories: Church of Christ Bulletin Articles

In the 2010, volume 48, number 4 edition of The Sword and Staff publication, comes the following proverbs of wisdom (appropriate Scriptures and related articles have been added):

I wouldn‘t miss heaven for the world, would you? (1 John 2:15-17; cf. 1 Corinthians 7:31; 1 Peter 1:24).

We need to simply trust Him when life becomes complex and out of control (Proverbs 3:5-6).

We should live right because it is the right thing to do; we should be good for goodness sake, not for some selfish motive like the devil accused Job of (Job 1:8-11); we should serve God because God is God, and we are man (Psalm 8:4; Hebrews 2:6).

Spending much time on our knees keeps us in good standing before God (1 Thessalonians 5:17; cf. Ephesians 6:11-18 – note vs. 18).

Eve understood God’s command was not only to not eat of the forbidden fruit (Genesis 2:16-17), but to not touch it either (Genesis 3:2-3); all that was a detriment to keeping the command, was implied in the prohibition.

There is not anything in life that does not have a religious implication (Acts 17:22-28).

If pain and sorrow were not anticipated to be a part of our lives as mortals, why did God make us with the capacity to weep and shed tears? (even Jesus wept – John 11:35).

When stripped naked of the things of the world, like Job, we see who we really are (Job 1:13-22).

If you kill time, you are murdering opportunities (Ephesians 5:15-17; Colossians 4:5; cf. Gal. 6:10).