The Bible In A Year 219
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Proverbs 7-8, Acts 6
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Proverbs 8:8 All the words of my mouth are righteous;
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Does anyone have any thoughts or insight on Solomon writing Proverbs and Song of Solomon etc, while seemingly living a life contradictory to them? I find it confusing and seemingly hypocritical that he was the wisest man to ever live and wrote the book about holy love (S of S) yet he had something like 700 hundred wives & 300 concubines. And I was just thinking about it again reading about the adulteress, that he was not faithful to one woman. I know this is all God speaking really, but I was just wondering if anyone else was wrestling with this, or had any insight. :)
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I don’t know if this is the correct answer or the right way to look at things but the way I see it is that we may know right from wrong – and could even write about it- but that doesn’t mean we will always be able to live that way. I know stealing is wrong but I know I’ve stolen things as a child. I know that lying is wrong and I’ve lied. It doesn’t mean I didn’t ask for forgiveness, or repented or that I’m a bad person, and I can tell my children not to do those things and I don’t think that makes me a hypocrite. While Solomon did make some huge mistakes (and didn’t repent from them- like his wives), we don’t know the status of his heart. He may have had the knowledge but that doesn’t mean he always had the strength or courage to do the right things. Does that make sense? Sorry, I have three kids under five and my four month old is stealing my sleep ;)
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I have had that same feeling. Why does he even have writings in the bible since he lived so far outside some of the commandments? But I think it is because he asked God for wisdom and that is what we are to see and learn from in his writings. His writings are God inspired for lessons to us. Ultimately his pride, selfishness, arrogance and lust caused his demise. I wonder what his struggles must have been to know that though he was using the gift of wisdom God gave him in his writing he was unable to apply them to his life? (Yikes! We read God’s word and have trouble applying it to our lives) Here is a link to some thoughts on Solomon: http://biblehub.com/topical/s/solomon.htm
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My assumption was that he had written them before he strayed from God.
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The theme for Song of Solomon is Christ (Beloved) and us/Bride of Christ (Shulamite) relationship.
Our Spiritual gifts are irrevocable because they’re not for us and are utilized for God’s purposes to edify, encourage, comfort, etc to others. Though, we or Solomon didn’t always live what he preached, God still kept Solomon/us for His mission. We have the choice to either repent or be dealt with later.
Solomon was a king and preacher and most of Solomon’s writing is meant to serve as wisdom and warnings for us. Lots was written towards the end of his life so he’s basically saying after reminiscing that there isn’t anything in this world that will fill our voids…BUT ONLY GOD! He had every material thing & no peace because he tried to worship God & his idols (all he put before God).
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Proverbs 8:12 “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
and I find knowledge and discretion.”
Wisdom-Father, please lead me to find the wisdom to speak and act with discretion. -
“FOR WISDOM IS BETTER THAN JEWELS AND ALL THAT YOU MAY DESIRE CANNOT COMPARE WITH HER.” — Prov. 8:11 This is just fabulous. Seek Him and seek His Truth!!
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This reminds me of how the noble wife is described in Proverbs 31:10! What an cool connection!
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22 “The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work,
the first of his acts of old.
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7And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
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God is great!
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Love chapter 8! Wisdom enables us to know the difference between what gives life and what leads to death (proverbs 8:35-36)
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32 “And now, O sons, listen to me:
blessed are those who keep my ways.
33 Hear instruction and be wise,
and do not neglect it.
34 Blessed is the one who listens to me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting beside my doors.
35 For whoever finds me finds life
and obtains favor from the Lord,
36 but he who fails to find me injures himself;
all who hate me love death.”
I’m really enjoying proverbs, these verses jump out at me.
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