← A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace
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Welcome to A Year in the Bible with daily grace. This year we want to spend a few minutes with you every day walking through our study Christ in All of Scripture. Each week we will dive deeply into two passages of Scripture, one from the Old Testament and one from the new, seeing how they connect and point to Jesus. Whether you are doing the study yourself or just following along with us here, we are hopeful that through studying these passages each week, you will see how Christ is not only present throughout the entire Biblical story, but but the center of it. Hey, friends, welcome back to Year in the Bible. My name is Alexa and I'm joined by my co host for the week, Scott. Hey, Alexa, Yesterday we talked about the annotation day on Proverbs 1:7, and now we want to go deeper into what we can learn from Proverbs 1:7. So to help us out, Scott, can you share with us where this passage fits in the story of Scripture?
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Sure. So Proverbs is part of what we'd call the wisdom literature of the Bible. And Proverbs is concerned with what it looks like to live well in the world God has made. A good portion of this book is credited to King Solomon, though many other authors contributed to it as well, some perhaps living centuries after Solomon. And a lot of the book is made up of these short, memorable sayings that again, show us best how to live. And I think it's important to remember something about Proverbs, which is that proverbs, just as a category, are best seen as general truths and not necessarily promises from God. And we have our own Proverbs in modern life too. You think of an apple a day keeps the doctor away, right? Are we saying that if you literally do that, eat an apple a day, you'll never ever have to go to the doctor? No, it's just kind of a general truth that if you eat healthy, take care of yourself, that should result not always, but in less visits to the doctor. Of course, there are exceptions, and we see that in this book too. Like Proverbs where it says, train up a child in the way they will go, and when they're old, they will not depart from it. That's a general truth, but not necessarily a promise. And I think that's important to remember. I think it's also interesting just to point out a lot of these instructions in Proverbs aren't explicitly religious. Like in Proverbs 6, we're told to look at ants and learn important lessons from them for our own lives. And those are observations anyone in the world could Make. But even still, passages like what we talked about yesterday, Proverbs 1:1:7, which Serve to introduce the entire book, remind us that we live in a world made by God. And so even as we go about our everyday tasks, Proverbs reminds us to go about them mindful of our Creator.
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That's super helpful, Scott. I think it's just, it's really important to know that context because it's, it's easy to open up Proverbs and be a little confused by his language. So knowing that Proverbs is speaking about general truths helps us to look for those truths, like look for the principle in the passage that the author is speaking about and let that kind of drive, like the main, the main meaning and interpretation. So that's super helpful. Okay, what about God's character? Do we see anything about God's character in Proverbs 1:7?
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Something I really enjoyed about this day, day two of the study, is the definition of wisdom and folly at the very end. So wisdom being the ability to think and live in a godly and flourishing way, and then folly, the quality of seeking one's own will and despising correct instruction. And I mentioned this yesterday, but wisdom here in the Bible is a moral category. It's not just one's ability to speak these short, memorable quotes, but when we look at the qualities listed out in the first seven verses of Proverbs that we're meant to emulate, like righteousness and justice and integrity. I think this reminds us that Proverbs is calling us to act like God. Like we're to be righteous because God is righteous. We're to be just because God is just. And so a wise life is a godly life. And so whenever we do read Proverbs and we're given these instructions on how to live, I think it's also worth asking, okay, how is the lifestyle being described here reflect who God is? Like, how is the life I'm being called to live right now mirroring aspects of who God is?
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I love that, Scott. A wise life is a godly life. That, that just makes me really grateful that God has given us the Proverbs and scripture as a whole to show us what it looks like to have a godly life. And so just really thankful that that's not something that we have to figure out on our own. God gives that to us through His Word. Well, I hope today's episode has been helpful in your study of Proverbs 1:7, and we hope that you join us tomorrow as we move on to the New Testament and take a look at Colossians 2:2:3. Thank you for listening to today's episode of A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace. Be sure to check out our show notes for some helpful links and resources related to today's episode. And make sure you're following a daily Grace podcast and hedaily Grace Co on Instagram for more Bible study resources and encouragement. We're looking forward to studying God's Word with you again tomorrow. Bye friends.