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Daily Bread

Keep God's Commands and You Will Live

Date: Feb. 6, 2017

Passage

Proverbs 4:1-9  (ESV)

  Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction,
    and be attentive, that you may gain insight,
  for I give you good precepts;
    do not forsake my teaching.
  When I was a son with my father,
    tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
  he taught me and said to me,
  “Let your heart hold fast my words;
    keep my commandments, and live.
  Get wisdom; get insight;
    do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
  Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;
    love her, and she will guard you.
  The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom,
    and whatever you get, get insight.
  Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;
    she will honor you if you embrace her.
  She will place on your head a graceful garland;
    she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”

Daily Bread

Key Verse: 4:4

  he taught me and said to me,
  “Let your heart hold fast my words;
    keep my commandments, and live.

1. Take hold of my words (1-6)

Parents love their children and want to give everything they have. But the best way is to teach them the word of God to get wisdom. Solomon reveals how his father David taught him day and night to seek God first (1 Kings 2:1-9) till he asked God to give him wisdom more than anything else. Wisdom comes from the word of God. If we take hold of the words of God with all our heart and keep his commands, we will live. If we do not forget his words and do not forsake wisdom, God will protect us and watch over us.

2. Second, wisdom is supreme (7-9)

But wisdom is not easy to get. Therefore, we should do our best to get wisdom (1 Kings 3:9) though it may cost all we have. If we esteem wisdom, she will exalt us. If we embrace her, she will honor us. Wisdom eventually will present us with a crown of splendor, eternal life if we accept it. Paul considered everything as garbage to earn Jesus, for to know Christ was supreme. Jesus is the source of wisdom.

Prayer: Lord, let me lay hold of your word with all my heart and get wisdom, Jesus Christ.

One Word: Jesus is supreme

Daily Bread

King of Kings and Lord of Lords

Revelation 19:11-21

Key Verse: 19:16

On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

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