Friday! Proverbs!
Good sense is a fountain of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.
Proverbs 16:22 ESV
Who follows the instructions of fools?
Just don't.
That's straight forward enough.
But who is, or how do we identify the fool so that we can avoid their instruction?
Proverbs 1v7, 2v6, 9v10, Matthew 7, Colossians 2 all give us some help on that & tells us where wisdom comes from.
Someone's world view, the frame in which they see things, whether life has a creator, whether we're made for a purpose, what we place our hope in, who or what we worship...these things make a difference to the instruction or advice that people give.
If we start with God, His story, then we have a much better chance of having that fountain of life operating in our lives :)
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Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he looks at p
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