Sermon Tone Analysis

Choices have consequences

Our information, our knowledge, our understanding, our wisdom all lead to us making choices and our choices have consequences.

Consequences can be good, in form of blessing, or bad and lead to destruction.

(insert picture: Suicide -already saved on computer)

The national average in 2017 for suicide is 13.42% per 100,000 people.

that comes bout to 44,965 of known suicides in the United States, that is 123 a day.

Out of every known suicide there are 25 attempted suicides.

Iowa is right in the midst of the national average as published by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Men are 3.5x more likely than women and middle aged white men are the highest.

Choices have consequences and here in Proverbs 10- Proverbs 22:16 there is a shift that happens from painting a beautiful picture of wisdom and the importance of acquiring wisdom (Pro4:7) we see many contrasts painted by the writer.

Wisdom, understanding require application, require a choice what you are going to do with the wisdom and understanding, we are told to seek wisdom and stay far away from folly (or the fool).

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What kind of son are you?

(Pro10:1; Pro13:1; Pro15:20; Pro17:21; Pro10:5)

Do you apply your fathers instruction and your mothers teaching?

(Pro1:8)

How you act displays your choice (Pro10:5)

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What kind of son are you?

(Pro10:1; Pro13:1; Pro10:5)

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So what kind of son? one who makes a father glad?

One who accepts direction and discipline?

He is just one more

A foolish son brings grief to the mother and sorrow to the father.

Both parents experience joy or grief, or even sorrow as both are involved in the teaching as noted before.

But it is important what you do with the teaching.

What kind of son are you?

(Pro10:1; Pro10:5)

Do you apply your fathers instruction and your mothers teaching?

(Pro1:8)

(insert illustration/personal about poor choices in the past; some because of lack of proper teaching)

Application of wisdom regarding words

What we allow in, what we store within, is what is going to come out out mouth, out lips by our tongue.

Wisdom or babble, wisdom or foolishness that conceals violence and brings on ruin.

So choose wisely.

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Application of wisdom, your choices matter

The righteous will never hunger; but will reject the wicked (Pro10:3; Mt5:6)

Diligence or sloth, your choice, your consequence (Pro10:3-5)

What is on the inside comes to the outside; in other words what you say matters (Lk6:45; Pro10:6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 31)

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The righteous will never hunger; but will reject the wicked (Pro10:3; Mt5:6)

The Lord will not only not allow to hunger, but those who hunger and thirst for righteousness He will fill.

The righteous will never hunger; but will reject the wicked (Pro10:3; Mt5:6)

Diligence or sloth, your choice, your consequence (Pro10:3-5)

The lazy, the slothful, the one who is negligent acts shamefully

The wise works diligently, gathers and acts wisely.

So chose wisely

The righteous will never hunger; but will reject the wicked (Pro10:3; Mt5:6)

Diligence or sloth, your choice, your consequence (Pro10:3-5)

What is on the inside comes to the outside; in other words what you say matters (Lk6:45; Pro10:6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 31)

Need to bring in some more N.T. for you

Now I said this was a survey of Proverbs 10 so we are a survey of lips, mouth that stems from the heart, look at the contrasts as we go through this

Blessings to the one who keeps his head, and keeps his mouth closed.

The wicked conceal violence, be it by words of strife or discourse, it does bring to ruin

The wise is willing to receive commands, teaching, instruction, correction, in other words wisdom and understanding for application.

The fool, the babbling fool will be ruined

The babbling fool again will be ruined

The righteous, the wise, his mouth is a fountain of life.

To the one who uses discernment there is wisdom and knowledge.

To the fool there is but a rod and ruin is at his hand.

We have seen concealed violence now we see concealed hatred that has lying lips, who is a gossip and slander

But the one who restrains his lips is wise

A precious jewel is the tongue of the righteous, with the lips of his words he can feed many with words that build up, edify, encourage and promote unity and peace.

The wicked one, his heart and his lips are worth little and they die for lack of understanding.

Don’t let your tongue be cut out, be wise and let your mouth flow with wisdom!

So chose wisely what you allow in so you know what will come out!

For the mouth is a life source.

Mouth is a life source

As you know by the words of God the universe and everything in it was created.

And by the Word of God comes faith that can save anyone, so may the words that we use from our mouth be a good life source.

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Death and life are in the power of the tongue (Pro18:21; Jam3:5-6; Jn6:68)

Be careful what we allow to come out our mouth (Eph5:4; Mt12:37)

May our lips bring forth the Good News of faith, hope and love (Col4:6; Eph4:29)

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The words that we use are significant; may we chose the right words because:

Death and life are in the power of the tongue (Pro18:21; Jam3:5-6; Jn6:68)

Serious, very serious, so chose wisely look at what James had to say.

The tongue, the words we use can defile the entire body!

Then look t the end of (v.6) it gets worse from there.

Oh but now look at Jn6:68

Peter knew what Jesus had, so may we go to the source of the Good News, of the Words of eternal life, go to the Bible and use those words to bring faith hope and love to others.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue (Pro18:21; Jam3:5-6; Jn6:68)

Be careful what we allow to come out our mouth (Eph5:4; Mt12:37)

out with what is not fitting and in with the things that are because

Death and life are in the power of the tongue (Pro18:21; Jam3:5-6; Jn6:68)

Be careful what we allow to come out our mouth (Eph5:4; Mt12:37)

May our lips bring forth the Good News of faith, hope and love (Col4:6; Eph4:29)

The Good News we can bring

Words of grace!

Words of edification and need

Choices of the heart

Just like our choices regarding wisdom, choices regarding our mouth, we have choices regarding our heart, and it matters our choice.

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May we be wise in heart, not a babbling ruined fool (Pro10:8)