Sunday Morning Starters

“20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you” (Proverbs 1:20-23).

If we would profit from the preaching, we must avoid the folly of those whom Wisdom rebukes:

The Simple—they just don’t get it. The lesson is over their head because they don’t reach for it.

The Scorner—they make fun of the messenger on the way home from services. They just see the man in the pulpit. They don’t see the message.

The Fool—the willfully ignorant. There is some sympathy for those who lack opportunity, but not for those who just “ain’t a’carin’.”

Get Wisdom. And you’ll get more from the preaching.

Jason Moore