PROVERBS 23:9-12: FOOLS, THIEVES and WISE GUYS

Previously on Wisdom Wednesday I taught on PROVERBS 22:28-29. You can hear it (again) at the SBC YT Channel, entitled: Prosperity: Profitable or Perilous? (posted May 16th).

I dealt with the whole thing regarding “removing the ancient landmarks” – those divided personal properties among the tribes of Israel. Dishonest, greedy folk would move those landmarks to increase the size of their own property, infringing on and diminishing the property of others – thus land theft. I’ll go in a little different direction tonight in vs. 10-11 of PROV 23, focusing instead on the prince of thieves, and no – I’m not talking about Sir Robin of Locksley aka Robin Hood. First, vs. 9:

PROVERBS 23:9
Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

PROVERBS 9:8-10 

8 Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. 10 "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

MATTHEW 7:6
Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

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A PLOT OF THE NEFARIOUS KIND – Examining Satan’s Strategic Psychological Warfare Program – Part One

There is a video series on YouTube at The Fuel Project Channel called KNOW YOUR ENEMY. An excellent series of short videos (over 70) that examines two kingdoms through the course of human history: GOD’s own and also Satan’s.

As Christians our primary objective is to know, love and serve GOD. Only on a secondary basis are we to “know our enemy”; in the sense that we are not to be “ignorant of his devices” (2 COR 2:11) and his "wiles (methodologies; EPH 6:11). We are to be sober (of a serious mind) and vigilant (ever watchful, on guard, wary) of this one who goes about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour (1 PET 5:8). He is the most subtle, most cunning creature GOD ever created (GEN 3:1).

It's absolutely true that Satan was defeated at the Cross:

COLOSSIANS 2:14-15
14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it [the Cross].

This does NOT mean however that he is no longer dangerous, not a threat, someone we can afford to ignore or dismiss. Were that the case, we would have no need of the Armor of GOD (EPH 6:10-18) that the LORD in His wisdom has provided for us!

This article examines the film NEFARIOUS, based on Steve Deace’s book, A Nefarious Plot. If you haven’t seen this film yet, be advised there are numbers of spoilers in this piece.

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FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL by Joan Peters – A TTUF Book Report

As many of you know that have read articles from the web site I contribute to, The TRUTH Under FIRE (www.thetruthunderfire.com), our endeavor is to:

"herald without compromise the Truth as delivered to the church of the LORD Jesus Christ by way of the Holy Bible. . . and also to dispel deception as found everywhere else, by careful, verified research."

This article is a republishing of a two part article written on The RED PILL Consortium blog condensed into one here with updated links.

This deception is propagated by the 'Matrix-like" machine whose cogs and parts consist of our so-called educational system, various political, governmental and religious organizations and corporations, and our public media, as well as other sources.

One such deception is in regards to the nation of Israel. Most of us believe the situation in the Middle East is as it is, based on what we see, hear and read in the 'news'. What I like to call “the lame stream media”.

This 'information' is utilized to further the goals of those who run 'the Matrix' in order to conform our views and beliefs in accord with the deception and illusion that is perceived as factual, when - in fact - it is a fiction, or as Joan Peters has called it, "a flight from fact" in her book FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL.

There are few credible sources that dispel the darkness of this deception that runs amok throughout the world, but her book is certainly one of them!

Here are some reviews of this tremendous work:

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STUDY In The Book of NEHEMIAH TRIUMPH by TRANSFORMATION – Ch. 10

INTRODUCTION: Throughout the Scriptures there are lists upon lists of genealogies and names, and we can wonder – what’s the purpose of these? Aside from reading like an ancient phone book, something to gloss over, many people don’t understand the purpose for these listings, but there most certainly is!

In the case of the numerous Old Testament Scriptures, the listing of the names of tribes in Israel denote which people group will inherit which territory in Canaan land. These inheritances were non-transferrable: they stayed with the families.

Another can lease the land from the inheritors of said property, but they can’t buy them. That was why Naboth said to Ahab (who offered to trade a property of his own for Naboth’s vineyard), “GOD forbid that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!” (1 KINGS 21:3). Jezebel through bribery and slander stole the land from Naboth and gave it to Ahab, making the crime all the more heinous.

The land could also be lost due to a debt owed, but that was where a kinsman goel came in, a relative of the debtor who could redeem the land for their kin.

These lists of names also have archeological value. When such names as listed in Scripture are found in artifacts, this is one of many proofs that prove the Bible’s accuracy.

What I find particularly fascinating is when the various listings of the twelve tribes (actually, there are fourteen tribes from which to choose from in any list, because Jacob adopted Manasseh and Ephraim (Joseph’s sons) as his own See GEN 48)), if one knows the meaning of those names, and observes the order in which any given list appears in the Bible, they make a declaration!
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TTUF/SBC PROPHECY UPDATE MAY 26th 2024

TTUF/SBC PROPHECY UPDATE MAY 26th 2024

Listen to the audio message on the SHINE BRIGHT Church YouTube Channel here!

15 SUBJECTS of Last Days Prophecy (Eschatology):

1) Israel, Jerusalem, Temple
2) Gog, Magog, Invasion into the Middle East (Russia, Iran & Allies)
3) ‘Revived’ Roman Empire – European Union, Mediterranean Union
4) One World Govt – Mark of the Beast
5) One World Religion – “”
6) One World Economy – ““
7) One World Leader – the Beast of Revelation
8) The Kings of the East
9) Signs of the Times: “Birth Pangs” MATT 24:8 – the sign to indicate the LORD’s coming are all of these events happening with increasing greater intensity and frequency – like a woman going into labor, giving birth to a baby:
    a) Wars and Rumors of wars: nation against nation, kingdom against kingdom
    b) Pestilences (diseases, infestations)
    c) Earthquakes [seismos – earthquakes, or tempests (storms)] in various places and
        other forms of nature’s violence
    d) Famines
    e) Worldwide persecution ofthe saints.
10) false Christs, false prophets, false teachers (New Age, New Apostolic Reformation, Charismatic Movement)
11) False church – Mystery Babylon, apostasy: falling away from the faith (1 TIM 4:1)
12) Increasing knowledge: science, technology as well as mysticism and the occult
13) Spirit of deception – both in the world, and the church.
14) The Rapture of the Church - Bema Seat Judgment, Lamb’s Wedding Feast
15) The Day of the LORD: Great Tribulation, The Second Coming/Return of the King, and the Millennial Kingdom and Judgment Day.

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PROSPERITY: Profitable or Perilous? PROVERBS 22:28-29

PROVERBS 22:28-29
28 Do not remove the ancient landmark Which your fathers have set. 29 Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before unknown men.

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Let’s open the Holy Revelation of GOD’s Word!

INTRODUCTION: “All men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” is something we know from the Declaration of Independence.

What many don’t know is that there was a hot debate among the architects of this document about what three things should be mentioned. Life and Liberty were agreed upon, because you can’t have one without the other. And while its true that you can have neither of those as intended by our Creator without happiness, there is another crucial element that must be included.

So many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence strongly believed that this line should read, “…among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of land”!

In an agricultural world such as it was in those days, life was inextricably linked to land; people lived off of the land. But more than this:

Private ownership of land is essential to our liberties. Why?

Because as owner of your own land, you were sovereign over that domain. As an American citizen people were autonomous under the Republic and in control of their own destinies without any interference from government or the wealthy who could oppress free-loving people.

If someone came onto your property and did something you didn’t like, you would and could exercise your right and tell them, “Get off my land!”

LEVITICUS 19:11
'You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
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