WISDOM%20for%20LIVING%20Week%203%20Welcome%20to%20Dingwall%20Free%20Church

1
WISDOMfor LIVINGWeek 3Welcome to
DingwallFree Church

• Wisdom is a tree of life to those who embrace
  her those who lay hold of her will be blessed.

Sermons from Proverbs April May 2007
2
Psalm 631-6 (p. 295)

• 1 Lord, thee my God, Ill early seek
• my soul doth thirst for thee
• My flesh longs in a dry parched land,
• wherein no waters be

3
Psalm 631-6 (2/5)

• 2 That I thy powèr may behold,
• and brightness of thy face,
• As I have seen thee heretofore
• within thy holy place.

4
Psalm 631-6 (3/5)

• 3 Since better is thy love than life,
• my lips thee praise shall give.
• 4 I in thy name will lift my hands,
• and bless thee while I live.

5
Psalm 631-6 (4/5)

• 5 Evn as with marrow and with fat
• my soul shall fillèd be
• Then shall my mouth with joyful lips
• sing praises unto thee

6
Psalm 631-6 (5/5)

• 6 When I do thee upon my bed
• remember with delight,
• And when on thee I meditate
• in watches of the night.

7

• Prayer
• Childrens Talk

Wisdom is
a tree of life to those who
embrace her those who lay hold of her will be
blessed. Prov. 318
8
What Are You Dreaming About?
9
Psalm 8915-18 (p. 345)

• 15 O greatly blessed the people are
• the joyful sound that know
• In brightness of thy face, O LORD,
• they ever on shall go.

10
Psalm 8915-18 (2/4)

• 16 They in thy name shall all the day
• rejoice exceedingly
• And in thy righteousness shall they
• exalted be on high.

11
Psalm 8915-18 (3/4)

• 17 Because the glory of their strength
• doth only stand in thee
• And in thy favour shall our horn
• and powr exalted be.

12
Psalm 8915-18 (4/4)

• 18 For GOD is our defence and he
• to us doth safety bring
• The Holy One of Israel
• is our almighty King.

13

• Bible Reading
• Proverbs 313-32
• Page 637-8

Wisdom is
a tree of life to those who
embrace her those who lay hold of her will be
blessed. Prov. 318
14
Bible Reading (Pew Bible - page 637-8) Proverbs
313-32

• 13 Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man
  who gains understanding,
• 14 for she is more profitable than silver and
  yields better returns than gold.
• 15 She is more precious than rubies nothing you
  desire can compare with her.
• 16 Long life is in her right hand in her left
  hand are riches and honour.
• 17 Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths
  are peace.

15
Bible Reading (Pew Bible - page 637-8) Proverbs
313-32

• 18 She is a tree of life to those who embrace
  her those who lay hold of her will be blessed.
• 19 By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's
  foundations, by understanding he set the heavens
  in place
• 20 by his knowledge the deeps were divided, and
  the clouds let drop the dew.
• 21 My son, preserve sound judgment and
  discernment, do not let them out of your sight
• 22 they will be life for you, an ornament to
  grace your neck.

16
Bible Reading (Pew Bible - page 637-8) Proverbs
313-32

• 23 Then you will go on your way in safety, and
  your foot will not stumble
• 24 when you lie down, you will not be afraid
  when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
• 25 Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the
  ruin that overtakes the wicked,
• 26 for the LORD will be your confidence and will
  keep your foot from being snared.
• 27 Do not withhold good from those who deserve
  it, when it is in your power to act.

17
Bible Reading (Pew Bible - page 637-8) Proverbs
313-32

• 28 Do not say to your neighbour, "Come back
  later I'll give it tomorrow"-- when you now have
  it with you.
• 29 Do not plot harm against your neighbour, who
  lives trustfully near you.
• 30 Do not accuse a man for no reason-- when he
  has done you no harm.
• 31 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of
  his ways,
• 32 for the LORD detests a perverse man but takes
  the upright into his confidence.

18
Psalm 888-14 (p. 116)

• 8 Closest friends youve taken from me
• loathsome to them is my plight.
• I am trappedescape I cannot
• 9 misery has dimmed my sight.

19
Psalm 888-14 (2/4)

• Daily, LORD, I call upon you
• in your sight my hands I spread.
• 10 In the grave do you show wonders?
• Are you worshipped by the dead?

20
Psalm 888-14 (3/4)

• 11 Is your love shown in Destruction
• in the grave your faithfulness?
• 12 Are your wonders known in darkness,
• or in death your righteousness?

21
Psalm 888-14 (4/4)

• 13 But I cry to you for help, LORD
• at the dawn to you I pray.
• 14 Why, O LORD, do you reject me,
• and why turn your face away?

22
Proverbs - Wisdom for Living Sermon Series -
April / May 2007

• Proverbs 317-18, 27, 29. Her wisdoms
  ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are
  peace. She is a tree of life to those who
  embrace her those who lay hold of her will be
  blessed Do not withhold good from those who
  deserve it, when it is in your power to act...
  Do not plot harm against your
  neighbour, who lives trustfully near you.

Wisdom is a tree of life Do not withhold good
when it is in your power to act.
23
IS LIFE SPECIAL?
24
1 Meet Dr Death

• Worse than Miss Folly meet Dr Death. (Presently
  in jail responsible for 130 right to die
  deaths in the USA).
• 'Euthanasia' literally means good death or dying
  well.
• A Misleading use of words!

Dr. Jack Kevorkian (Dr. Death)
25
1 Meet Dr Death

• Can medical CARE ever include the deliberate
  ending of a life?
• Can death be a treatment?
• The Bible places a high value on human life - but
  does not demand preserving life at all costs.

Dr. Jack Kevorkian (Dr. Death)
26
1 Meet Dr Death

• See past the apparent compassion of EXIT, etc.
• Comes down to intention Dr, are you trying to
  treat or to kill?
• To help an actor to make a graceful end to a
  performance is NOT the same as pushing him
  off-stage before the end of the play.

Dr. Jack Kevorkian (Dr. Death)
27
1 Meet Dr Death

• Why shouldnt a Downs baby be helped to die?
  Why shouldnt a depressed person be allowed to
  say they have suffered enough?
• You would put an animal out of its misery why
  not a person?
• The answer Because of Gods WISDOM.

Wisdom is a tree of life Do not withhold good
when it is in your power to act.
28
2 Meet the God of Life

• Wisdom is God's truth, enabling God's people to
  live in God's world, in God's way.
• She is a Tree of LIFE, not death. (He is the Lord
  of Life!)
• Wisdom trains us to think biblically, not just
  emotionally.
• Wisdom gives three principles

Wisdom is a tree of life Do not withhold good
when it is in your power to act.
29
2 Meet the God of Lifea) The Principle of
Love

• The most loving thing for dotty old granny?
• Proverbs 1422 - show love (hesed) and
  faithfulness compassion, like Gods love for
  Israel.
• Its a costly love its creative love, not
  giving up easily.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for
their Maker Proverbs 1431
30
2 Meet the God of Lifeb) The Principle of
Justice

• Will we be biased? Against the weak? Euthanasia
  was popular with Nazis.
• All non-voluntary euthanasia is a form of Nazism
  deciding that another persons life is in the
  way, its a worthless life.

Those who plan what is good show love
faithfulness.' Prov. 1422
31
2 Meet the God of Lifec) The Principle of
Life

• Life is a gift of God - on loan to us.
• Death is an unwelcome intruder. (The fear of the
  LORD adds length to life, but the years of the
  wicked are cut short - 1027.)
• Jesus is the great life giver.

Long life is in her right hand Proverbs.
316
32
2 Meet the God of Lifec) The Principle of
Life

• 1 Pet. 224 - He himself bore our sins in his
  body on the tree, so that we might die to sins
  and live for righteousness by his wounds you
  have been healed.
• All through history the church, following her
  Lord, has been committed to caring and healing.
• Life is precious it is a gift.

Long life is in her right hand Proverbs.
316
33
3 Meet Dr Life1 - Meet Dr Death 2 -
Meet the God of Life

• Gods way of wisdom relieve pain, care for the
  needy, love as Christ loved.
• Bring spiritual care and hope to the living and
  the dying.
• The modern Hospice Movement is both Wise and
  Christian to the core.

Dame Cecily Saunders 1918-2005
34
3 Meet Dr Life1 - Meet Dr Death 2 -
Meet the God of Life

• What do we do for granny?
• Do not plot harm against your neighbour but
  plan to care.
• We consider the Lord Jesus Christ as the one by
  whose death we can have peace with God and by
  whose resurrection we can have victory over death
  and the grave through faith. To him alone we must
  look for healing in body and soul, for time and
  eternity... What is aimed at in Bethesda is
  Christian treatment for all.
  (Rev Alex Murdo MacLeod, Bethesda).

St Columbas Hospice
Highland Hospice
35
3 Meet Dr Life1 - Meet Dr Death 2 -
Meet the God of Life

• Cecily Saunders started St Christopher's Hospice
  in 1967. She often said to her patients
• You matter because you are you, and we will not
  only enable you to die with dignity, but to live
  until you die.
• Who would you rather care for you? Dr Death, or
  Dr Life?

Dame Cecily Saunders 1918-2005
Highland Hospice
36
3 Meet Dr Life1 - Meet Dr Death 2 -
Meet the God of Life

• Is the God of Life your God?
• Proverbs 37 - Do not be wise in
  your own eyes fear the LORD, shun evil. This
  will bring health to your body and nourishment to
  your bones.

The path of life leads upward for the wise to
keep him from going down to the grave.
Proverbs 1524
37
Psalm 82 (Michael Perry version)

• God is KING - Be warned, you Mighty
• God is Judge through all the land
• order your affairs with justice,
• rule with firm but gentle hand.
• Help the weak, support the needy,
• take to heart the fatherless
• prove the rights of those who suffer,
• meet the poor in their distress.

Ode to Joy 87.87.D
38
Psalm 82 (Michael Perry version 2/2 )

• There are lands that have no honour,
• hear no wisdom, see no light
• blind, they stumble in the darkness,
• leaderless they shake with fright.
• Tremble, all you mighty rulers
• every nation, know God's worth
• power and wealth are God's possession,
• who alone shall judge the earth!

39
Please join us in The Church hall
for a Hot or Cold drink
God Calls Us to delight in Christ and to
Share His Hope.
40
Proverbs 2719