Homework?

Here's one of my outlined assignments for my preaching class. We have to make one weekly and I'm thinking about posting others that we have already completed. I figure I could share this one since it was taught on a Wednesday night a few weeks ago. Nonetheless, it just a raw outline with some additional outlines. Well, I hope you guys are encouraged by it and I hope you guys can share this with somebody. Have a great day.

Note: the key questions at the bottom are a few questions that you may ask yourself as you do your study. Every student of the Bible must ask key questions when studying their Bible and must know how to use the tools to answer these questions and ask above all ask the Spirit to teach us the answers. There are a plethora of questions that must be asked, but those are just a few.

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[Application] We must listen and take heed to God’s wisdom when it calls before it is too late. To do otherwise will lead to failure.

[Commentaries]
The Bible Knowledge Commentary (Dallas Seminary)

Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible

J.E. Smith, The Wisdom Literature and Psalms

Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, and David Brown. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.

[Propositional Statement] Because wisdom is available, we must be aware of its presence and affects in our lives.

[Outline]

I. Be aware of wisdom’s call (v. 20 – 23)
a. Wisdom calls out publicly; she is available (v. 20–21)
b. Wisdom is available to the naïve, scoffers, and to fools (v. 22)
c. Wisdom is given to those who listen to its reproof (v. 23)

II. Be aware of the consequences of rejecting wisdom (v. 24–32)
a. Wisdom is not available after she has been rejected (v. 24, 28)
b. Wisdom must be sought and obtained before calamity and distress (v. 26-28)
c. The rejection of knowledge displays a lack of fear for God (v. 29)
d. The rejection of knowledge leads to destruction (v. 31–32)

III. Be aware of the benefits of embracing wisdom (v. 33)
a. Listening to wisdom provides safety (v. 33a)
b. Listening to wisdom provides peaceful living (v. 33b)

[Key questions]

1.What is the source of this wisdom?

2.Why is wisdom plural in the original (v. 20)?
חָכְמוֹת

3.How does wisdom manifest itself? (v. 29 – 22)

4.How do we properly interpret the personification of wisdom?

5.What do the words “shouts,” “lifts up her voice,” and “cries” say about the manner wisdom chooses to communicate (v. 20 – 21)?

6.What kind of security is promised by listening to wisdom? Financial? Spiritual? Etc. (v. 33)

7.How do we discern when wisdom has abandoned us?

8.What, if any, is the relationship between knowledge and wisdom? Can wisdom be purely intellectual knowledge?