Friday, September 20, 2013

Proverbs - Who Is Teaching You?

Proverbs 19:27

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.


Cease means to stop what we are doing.  Is there any sort of instruction you are receiving that can cause you to err from the words of knowledge?  There is instruction that is good and there is instruction that is not.  When we choose books, television programs, movies, friends or other sources of input, we must know whether the instruction we receive could cause us to err from the words of knowledge.  Sometimes we may have to submit ourselves to a drought of input from familiar sources and over compensate with good, godly input.  Then we could add one at a time and see what sort of impact each source has on us. Do we feel frustrated?  Does this sort of entertainment choice leave me feeling hopeless after I watch it? Does this music start to motivate me to spend time and money on things that don’t really matter?  It is very important that we have the input that produces the character of Christ and the quality of life that walking in the words of knowledge produces.  Cease to hear any instruction that causes you to err from the words of knowledge and be aware….new instruction can sneak in at any time.

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