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Today’s Bible Translation

Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 23-24 NIRV

Podcast Introduction

It’s Poetry Thursday, and we’ll read Proverbs 23-24. I’m calling this episode “Hope in a Troubled World.“

Summary

Proverbs 24:11-12 sound prophetic. My belief is that we are in the last days. As Christians, we must be prepared to take action and not deny our faith. If we die knowing Jesus, there is no loss. We should intervene or pray for victims of evil. The world is in trouble, and some of us may be called to face similar situations.

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Transcript corrected by Sister Denise

Steve Webb 0:00
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Steve Webb 0:08
This is the Lifespring! One Year Bible and coming to you from Riverside, California, I’m your OG Godcaster, Steve Webb. It’s Poetry Thursday and we’ll read Proverbs 23 and 24. As you know, the Lovely Lady LeeAnn and I are in Florida right now, so this week’s episodes have all been pre-recorded. Donations will be acknowledged next week, and prayer requests and phrases will be on the show next week. However, when you send your prayer requests and praises in I will pray for you or rejoice with you as soon as I see them in my inbox. I will be checking it every day, so don’t wait ’til next week to send them in. Before we read, let’s pray. Our gracious heavenly Father, we thank you for your Word, and we thank you for this time that we can be together. I pray, Lord, that you would bless our time of reading today. I pray this in Jesus’ name. Amen. Okay, let’s begin.

Steve Webb 1:00
Proverbs, chapter 23. 6. When you sit down to eat with a ruler, look carefully at what’s in front of you. Put a knife to your throat if you like to eat too much. Don’t long for his fancy food. It can fool you. 7. Don’t wear yourself out to get rich. Be wise enough to say no. When you take even a quick look at riches, they are gone. They grow wings and fly away into the sky like an eagle. 8. Don’t eat the food of anyone who won’t share it. Don’t long for his fancy food. He is the kind of person who is always thinking about how much it costs. “Eat and drink,” he says to you. But he doesn’t mean it. You will throw up what little you have eaten. You will have wasted your words of praise. 9. Don’t speak to a foolish person. He will laugh at your wise words. 10. Don’t move old boundary stones. Don’t try to take over the fields of children whose fathers have died. The One who guards them is strong. He will stand up for them in court against you. 11. Apply your heart to what you are taught. Listen carefully to words of knowledge. 12. Don’t hold back training from a child. If you correct him, he won’t die. So correct him. Then you will save him from death. 13. My child, if your heart is wise, my heart will be glad. Deep down inside, I will be happy when you say what is right. 14. Do not long for what sinners have. But always show great respect for the Lord. There really is hope for you tomorrow. So your hope will not be cut off. 15. My child, listen and be wise. Keep your heart on the right path. Don’t join those who drink too much wine. Don’t join those who stuff themselves with meat. Those who drink or eat too much will become poor. If they sleep too much, they’ll have to wear rags. 16. Listen to your father, who gave you life. Don’t hate your mother when she is old. Buy the truth. Don’t sell it. Get wisdom, training and understanding. The father of a godly child is very happy. Anyone who has a wise child is glad. May your father and mother be glad. May the woman who gave birth to you be happy. 17. My son, give me your heart. Keep your eyes on the way I live. A prostitute is like a deep pit. A wife who commits adultery is like a narrow well. She hides and waits like a thief. She causes many men to sin. 18. Who has trouble? Who has sorrow? Who argues? Who has problems? Who has wounds for no reason? Who has red eyes? Those who spend too much time with wine. Or those who like to taste wine that is mixed with spices. Don’t look at wine when it is red. Don’t look at it when it bubbles in the cup. And don’t look at it when it goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a snake. It bites like a poisonous serpent. Your eyes will see strange sights. Your mind will imagine weird things. You will feel like someone sleeping on the ocean. You will think you are lying among the ropes in a boat. “They hit me,” you will say. “But I’m not hurt! They beat me. But I don’t feel it! When will I wake up so I can find another drink?”

Steve Webb 4:42
Proverbs, chapter 24. 19. Do not want what evil men have. Don’t long to be with them. In their hearts they plan to hurt others. With their lips they talk about making trouble. 20. By wisdom a house is built. Through understanding it is made secure. Through knowledge its rooms are filled with priceless and beautiful things. 21. A wise man has great power. A man who has knowledge increases his strength. If you go to war, you need guidance. If you want to win, you need many good advisers. 22. Wisdom is too high for anyone who is foolish. He has nothing to say when people meet at the city gate to conduct business. 23. Anyone who thinks up sinful things to do will be known as one who plans evil. Foolish plans are sinful. People hate those who make fun of others. 24. If you grow weak when trouble comes, your strength is very small! 25. Save those who are being led away to death. Hold back those who are about to be killed. Don’t say, “But we didn’t know anything about this.” The One who knows what you are thinking sees it. The One who guards your life knows it. He will pay each person back for what he has done. 26. Eat honey, my child. It is good. Honey from a honeycomb has a sweet taste. I want you to know that wisdom is sweet to you. If you find it, there is hope for you tomorrow. So your hope will not be cut off. 27. Don’t hide and wait like a burglar at a godly person’s house. Don’t rob his home. Even if godly people fall down seven times, they always get up. But those who are evil are brought down by trouble. 28. Don’t be happy when your enemy falls. When he trips, don’t let your heart be glad. The LORD will see it, but he won’t be pleased. He might turn his anger away from your enemy. 29. Don’t be upset because of evil people. Don’t long for what sinners have. Tomorrow evil people won’t have any hope. The lamps of sinners will be blown out. 30. My son, have respect for the LORD and the king. Don’t join those who disobey them. The LORD and the king will suddenly destroy them. Who knows what trouble those two can bring? Here are more sayings of those who are wise. Taking sides in court is not good. A curse will fall on those who say the guilty are not guilty. Nations will call down curses on them. People will speak against them. But it will go well with those who sentence guilty people. Rich blessings will come to them. An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips. Finish your outdoor work. Get your fields ready. After that, build your house. Don’t give witness against your neighbor without any reason. Don’t use your lips to tell lies. Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me. I’ll get even with that man for what he did.” I went past the field of someone who didn’t want to work. I went past the vineyard of a man who didn’t have any sense. Thorns had grown up everywhere. The ground was covered with weeds. The stone wall had fallen down. I applied my heart to what I observed. I learned a lesson from what I saw. You might sleep a little or take a little nap. You might even fold your hands and rest. Then you would be poor, as if someone had robbed you. You would have little, as if someone had stolen from you.

Steve Webb 08:42
Listen again to verses 11 and 12 of chapter 24 and see if they don’t sound prophetic as if they may be applied to the Holocaust of World War Two. “Save those who are being led away to death. Hold back those who are about to be killed. Don’t say that we didn’t know anything about this. Doesn’t the God who knows what you’re thinking, see it? Doesn’t the God who guards your life know it? He will pay back everyone for what they have done.” Beloved, you’ve heard me say that I believe that we are quite literally in the last days. I believe that we will see more crimes against humanity than have ever been committed, including the Holocaust. These verses from Proverbs make it clear that it is our responsibility to stand in the way when we see things like this happen. And even today, literally today Christians are being killed because of their faith in various places around the world and it’s going to spread. We need to be prepared to take action when possible and to not renounce our faith when it’s demanded of us. I saw a t-shirt design recently that succinctly stated what our attitude should be. It said, “I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.” We must not bend our knees to those who would demand that we deny Jesus. I mean after all really the worst they can do is kill us. And Paul said in 2 Corinthians 5:8, “We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.” So really, there is no loss if we die if we know Jesus. We will be with him. But we need to know that when people are suffering and being put to death if it’s in our power, we are responsible to intervene. At the very least, we should be in prayer right now for the victims of evil people. Well, it isn’t often that my comments are this heavy, but the reality is that the world is in trouble. I don’t think anybody would deny that. And it just might be that some of us in the Lifespring family will be called into this kind of situation. I just felt like I needed to give you encouragement when and if that day comes. What are your thoughts? Comments? Questions? Contact information is coming up in a moment. Tomorrow will be Prophecy Friday, and we’ll read Amos 1 through 4.

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Today’s show art was by Scott Snider. Thank you, Scott. And also thanks to Sister Denise, Michael Haner, Jason Paschall, and Sister Brittaney. They’re all keeping an eye on the ship while I’m out of town. Thanks, guys. If you have a comment, or a question, a prayer request, or a praise, call the Lifespring Family Hotline at +1-951-732-8511. Or for prayer requests and praises go to prayer.lifespringmedia.com. And for comments or questions go to comment.lifespringmedia.com or send a boostagram. My email address is st***@*************ia.com. Until tomorrow, may God bless you richly. My name is Steve Webb. Bye.

Steve Webb 11:52
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