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11 illustrations for sermon preparation
Proverbs 4:25 commands us to keep our eyes "right on" and our eyelids "straight before thee." The wise man, whom commentators identify as Solomon, exhorts careful stewardship of every faculty—each member of our nature requires vigilant guardianship lest any become...
The wisdom of Solomon stands in sharp contrast to our modern systems, which often direct men's attention everywhere but inward.
While all persons possess some sense of duty rooted deeply in the human heart, the constant strife between inclination and principle generates contradiction in conduct.
Mystery envelops human existence—commonest objects raise unanswerable questions—yet from this unknowable realm emerge four irreversible certainties.
All men walk in paths as different as the characters they sustain—saints or sinners—yet sinners remain insensible to the objects leading them toward ruin.
Proverbs 4:7 declares wisdom the principal thing—not merely intellectual attainment, but the *summum bonum* (*chief good*) that elevates the human soul. Joseph S. Exell's 1887 exposition reveals wisdom's four-fold excellence. First, wisdom addresses man's spiritual state before Elohim. True happiness...
This duty offends the natural mind and cannot be softened for worldly taste; it rests upon God's command alone, for our salvation hangs in the balance.
Solomon presents three essential movements in receiving Divine principles.
Observe the paradox: error displays surprising zeal, while truth often appears passive.
The path suggests constant change, continuous progress in one direction, and an ultimate destination.
The essentials of a righteous man's character remain constant across all ages.
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