Men's Bible Study

Bible Study of 5/9/07

SPIRITUAL ADVICE

Proverbs 2
Solomon is providing advice on how to heed wisdom
This includes:
1. Meditating on God's Word
2. Exercising discretion
3. Listening to advice
4. Praying for wisdom
5. Sexual Purity
6. Moral Integrity
7. Do not let those who rejoice in sin influence you.

Application:
How should you have your outlook on life? What things should you do? What should your
intent concerning actions be?

Matthew 5:43-48
Advice for how you should treat people around you. How your wisdom applies to others
1. We should strive to be holy like. v.48

Application:
Suppose someone hurts your friends/family, what would you do? How should you react?
1. If we showed love to everyone, such tragedies might not have happened.
2. We should show forgiveness to someone if they hurt friends/family
3. Perhaps it would be easier to forgive if we understood what they were going through

Matthew 12:46-50
Who is Jesus' family?
Other Christians. We are all one family. This unity should dictate how we treat each other.

End Discussion Topic:
How the moral teachings of the Bible are summed up in Proverbs

Thanks to Justin Li for leading.