The Call of Wisdom (page 6 of Standard Edition) Memory Text: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction (Proverbes 1:7, NKJV). From Eden onward, the root of human tragedy lies in wrong choices. Man lost all because he chose to listen to the deceiver rather than to Him who is truth, who alone has understanding.By mingling of evil with good, his mind had become confused. --ELLen G. White, Education,p.25. The book of Proverbs is all about helping us to make right choices. to choose the way of God and not that of the deceiver. The father or the mother, speaking to their son, not only warns him against wrong choices but also encourages him to make the right ones. This is so important because the choices we make are literally matters of life and death. The first three chapters of Proverbs illustrate this method of education. After having explained the purpose of the book: to know wisdom ( Prov. 1:2), and having laid down the motto of the book: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge (Prov 1:7; compare 9:10), the author moves back and forth from warning us against listening to foolishness to urging us to respond to the call of heavenly wisdom.
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