SUDDEN DESTRUCTION!
Proverbs 1:20-33

I.A DIVINE CALL

Pro 1:20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

Pro 1:21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

  1. The Person Who is Speaking v. 20
  2. God who reviles his self
  3. This wisdom is the eternal word of God
  4. crith out
  5. The Place of His Speaking v.21
  6. cring through the streets;
  7. the gates
  8. in all public places

II.A DESIRABLE COUNSEL

Pro 1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Pro 1:23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

  1. The People to whom He is Speaking v. 22
  2. The Promise from a Compassionate Savior
  3. Gift of Repentance "turn you"
  4. Guidance of Spirit "pour out my spirit"
  5. Granting of Knowledge "my words"
  1. A DELIBERATE CALLOUSNESS

Pro 1:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

Pro 1:25 But ye have set at naught all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

  1. The Call to Salvation- Refused v 24
  2. The Hand of Mercy- Rebuffed v 24
  3. The Counsel of Wisdom- Repelled v 25
  4. The Reproof of Scripture-Rejected v 25
  1. A DESTRUCTIVE CALAMITY

Pro 1:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

Pro 1:27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

Pro 1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

Pro 1:29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

Pro 1:30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

  1. The Uncharacteristic God "I will laugh"
  2. The Unforseen Tragedy "fear, destruction"
  3. The Unanswered Request "I will not hear"
  4. The Unforgiven Sins V. 29-30
  1. A DISTURBING CONCLUSION

Pro 1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Pro 1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

  1. Their Diet shall be of their own Choosing
  2. Their Devices shall Fill them
  3. The Deliberate Simplicity of the Gospel slays them
  4. The Deception of the World shall Destroy Them
  1. A DELIGHTFUL COMFORT

Pro 1:33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

  1. Salvation
  2. Safety
  3. Security