Your Legacy Series

iv. Proverbs 1:7: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

v. Psalm 111:10: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.

e. Proverbs 12: 1-28: What are the characteristics of wise man according to Proverbs 12? The following adapted from http://bibleseo.com/old-testament/proverbs-12-christian-wisdom/

i. Teachable

1. Ready to accept criticism

2. Ready to admit correction

3. Ready to listen to advice

4. Willing to learn new things

5. Willing to study their whole life

ii. God committed - God focused – God centered

1. Their plans are just and center on hearing from God

2. Built their house on the rock, it has a strong foundation

3. His ways lead to life and immortality

a. “Wisdom is the God-given ability to perceive the true nature of a matter and implement the will of God in that matter” (Larry Lea, Wisdom pg.14)

iii. Pleasant

1. Means I am humane/kind toward others --- even animals

2. I care for others

3. Joy in his heart

4. He can laugh at himself

5. They have an inner joy from the Lord

6. My words soothe and heal others

7. Encouraging to others

iv. Disciplined

1. He overlooks the insult

2. Self-disciplined

3. Diligent

4. Disciplined

5. No easily angered

6. Controls his temper

7. Maintains his health

8. Watches his tongue –guards it

9. With finances

v. Reliable

1. He is cautious in who he befriends

2. But is a great friend

3. He does not hang out with fools

4. Chooses the right person to marry

5. Stays committed to the marriage

6. Not given to lusting after others or being an adulterer

7. A person you can trust to be on time and to give their best.

vi. Honest

1. His testimonies are true – Trustworthy

2. His speech brings truth

3. His business deals are upright and honest

4. He does not lie

5. He has no dishonest scales

vii. Humble

1. Keeps his knowledge to himself, and uses it appropriately!

2. Continues to put down pride

3. Never usurps himself above another

f. The wise person Jesus is referring too in this parable builds their life on these values.

T.S. – A wise builder listens and does the word of God whereas a fool listens but rejects the truth and then disobeys the ways of God.

2. The foolish builder

a. Foolish builders may listen to the teachings of Jesus but that is as far as it goes.

i. They do not obey His instructions for right living – they listen but don’t do.

1. James 1:22-25: 22Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror 24and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.

2. The result is when things go bad in their life their lives crumble completely and their life is destroyed.