Tragic Irony (Proverbs #5)

The reap what you sow principle. According to your faith be it unto you. Matthew 9:29. Give, and it shall be given unto you… Luke 6:38. Judge, with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Merciful shall obtain mercy principle.

Wisdom is rejected

  • I called…ye refused
  • I stretched out my hand…no man regarded
  • Set at nought my counsel – That’s cursing wisdom. It’s bad mouthing  wisdom. Making wisdom look stupid.
  • None of my reproof

Wisdom’s “I told you so” moments

  • Laugh at your calamity
  • Mock when your fear comes
  • Mock when distress comes
  • Mock when anguish comes

Wisdom has disappeared

  • You’ll call but I won’t answer
  • You’ll seek me but I won’t be found
  • You made your choices
  • You wouldn’t listen

Tragic irony

  • Eat of the fruit of their own way.
    • This is the path you’ve chosen.
    • If the path you’ve chosen doesn’t have what you’ll need, you should choose a different path. You say you’re travelling to Houston. You know you’re going to need gas along the way, but you choose a way of backroads where there are no gas stations. Eventually you’ll find yourself out of gas and no way to remedy that. Trying to get what you need at that point is way more difficult than it would’ve been if you chose a different way.
    • If the way you’ve chosen doesn’t have what you’ll need, you should choose a different way.
  • Filled with their own devices
    • Like our addictions to our mobile devices.
  • Turning away of the simple slay them.
    • Simple turned from wisdom in verse 22 because they loved simplicity.
    • They loved their ignorance of God and now that has come back on them.
  • Prosperity of fools shall destroy them;
    • The problem with sinners is they love the thing that’s killing them.
    • You made prosperity your master and prosperity is not a good master.

Whosoever will (vs 33)

  • The wise listened, made preparations, and were safe.
  • Why is it so hard to listen?
    • Is it your own way?
    • Is it your device?
    • Is it you turning away?
    • Is it prosperity?