Day 35 Precious Gift | Proverbs 4:13-14

Precious Gift

Verse 13

We must guard the good things that God has given to us. Sometimes evil things might seem attractive. We might remember our behaviour before we knew God. We might see an evil action and we might want to do the same. ‘Stay awake! Pray! Do not allow evil things to tempt you!’ Jesus told this to his followers in Mark 14:38. Paul wrote, ‘Stand firm in freedom, because Christ has freed us!’ (Galatians 5:1)

Verses 14-15

Solomon emphasises his words. We should not behave like evil people. We should not listen to their advice. Their advice is never wise.

"Wisdom" in this book refers to an ability to act according to godly knowledge. The most important expression of this is in how someone reacts to the gospel of salvation through Christ. Those who receive instruction about the gospel and respond positively by trusting in Christ as Savior receive eternal life. First John 5:12 declares, "Whoever has the Son has life." In 2 Timothy 1:10 Paul wrote that Christ "abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel." When a person believes in Jesus, he passes from spiritual death to spiritual life; and when he dies physically, he enters heaven, where he is immortal and incapable of dying.

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