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The "Scrooge" Eye - Proverbs 28:22

11/6/2012

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A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth And does not know that want will come upon him. Proverbs 28:22

Greed and a heart that chases after wealth and riches - is a terrible condition to see in a man. The Bible describes such a conditioin as having an "evil eye." This phrase is actually a Hebraism which meant to be greedy about money - and very stingy about giving any of it to anyone other than himself. When a man lives this way, he has an evil eye.

Another way of stating this is found in this same Hebraism in the New Testament. In Luke we see Jesus say this about a person's eye. "The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness. "Then watch out that the light in you is not darkness. (Luke 11:34-35) The "bad eye" mentioned here is said to be full of darkness. This is a similar Hebraism that speaks of the evil or the bad eye. What is interesting is that both of these passages refer to someone who is very greedy with their money. Whether in the Old Testament or the New, this condition is considered a bad one to have.

Here is the problem - when money fills our eye - little else does. Therefore we don't have our eyes on the Lord - and neither can we see past money to recognize the needs of others that should move us to compassion and a giving heart. The evil eye is hastening after wealth. The word for "hasten" here is "bahal" and it means to be in a hurry for fear or dismay that one won't get what they are chasing. The unwise man is chasing wealth. He is not just after money - he wants a lot of money. He won't be satisfied until he has a little more - and that condition will be terminal.

This man is igorant of something that is happening to him even as he pursues his money. Slowly but surely want is coming upon him. It may not be a want of cash - it may be a want that grows as he ignores family, friends, and God in his endless pursuit of just a little more. The writer, Charles Dickens gave us the unforgettable Ebenezeer Scrooge in his book entitled, "A Christmas Carol." Scrooge was a man who had enormous amounts of wealth in reference to his bank account. Unfortunately for him such a boon in his bank led to utter bankruptcy everywhere else. The visits from the three spirits who came to show him his poverty woke him up to the fact that while he hastened after wealth - want had come upon him. It was a want that could not be satisfied with money alone. That fortunate night cured Scrooge of his evil eye - yet his name lives forever in our minds as a term that speaks of a miserly, miserable heart that loves little other than its money.

May God help us to embrace wisdom as a result of today's proverb. Wisdom is to have what Jesus called a "clear eye" that is "filled with light." That light will be the Word of God that will instruct us in true riches. Those may include physical wealth - but will never be limited to it along. The true riches must always include a tender heart that yields an open hand that does not hold tightly to financial wealth. It sees such blessings as God-given, and therefore to be God-directed to those who need it most. When we live this way it is not want that is coming to us, but blessing. The blessing of having our treasure in heaven and our true riches found in a relationship with God's Son, Jesus Christ.

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The "iPhone 5 Proverb - Proverbs 27:20

10/1/2012

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Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.   Proverbs 27:20

This is what I would call the iPhone 5 proverb.  Now, before you think that I've become a sellout to the Apple Corportation, let me explain myself.  This proverb has to do with the fact that since the fall of man there has been a condition called "sin" that radically affects man.  One of the conditions from which we suffer is the "lust of the eyes."  That is the specific thing this proverb addresses.

Let me start from the back side of this proverb first.  We read that the eyes of man are not satisfied - in fact we see that they are NEVER satisfied.  Now let me return to the iPhone 5.  This was released within weeks of this post - and I believe was greeted with over 2 million people who wanted it as soon as it was released.  The vast majority of these people had bought the iPhone 4S, which was an upgrade from the iPhone 4, which was an improvement over the iPhone 3.  I hope you can see what is happening here.  We are never satisfied with what our cell phones can do.  We want something else - and all it takes for us to stand in line for the next upgrade is for Apple to dangle a few "exciting" changes before our eyes.  When they do this, we are soon hooked - and just "have to have" this newest phone.  Want to know why?  It is because the eyes of our lusts are never satisfied.  There will always be another "new and improved" that will command our attention - command our lusts - which will command us to lay down another several hundred dollars so that we have the latest.  This is the case until the latest becomes outdated by the new latest, which is bound to come within a year of the last "latest" we had to have.  Thus I have explained, I hope to your satisfaction (or possibly conviction) the iPhone 5 proverb.  Next year, I'll have t rewrite this post to be the iPhone 6 proverb.  By the way, the post will be new and improved, and will contain words that you will just have to read in order to be truly satisfied and fulfilled. 

How strong is this desire of our eyes?  That is where the opening part of our proverb comes into play.  We read that Sheol and Abbadon are never satisfied.  To the extent that these two are now satisfied - that is the extent to which we won't be either - at least in what we want to see.  What are Sheol and Abaddon?  They are two Hebrew names for the place of the dead - and the place of ultimate punishment.  If we were to truly translate these two words they would be translated, "Death and Hell."  One would think that after thousands of years of consuming mankind and all of nature that Death would be satisfied.  (Note that these two - Sheol and Abaddon - are personalized.  They are not just a state of being - they are almost humanized so that we feel we are dealing with an actual entity.)  Death is not satisfied with the billions that he has.  He consumes daily those who join his ranks.  Wars, disease, violence, and old age swell the ranks of those in his grasp.  He consumes kings and paupers and everyone in between.  Yesterday he consumed thousands - and yet today his appetite for more is not satiated. 

Abaddon is also placed before us.    Many Hebrew scholars consider this to be the "second death" which is equivilent to hell.  Whereas death consumes mankind in general - hell consumes the wicked of mankind with the same voracious appetite.  No matter how evil man is in this generation - there will be more in the next.  And just as the previous generation was consumed by the judgment and by hell itself - it seems that the next does not heed the warning, rushing headlong into the same eternal destruction.  Does hell ever reach a point of being satisfied with his latest meal of the wicked and the ungodly?  Contrary to the thought, hell wants even more men and women - never being satisfied with the last batch of fools who ignore God's call to their eternal damnation. 

It is truly fascinating that God chooses to compare our unsanctified and uncontrolled eyes to both death and hell.  So many wind up with a liberal harvest of death and hell because they never learn to submit what their eyes see to the will and Word of God.  Lives are consumed, marriages destroyed, fortunes lost, and families disintegrated all because the eyes of men run wild. 

So what is our response to such a terrifying proverb?  It should be to come to God and to cry out for grace to redeem our eyes from their natural course and uncontrolled desires.  We need to call out to God for His work of salvation - that we would be saved from the sins of our eyes.  We need to also continuously call out to Him for His work of sanctification  - that He would purify our eyes and keep us from having them be a starting point for all kinds of wicked thoughts and actions.  Here is a promise of God for all of us.  Jesus says to come to Him - all of us who are weary and heavy laden and He will give us rest for our souls.  We do not have to be lead by our eyes into every sin - and every new iPhone - that comes our way, or is dangled before our eyes.  We can take His yoke upon us and learn of Him - of a life satisfied with the only thing that will bring fullness to our souls.  We were made for God - and anything but Him will never satisfy us.  When we do this - we will no longer be driven by the deathly and hell-bent desire of our eyes, which only want something new to see and to lust after.  We will learn, in participating in our Lord's life, that there is rest for our souls.  Who knows - if we learn to look at Jesus, realizing that true fullness of life is found in Him - we might even find ourselves manifesting enough self-control and satisfaction to resist the iPhone 6.


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Bright-eyed and Fat-boned! Proverbs 15:30

2/17/2012

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Bright eyes gladden the heart; Good news puts fat on the bones. Proverbs 15:30

It is a good thing to be bright-eyed and fat-boned as a Christian.  Ok, there is a sentence you won't hear everyday.  Yet the fact is that today's proverb tells us that this is a good thing - and that the wise man will fully embrace it.  Therefore it would definitely be good to understand just what this proverb speaks about - so that we can be blessed in this way.

Bright-eyed . . . We hear of people who wake up each morning being "bright-eyed and bushy-tailed." This is an expression that refers to someone who wakes up and is truly awake.  The idea of being bushy-tailed refers to a squirrel who when his tail is bushy means that he is fully alert.  These are English expressions, but what we are dealing with here is a Hebraism.  It was an expression that meant something to a Jewish person - just like our sayings mean something to us.

This proverb is a "restated" proverb, meaning that each half restates the other.  Thus this brightening of the eyes - is similar to the good news that puts fat on the bones.  So we can know that the effect on the eyes here is from seeing good things.  What is fascinating though is looking at the word "bright" in the ways that it is used in other places in the Old Testament.  The overwhelming use of this word is in reference to the light of the seven-fold lap in the tabernacle of Moses.  The reason this is fascinating is because of the imagry that this picture.  The lamp was filled with holy oil - a picture of the ministry and work of the Holy Spirit.  The lamp was the only source of light in the Holy place.  It illuminted two things in that room.  There was the table of showbread - which is a type of God's Word.  There was also the altar of incense - which is a type for us of prayer and worship.  Now in light of these things, let's look at at this proverb again. 

What is the news that fattens our heart?  It is when we have the full measure of the illumining work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.  When that is the case we have Him opening the Word to us.  We have Him opening our hearts to pray and to worship God.  This would definitely make our hearts glad.  This is the best news of all - God is worthy - God wants us to make our requests known to Him - God wants to speak to us through His Word! 

This also makes wonderful sense when we see what the Hebraism, "fat-bones" means.  This particular Hebraism means a sense of prosperity.  When someone has fat on their bones - they are prosperous and blessed.  It is good news that does this.  Indeed there is a sense that this proverb can simple mean having eyes that are brightened by seing good things and ears that hear good things - makes us glad and prosperous.  But there is also a deeper spiritual meaning that takes us to a different level.  When we hear and see the good news that the Scripture tells us about God - it brings joy to our heart and spiritual fatness to our bones. 

It is a wise thing when a man submits himself to the work of the Holy Spirit.  This will brighten his eyes and bring great gladness to his heart.  He will see the gospel, which indeed is good news.  He will see the truth of God which will put some serious fat on his bones.  He will find himself prospering greatly in the Lord - blessed with spiritual growth - and delghted in the goodness of God.  No doubt about it - it is a good thing to start your day with a quiet time where you seek the Lord - and submit yourself to the Spirit of God as a teacher and guide.  Doing that will truly make you a bright-eyed and fat-boned Christian!

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The Life and Times of the Drunken Fool, part 1 - Rhetorical Questions for the Drunk Man - Proverbs 23:29-30

4/23/2011

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Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?  Those who linger long over wine, Those who go to taste mixed wine.  Proverbs 23:29-30

We are about to read one of the most amazing sections of Proverbs that there is.  These next seven verses are one of the most poignent commentaries on alcohol and drinking that there is in Scripture.  It is also one of the most plain statements against getting drunk.  I am not one who states that the Biblical view is complete abstinence from alcohol - simply because Scripture itself does not state that.  The Bible teaches us to steer clear from getting drunk.  It also warns against lingering long over wine - and I would also argue that the Bible militates against the whole "party culture" that exists in our society today.  My own personal stance is complete abstinence from alcohol.  The reason for this is because I've led at least two men to Christ who were alcoholics.  If I were to drink - and they were to follow my example - there is good reason to be concerned that they would be ruined by my abuse of my freedom in Christ.  Therefore, rather than make my brothers stumble, I will renounce my freedom to have anything to do with alcohol.

This passage though is about abuse of alcohol.  It asks a series of questions that are all rhetorical in nature.  They are this way because they have to do with the consequences of alcohol in someone's life who is abusing it.  Who has woe?  The answer is the alcohol abuser.  Woe means to have a horrific distress.  Take a close look at the drunkard and you will find plenty of woe and sorrow in his life.  There are so many ways that this happens - through broken relationships - through wasted lives - through the regret and horror of the aftermath of a drunken driving accident or arrest.  There is so much sorrow from the immediate consequences - as well as the long term ones that come out of drinking and drunkenness.  But too often men want to make it look as if these are rare consequences rather than the norm of alcohol abuse.

The next set of two questions here deal with the issue of contentions and complaining.  Unfortunately, before I came to Christ, I was often in parties where the abuse of alcohol was frequent.  I can tell you from experience that the contentions and complaining are very much true.  Guys would break out into fights and would have major altercations when they were drunk.  I remember one friend who not only had a fight, but was beaten bloody and shot before the night was over.  He survived, but the gunshot wound is still in his body to this day as a monument to his stupidity and drunken lack of sense.  The complaining usually comes from those who have to deal with the drunk.  Their wives complain of their actions.  Their children complain of their actions.  Their employer complains of their alcohol abuse.  They all feel the effects of the lack of self-control - and in some cases the anger that comes with a drunk stumbling into the home.  It is a sad but true fact that many men return home to beat their wives and children in their drunken state.  Their complaining is testimony to a man who has lost all self-control and who is slowly ruining his life.

The next couplet here has to do with questions about wounds and redness of eyes. The wounds come from stumbling around drunk - running into things and injuring oneself.  They may come from fights and their aftermath.  The redness of eyes comes in the morning when the drunk gets up and faces the difficulty of recovering from the previous evening's activities.  Not only is there redness of eyes - but there is also a pounding headache - and at times a stomach that is sick from the alcohol of the previous night. 

These things are all said of those who "linger long over wine."  This speaks of someone who drinks - and stays at a place where they serve them.  These are the men who stay at bars well into the night.  They may start at happy hour and not finish his drinking until after midnight.  The drunk may have 5 to 10 drinks as he pours out the problems he has with the bar tender.  He lingers long over a beer or a hard drink - and has another when he is done.  The passage here also says that there are those who go to taste "mixed wine."  Mixed wine refers to ways that men would mix wine with other things to make it better - and often to make it more intoxicating.  It would in some ways refer to the way that men mix drinks in bars today. 

We are going to get a pretty good picture of the drunk over the next several days.  We are going to see his actions as well as the consequences of them.  We are going to hear warnings against the things that he does.  We will hear warnings about alcohol and the way that it can lure someone into its trap.  We will hear about how alcohol promises one thing, yet delivers something quite different.  We will also see that when we give ourselves over to this habit and this abuse, we will find that it is a trap that shuts over us and does much to bring great destruction in our lives.  The wise man knows that wine and strong drink are deadly and deceptive.  That is why he stays away from them.

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Speaking Frankly With Our Sons, Part 6 of 7 - Distractions and Focus

3/22/2011

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Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you. Proverbs 4:25

Godly fathers warn their sons about distractions.  It was a distraction that led to the fall of mankind.  It was when Satan got the man and the woman to look at the one thing they probably should not have set in their sights that they were distracted enough to make the mistake of not just look at it - but partake of the forbidden fruit.  In much the same way, our sons are being constantly given things to look at that are not wise for them to put in the path of their vision.  What we look at long enough - will so fill our vision that we want to partake of it.  That can get our sons in all kinds of trouble.

Dad speaks frankly with his sons, telling them to have their eyes look directly in front of them.  He says this again with greater intensity telling the boys to let their gaze be fixed straight in front of them.  This is important for sons because they are going to face a tremendous amount of visual stimulation from the world.  We are warned against a worldliness where we live for the lust of our eyes.  This warning should remind us as fathers that what our eyes see can stimulate very strong desires that cry out for fulfillment.

David had a vision of a beautiful woman bathing in front of his eyes one evening in Jerusalem.  He could have looked away, but rather than do this, David fixed his gaze upon Bathsheba.  Soon, looking was not enough for David - he had to have more.  That look led to a horrible set of problems, beginning with adultery, and ending with a devastating set of consequences for his entire family - indeed, for all of Israel. 

Oh, how we need to use such things to warn our sons against the sins of the eyes.  How we need to warn them to keep their vision fixed straight in front of them.  They need to have a vision that dominates their lives - and it needs to be one where they focus on Christ.  Paul told us that when we gaze at Him with unveiled faces that we will be transformed into the very image that is set before our eyes.  May we be diligent in encouraging our sons to have that vision be the Lord Jesus Christ!
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