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“A Firm Foundation!”

“A Firm Foundation!”. Proverbs 1-3. In this edition of Popular Science (08-1992), and article appeared “Propping Up Pisa” (p. 27ff). It tells of the drastic measures taken to stabilize this historic structure….

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“A Firm Foundation!”

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  1. “A Firm Foundation!” Proverbs 1-3

  2. In this edition of Popular Science (08-1992), and article appeared “Propping Up Pisa” (p. 27ff). It tells of the drastic measures taken to stabilize this historic structure…

  3. The tower was started in AD 1173… According to this article in “Popular Science” the tower was “very near to collapse…”

  4. Not long ago almost directly across from the Willis (Sears) Tower in downtown Chicago, a massive work for the foundation of a building that was rumored to be going higher than the Willis Tower’s 108 floors…

  5. Purpose: to learn the knowledge of God’s Truth (His Word) is our only firm foundation

  6. I Corinthians 10:1 “I do not want you to be ignorant…”

  7. IKnowledge Begins with the FEAR of God (1:7; 3:5-6) A. Knowledge Defined

  8. “I’d be happier if we had scientist with less brains and more wisdom.”

  9. IKnowledge Begins with the FEAR of God (1:7; 3:5-6) A. Knowledge Defined B. The Acceptance of Know- ledge (v 7) C. The Channels of Knowledge

  10. IIKnowledge Refused Brings DISASTER (1:24-33) A. Only Fools Reject Instruction

  11. Psalm 14:1 “The fool has said in his heart ‘There is no God.’…”

  12. IIKnowledge Refused Brings DISASTER (1:24-33) A. Only Fools Reject Instruction B. The Cost of Rejecting Instruc- tion

  13. IIIKnowledge Received Necessi- tates FAITHFULNESS (2:3-6) A. Opposition to Receiving Truth

  14. Satan stands in the way of obtaining and using knowledge – God is the author of TRUTH and Satan is the author of LIES…

  15. IIIKnowledge Received Necessi- tates FAITHFULNESS (2:3-6) A. Opposition to Receiving Truth B. Diligent Pursuit of Knowledge

  16. Story of a dog with a bone in its mouth on a bridge…

  17. Henry Ford’s mansion – Fair Lane still stands in Dearborn Michigan. It stands as a great illustration in summary and conclusion of this passage of Scripture…

  18. Conclusion and Summary: The night this power failure came, Henry Ford lay dying in his bedroom. Though surrounded by an engineering marvel – one that made him totally independent of public utilities, Ford left this world as he had entered it 87 years earlier – in a cold house lighted by candles.

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