Weekly Scripture 11-16-2025

Answer: 

This comes from the book of Proverbs and is one of the first things spoken in the book.

__:__The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

*This is the reason why you see so many people today going from one idea that they encounter to another idea that is presented to them. They have no wisdom because they have no reverence for God. To have the fear of the Lord is the same as having respect or reverence for Him and regarding what God says as fact and implementing things in one's life that God instructs us to implement. It is for our own good. But, you can see the opposite of the beginning of knowledge and this is just what the world does. The word fool carries with it a kind of meaning of unsaved or wicked people, and it definitely takes a wicked person to not regard God in his or her life. To be to the point the person that is in such a state of mind is actually insane. Such people think that they can do just fine without God and are rebellious toward Him and His Salvation that only He can provide. The consequences of letting them in power are clear, because it makes everyone suffer. Take a look at our society today and look at some of the people that are in power, they desire to allow such things as abortion and homosexuality in the name of progress they call it. It is progressing in the wrong direction, but people that run after worldly ideas and the people that come up with them have no real wisdom, because they have despised the only true form and source of it.

Weekly Scripture 11-9-2025

Answer: 2 Kings 2:23-24

This comes from 2 Kings.

__:__-__And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

*It is a terrible thing for a person that calls themselves a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ to deny the deity of our Lord God and the work that He did at His first coming. It is also a terrible thing to deny and ridicule the second coming of Jesus and it brings severe judgment. But a great many people deny and make fun of these events and things. These individuals that were mocking that day were making fun not only of the prophet, but the way that his predecessor in his ministry before him was taken out of this world. It was a factual event that took place then and there is an event in the future to take place where believers in the Lord Jesus Christ will be raptured out at the appointed time that God has on His calendar. There are a lot of places in the Word of God about judgment, and should not be overlooked. Our God is a God of grace and mercy, but He cannot overlook sin either and He is a fair Judge. Today we are living in a world that is a testimony of what happens when our legal system does not punish crimes that have been committed. The lack of some judges enforcing the law is a scandal and has made our streets unsafe and it is responsible for lawlessness in every way. The minds of some people in this country have been poisoned and brainwashed with all kinds of propaganda. When gangs and hoodlums terrorize neighborhoods, there should be punishment. If you don't believe that tough punishment works to solve a lot of the problems of crime, just look at the example above. After those two bears did their work, nobody else around Bethel in that day dared to ridicule this prophet or the way that God chose to use Him.