TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Morning Manna - August 19, 2025 - Proverbs 9:16-18 - Stolen Waters, Secret Graves

Episode Date: August 19, 2025

In today's Morning Manna, we examined the deadly appeal of foolishness masquerading as wisdom. The foolish woman extends her invitation to the simple, luring them with promises of secret pleasures and stolen delights. But what looks sweet soon turns bitter—her house is filled with the dead, and her path leads straight to hell. This sobering passage reminds us that every invitation must be weighed not by how it feels, but by where it leads. Teachers:  Rick Wiles and Doc BurkhartYou can partner with us by visiting FaithandValues.com, calling 1-800-576-2116, or by mail at PO Box 399 Vero Beach, FL 32961.Get high-quality emergency preparedness food today from American Reserves!AmericanReserves.comIt’s the Final Day! The day Jesus Christ bursts into our dimension of time, space, and matter. Now available in eBook and audio formats! Order Final Day from Amazon today!Amazon.com/Final-DayApple users, you can download the audio version on Apple Books!books.apple.com/final-dayPurchase the 4-part DVD set or start streaming Sacrificing Liberty today.Sacrificingliberty.comThe Fauci Elf is a hilarious gift guaranteed to make your friends laugh! Order yours today!Trunews/faucielf

Good morning, everybody. Welcome to Morning, Manna. It's Tuesday. We are delighted to have you with us. We're studying the book of Proverbs. We're in the ninth chapter. We're going to finish it up today, verses 16, 17, and 18, and move on to chapter 10 tomorrow. Let's pray. Doc, we'll then read the three scriptures, and we'll jump into these verses today. Almighty God, thank you for this wonderful day. Father, bless the teaching of your. your word in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. All right. I get you drink there, Mr. Wiles, and I'll read the scriptures here. Good morning. I'm glad to have you here and want to just welcome some countries today. We don't do this very often, but we'd like to remind people that this is an international Bible study. Of course, we have several friends in Russia that are tuning in. We have several people in Malaysia, Rick, that join us on a regular basis, Rachel and Chris. We have folks in Norway, in the United Kingdom, of course, Japan, the Philippines, Guatemala, and Brazil today. And so we are so blessed and privileged to have you here with us all over the world and across

the U.S. and Canada today. We are reading from Proverbs chapter 9 as we continue our study of wisdom. And we're picking back up on verse 16, finishing out chapter nine today. And I'm reading from the King James this morning. Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And as for him that wanteth understanding, she say it to him, stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. But he knoweth that not the dead are there. He knoweth not that the dead are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell. God bless the reading of his word today. Amen. Verse 16.

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither, and as for him that wanteth understanding she saith to him. Modern English. Whoever is simple, let him turn in here. As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him. Well, let's begin with the first segment. Whoever is simple, let him turn in here. This is, what we, what we're going to see here is this is a direct imitation. Yes.

This is Folly's imitation of Wisdom's invitation. Right. Back in verse four. Yes. It's the same words. Verse four, whoso is simple and turn in hither. Identical words, Doc. Yeah. So Proverbs 9.4, as Doc just stated, wisdom said, whoever is simple, let him turn in hither as for him that wanteth understanding she saith to him. Wait a minute. That's what we just read in verse. That's right. So foolishness, folly is imitating wisdom. What can we learn from this?

So what we're seeing here is the subtle cunning temptation. It does not appear in a grotesque form it even appears spiritual folly imitates wisdom word for word for what purpose to fool people to deceive people uh the word simple and we we talked about this yesterday uh the hebrew word is And I was wondering how to pronounce this. So I looked it up here this morning. It's a pathi, P-E-T-H-I, Pthi. It refers to the naive, the uninformed, those who lack spiritual discernment, those who are unstable.

They have malleable souls, meaning they're like, It's like silly party. It can be formed. It's like clay. You can moat it. Right. Easily influenced. Easily influenced. Bally's invitation here is not neutral. She is strategically seductive. And she crafted her words to sound identical to the woman of wisdom. false gospels use the same language of the true gospel you will see it in cults like Jehovah's Witness

they'll use the gospel to get inside from your porch inside your house so that they can begin introducing their fake gospel right that's what folly's doing here she's using the words of wisdom because the gullible the naive the simple don't have enough sense to to discern that this person who is speaking is not wisdom so we've got

a battleground a war for minds and souls one thing that we should one lesson we should see here this is a caution to all of us that not every familiar message is from the lord amen rick especially in this day and age there are things that sound good that sound true that you may be convinced that have, you know, a good foundation, but they're so deceptive, so deceptive, in this day and age especially. Doc, 20-some years ago in the beginning of true news. there was a there was a very popular preacher on religious television and he talked very fast and he made a lot of promises and he would say and the Lord says and it would be you know

and the Lord said this and the Lord said this and the Lord said this I mean you were just kind of blown away by his mastery of the scriptures and yet something when I would hear him talking something in my spirit said that's not what the lord said i just feel that you know that um that check in my spirit like that's not the truth and yet you'd watch this man he was so persuasive and the lord said this and thus saith the lord and you know what the bible says the bible says this this and this okay and yet you were drawn in by this guy by the his charisma his the the the the power of his of his personality and yet my spirit just kept saying there's something not right it's not right but doc his his presentation there would go by so fast you know a 30-minute program and he

would spew out so many scriptures and so many let's say of the lord promises by the end of this you know by the end of the program you couldn't keep track of everything he said and let me tell you what what happened my son jeremy was in college at the time and i and i said i said jeremy i'm going to show you that this man's a liar and a deceiver i know it i just know it in my spirit and he says what do you want to do i said okay you you take the recording we're we're going to record his program and then we're going to stop it frame by frame now this is back before we had a lot of tools you know that we could use so we said we're going to we're going to play it just sound bite by sound bite okay so he you know when this man would say well the bible says then we we played that in in sections and i would say okay let's find that scripture well talk what we've what we quickly discovered was he was he was blending two three four five scriptures into one

right yes all of it was the word of god but not in the way it was written it's like the the christian zionists do today you know what the bible says whoever blesses the state of israel god blesses them that's not in the bible they say it and people believe it it's not in the bible this is what we're seeing here with foolishness foolishness imitates wisdom and if you don't have a discerning mind you just you just hear it and you say oh that's

that's the word of god that's righteousness that's good things this is how this is how Satan deceives people he always he'll use the word of god and twist it and add to it and delete from it like he did with eve to deceive people that's the message here so not every familiar message is from the lord you've got to test the voice that's behind the words the danger lies in the echo of truth without the substance of righteousness it may sound good it may sound familiar it may sound like the bible but it leads to death and destruction the doctrinal laziness of a folly yes counterfeit repetition of the word of god it's this is the voice of false religions

spiritual counterfeits that mirror truth imitate truth but offer no salvation all offer no born-again experience offer no hope no resurrection says um turn in let's go back whoever is simple let him turn in here this this represents a change in direction what is foolishness what is folly attempting to do remember yesterday they were on the right path yes but now they're distracted away and it comes down to one decision what was the one turn so verse 15 all right to call passengers who go right on their ways what's she doing now she's saying turn in see she's she's going after the people who are somewhat going in the right direction in life these are not strong committed disciples

these are these are people that are trying to live a good life not not deliberately doing anything bad or wrong they're trying to go in the right way but they haven't made a commitment to god she goes after them they're going on the right way and she says turn in here you know you know like um retailers and restaurants and garages they'll have somebody standing out along the side of the road or the sign three hamburgers here turn here that's what folly's doing she's saying turn in here and people make an impulse decision it turns the steering wheel okay i'm going in here she's beckoning the simple to divert their course even slightly just come off the main road can i get you just to pull off the main road this is all done in a non-threatening manner she's not screaming rebellion she's not screaming

you know gross immorality she's she's doing this in a in a real subtle way and then you have this this um this call to intimacy you know turn in here where where are we turning into right she's saying turn in here to my house Remember, wisdom built her house on seven pillars. Verse 14, for she sit at the door of her house. Now, in verse 16, she's saying, turn in here. Where? Her house. She's trying to get people to come into her house.

so this is a a spiritual pivot she's she's attempting to get the simple the naive those who are not grounded in the word of God yes turn the steering wheel turn the steering wheel drive into my driveway turn here come in and again and they make an impulsive decision. They weren't planning to do it. They weren't going there. It wasn't on their mind, but all of a sudden she's there. Right.

And the big takeaway for me here, Rick, is that the difference between wisdom and folly is a decision. The difference between wisdom and folly is a single decision where you say, I choose wisdom or I choose folly. Now, you may not say those words right out loud, but you are making a decision either mentally or with your feet sometimes. And there's a fine line between the direction there. You may, and it may sound like the folly may sound seductive and sound logical and sound everything else, but it's the wrong decision. And so the difference between wisdom and folly, And this is one of the things that Rick teaches, and I fully believe in, it all comes down to making the right decision. And you can't have true wisdom in making decisions without the Holy Spirit involved.

That's why we have to rely on the Spirit to make wise decisions instead of which one. And we've got to constantly question, the origin of the. voice that we're hearing that very true what voice is speaking to you today we could go into a teaching about familiar spirits not for today but familiar spirits are demonic spirits that are familiar with you and you're familiar with them and over time people become accustomed to the presence of the demonic spirits and they actually begin thinking some people think it's their own conscience speaking others will actually think it's the Lord speaking to them right all right so and as for him that want of understanding she

saith to him modern English as for him who is of understanding she says to him one of understanding void of understanding same meaning spiritually empty vessels they lack the discernment to judge correctly yes and and what does she say to this foolish person rick well let's look at let's look at the Hebrew word doc um wanting nothing wanting i mean void of understanding want of understanding you've got two words hebrew words corsair which means destitute fail lack have need void void want want and then lebe i think it's pronounced leb or lebe lab it's lebe uh it's lebes uh but i think it's pronounced lab uh and this means lacking a heart not just not just lacking intellect or conscience but

lacking a heart yeah so these people are spiritually vulnerable and they are very susceptible to deceit manipulation and then eventual destruction remember satan's endgame is your destruction they're not just messing with you if he could have his way with you he would destroy you in in a heartbeat doesn't care a hoot about you or your family or anything else that's good he would destroy you in a heartbeat if he could get to you he comes to kill still and destroy it and all of us every day we're vulnerable to you his attacks so folly foolishness appeals to emotional desire not not reason so this man is a woman is a void of understanding this person not only a target of sin but a false

ideology, false theologies, cauldish beliefs. They're opening themselves up to all kinds of things. So this is not a person who's simply ignorant, but this is a person who has a heart that has not submitted

to the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom. doc look at this the the call of folly the call of this is this foolishness personified as a woman the call of this woman folly is the inversion of discipleship yes what do we do in discipleship we lead people deeper into the truth of god yes she does the opposite. She leads people in the opposite direction of truth. It's the inversion of discipleship. Discipleship leads people into light. Folly leads them into darkness and disguises it as enlightenment. It's so sad to see.

on TV or the internet people that you know they got a good heart you can tell they got a good heart they're kind people the nice people they mean well and yet they've been deceived by

new age religions they'll talk about they they desire world peace they desire the different races of humanity to live together, no discrimination. They're kind-hearted people. And yet, and they'll even acknowledge Jesus. Yes, Jesus is a form of light.

It's like you're deceived. Right. You're deceived. And yet they're good people. being good is not enough hell will be populated with good people it's not enough to be good so folly goes after a person that's already inclined toward folly and her voice is just confirming what that person has already begun to desire.

There's enough foolishness in that person for folly to get a grip on them. Sincerity and goodness is not enough to protect you from this. deception you have to work at being grounded in truth yes you have to work at it five days a week we're working at it we're taking an hour yeah a lot of people went to the gym today worked out that's a good thing they spent an hour to gym but they skipped their soul they're not willing to spend an hour at the soul gymnasium but we're lifting weights that's right we're on the we're on the treadmill to make our hearts stronger we're we're developing our spiritual muscles we're spending an hour at god's gym

going to a physical fitness gym there's nothing wrong with that at all but you ought to spend an hour in god's gym why because we got to build up our inner man remember the inversion principle satan is trying to undo what the holy spirit is doing and that can happen to the best of us Satan will look for a way how can I get into that person's life and start undoing what the Holy Spirit has already done what opening where can I find a way to get into them

and undo their discipleship once understanding is lost the person becomes receptive to every false voice because they think it sounds reasonable we've got to test every voice test every spirit verse 17 stolen waters are sweet and bread eaten in secret is pleasant this this phrase exposes the the seduct illusion of sin what is forbidden appears more desirable because it is forbidden

simply because it's forbidden right people desire it water where stolen waters are sweet not not just water but stolen water but stolen water Yeah, stolen waters. What does water represent life? So this is stolen water, all right? And what gets me is water is one of the most abundant resources in the world. It's, you know, and the idea that it has to be stolen. look i have stolen water here not just water stolen water so doc um let's see what's scripture

what what chapter in proverbs did we talk about cisterns oh that's right okay to look that up so okay once you do that right now and let's see where that connects because i that just came to my mind that we had studied cisterns and the water was flowing remember the water was flowing into the streets yes proverb 515 drink water is out of thine own cistern and running water is out of thine own well okay so now in verse chapter 9 this is talking about people that desire to drink water from somebody else's cistern stolen water stole they don't know it yeah it's not been all offered to them by the it's been stolen the sweetness of stolen the sweetness of stolen is deceptive it's momentary it it pleases the census but it poisons the soul

look the world is full the world has in every country every society every city every neighborhood there are men and women who lust for somebody else's spouse mainly because it's stolen We talked about this in one of the, talking about the, you know, the adulterous woman, all right, that she's pursuing somebody else for the pleasure for her is not in that person, but in the fact that she has, she's defiled somebody. and in this case she's she's going after somebody else's spouse right but this can this can also mean many other things than just the sexual connotation but isn't that what sells sin sin sells because it's forbidden because it's hidden that is secret you know there's something about sin that isn't out there completely. You have to go someplace to sin. You have to, a secret place, a hidden place, a shadowy place. Yes. And somehow that makes it more enticing. So people rationalize

sin and say, if it feels good, it must be right. If two people are in agreement to commit sin and it doesn't harm anyone, what's the problem? because you're right doc it's the the pleasure factor is increased by the secrecy so the thrill of concealment adds to the deception satan doesn't present sin as poison he presents it as sweetness as honey The poison is in the honey. Satan's main strategy is not physical force. It's always appealed to the carnal desires of humanity. It doesn't get a lot done with physical force.

But water, even though it's stolen, is still water. Doc, there's no change. It's not a new substance. It's a substance that's been misused. Yeah. It's still water. This verse, um,

there's a doctrine of, Cancoupicent, right, is that the word, cancoupicent, the inward craving for what is lawful, unlawful? Yes. A strong desire. But the pleasure of stolen water fades quickly. The sweetness turns sour. And it's addictive. once people get on this this track it's like drugs they got to they have to have another shot

because the pleasure doesn't last long many times what people are doing is they're just escaping their problems now doctor's next part bread eaten in secret is pleasant the bread represents daily sustenance the provision of life even the ordinary becomes tainted when done in secrecy and rick it's interesting to note that wisdom back in verse verses five and six also extends an invitation to come eat of my bread. Yes. But the implication here in verse 17, if the water is stolen, the bread is probably stolen too.

Yes. Folly is imitating wisdom. She's now offering bread. But wisdom says eat my bread in public. Right. Folly says eat my bread in secret. That's right. what is it about the secrecy why does folly take something as basic ordinary mundane everyday substance called bread and say we have to hide to eat it what does that mean

she's this is not grand rebellion this is this is using the mundane everyday things of life to commit sin right the only difference between the bread is one is stolen right the bread itself it's no different it's bread and it's there's secret indulgence yes now again this is not only sexual gratification and it obviously does include that at lust but it also includes greed slander how how do people slander in secret they pull somebody over hey i'm gonna i got something i gotta tell you don't hey don't tell anybody this you promise you won't tell anybody this oh no no what is it oh let me tell you this isn't that the way it's done you're right they pull the person aside hey keep this between

you and me what is it they promise you're not going to tell anybody no i promise what is it well so-and-so i know this a for a fact about so-and-so it's slander but see it's done in secrecy that's the principle here these sins are done in secrecy so that nobody else there are no other witnesses to what you did the gossip the slander the greed the stealing

whatever it is stealing most stealing is done in in secrecy only idiot thieves do it in public but most most thefts are done in in secrecy how many things have you noticed have disappeared in your home in your office whatever how many things have disappeared you know what happened to that because somebody somebody was in your house, it could be a cleaner. It could be a repair person. It could be anybody, a visitor who

just came into your house. And when you weren't looking, something disappeared. It's done in secrecy. Satan does most of his work in secrecy. Now, this is But wisdom, this is in contrast to wisdom. Wisdom has an open table. Right. Wisdom's table, there's joy. There's fellowship. There's fellowship.

It's out in the public. But Folly's meal is hushed. Yeah. And it's interesting that wisdom offers bread and wine, which is reflective of that communion with Christ, whereas folly offers stolen water, stolen bread, eaten in secret, which leads to death. Why is it done in secrecy? Because it's shameful.

Right. Doc, take a look at John 3 versus 19 through 21. John 3 19 through 21 and this is there you there okay go ahead and read it all right John chapter 3 Gospel John chapter 3 verses 19 through 21

and this is the condemnation that light is coming to the world and men love darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil for everyone that doeth evil hateeth the light neither comeeth to the light less his deeds should be reproved.

Verse 21. But he that doeth the truth comeeth to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, and they are wrought in God. Yes. Okay, so, Doc, one, and this was a surprise to me

in preparing for this lesson. I discovered that some of the older commentators who are no longer here, in this world and I'm talking about people like John Gill he passed away in 1771

he wrote the exposition of the old and New Testaments great Bible commentator by hand he wrote it by hand Adam Clark he died Commentaries. Yeah, how many? I forget how many, but they fill up half my shelf.

He passed away in 1832. There are a lot of these, Matthew Poole. These are the people I study. Matthew Poole, he passed away in 1679. See, some of you, you put into the chat in morning manna. Rick and Doc are just bringing forth new revelations of the word of God. No, we're not. I wish that was the case.

Yeah, I should take credit, but we're not. We're bringing forth old revelations. We get shocked about it too, folks. Yeah, what we're doing is we're going back 300, 400 years and studying what Christian leaders taught the churches at those times. And we're going, wow, look at this. But, Doc, this is one of the fascinating things I discovered

is that these old commentators I've mentioned, they equated this verse with Freemasonry and Secret Societies. Oh, I can see that. Isn't that the appeal of Freemasonry and all these groups, you know, the secrecy of it? I mean, even in the Lions Club, your local Lions Club, they have a secret handshake. Yes. So, I mean. Because those clubs were set up, established by Mason's.

Right. So John Gill was one. He said this verse, it links the allure of mystical, esoteric religion. Freemasonry, yes. Yes. Come into our secret temple. And that was big in his day. Oh, my goodness.

Yes. The secret bread. Adam Clark said the secret bread has a symbolic tie to clandestine practices. such as secret rituals and pagan rituals and feasts where people go into dark secret chambers to receive the hidden knowledge. Yes. What are they doing in those places? They're going after knowledge.

that God said to Adam and Eve, this is forbidden. And why do they want that knowledge, Rick? What is it about that knowledge that they pursued? To be like God. Yeah, for power, control. That's right. So there are a lot of these great teachers of the Word of God that link this particular verse with rituals,

occultism, secret knowledge, forbidden knowledge, and it's always dressed in secrecy. Why? What is it? Because that appeals to certain people. Right. And isn't that one of the things that draw people to these secret societies, that they have that knowledge and information that will allow me to get ahead in the world? Yes.

that will give me an advantage over others doc sometimes i think people join secret societies just out of curiosity like what are they doing in there well you have to join in order to find out right you have to turn in here turn in here no one accidentally joins one of these secret societies Well, I'm a free mason. How'd that happen? Doc. Wisdom offers purity. Folly offers privacy.

Yes. You have to exchange your purity to get the privacy. And purity. maybe a private matter, but it becomes public, right? People recognize your purity. They see it in you. They see it in the way you speak, the way you walk, the way you talk, whereas folly, folly looks inward.

Folly rest on that privacy, the secrets that you keep. What is eaten in? Secrecy is never truly digested because your soul remains malnourished. These people eat in secrecy, but they're actually starving to death. Because, you know what? The flesh promises joy, but delivers death. the promise is never what is delivered it's just the

debate to get you to turn in turn in here let's see verse 18 but he knoweth not that the dead are there and that their guests are in depths of hell but he doesn't know that the departed spirits are there that their guests are in the depths of soul let's look at the first part but he

knoweth not that the dead are there so you've got this conjunction but so you've got this very startling contrast wait a minute we just were promised sweet promises. And now we go to this, but after you've, after you've consumed the sweet promises in secrecy, death is below the surface. The person knoweth not. He does not know. He or she is self-deceived. They believe that they're enjoying the goodness of life, but they're entering a tomb. The Hebrew word that's used here for dead refers to ghost. This is a dark, eerie realm, not just physical death but spiritual ruination

they become shadowy ghost there's a there's a it has a connotation of a hidden horror what looks like pleasure eventually produces a banquet that's held in the graveyard

right would you go to a banquet in a cemetery well i know a lot of mexican catholics do is it the day of the dead that they they have their cemetery they have their they all they pack picnic meals and go to the cemetery yeah that's a strange custom death this is a this is an incremental consequential death yes the person is slowly dying the dead are there but they wake up in hell okay what is telling you is that when you live a life of foolishness on earth you have all joined the population in hell you're already counted as a citizen in hell if you make foolishness your

way of life in other words your body is here but your soul is in hell yeah yeah Jesus Lord it's like a it's like a where they're having the secret dinner eating stolen bread and stolen water it's like a haunted house a haunted house populated with dead people and every new person who walks to the door

joins the crowd of damned souls Doc, look at the trajectory of sin. Enticement. Enticement, it starts with enticement. That leads to indulgence. That leads to deception, and that leads to destruction. And that leads to destruction. yes enticement indulgence deception destruction there's the path see he's got a he's got a formula

he's not inventing something new every day he's got a formula it's worked for thousands of years entice them feed them let them indulge and then deceive them and then destroy them works every time he knoweth not what did jesus say in luke chapter 12 verse 20 thou fool this night thou thy soul shall be required to be you fool you fool okay this house that once seemed alluring tempting fascinating pleasurable like people say I got to go inside that house oh just look at the lighting look at the just look at I got to go inside they don't realize that the interior is a tomb and it's populated with the people who made the same choice and her guests are in the depths of hell her guests these are her companions who are willing

participants who accepted her invitation who entered her house they turned in she's standing there saying turn in and they made the turn nobody made them do it they did it these are the companions and her guests these are the people excuse me these are the people who accepted her invitation turned in entered her house and sat at her table where are they now they're in the depths of soul they're not near death they are already buried deep within his grassland that's right they may be walking around they may be breathing but they're dead they're the walking dead yeah they're entrapped they're immersed they can't get out you have time you have time to get out before it's too late just one decision one turn one turn

right now decide right now yes her house leads to death um jesus and matthew seven spoke about a broad road that leads to destruction the people on that road they thought they were in a nice road out there on a nice highway wide plenty of room yeah smooth wide everybody's going the same direction that's right it's a busy road doc think about the hospitality of demons I never thought about how hospitable they are. Yeah, you can check into this hotel, but you can't check out. They're hospitable. They've got a room for you.

They're the friendliest people you'll ever meet. come on in we've got food we've got fun we've got pleasure come on in Isaiah said therefore hell hath enlarged herself and opened her mouth without measure this house constantly enlarges itself to hold more guests a house on your block that just keeps getting bigger by itself it just grows the more people that go in the bigger the house becomes that's hell it enlarges itself to accommodate the ever increasing population how big as hell as big as it has to be Well, Doc, we're over.

I was going to review all chapter, chapter nine. I wasn't sure if we could fill up the hour with three verses, but we did. Yeah. There's a lot packed in here. And so, especially when you compare it back to earlier in chapter nine, how it's just mirrors wisdom's invitation. And once again, I know I've. Once again, I know I've said it several times on Morning Manna today, but if there's one big lesson you can take away from this,

the difference between wisdom and folly is oftentimes a single decision. And so throughout this day to day, be looking for those decision points, those opportunities that the Lord brings in your life where you have the, where you have the opportunity to walk with the spirit and choose wisdom. Doc, throughout, you know this, throughout the Bible, there is a theme. Two choices. I pointed this out before many times at the early church in the first four centuries. Every pastor had a two ways, two roads sermon.

Yeah. That was the most popular sermon in the world, the first four or five centuries. what do we see here there's a spiritual fork in the road you're traveling and now you come to a fork to the right to the left what do we see two houses what are we here two voices what's before us two feasts two meals what else is there two destinies Every soul must choose its host, its meal, and its eternal dwelling. That is the conclusion of it all. Get this straight. If you have to teach anything to somebody,

every soul must choose its host. Is your host wisdom or foolishness? You have to choose your meal. Is it a banquet set out in public by wisdom? Or is it a secret banquet with stolen bread and water? And where shall you dwell eternally? In the presence of Almighty God or in the presence of Lucifer? Those are the choices everybody has to make.

And know this. Satan is always there, always seeking to tempt you to come away from the Lord. None of us are immune. None of us have, we have to constantly stay on the right road. You have to work at it. There's labor. There's labor involved. God's not going to do it for you.

There's labor involved. Where people, they allow. false doctrines to come in deception various things can come into your life to pull you away but the mercy of god thank you thank you jesus we have a good shepherd amen and he'll leave the 99 to go find that one know that about your shepherd amen if you start to veer off the shepherd's coming for you he's going to look for you He's not going to let you get off that path. Even though we make these mistakes, the good shepherd is coming out to look for you.

He'll leave the other 99 and go find that one that strayed from the right course. Amen. All right, Doc. That's it for today. Amen. Well, you made a good decision by joining us today for Morning Manor. And I pray that you had a good workout at God's gym, not Gold's gym, but God's gym today. and that you've had your spiritual muscles strengthened up

as you encounter the world and everything in it. And aren't you glad that you're learning proverbs so you can make wise decisions throughout your day, wisdom for the kingdom of God? So we invite you join us again tomorrow, tomorrow being Wednesday, 8 a.m. live for our live version of Morning Manor, but you can also watch Morning Manor at various times throughout the day.

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rick oh so i was alerted that earlier today but uh i haven't talked to him i haven't talked to him in a number of years yeah and so uh we need to be praying for him and i pray for his recovery but uh yes from what i understand i think we have somebody here that goes to his church uh saying that he is uh having a very rough time right now We need to be praying for Pastor Benjamin Faircloth, is it named. Let's pray right now. Almighty God, we come to you as our divine healer, our great physician, our doctor. And, Father, we lift up to you, our brother, Pastor Benjamin Faircloth.

Father, we ask you to rescue him from death. We ask you to restore the health of his kidneys. You gave him kidneys. you made his kidneys and you can make them new father father we curse the disease and Benjamin Faircloth's kidneys and we we loose his kidneys to function properly beginning now in the name of Jesus Christ we pray amen amen and on that note we'll depart for today God bless you and we'll see you on the Wednesday edition of Morning Manah God bless you Thank you.

Thank you.