TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Morning Manna - October 1, 2025 - Proverbs 13:11-15 - When Wisdom Guards, and Folly Fails

Episode Date: October 1, 2025

In today’s Morning Manna, we reflect on Proverbs 13:11–15, where Solomon shows that wealth gained dishonestly vanishes, but steady labor brings increase. Hope deferred can weigh down the heart, but fulfilled desire revives like a tree of life. We learn that despising God’s Word leads to ruin, while fearing His command brings blessing, and that the instruction of the wise is a fountain of life protecting from death’s snares. Finally, Solomon reminds us that good understanding brings favor, but the way of transgressors is hard, proving that wisdom is always the better path. 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.MEGA FIRE reveals the ancient recurring cycles of war and economic collapse that have shaped history for 600 years. These patterns predict America is now entering its most dangerous period since World War II. Get your copy today!www.megafire.worldGet high-quality emergency preparedness food today from American Reserves!www.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!www.Amazon.com/Final-DayApple users, you can download the audio version on Apple Books!www.books.apple.com/final-dayPurchase the 4-part DVD set or start streaming Sacrificing Liberty today.www.Sacrificingliberty.com

Well, good morning, everybody. Welcome to Morning Manna. It's Wednesday, and we're delighted to have you here at the midweek to study the Word of God. We're in chapter 13 of the book of Proverbs. Today, we're looking at verses 11 through 15. As always, we begin the Bible study by inviting the Holy Spirit to take charge. Now, we know the Holy Spirit is here. He dwells inside of us. They'll never leave. us but i just think it's a respect to say to the holy spirit lead this class teach us all of us teachers and students make us stronger in christ illuminate our hearts and minds everything is through the holy spirit the holy spirit is god's appointed governor of the church on earth he is in charge of the church of christ it is the church of christ christ christ is in heaven seated at the right hand of the father but the spirit is on earth and he is the governor of the kingdom of god on earth and the kingdom is the church and so we we bow to the holy spirit Holy Spirit, we recognize your authority, your position, strengthen your church for the glory of

our King Jesus. So let's pray. I just prayed. Father, we worship you and praise you. Father, we recognize the role of the Holy Spirit as the governor of Christ's church on earth. And so Holy Spirit, we invite you to lead this morning man of Bible study and to teach all of us every brother and sister. around the world that is connected to this ministry teach us illuminate us enlighten us strengthen us with your word for the glory of your son jesus in his name we pray amen amen and welcome to

morning manna everyone this is the 8 o'clock hour here on the east coast and for most of you this is morning but we do have people in different parts of the world that are also checking in with us today in Malaysia and Philippines, praying for the Philippines today, had a 6.9 earthquake yesterday, keeping those folks in prayer, and just all over the world. And we appreciate you being here with us, no matter what time of day it is, where you are. Thank you for joining us for this Bible study class. We are in Proverbs chapter 13, continue our study here in this chapter. We're going to be looking at verses 11 through 15 today. So if you got your Bibles, read along with me, if you will. I'm reading from the King James and I'll begin at verse 11 here wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished

he that gathers by labor shall increase hope deferred maketh the heart sick but when the desire cometh it is a tree of life whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded the law the wise of the fountain of life to depart from the snares of death, one of my favorite verses there. Good understanding, give us favor, but the way of transgressors is hard. Ended with that word hard there in verse 15. All right, Rick, this should be an interesting study today. Yeah, and we start out with verse 11. It's got a lot packed into it. King James translation, wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he that gathers by labor shall increase. The World English Bible, wealth gain dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

The Peshitta, Aramaic translation, wealth hastily gotten shall be diminished, but he that gathers little by little shall increase. And the Septuagint, wealth gotten hastily with iniquity, is diminished. But he that gathers with godliness shall increase. So the Septuagint adds the word iniquity. The other translations are saying fast wealth shall be diminished. But the Septuagin says fast wealth gathered through iniquity is diminished. Let's see what we have here. King James uses the word vanity.

Vanity means, you know, obviously vain, empty, superficial. The word that's used here can mean fraud, dishonest, through speculation, get rich, quick schemes, perhaps it takes in gambling. You know, it's quick wealth. What is teaching here is that

quick wealth, quickly obtained wealth, is unstable. It flies away. In fact, that's what we're going to see in the 23rd chapter of Proverbs. Proverbs 23, verse 5, says, will thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings. They fly away as an eagle towards heaven. So this is teaching us that God's blessing.

is not on wealth that is obtained quickly. Now that does not include an inheritance as, you know, it's talking about schemes to get money without working. The internet is filled with schemes. By this course, you'll be rich. Yes. The only one's getting rich. are the people selling the courses so he doesn't bless quick wealth and therefore it will not last long

jeremiah 17 verse 11 as the partridge sitteth on eggs and hatches them not so he that geteth riches and not by right shall leave them in the midst of his days and at the end at his end shall be a fool so jeremiah is saying quick riches obtained dishonestly he said by not by right you know by shady means it's like a bird sitting on eggs that never hatch right and at the end of your life you're a fool how many stories have we heard over the years about people that win the lottery jackpot 100 million 300 million dollars whatever and two three four years later they're bankrupt they're divorced their families are split up

They might be a drug addict by the, and how many times have I have seen people who've said, I wish I never won the lottery. It destroyed my life. The reason is they were not mentally and emotionally prepared to handle that much money so quickly. Right. But when you're working and you're laboring and you're productive day after day after day you grow

you're growing with your wealth right with your with your your financial resources you're growing along with it but when you just have money flooded into you

like a lottery you've done no spiritual and emotional growth in maturity and then the money's gone before you know hey and everybody that wins the lottery will tell you they've they suddenly found cousins they didn't know existed okay people started coming to them with hard luck stories or business plans okay and little by little they gave away the money or they invested it in schemes and lost money.

So spiritually, wealth that's gained without righteousness leaves the person's so impoverished. That's what this is teaching. This is not against wealth. It's against wealth obtained without righteousness. In fact, Proverbs is teaching you to be wealthy. Yes, but there's a pathway. There's a right way. Gathereth by labor.

Okay? The wealth is gathered by labor. But he that gathereth by labor shall increase. Gather by labor means gradual, steady, honest industry. You're working every day. You're productive. You're diligent. You're faithful.

You're not trying to cheat anybody. You're not on a fast track to get somebody's money. God honors hard work. He honors faithfulness. he honors diligence if you just have a you know depending on what age you are right now but if you're still in the workforce well now look you know i'll just say look at your breathing you still can do this yes it's forget about age start today if you have a steady plan a plan for steady growth if you're diligent you

work the plan and the Lord's favor is on you you will your finances will be different 10 years from now than they are now and Rick I can't tell you how many times I wish I wish when I was in my 20s or even my 30s that I really had that knowledge it wasn't until my early 40s I really started understanding that and now thank God that I've been doing the right thing since then, but I would have been so much better off if I had learned that earlier. I don't blame other people.

That's my own fault for not seeking up the information and not applying that. I probably heard it, but just didn't do it. But it didn't come to heart until you got completely broke and you say, you know, I've got to change things. Exactly. I'm with you, Doc. You know, I had no mentors. I didn't have anybody teaching me and advising me and guiding me.

Now I look back and I see God's hand on my life even when I wasn't saved and he was steering me in certain directions and I would foolishly get out of the path he set me on. and then I'd struggle and flounder and I somehow get back on that path you know now looking back I realized oh that was the Lord he was putting me back on that path on a career path and and when every time I was on that career path I prospered every time I got off of that path I floundered and I did that for years until I finally learned you know I should stay on this particular career path, which for me was media. I did other types of work, but every time I got out of media, I floundered. Every time I was working in media, I prospered.

That was the career path God had designed for me. But I was foolish in those early years. So small, consistent. Distant gains build security, and it builds character. See, your journey in life, God has a promised land for each one of us. Each person's promised land is personalized. My promised land is not yours, and yours is not mine. God has a personalized promise land for every person on earth.

and he desires for you to dwell in that promised land but this is what I've learned the journey to the promised land and to secure the promised land and to conquer the enemies that are in your promised land and to dwell there and to rest there requires

significant deep change us in our character yes absolutely and what i've finally realized doc is that you and i and all of us as humans we're interested in the destination i i want to get to my promised land and enjoy it okay that's what we're after god's god has a different perspective he desires you to get there but he's more interested in how your character is shaped and moated in the journey to get there he's using the journey to change you so I can tell you after many years submit to the king submit surrender let him shape you right and that growing of wealth a step by step depth, you know, when I say wealth, I'm not talking billions, it could be, you know, but

wealth, you know, can be relative depending on what your needs are and where you're going to be and what God has for you and everything. To me, wealth is God's supplying everything you need to accomplish the mission he's set out for you to do. But there's also that internal wealth that God is looking to create you as well. And there's no instant change in us. know that there are people that have dramatic conversions, but the reality of the situation is that we're disciples. We learn over a long period of time. And I can't tell you how many times I've had to go back to my alma mater, the school of Hard Knocks, where the school colors are

black and blue, and learn and take another course, sometimes a repeat course of something I already learned and so but eventually it gets through my thick skull and my callous heart and changes take place but it's usually over great periods of time and then it becomes part of you that's right but once it becomes part of you you don't have to relearn it right so gathereth by labor That's gradual, steady, honest industry, effort, hard work, patience, faithfulness, leads to success, increase, and lasting prosperity. Small, significant gains build security and character. You know, Doc, I just thought about this. When I was a young, very young Christian, you know, I, in those early days, I was in the charismatic Pentecostal circles.

Okay. I'm not speaking against them. I'm just saying that's where I was at at at the time. And I remember Christian leaders in my community who were in those same church circles, okay? other the church I attended, other charismatic Pentecostal churches, they were always warning me as a young Christian, I'd bring up, say, the Presbyterian church or the Lutheran church or the Methodist, and it would always be rigged out, just, you know, I would recommend you stay away from those churches.

They don't have the Holy Spirit. That's what I was told. They don't have the Holy Spirit. They don't have the Holy Spirit. No, they don't believe in the Holy Spirit. They don't have the Holy Spirit. Okay. It was a lie.

It was an absolute lie. You can't be saved and not have the Holy Spirit. And, Doc, over years, over years, I finally perceived something. And that is that most of the people in the charismatic Pentecostal churches that I had attended or were associated with were not financially successful and they were also their lives were not stable there was a lot of instability in their lives and then I looked across town at the Presbyterian Church and the Lutheran Church and the Methodist Church and the Baptist Church and I realized you know a lot of their members

own this city yeah they're driving better cars than the folks over they own the businesses they own the businesses they're employ they are employing the pentecostal and charismatic and wait a minute if they don't have a holy spirit how come these anglicans have so much money that was a light that came on in my head okay and i realized no thing they're steady the Lord is blessing their steadiness their diligence their faithfulness don't say they don't have a holy spirit that's spiritually arrogant to say something like that what they really were saying is they don't speak in tongues and hoop and holler and jump around in a church service and run up and down the aisles that's what they're saying

I got to the place where I said, I'm not sure if people who do that have the Holy Spirit. I got a spirit, but I don't know if it's holy. So the Lord blesses faithfulness, steadiness, diligence, gradual, steady, honest work. Maybe what I'm saying, I don't mean to offend anybody, but it might be an eye-opener to some people today. You might be associating with broke people

who are always going to be broke. If that's the case, you need to break away from the broke people. Because you become like the people you associate with. That's right. better take that to heart folks spiritually steady growth in grace and obedience leads to true richness in christ what are you and i doing every day five or five days a week 12 months a year we're now entering this morning man of Bible study as it presently is organized we're

we're now in our what we're entered I guess our third year right yes three years we're this is steady grace steady growth in grace none of us are the same as we were two years ago we're growing in grace and that leads to true riches in christ so diligence when it is linked to god's blessing produces fruit that endures throughout your life God honors honesty and diligence, but he frustrates vanity and dishonesty. That's what it's saying. He's not condemning wealth. He's condemning the method to acquire it.

If it's not done through righteousness, then it's not blessed by God. He doesn't bless sure. shortcuts. He blesses steady obedience, faithfulness, diligence. You never see these, this teaching in success books. Why? Because people buy success books because I want to get rich fast. Right. You tell somebody in a book, hey, this is going to take you years. There's going a lot of hard work, there'll be a lot of changes in you. I don't want that book. I want the book that tells me how to get rich fast. But God blesses slow growth. That's what it comes down to. He blesses, when I say slow, steady, incremental. I remember, I remember, I remember

remember when the Lord told me, I'm going to say 2011, the Lord told me this ministry is, he told me, just eliminate thoughts that this ministry is going to become super abundant quickly. It's not going to happen. I'm going to bless you incrementally. And that's exactly what he did. We grew month by month year by year. And so I just got out of my head back there in 2011. You know, the word's going to drop some amazingly huge amount of money on us.

It's not going to happen. I'm just telling you right now, it's not going to happen. I'm going to bless steady growth okay because the Lord had he knew I thought I was ready for it but he knew I wasn't he's like no I got changes I got worked I got some I got some remodeling to do inside you Rick and you and you and your ministry will grow gradually all right you there'll be a parallel tracking and that's the way he does for all of us he's a good father okay true riches are built little by little it's prayer upon prayer act upon acts sacrifice upon sacrifice obedience upon obedience let's see what the commentator said Albert barnes

Presbyterian born in 1798 the common Contrast is between the rapid, reckless acquisition of wealth and the slow, sure increase that comes through honest toil. So, Doc, back there in the early 1800s, there were people trying to get rich quick. Yes. Alexander McLaren passed away in 1910. sudden riches are like sudden flames they blaze and die the slow steady increase of honest work alone endures yes william are not free church of scotland passed away in 1875 the stream that swells suddenly runs shallow the brook that gains slowly endures so it is with riches and grace

yes robert horton congregational churches of england wealth by vanity is unsubstantial gained without toil or truth and passes away but diligence honest and faithful secures both increase in peace verse 12 hope deferred makes the heart sick but when the desire comes it is a tree of life. Subtulgent says, Better is he that begins to help heartily than he that promises and leads to hope, for a good desire is a tree of life.

Hope deferred. Deferred means delayed, postponed, stretched out. It's not denied. it's not hope denied it's hope deferred right hope denied is it's been decreed whatever you're hoping for is not going to happen hope deferred is it's going to happen it's going to happen but not on your timeline so hope deferred said it means postponed

it not not it's not gotten rid of it's just delayed yes so hope it's longing for something longing I mean not just wishing this is deep heartfelt longing longing for deliverance longing for healing longing for reconciliation longing for financial prosperity and when that longing is delayed it weighs heavily on the person's spirit and when hope is postponed it weakens courage and it troubles faith and it produces inner grief And that sickness of heart can lead to discouragement in patience. It can, if it goes on long enough, it can lead to despair. But when the long four blessing arrives, the joy revives the soul like a tree.

A shady tree revives a weary traveler in the sun. Like a spring of water revives a thirsty person. So this is a tree of life. Right. But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life. The tree of life in the Bible is a symbol of life, of joy. of eternal joy of nourishment yes so spiritually this points to Jesus Christ because he is he is the true of life in whom all desires are met yes he is both the hope

deferred and the tree of life amen amen so waiting is part of God's design there's a timing to God's plan in our lives and we we do ourselves a disservice by getting worn down by waiting and the timing and everything and wondering why God doesn't work on our schedule God has a schedule he has his plan and his timing how many times Rick have we gone through situations or had to make decisions and yet we've had to delay them until the right time the perfect time came along if we'd made that same decision a day before a week before a month before even a day before sometimes it could have meant you know thousands of dollars or a major change or but finding out the the hope fulfilled god's timing provides life

I shared with Doc yesterday that the Lord spoke to me over the weekend and we are we are building a new platform the faith and values platform that you're using right now is going to change in January and what's coming is much bigger and better and the Lord revealed to me over the weekend he reminded me of a mother and daughter from Colorado who came to see us 10 years ago and they came to visit because they had a word the mother was just

just burning up with zeal to deliver this one sentence to me three-word sentence and she had to do it in person I mean, I was like, you came from Colorado here to Florida to speak three words to me. Yes, she had to do it. She had to get in. I still remember that morning. Do you remember that day? Oh, I remember it very clearly.

And she said, I don't know what it means. I just know the Lord told me to come to Florida and speak this to you. I said, okay, speak it. Here it is. I'm waiting like, what is this going to be? she said the Lord says to you build it bigger that was it and she delivered her message and I never saw her again

it was it she fulfilled her mission build it bigger so over the weekend the Lord reminded me of that that moment from 2015 and he said Rick you are now building, which you started in 2015, build it bigger. Yeah. And unfortunately, he had to move some people out of the way in order to build it bigger

because they didn't believe it could be built bigger. That was a problem. I couldn't get enough people on my team to see the vision. Also, the technology wasn't there. Right. so there once again there's that timing that's timing and so now we're actually doing it and i didn't even realize that we are now doing what we started 10 years ago to to do in 2015 and i thought i i missed it i thought well i just i didn't i didn't accomplish it no you're doing it now

right this is the time and build it bigger build it bigger than what you're building right now my hope was deferred it made my heart sick but when the desire comes there's joy joy in the morning john gill baptist passed away in 1771 he said when good things hoped for are delayed the mind is troubled and grieved but when the thing hoped for is enjoyed it is a matter of exceeding joy and refreshment like the tree of life. Alexander McLaren Baptist disappointment sickens, but fulfillment satisfies. The proverb points beyond earth.

The full desire is only in God, the true tree of life. William are not. The human heart droops when hope is long delayed, But when desire comes, the heart revives as if fed by this tree of life itself. Robert Horton, Congregational Church, the proverb touches all human experience. Deferred hope weakens, but fulfilled hope strengthens. Only in God is desire perfectly fulfilled. so what do we see here in verse 11 verse 11 wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished that's the negative side the positive side is he that gathers by labor shall increase and then in verse 12 it's hope deferred makes the heart sick but the positive is when the desire comes it's a tree of life

so verse 11 deals with possessions verse 12 deals with expectations it's good at 13 whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded world

English Bible, whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects the command will be rewarded. The Aramaic Peshita, he who despises the word shall be destroyed, but he who reveres the commandment shall be rewarded. And the subtoigant, he that slights of matter shall be slighted of it, but he that fears the commandment has health. he that slights the matter shall be slighted of it yes what does that mean dog if you treat something slightly if you slight something what does that mean that means you're just it's just cast off it means nothing to you yeah it has no value to you well guess what if you treat the word especially the word like it doesn't matter to you guess what the

word's not going to matter to you right so when it says the word it means the word of god there's a danger in despising the word and in slighting the word there's are two different things some people despise the word of god they despise the bible they they would spit on the Bible. They mock it. They hate the Bible. They scorn. They reject. But then there are others who slight the Bible. Yes. Yeah, yeah. It's an old book. It's ancient literature. That's what it is. It's just ancient literature. Or I know what the Bible says, but this is reality, folks. Yeah, this is the 21st century. We're not living. BC. This is the 21st century. And they've even changed in modern times. They've even

changed A.D. and B.C. Because it refers to Jesus Christ. Before Christ and after Christ. They've changed it. They've now made it common error. Why? Because they they slight Christ or they despise Christ. What this says is contempt or disregard for the Word of God will lead to ruin, to moral collapse, to spiritual blindness, and eventually eternal destruction. Ignoring the Word of God is not harmless. It is active,

rebellion against your maker there are so many self-confessing Christians who do not have a hunger for the word of God they don't read the Bible they don't listen to we have so much technology today you can listen to the word of god

you can have it on your phone the word is available through many means and methods and i see the christians who never study the word they don't have a hunger for the word they're slighting the word and it is quiet rebellion against god it's quiet rebellion you can't say you love god with all your heart mind and soul and not desire his word it's impossible i'm not the anyone who's the anyone who thinks this way i heard terrell stanley say it i i heard adrian rogers say it and those were two two baptist leaders that i i highly respected many people perish from ignorance this. Many people, they perish, not from ignorance, but from despising the truth that they've

heard. It's one thing to be ignorant of the Word of God. It's another thing to hate the Word of God. Because to reject the Word is to reject Christ. He is the Incarnate Word. In the beginning was the Word. The Word was made flesh. To despise. the word of God is to despise Christ to slight the word of God is to slight Christ to not hunger for the word of God

is to not hunger for Christ because he and the word are the same but so there's the contrast here the negative is those who have no regard for the word of God

will suffer for it What's the positive? There's a, there's a contrast, okay? There's a blessing on those who revere the commandments of God. To fear. Fear means to revere, respect, submit. The commandments of God is God's will revealed to man. that's all it is a commandment is the will of god revealed to man

and it's binding on the human conscience in the new covenant error the commandments of god are the sermon on the mount two times in the history of mankind god stood on the mountain and delivered the law twice that's twice the first time mount sinai and moses came down from the mountain with the ten commandments second time god stood on a mountain was jesus christ at the mount when he gave the sermon on the mount he gave the commandments of the kingdom so what is this teaching us is that reverence for God's word brings peace and wisdom and stability and eventually eternal reward. I don't think you can go through this life. If you reverence the word of God,

revere it, respect it, and obey it. I don't think you can go through this life and not be blessed. Goodness and mercy will follow you. all the days of your life every time you look behind you there'll be goodness and mercy they're going to jump on you just get all over you I mean are you going to say I don't I don't want to be blessed I don't want to be rich

of course no you're not going to say it it's just going to come on you you don't have to do anything you already did it you reverenced the word that's what's bringing the prosperity on you. It's not using the word to get rich. It's reverencing the word and God makes you rich. There's a lot of people teaching how to use the word to get rich. Well, isn't that true? That's not it. It's reverence the word of God, obey the commandments, be in the presence of Christ, and he will automatically bless you.

These people that teach this stuff, they're really not in love with God. They're not in love with their heavenly father. They're in love with what he has. You got it. They're in love with what Almighty God possess us. And they they hunger for it. And the true test of that is, you know, ask them what their opinion is of righteousness and holiness.

They have no value on that. They place no value on that. But you talk about money. You talk about getting wealthy. Suddenly their eyes light up. They got a smile on their face. And they start quoting scriptures. Yeah.

Because they see scriptures as a religious. tool to become rich yeah but they really not thirsting to be in the presence of their father well matthew henry the old presbyterian who lived in the 1600s he said he that condemns god's word shall be destroyed by the judgments of god but he that fears the commandment stands in all of it and studies to conform to it shall be rewarded Albert Barnes the proverb brings out the sharp contrast contempt of the word brings ruin

reverence brings reward all depends on the attitude of the heart toward divine teaching John Calvin to despise the word is to cast off God's authority such contempt cannot go unpunished but the reverence of the commandment draws god's blessing Alexander McLaren the word is life or death to us according to how we treat it neglect it and you despise it reverence it and you live

robert horton the contrast is absolute contempt for the word leads to destruction reverence for the command brings health and blessing make your own journal things to do to be blessed see if in these bible studies if you would just keep a journal okay i learned today this i'll i'll have destruction in my life if i do this i'll have blessing and make a journal and then every week go through the journal and keep looking at it remind yourself okay that's

right we learned that we have to do this i need to have reference for the word proverbs 14 we've got two more here 14 king james the law of the wise is a fountain of life to depart from the snares of death. Modern English World English Bible, the teaching of the wise is a spring of life to turn from the snares of death. Septuagint, the law of the wise is a fountain of life, but the man

void of understanding shall die by the snare. Yes. So the law, the law of the wise. What is this? It's the word of God. the teaching the council the instruction the leading of the word of god now we are in the new covenant age and our commandments are in the new covenant that is what we should be studying yes you don't discount the old covenant we're in the old covenant now with the book of

Proverbs. These Proverbs are ageless. They're timeless. But they always point to Christ. Yes, they point to Christ. And Jesus himself said, the water that I give to you shall be a well of water springing forth into everlasting life. You've got to know that Jesus was referring back to this very verse in Proverbs. Yes. And Doug, as you know, you have coined the phrase, you know old testament christians the modern church has whether you want to call them judiizers or or what if people who are trying to get people to obey the old covenant commandments right the law and i was conflicted for years because i I was afraid I was disobedient. So it was based on fear, wasn't it?

It was based on fear. I was afraid that I was breaking commandments. I wasn't keeping, you know, the law, wasn't keeping, you know, the various things that people would try to put on you. And then finally, the Lord got through my head, son. You're in the new covenant. Just obey what I said in the new covenant.

And my life changed. So when it says the law, it's not talking about Moses's law. At that time, it was because that's when this was written. But in the modern sense, it's talking about the counsel of God to the church. Yes. It says wise teaching about God's commandments is like a false. fountain so it's it's talking about wise teaching okay the law the wise is a fountain of life okay so it is what is a fountain of life it's constant it's refreshing it's abundant it's life

giving it it says that all wisdom flows from god he is the source of all life instruction in the ways of god not only informs us educates us but it revives us it renews us it sustains us why because christ is the living waters it's a fountain of life what's a fountain of life ever-flowing it's not a stagnant pool it's ever flowing with clean sparkling clean water that revives you nourishes you

it provides deliverance from the snares of death wisdom leads to life folly leads to ruin that's what we've been learning in all of these chapters of proverbs two paths the path of life the path of death the snares of death the traps the traps of death temptations sins false doctrines wrong paths Satan is constantly trying to get us to go in that direction. He doesn't have to worry about the people who are lost.

They're already on the wrong path. He's upset about the people who got on the right path. I got to trip them up. I got to fool them. I got a seduce him over here to the wrong path. That's what's going on in our lives. your life, my life, it's Satan trying to get you off this path of life. Wisdom equips a person to recognize and avoid and escape Satan's traps.

Wisdom gives us discernment. It guides us away from danger. It takes us to safety. Charles Bridges, born 1794. The instruction of the wise is a spring ever-flowing, refreshing and quickening the soul, guiding it away from the snares of death. Blessed fountain opened in Christ himself.

Albert Barnes, teaching is not stagnant, but living water. It preserves from snares which destroy. life flows where wisdom rules praise God William are not the fountain flows to quench thirst to cleanse defilement and to turn aside from snares

wisdom is not a cistern but a living spring and Charles Spurgeon Reformed Baptist passed away in 1892 drink of this fountain oh soul and live wisdom will guide thee past the snares of death christ's teaching is the river of god full of water okay one more verse 15 king james good good understanding give a favor but the way of transgressors is hard Good understanding brings grace, but the way of the faithless is hard. Septuagint, good understanding gives favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.

So good understanding. What is good understanding? It is discernment. It is knowing how to apply wisdom in the practical affairs of life. Right. So probably a good English word would maybe be prudence or discretion. Yes. I mean, it's beyond understanding. It's good understanding. You can understand a situation, but then there's a prudence or discretion in how to use that understanding. That's right. You may know something about a situation, but the application of that understanding, sometimes requires divine assistance. In fact, it always does, but sometimes we decide not to get God

involved in that understanding. So, Doc, this is teaching us that when we allow the Holy Spirit to develop good understanding in us, it attracts the favor of God. And God, then not only do we have favor with the Lord, but then he causes us to have favor with men and women right so this favor is you know it included it's it's goodwill flowing from heaven and god will even cause your enemies to be a peace with you right the way of the transgressor go i was just going to say how many times we encountered people that we've will get an email or a letter and they'll rake us over the coals for something that we've said or or a decision that we've made or something like that and then turn around and say and i don't know why i'm doing this but i'm

sending you a gift anyway yeah chew me out and then send a good yeah because even in the midst of that, that good understanding, that discretion, that prudence is like a worm going through an apple. It's still getting in there. And they're responding to it. They don't even realize they're responding to God's wisdom in the midst of it. So what is the way of the transgressor? It's his or her lifestyle. Yes. It's their habits of life, the way they live. The way they live the chosen path that they travel on the way of the transgressor and what is this way it's hard it's hard there's just no other word to describe it i mean you could come up with all synonyms but the best word here is it's hard there's a thing rick uh it's a you know uh john wayne supposedly

said i don't know if he actually said it or not uh life is hard it's harder if you're stupid So transgressors, they're on the stupid side of the hard spectrum. How many times do you see two people of the same age, and one looks 25, 30 years older than the other one? And what do we say? He's had a hard life. She's had a hard life. The way of the transgressor is hard. I'll see now people go, well, my grandma had a hard life and well.

All I can say is the shoe fits, wear it, okay? It's the way of the transgressor is hard. They look rough. They just look rough. life's been hard to them okay so that hardness produces grief and sorrow let's see what the commentator said adam clark he who has a good understanding is gracious and gains respect but the way the transgressor is hard their conduct exposes them to continual difficulties.

John Calvin, sound judgment, springing from the fear of God, conciliates favor. The wicked, on the contrary, find their way full of trouble and difficulty for their own sin is their punishment. Yes. Charles Spurgeon, the man of sound judgment is gracious and wins favor. But the sinner's way is cruel bondage. sin is a tyrant its wages or death all right that's it doc for today all right well it's a great lesson again today rick and once again it's just that practical lesson each and every day that we're learning that's uh that's how we build our personal wealth not just our wallet but our heart and it takes

a slow, steady diligence in order to continue to build that character. And for those of you who have been with us on Morning Man in the past several years, some of you, you have been so faithful in being here each and every day at 8 a.m. to study the Word of God together. And I know in my own life, there have been significant changes in my life studying the Word of God day by day by day. And I'm certain I have great confidence that there are hundreds today, Rick, that can echo that sentiment, that they have seen significant changes in their own life in dealing with the practical situations that we encounter day by day.

Aren't you glad we're studying the book of Proverbs? Amen. I like what Harmony said. She said, my mom had a hard life, but firmly believed and followed God. She had a youthful. face. That's because she wasn't a transgressor. She had difficulties, but she wasn't a transgressor. So she had a youthful face. See, God, God was, that tree of life was nourishing her. Okay. So I'm glad, I'm glad this is blessing people. And just keep inviting people, encourage new people to come, join the class. They can't be here at 8 a.m., you know, point them to one of the platforms

where we stream it during the day and just introduce them to Morning Manna. But I will tell you, God willing, coming in January, there's a morning Manna is going to be supersized. Okay, it's coming. We're working on it. And we got a lot to do in three months. A lot to do.

Thank you so much, everybody. We appreciate your support and your prayers. Thank you for being here. And one more thing. Don't forget Rick's new book, Megafire. OK, Mega fire, America's next fourth turning crisis. And we've been getting lots and lots of orders for Rick's book. And currently, it's available on megafire.world.

That's megafire.org, or depending on your search or AI system or whatever, if you just type in Megafire and Rick Wiles, they'll take your right to where you can get the book. So I encourage you if you haven't done so already, get your copy of Megafire. It's going to help you sort out a lot of things going on in the world today. It's not a prophetic book, but it's a practical wisdom book examining the cycles of life. that are going on around us that have been in place since genesis and so i encourage you get your copy of mega fire today if there's any one criticism i have of my own book it's i may i may have been

too optimistic it's a pretty dire book about war war three but i may have been too optimistic meaning this. I was projecting that we had to maybe the 2030, early 2030s. I'm not sure right now if we're going to make it into 2026. This is getting very scary. Ben Wallace, the former Defense Secretary of Great Britain, said yesterday that that NATO he said the West must make

Crimea uninhabitable what does that mean unfit for human habitation yes there's only one way to make a country

or province uninhabitable that's nuclear radiation he said that in other words we're going to do something in crimea no russian will live there what's what's wrong with these people unfortunately no one else would be able to live there either precisely but doc this is the way they're thinking supposedly president trump has given Zelensky

permission to use U.S. missiles to strike targets in Russia. And Doc, the London papers are saying that Mr. Trump's sudden change on Ukraine occurred after his meeting with King Charles. That validates what I've said since 2022. This war is being run by King Charles. This is his war. King Charles is waging war

against Russia. What did he promise President Trump to get President Trump to swing over to the war side? What did he offer him? Because Mr. Trump only does things that there's a transaction you want me to do this what are you going to do so what did he offer him did he offer tonight him I'm serious did he offer tonight Donald Trump is it going to be sir Donald Trump yeah but you can only uh become a night if you're a subject of the crowned i understand that but he he said last year that he was willing to do that remember yeah i remember and then mr trump told the generals yesterday that he would like to use the he would like to use american cities as training grounds for our military

training warfare training we're going to turn our cities into live on-site training battlegrounds and he did say that yesterday this is getting really scary

okay so I think my book is too optimistic And then Chris pointed out to me this morning, Doc, that Mr. Mers, the Chancellor of Germany, he said, Chris said that MERS took Germany to a new security level, which would be, he said, the equivalent of DEF CON 2. Yeah, they had a terrorist attack yesterday outside of Munich. And Mr. Mears also said, we, he said, we're at, we're at war with Russia. Okay. Germany is.

So, yeah, Bob, I saw that. Chopper's dropping agents into Chicago. I saw that last night. Well, the radicals in our country have turned our cities into battlegrounds. Yes. So what's happening is President Trump is simply acknowledging they become battlefields. So we're going to meet them on the battlefield. All I'm saying is just listen to the rhetoric, listen to the words that are being spoken by many different people.

a wise man and woman would listen to these words and make plans make appropriate plans and appropriate plans to me is how do you survive world war three somebody said to me recently Rick, you're afraid of dying in World War III. You're filled with fear. You're afraid of dying. I said, no, no, I'm not afraid of dying in World War III. I'm afraid of living after World War III. There's a big difference.

Do you really want to be a survivor in a land that's been toasted? Think about it, okay? Yeah, Venezuela. We're going to invade Venezuela. Mr. Trump said it's going to be land action. Yes. And Marco Rubio said over the weekend that Maduro is not going to be there much longer. That's right.

What does he know? He knows something. He knows the plan. Yeah. Okay. So we're going to bomb and invade Venezuela. And we're going to capture or kill. Nicholas Maduro

we're in World War III this is the point of the book the book is telling you with Megafire saying World War III started in 2022 right on schedule 80 years and 80 days after the start of World War II it's the 80 year war cycle

we're in it so don't keep waiting for war war three to start we're waiting for it to end that's where we're headed we're headed towards the end of war war three and that's when the destruction is turned loose so right now we're in we're in the war and god is covering us in the warfare If you get this in your mind, you're being covered by the Lord right now as World War III is being fault. But you can expect to see blackouts, energy blackouts, cyber attacks. I listened to a podcast yesterday, man, very well-informed talking about what would happen if the Russians cut the sea cables that connect Europe and London with the United States.

and he said 99% of all financial transactions would cease. The stock markets would have no way to conduct business. Gold and silver exchanges would be disconnected immediately. So. Yes, James, you're right. It wasn't 80 years because World War I was not part of that war cycle. Right. The last 80-year war was the Civil War.

It's 80 years from the Civil War to World War II. And so you might say, well, what's World War I then? There are always conflicts going on in the world. But that wasn't the war. 80-year war cycle. Right. And 80 years before the Civil War was the Revolutionary War. Right. So these 80-year war cycles are in existential war crises. In other words, it changes everything afterwards. Yes.

After World War I, things pretty much stayed the same. But after World War II, the whole world was different. Okay. get rich book he he talks about all this in his book lays it all out so there's going to be a new financial money structure introduced soon i don't know doc if it's coming before the war or after the war but it's it's going to be announced soon why the fiat money system of the world is collapsing. People are excited. Look at the price of gold.

It's almost at $4,000. What you're really seeing is there's no faith in paper money. Yeah. There's no faith in paper money. Right. Don't worry, folks. They're going to replace that

fiat with another fiat. Yes. It'll just be digital. Crypto. They're going to take, they're trying to take you to a stable coin. Stable coin. A stable, an invisible,

imaginary coin that's stable. You imagine, it's like jack in the bean stock. I got some magic beans. But, Doc, you go trust it if it's stable. Right. Well, if you're

a coma, you're stable. All right, that's enough news for today. See you. God bless you. Bye-bye.