TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Morning Manna - October 23, 2025 - Proverbs 15:6-10 - Treasure in True Words and True Worship

Episode Date: October 23, 2025

Proverbs 15:6–10 reveals the moral architecture behind prosperity, speech, devotion, and correction. The house of the righteous holds lasting treasure, while the revenue of the wicked carries its own ruin. The wise distribute knowledge that nourishes, but the fool’s heart produces emptiness. God rejects the sacrifices of the wicked yet delights in the prayers of the upright. He loves those who chase righteousness and warns that rejecting reproof leads to death. In this Morning Manna study, Rick Wiles and Doc Burkhart uncover how righteousness stabilizes wealth, integrity sanctifies worship, and humility before correction preserves life.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.aMEGA 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

Good morning, everybody. Welcome to Morning Manner for this Thursday, October 23rd, 2025. We are honored that you're here. It is humbling. And I believe Dr. Burkhard agrees with me. It's humbling that so many people around the world set aside one hour, five days a week to attend a Bible study class. That's just, It is the most fulfilling thing I've done in my lifetime, and I've done a lot, but this is, this is the best to teach the Word of God to men and women who are hungry for the Word of God. Yes. It's just a delight. I use that word a lot, delight, but honestly, that's what it is to me. It's delightful. phone. So we are in the 15th chapter of the book of Proverbs, and today we're looking at verses 6 through 10. Let's invite our friend, our comforter, our guide, our advocate,

the Holy Spirit. Almighty God. Father in heaven, thank you for this day. Thank you for life. father we are eager to begin this bible study because we're hungry for your word so we request the presence of your holy spirit to direct the teaching of the book of proverbs bring forth truth and revelation that is in your word you said that your word is better than gold and silver and father right now in the world gold is very expensive and you said to go your word is is a greater treasure than gold so father we choose your word over gold and silver and we are hungry and we ask the holy spirit teach us the depth the truth the goodness the greatness of your word in the name of jesus amen amen and welcome to morning man everyone we're so glad to have you here today we're so blessed as rick was mentioning here

and humbled to have you here. We are continuing our study today in Proverbs chapter 15. Proverbs chapter 15, we're going to be reading verses 6 through 10. And if you'll please turn there, we're going to read together. I want to just sing greetings to everyone, no matter where you are in the world today. We do record this live, or we are recording this live today, and we usually have anywhere between 3 and 400 people that tune into us live. but that doesn't count all the people that watch us on YouTube and Rumble and Facebook and X

and all the different social media outlets and faith and values.com on a later time so we want to just say hello God bless you thank you for being here no matter what time a day that you happen to tune in and we pray that you're blessed by the word of God today we're reading proverbs chapter 15 verses 6 through 10 i'm reading from the king james today and it reads in the house of the righteous is much treasure but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble the lips of the wise disperse knowledge but the heart of the foolish doth not so the sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the lord but the prayer of the upright is his delight the way of the wicked is an abomination unto the lord but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness in verse 10

correction is grievous unto him that forsakeeth the way and he that hateeth reproof shall die our theme today is addressing wickedness and so we're going to be diving into this today god bless you for tuning in today rick amen king james verse six in the house of the righteous is much treasure but in the revenues of the wicked is troubled the Aramaic Peshida translation is in the house of the righteous is much strength but in the gain of the wicked is disturbance and the Septuagin translation says

in the houses of the righteous is much strength but the fruits of the ungodly shall perish yes it's interesting it said multiple houses there and they it's up to it yes in the houses of the righteous is much strength all right so let's begin with the the house of the righteous or the houses of the righteous it actually the subtoagent is is accurate it signifies more than a dwelling more than one dwelling it represents the whole spear of a person's life family labor legacy the house of the righteous it's not just talking about a physical building but in in the life of the righteous you're you're the way you live your your legacy your legacy

everything about you that is your house much treasure again this is not necessarily it does include material wealth but it also includes spiritual riches it includes peace tranquility integrity divine favor so in the house in the life of a righteous men and woman there is much treasure material wealth spiritual riches peace integrity divine favor the righteous build their homes upon truth therefore their prosperity is enduring their prosperity is both temporal in this life this world it's also eternal you really desire you need to be eternally prosperous that's a lot of matters when you get right down to it right then doc you're in a lot of

trouble if you're eternally broke you need to be eternally prosperous meaning you've been granted eternal life Remember, the scripture says, Jesus was made poor, that we would be made rich. That richness is eternal life. The treasure is presence, not possessions. Presence. Our treasure is the Lord's presence in our life. His presence

makes the humblest house a castle Doc, I remember an elderly woman she was blind on the island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean. And

I often visited her when I traveled to the island just to say hello because one time i had i had a group of american christians with me and we were in this little village where she lived um and her house was a it literally was a a shack a wooden shack it was like an old log house Docky was I like how did this thing survive hurricanes for 150 years like it's still there just still standing and her her front door opened up on the street there was no sidewalk you literally opened the front door and stepped onto the street but there wasn't that much traffic okay kind of a side street I don't remember her name And she was blind. I would say she was in her 90s. And one day a group of us, we were on that street. And she started talking to us, and we began singing hymns.

And she could sing hymns. And her face lit up so much joy singing Christian hymns. and she just told us what a what a blessing we were to her that day that strangers and yet brothers and sisters in Christ from another country would just stop at her house and sing

songs to Jesus and Doc her house was humble very humble you know we were inside her home it was extremely humble she thought it was a mansion she was blind

she couldn't see she couldn't see her house in her mind it was a it was a mansion it was beautiful to her but she couldn't see it and I actually made it a point

I was like I'm going to build this woman a new house and let her last days be in a brand new clean house with new furniture everything and i went to the government and ask about would they donate land to me because the government had land across the road and and yeah they were like you want to build her house i said yeah would you give me the land and we were actually in the process of moving towards getting a deed for her and i was going to raise the phone and the lord stopped me. Holy Spirit stopped me and said, no, don't you

don't do it. I go, Lord, she's a widow. You said to take care of widows. She's in a dilapidated old log cabin. And he showed me. The Lord said, you will hurt that woman if you take her out of that home. Think about it.

Yes. i didn't i if it was foreign to me what the lord was saying to me it was her home the lord's presence was in that house and and the holy spirit stopped me and said don't you remove her from that house let her finish her days on earth in that house she is happy and content it really taught me a lesson To not think, oh, the only way she could be happy is I have to put her in a brand new house. She was already happy. I was actually going to make her sad by putting her in a brand new house.

Because she wouldn't know her way around. She knew every item in that house. So treasure is the presence of the Lord in your home, in your life. the righteous man the righteous woman's home is filled with contentment a treasure

that thieves cannot steal there's so many people who have beautiful homes nice cars everything's more clothes than they could ever wear and they're miserable. Just miserable.

They don't have contentment. They don't have peace in their heart. And they blame other people for it. They won't blame themselves. Yes. So the principle of divine economy is that godliness enriches the soul far more, far beyond gold and silver.

The righteous steward manages what they have. They use their wealth as a servant of good, not as a tool for sin. And his or her generosity multiplies through generous. Let me say that again. His or her treasure multiplies through their generosity. Right.

But what about the wicked? The scripture said the houses, the houses of the righteous is in the houses of the righteous is much strength but then when we get to the wicket it says the revenues of the wicket it doesn't say the houses of the wicket but in the revenues of the wicked that's what the king james says the revenues of the wicked yeah they're their income streams they're investments the way that they gain financial resources is done wickedly through deception through theft through vice through oppression greed selfish ambition I wonder if

I wonder if Paul was inspired to write the wages of sin is death based on this proverb here because really the word revenue here isn't just wealth that's been handed down to this is work the result of a enterprise of labor and so this game is what they gain so but the wages of sin the paycheck if you will of sin is death and goes right along with this verse here it does And there are people who are extremely prosperous and wealthy, but their wealth was gained through vice. You know, the world's largest pornography company is owned by a Jewish rabbi. That's absolutely true.

Oh, he's wealthy. He's extremely wealthy. but it's the revenue of the wicked these people are on the outwardly they they are they look abundant they look rich blessed but their financial gain comes with affliction not necessarily physical affliction but Mental, emotional, spiritual affliction, guilt, fear, restlessness, discontentment, unease. They can't find a doctor that gives them a prescription strong enough to take away the depression or remove the guilt. So it, they, they, they're sinful businesses, their sinful prosperity is a counterfeit blessing.

It, the devil promises comfort, but he delivers corruption. Yes. That's, the evil wickedness of Satan, the way he deceives people. allow themselves to be deceived but he'll say look at look at how i'm blessing you and yet he's destroying them right at the end of their life they're destroyed the wicked have homes that are filled with goods possessions but they have no peace what they have are they're rich in anxieties yes that's what they're wealthy in they're wealthy in anxieties they all have psychologists they all have therapists because they can't find peace the trouble that this verse speaks about it implies turmoil

moral decay eventual rule and judgment they get judgment embedded within their profit their profits come with judgment there are many people

who are extremely wealthy through vice and often it's legal vice yes yeah but it's immoral

so wealth acquired without righteousness becomes poison in the soul it creates anxiety discontment in the home

of the of the wealthy wicked and eventually brings the wrath of God at the end there's just death righteousness attracts peace wickedness

attracts sorrow so the wicked man's abundance is actually his burden Doc, his his gold bars are formed into a golden

gavel on judgment day. The judge with the very gold that they used on earth to live a life of wickedness. John Gill said, The treasure is not gold, but grace,

peace of mind, love of God, hope of glory. The wicked's revenue fills his coffers, but empties his soul. Alexander McLaren, The wealth of the righteous is in what they are, not in what they have the wicked's prosperity is an illusion

shining dust upon the road to death William are not the treasure of the righteous is light the revenue of the wicked is fire one warms the other burns

Charles Spurgeon where grace reigns every coin is blessed where sin reigns every gain is cursed verse seven the king james the lips of the wise disperse knowledge but the heart of the foolish doth not so doeth not so aramaic peshita the lips of the wise spread knowledge but the heart of the fools is far but but the The heart of fools is far from it. And the Septuagint is, the lips of the wise are bound with knowledge, but the hearts of the foolish are not safe.

All right, so let's start with the lips of the wise. The lips of the wise symbolize communication that is sanctified. words flowing from a heart that's illuminated by truth and spoken in love the lips of the wise the lips of the wise disperse knowledge yes there's generosity and precision right the wisdom is shared freely and yet it has a purpose and it's given in proportion to what's needed the wise

do not hoard their understanding they broadcast it as seed which is given for the benefit of others to grow spiritually right now it's interesting at least my

translation of the Septuagint has a different take on this in that it's it's saying that the lips the wise are bound with knowledge rather than disperse knowledge because that same word can be used different ways in the Old Testament and so the Septuagint does the whole verse the lips of the wise are bound with knowledge the hearts of fools are unsafe and so the implication there is that the words that the wise speak are bound by wisdom that it's well regulated it's controlled but the fool

just he just says anything yes I concur with what you're saying doc because the other translations use the word either disperse or spread but the septuagint uses bound which implies measured disbursement

they share but with purpose and in proportion to what's needed at the time knowledge for the wise the knowledge is designed to instruct to correct to uplift

the wise the speech of the wise is fruitful because their thoughts are rooted in reverence for God and so before the words come out of their mouth their mind and their hearts already thinking are these words going to glorify god are they in alignment with god's will are they in alignment

with god's word the holy bible so like rain on dry ground the council the council of the wise refreshes thirsty souls it revives feigning hearts but the heart of a fool is empty not because knowledge was never offered to them but because it was never received that's a really important distinction fools are not people who never heard truth they are people who

refuse to receive truth You can't spread truth who haven't received. Right. But you could make an argument, well, I'm an idiot because I've never heard wisdom. That's not what this is about. They're idiots because they heard wisdom and refused it. That's what makes you an idiot. You consciously refuse to receive wisdom.

and reproof that's what makes you a fool you're not a fool because you've never been exposed to truth and wisdom that just means you're a simple one you just haven't heard it yet

but fools are people who have heard truth they've heard wisdom And the, the rebellion in them, the stubbornness in them, the strong will of their own spirit says, I will not accept it. And therefore, they get marked as fools. Yes. So the verse moves from the lips of the wise.

But the hearts, so it goes from the lips of the wise, but then it talks about the hearts of the fools. Why doesn't it say the lips of the fools? The lips of the wise are bound with knowledge, but the hearts of the fools are not safe. So there's a, doctor, there's a movement from lips to heart. lips expression heart source I mean we know that lips

express reveal the inner condition so a fool cannot disperse knowledge if he has none within him so folly speaks from a vacuum from emptiness and their heart is closed to correction.

Therefore, their lips are closed to speaking truth. How am I doing on explaining this one? You got any different thoughts, Doc? Oh, no, I think you're right on the money here. And the commentators seem to agree with you as well. And those guys... Some of these proverbs are really challenging to think through and figure out what Solomon meant. Right.

But, you know, it's interesting that all comes back to the words that we speak, the wisdom that we accumulate. You know, the fool makes himself evident by the words that he speaks. Right. so you can't feed anybody if your if your pantry is empty and a fool can't feed anybody's soul because their soul's pantry is empty they have no spiritual fruit only the wise have spiritual fruit and there are degrees of wisdom You grow in wisdom. The wise communicate life, and the fool circulates ignorance. Amen. What do we learn in other proverbs?

The full speech is shallow. It's boastful. It's careless. They just babble. Alexander McLaren said, speech is the outflow of being the wise heart overflows in blessing the fool's heart is a vacuum and therefore his words are wind g campbell morgan said true wisdom cannot remain silent it is missionary by nature folly is barren and breeds nothing but emptiness

Charles Spurgeon said when grace dwells in the heart knowledge dwells on the tongue but the fool's heart is a well without water you can't get a drink from a well with no water that's right verse eight King James the sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord but the prayer of the upright is his delight. Septuagint, the sacrifices of the ungodly are abominable to the Lord, but the prayers of the upright are acceptable with him. So the sacrifice of the wicked,

this is referring to outward, religious, activity from an unrepentant heart the sacrifice of the wicked they'll go through a display of piety i mean there are many wicked people who who have enough sense to say you know privately i should act religious what the word is saying here is that when a when a person who is internally wicked when they outwardly put on a religious show it's an abomination right it's impressive to the people on the outside watching but to God the sacrifice the offering is detestable why because he can see the heart just doesn't god doesn't call it um i mean offensive calls it an abomination that means it's it is disgusting

right it it is revolting it would be like I've said in the past if God could gag he would stick his finger down his throat right that's how bad it is to him a wicked person putting

on public airs of religious piety God says that makes me want to vomit it's an abomination it's disgusting it's offensive to him so god rejects worship that is divorced from obedience because the altar cannot sanctify sin yes that's a good point the altar can't sanctify sin. I like that. That's good doctrine there. Yes, doc, um, God is, he's rejecting worship that is separated from obedience. See, you can have people who say, well, I don't commit adultery. I don't watch pornography. I don't watch pornography. I

I don't steal. I don't do any of these things. Yes, and you're also not obedient. Disobedience is a sin. What do you mean? I'm fulfilling all the don'ts. Yeah, but you don't fulfill the dues. See, if you have that kind of a mindset,

about religion? Well, there's a list of things you shouldn't do. I don't do those things. Yeah, but it's really about the things you should do, not what you should not do. And what you should do is be obedient to the Lord, serve him with all your heart, mind and soul. Love him with all your heart, mind and soul.

Love your neighbor as yourself. Obey him. Make him first in your life. and be willing to forsake all, including family and friends and homes and everything, be willing to forsake all to please him. Right. And you can't love God unless you have repented, unless you've humbled yourself. You have to come to him knowing that you have shortcomings, knowing that you're weak,

knowing that you need the grace of God to cover you. There's almost an implied arrogance today in a lot of Western Christianity to just give God a list and say, God, you've got to do this. There's no teaching on repentance and humbling ourselves. I mean, who teaches that, Rick? Name a major Christian leader who teaches, repentance and humility before God.

You've got a lot of them to tell you how you can gain things, how you can, you know, have this and have that and give God a shopping list. But how many actually teach on humbling yourself before the almighty God because you're a, you're a sinner. Doc, the only people who teach repentance are repenters. Oh, we can just close up shop today. I mean, that's worth the whole price of admission right there. Yes.

If somebody's teaching repentance, it means that they have a repentant heart. Doesn't mean they have a sinless heart. It means they have a repentant heart. and therefore they teach repentance because they know from their own personal experience they need they need forgiveness and forgiveness only comes after repentance that's why you don't hear it doc because they're not repenting puts a different spin on it doesn't it yes now now it makes sense doesn't it If you don't hear a preacher ever talking about repentance,

it really means he doesn't repent. Okay. See, we get our focus on, well, you know, we got to have all of our preachers sinless. No, that's not how it works. You have to have them forgiven. But that doesn't fit the religious mindset. Religion without repentance, without humility, without obedience, without true conversion

is a lie offered on an altar to God, and he will not recognize it. It will not accept it. The wicked believe that they can reach a state of piety in the eyes of God by participating in religious rituals. But God sees the heart of the person who's in a ceremony. The problem isn't the ritual. It's not the liturgy. It's not the religious program.

That's not the problem. Liturgies are good. Rituals are good. There's nothing wrong with them. What's wrong is the lack of humility and repentance. in some of the people who are participating in the rituals. True worship demands sincerity. Not a display, demands repentance, not rituals.

So religion becomes sin, when it substitutes performance for purity, so what this verse is telling us is that formal religion without holiness is offensive to God but to the Lord the smell of hypocrisy is more disgusting than the stench of open sin open sin and it's an absolute horrible odor to God

but you can approach him he may hold his nose the closer you get like oh I'm joking the point I'm making is the odor of our sins even though it's

it's unpleasant to the Lord the odor of our open sins does not prevent us from moving towards him if our heart is broken and desires forgiveness yes because forgiveness spells much better but what is repulsive to him is religion wrapped in hypocrisy that's disgusting that's an abomination you know we fall in stuff in life I know I've told the story before I know I've told the story before I know I've told a doc I have this memory Doc I was probably I'm going to think I was four years old

and I was at my granddad's place and I was back at the hog pen and you know he probably had six or eight hogs in that hog pen and if you've ever looked in a hog pen it's full slop and a lot more

and a lot more I mean there's mud and there's feces and there's urine and rotted food it's slop and the hogs love it oh they love it oh they're just the more slop the happier they are okay

I mean you honestly you can see a happy hogs face they do get happy no they do and the hog pen he had the old weathered wooden boards

that were the fence around the hog pen this is outside okay they were out in the outside pin not inside and I remember I was like four years old and I climbed up

the fence and I wanted to get up to the very top and look in at those hogs. And I lost my balance and I fell face first into the slop. With about six or eight hogs. Grown hogs, big hogs, okay? You know, three, 400 pounders.

And, you know, I remember my granddad jumping in quickly and grabbing me, grabbed me by the back of my shirt and pulled me up out of the slop I mean I went kerplop face down and my hair had slop I had slop on my face every everywhere I had sloped and he grabbed my shirt and pulled me up out of there before any of the hogs got to me because they you know they could tear me up but anyway he got me out of the hog pen and he was laughing you know and he got the he said let me get the let me get the hose you know and he got the garden hose and he's hosing me down okay

got to get that slop off of you and he was he was chuckling as he was doing it okay now I'm telling you that story because there are times we just want to look at the world Slop. What is it about us? We want to look at the world's slop, and then we lose our balance, and we fall into it. Our father picks us up out of it, okay? And we're saying, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I looked at it.

I'm sorry that I wanted to see it. Look at me now. look at the filth that's on me but the father says let me get a garden hose okay let's wash this off of you let's get you cleaned up and get you back on your feet go about your business don't come back don't don't climb that fence again and look at that slop or something worse may happen to you I'm using that analogy to show you God is not shocked by us falling into sin

but what makes him really angry and disgusted is to be full of slop and pretend that you're clean that makes him mad to be covered in slop and then stand there and tell him I'm clean

I know you're not you're covered in slop that's what this verse is talking about the wicked the sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to God but the prayer of the upright brings pleasure to God

not because of his or her eloquence, but because of their sincerity. The upright confessed their sins. Wait a minute. Are you saying the upright sin? Yes. Yes. Get this religious junk out of your head.

Right. Get these dog hairs out of your brain. the upright are upright because they confess their sins not because they're sinless but because they confess their sins because they seek mercy sinless people don't need mercy that's right

sinless people don't need a savior So the upright, the prayer of the upright, the repentant sinner, the broken heart of sinned to heaven, their prayers ascend to heaven, and it's received as a sweet incense. So their prayer is not a transaction, it's a relationship. It's not a ceremony, it's communion. Religion teaches rituals and ceremonies. And don't blame the Roman Catholics and the Orthodox and the Anglicans say they're the ones with this. No, the Baptists have ceremonies.

Pentecosts have rituals. They all have their rituals. and their liturgies. Yes, every one of them. Because our nature, it's our nature. Yes. We have to have, we need to create rituals. Why?

Because somehow or other, when the fall in the garden, we became wired to think that we have to do something to impress God. Yes. So humility is a melody that pleases the ears of the Lord. Lord. Amen. It's a melody. He treasures, he values genuine prayer from a humble heart above a thousand hollow hypocritical prayers. one of the first Baptists in America said outward religion without inward grace is an abomination the heart sanctifies the offering without it the offering profanes the altar Adam Clark said when the heart is unholy the holiest rights

become sin but when the heart is pure the simplest prayer becomes sacrifice amen Alexander McLaren first president

of the World Baptist Alliance said the difference between the abomination and the delight lies not in form but in faith

the heart is the altar G. Campbell Morgan The wicked sacrifice to appease The righteous pray to commune God abhors the one and delights in the other Amen You're going to like this one Doc William are not

The hypocrite's religion is like Painted Fire bright but cold the prayer of the upright is a hidden spark that warms the heart of God paint it far verse 9 king James the way of the wicked is an

abomination unto the Lord but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness Septuagin almost identical the ways of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord but he loves those who follow after righteousness the way of the wicked the the Septuagint has it as plural the ways yes of them godly King James has as singular the way of the wicked but this does not speak of isolated acts

of sin but a lifestyle of sin a lifestyle of sin a lifestyle of being disobedient to god people go to church and have disobedient hearts going to church is not proof that you have a broken humble heart and that you are obedient to god that is not the evidence Doc, I remember Clayton Moore, who was... The Lone Ranger. The Lone Ranger. And I used to travel with him in my days at CBN. Oh, I thought you meant you were Tonto.

No, I was. I used to take him on promotional tours. oh that would have been cool it was it was but doc one time i asked mr moore he was he was a gentleman he was a he was a just a gentleman to be around and i i said to mr moore i said sir where do you go to church and he said oh rick i don't i don't go to sunday church i on sunday mornings i get on my horse and i ride towards the sunrise and i worship god and i thought to myself well of course you're the long ranger why why would i ask a question like that you know i remember saying i remember thinking of myself he is the lone ranger of course you ride your horse towards the sun and worship the

but that's what he said to me and he was serious his worship was on his horse riding towards the sunrise worshipping the creator who made the sun the sun um

Clayton Moore told me he never accepted it a paid engagement where something would be present that would harm little children's souls. I remember you telling me that because so many children looked up to the Lone Ranger. Yes. This is, you know, this is back in the 80s, you know. So, but think about it. He turned down money because he said, no, that's going, such and things are going to be president at that meeting. and if a child would see me there, it could hurt their souls. See, that's a tender heart.

So the way of the wicked signifies habitual conduct through life, the chosen direction of their heart, the moral highway on which they travel, the way of the wicked. so his abhorrence god's god's abhorrence is not just anger it's a holy reaction to willful rebellion there are times each of us we're going to disappoint our father but we're quick to repent to be restored but the wicked he looks upon them and he knows your heart is set on rebelling against me right it's the way your your

your brain is on default rebellion is the default mode you just switch to rebellion you wake up in the morning and you're thinking rebellion it's the mindset of the of the wicked is offensive not because those people break rules but it's because their mindset violates the very nature of God's goodness like that story I told you about as a child falling into the hog pen in the slop. God doesn't reject us when we fall in the world's slop. See, Doc, I was crying.

I was crying to my granddad, but he was washing the dirt off of me. I was crying because I knew I did something wrong. I shouldn't have been up on the top of that fence but he wasn't angry he was washing the slop off of me the Lord doesn't become furious and angry at us when we fall in the world's slop

he's disappointed but he doesn't reject it just says let's wash it off and the way he washes off our sin is with the blood of Christ. My granddad used a garden hose, but the Lord uses his son's blood

because it washes white as snow. But for the wicked, he knows that they didn't just fall into the slop. They ran to the slop. They like the slop.

wickedness and holiness cannot exist coexist in harmony the sinner's way is repulsive to god because it glorifies self and it dethrones god in that person's life so it's idolatry god's hatred of rebellious evil is proportionate to his love for goodness humility to to love righteousness fully is to hate sin perfectly so the wicked person's life may appear glamorous to people in this world but that person's ways is nauseating to God

right see when you fall into sin it's not your ways if you repent and get restored see your way your way is a life of repentance that's for the righteous your way is a life of repentance but for the wicked their way is a life of avoiding repentance itself it is a glorification of self

he loveth him that followeth after righteousness does not say he loves him or her who is perfect God loves the man or woman who pursues righteousness their way through life is chasing what pleases God even though along the way they fall from time to time but when they get back up on their feet they get back on the way to pleasing god see i'm trying to remove from your mind from your heart and soul today shame and guilt god does not shame us satan shames us and people shame us the people who shame you for your sins are people who are covering up their sins they can point and say shame shame shame shame shame they get other people looking at you and not at

them they're covering up their their sins by shaming yours so it's satan and people who put shame and guilt on repentant sinners god loves the upright not because they're flawless but but because their hearts are aligned towards obedience and humility. They follow after, perseverance, momentum, deliberate pursuit. They follow after. They just don't stumble upon righteousness. They seek it. So God's peace, his love, his favor, it falls and rests on those who hunger for holiness,

even when they struggle to attain it and walk in it. If you have a temptation, just tell your father. Just tell him. This is my temptation. This is where I'm really weak. He already knows it. But have that communication, have that conversation with him. Right.

You know, a lot of us, you know, think that we can't come to God with our weakness, that we, you know, that we can approach him with it. Our shame outweighs our desire for the forgiveness that he offers. But God wants, he's not willing. that any should perish but that all should come to repentance that's what he desired from us for us and the only way your your weakness can be delivered in your life is for it to be exposed god already knows it when you're approaching god is you're making yourself aware of it too that's right but see when you confess to him where you are tempted where you are weak you know what he gives you grace right he gives you grace to deal with that temptation

so our righteousness is relational it's walking upright with God conforming to his character conforming to his word to be perverse is to be bent to be crooked and twisted that is to be perverse to be so as i've shown you before if this hand is god this hand is the upright an upright person walking and right standing with god but a person who is twisted and bent away from god's standards his truth that's a perverse person So God distinguishes between those who chase sin and those who chase sanctity. Both are sinners. Do you understand that?

Both are sinners. Oh, Doc, how do you get this? One sinner is righteous and the other sinner's wicked. These religious people say, I'm not a sinner anymore. I was, but I'm religious now. You're still a sinner because you just lied. You just boasted.

You're still sinning. But the righteous is a sinner who pursues holiness who knows that he or she has a problem with sin because of the sermon on the mount blessed are the poor in spirit happy are those who are poor happy are those who know that they are spiritually weak

and bankrupt why are they happy because they'll be given forgiveness and grace. But the wicked, the wicked are not happy. They refuse to confess their sins. Both are sinners, the righteous and the wicked. Both are sinners. One repents the other one doesn't.

Matthew Henry said, God hates the way of sin because he loves the soul of the sinner. The wicked walk contrary to his nature, the righteous walk towards his likeness. Charles Bridges says, The Lord abhors the sin that ruins his creatures, but he delights in those who run the race of righteousness. Holiness is heaven's kindred.

Alexander McLaren, righteousness is not a possession, but a pilgrimage. The man who follows after it walks in the light where God himself dwells. G. Campbell Morgan, the sinner's way is abominable because it marrs. Harmony.

The saint's pursuit of righteousness is music to God's heart. William are not. To follow after righteousness is not to have arrived, but to be on the road home. Charles Spurgeon The Lord loves to see his children running after holiness

as eager travelers after treasure He smiles on the chase Though the goal be not yet reached God's happy with you chasing righteousness Even though we haven't reached it verse 10 correction is grievous unto him that forsakeeth the way and he that hateth reproof shall die wow there's a hard one in it so two agents this today Septuasion says instruction removes evils but he who hates reproof shall

die disgracefully yes disgracefully Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way. Not a way, the way of Christ. Divine discipline feels harsh only to the heart that has rebelled away from obedience. Then correction is grievous. to forsake it is to wander into self-will, abandoning God's divine guidance of your life because you're now pursuing your own desire.

And so when correction comes through conscience, your conscience through circumstances or rebuke, the unrepentantant heart resents it instead of receiving it. It becomes grievous, not because it's unjust or unfair, but because their pride refuses to bow. Remember, the same fire that refines gold, burns straw. The difference is the material. So to the righteous, God's reproof is medicine,

but to the rebellious, it's point. He that hateeth reproof shall die. This is not just a religious saying. This is fact. This is spiritual law. To hate reproof is to reject life's most merciful intervention, which is God calling a sinner back from the edge of ruin.

Yes. Reproof is the divine alarm bell before judgment oh can I market that one Rick that's what it is when God is reproving you there is a warning bell

If you keep going this direction, it's going to be judgment. To ignore the alarm bells, to silence. See, some people will actually disconnect the alarm bells. You are now begging for judgment. When it says death, this is more than just physical. death it's spiritual death it's separation from truth it's eternal loss so doc to despise divine rebuke is to cut the rope that could draw you from the abyss that you've fallen into yes it exposes that rebellion that's in a person's heart it's pride pride that's armed against grace

and so god's word once it's refused now becomes a witness against the rebel it's a witness God sent his word and you rejected it willfully deliberately rejected the word so the full dies not for a lack of warning but for a hatred of a warning that's what brings on the death

not the sin but the hatred for the warning to repent yes Charles Bridges correction is mercy to the humble but torment to the proud hatred of reproof

is the sure path to destruction it silences the voice of life Adam Clark he who cannot bear to be told he is wrong will not be set right the reproof which he rejects would have saved his soul

Albert Barnes The discipline that restrains is grievous only to those who have broken loose from restraint Resistance to reproof is moral suicide Alexander McLaren Reproof is God's call to life To stop one's ears against it Is to refuse resurrection

G. Campbell Morgan, discipline is severe because sin is deadly. The hand that wounds to correct is the same hand that would save. And Charles Spurgeon, he that hates reproof loves ruin, the same word that saves the humble will slay the proud. Okay, that's it for today.

all right did we learn anything today i hope so i hope so too this is a great passage today a lot of practical wisdom here we talked about wealth we talked about words we talked about hypocrisy worship we talked about a way we talked about a warning so we had five ws here today so make a great five-point sermon all I need is a good illustration I'm and I got a whole service. There you go. You got it. Praise God.

Wade said, Wade said he's glad he showed up today. Me too. I'm glad you're here. Amen. So. All right. Lots of times I'm learning as I go as I'm teaching. Things sometimes are coming out of my mouth I had not even thought about until I get here and start talking.

Is that the truth? If that way it is, it's the Holy Spirit that is, God, You'll give you the words to say, and you'll find it's, you know, words meant for you, coming out of your mouth. Yes. So many times in my case, too, Rick. So praise God. Well, folks, we appreciate you tuning in today to this Thursday edition of Morning Manor.

Remember, tomorrow is Faith Friday, and we always on Friday, we do a special teaching on Bible faith. And we encourage you to be here on Friday. and get another lesson on applying the principles of faith in your life on Faith Friday. We also celebrate the Lord's Supper, commemorate the Lord's supper on Fridays. And we ask that you come prepared with bread and either red wine or grape juice to participate in the Lord's table. And also have a prepared heart. Who may participate in the Lord's supper? Well, if you're a confessing believer in Jesus Christ and you've been baptized in water according to the scripture in the name of the Father,

the Holy Spirit and we invite you and encourage you to participate in the Lord's Table and that will be happening at the end of our lesson tomorrow I know I say this every day but I want to encourage everyone to get a copy of Rick's book Megafire that's Megafire America's next fourth turning crisis and it's a great it's a great handbook on guiding your decisions on the next five to ten years and what one of the comments I got earlier today, Rick, was reading Rick's book, you know, just follows the headlines every day. And they're seeing in the headlines what's unfolding in this book, Rick. And so it's not a prophetic book. It's more, I would say more of a guidebook or handbook. Rick looks at various cycles

through history, draws on the expertise of those who have studied these things for years, but also has a sure foundation in the biblical patterns of cycles and how the affect our lives. And what we as believers can do to respond to that, there's a sin cycle. We'll read about that in here, too. Well, Dr. the reason the headlines are lining up with the book is simply because the book is about cycles. Yes. And once you know the cycles, you can anticipate. the general direction that the world will be going right so yeah go ahead i was going so if you want this

book and you do need it you not just want it you need it go to megafire dot world megafire dot world i've had people say hey i went to a megafire and you know a website and i couldn't access it it's probably because you're typing in the wrong extension at the end okay it's megafire all one word no space in there dot world w o r ld okay i don't use any other extension this will take you right to the site not only can you get a copy of this for yourself but you can also get an autograph copy by rick and uh on the website he'll tell you how you can do it and everything and you can also share the site with others we are looking to expand this and to do more with it over the next few weeks but right now you are faithful followers and students in our class you really have the first

opportunity to get this book in your hands and to share it with others so we encourage you to do so at megafire dot world amen i just want to say in closing um we we really deeply need and outpouring of financial support right now. We're doing a lot of things behind the scenes. The Lord is remodeling.

He's transitioning. He's stretching our faith. He's opening doors. It's taking everything in me to keep going, to keep up with the changes that he's doing. But our bank

account is extremely low okay the work that he's giving us is increasing and I know he will provide I just I know I've been doing this for 27 years I know I've seen this pattern before and there's a huge breakthrough coming and when the breakthrough comes to us it comes to those who are involved in our ministry so I'm asking you if you can give something Today, tomorrow, in this last few days of October, I'm asking you to give. You can go to Faith and Values and Click Donate. You can still use the True News account for donations and give the very best that you can. Tomorrow morning, I have to remind myself to do this, I want to give you a very big announcement tomorrow morning.

God has given us a major breakthrough. And you understand when you hear this tomorrow, when I say that the Lord is remodeling, he's expanding, he's enlarging us, and yet he's stretching my faith. And the enemy is putting a lot of pressure on this. And I'm just going ahead, moving forward, without looking at the physical, natural circumstances, namely our, the balance and our,

balance in our bank account okay and but I'll give you the announcement tomorrow morning if you're here tomorrow morning for Faith Friday you're going to hear something about faith so who's going to be here tomorrow for Faith Friday raise your hand who's going to be here tomorrow you you will be the first to hear it before I send it out in a newsletter okay I'll announce it to the Faith Friday audience that's it got to go God bless you. We'll see you tomorrow on Faith Friday.