TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Morning Manna - October 6, 2025 - Proverbs 13:21-25 - Pursued by Sin, Satisfied by Righteousness

Episode Date: October 6, 2025

In today’s Morning Manna, we reflect on Proverbs 13:21–25, where Solomon reminds us that evil relentlessly pursues sinners, but goodness is the sure reward of the righteous. The wise leave a lasting inheritance, while the wealth of sinners is stored up for the just. Diligence in labor yields abundance, but injustice and neglect waste resources. Finally, we see that love disciplines while neglect destroys, and that the righteous eat to satisfaction, but the wicked are left in want. These verses call us to choose righteousness that leaves a legacy, corrects in love, and leads to true contentment. 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

Good morning, everybody. Welcome to Morning Manna on this beautiful rainy Monday here in Florida. We're glad that you are with us and that you're going to spend the week with us five days studying the Word of God. Monday through Friday, one hour per day. And we are just absolutely awed that so many people make an appointment to be with us. If you're not in the live class, and when I say live, we meet in real time online at faith and values.com. We meet at 8 a.m. Eastern time. But regardless, whether you're there or not, the fact that you've found us someplace online, we're just glad that you've made time to be with us. We're going to finish up chapter 13 today of the Book of Proverbs, verses 21 through 25. tomorrow we begin chapter 14 let's pray almighty god father in heaven father you are wonderful

and magnificent and awesome and holy and just and righteous and pure and mighty and strong and fair and good there are not enough words to describe you father you are the one and only the one and only God and we are so grateful to be your sons and daughters Father we desire to please you

and we know that please you is to recognize your son Jesus Christ as our Savior and to obey his commandments and his commandments are found in your word so Father we've gathered here from many nations to be taught by

your Holy Spirit the depth of riches that's in your word we say come holy spirit take your seat at this bible study and teach all of us from the holy bible in the name of jesus amen amen and good morning everyone no matter where you are in the world today and we do have friends checking in from russia australia Malaysia Brazil uh korea excuse me japan and all points in between all across the U.S. and Canada, welcome to morning manna here live in the 8 o'clock hour on the east coast of the U.S. We're continuing our study today. Proverbs chapter 13. We're going to be finishing up Proverbs 13 today. I'll be reading verses 21 through 25, so follow along with me. I'm reading

from the King James this morning as we finish up Proverbs 13. Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid. A good man leaveeth an inheritance to his chance. children's children and the wealth of the sinners laid up for the just much food is in the tillage of the poor but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment that's a powerful verse just by itself he that spares his rod hateth his son to he that loveth him chastenedeth him betimes in verse 25 the righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul but the belly of the wicked shall want god bless the reading of his word today Amen.

Let's start with verse 21. The King James evil pursueth sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid. The Septuagin says sin pursues sinners, but good shall overtake the righteous. I like that one. I want to be overtaken by good. Yes. I desire good to just hunt me down and overtake me. Think about that.

What can just get that image in your mind? When you're overtaken, what does that mean? Somebody comes up from behind you and just... It just overtakes you. It just overtakes you, okay? That's good. Goodness shall overtake the righteous. So there's a universal principle of moral consequences

in this verse evil is not passive it's active and those who actively pursue sin embrace sin will be actively pursued

by sin sin pursue sinners if you embrace sin sin will pursue you and it will have an inescapable momentum sin will overtake the sinner goodness shall overtake the righteous both are being pursued both are being overtaken so when I see the phrase evil pursueth sinners I get the image of a

sin as a hunter and the sinner is the the query the prey the guilt and consequences of wrongdoing are self-propelling and divine judgment does not need to be summoned what this is teaching is it just naturally flows and pursues the sinner right god has put a law into motion he doesn't have to do anything he's already established the rule the law evil will pursue sinners goodness will pursue the righteous it's like okay he established that law he doesn't have to do

anything now it's not like the lord has to watch over all the sinners and all the righteous he's put his law in the motion and evil pursues the sinners and goodness pursues the righteous so there's a poetic justice what sinners chase in pleasure eventually turns on them and produces pain so the sinner walks in a moral universe where actions bear fruit evil actions breed suffering so divine divine retribution it is not arbitrary wrath of god it's the predictable outcome of choices yes that's a great statement there rick because most of the world they think that god is just you know arbitrary in his judgment no uh you you have earned the payment of evil evil is pursuing sinners if you sinned evil is pursuing you it's not he doesn't

have a big rod in one hand a wax sinners and a magic wand in the other hand to sprinkle magic dust on the righteous he established at the beginning of of mankind he established a moral law it's in up it's been an operation since the fall of adam if you pursue evil evil will pursue you if you pursue righteousness goodness will pursue you he doesn't have to spend all day monitoring everybody on earth the law does it the rule the rule of his universe does it and he's very orderly though you know he's not artificial intelligence he's genuine intelligence yes okay and he he has established order so the righteous are overtaken by goodness so this the image

shifts from pursuit to reward. Goodness is gentle, and it's the inevitable result of righteousness. There's a reciprocal rhythm of grace. You see rhythms, patterns, cycles in the Bible. It's throughout the word. to God. There are cycles, there are rhythms, there are patterns. What a person sews, that person shall reap. Yes. Apostle Paul in Galatians, his letter to the church in Galatia, chapter 6, verses 7 through 9, he told the Galatians, be not deceived. God is not mocked. For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also

reap for he that reap soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption but he that soweth to the spirit shall of the spirit reap life everlasting and let us not be weary and well-doing for in due season we shall reap if we faint not so the good the goodness the good things that overtake the righteous they're both temporal of this world it includes prosperity good health peace favor provision but it's also eternal yes it is eternal salvation divine fellowship with our maker so this this principle, this law of divine recompense.

What is recompense? It is the payment of what is due. It works in two directions. Sin calls for sorrow and righteousness calls forth blessing. Now,

the righteous will, from time time face trials and difficulties you can't get through life without difficulties but here's here's the good thing when you're going through a difficult situation goodness is running goodness is running towards you yes it's going to overtake you in your difficulties saying, hey, Doc, I see you, I'm coming, hang in there. Don't quit. I'll be there soon. I'm going to overtake you. And in your difficulty, goodness overtakes you. Praise God. And your critics and your mockers and your Job's friends, they go, what just happened?

I was certain he'd never get out of that mess. I was certain she'd fail in this one. He came out smelling like a rose. That happens to her every time. I don't know. don't understand it. It's goodness pursued you. And God many times allows these difficulties in our lives as he's working in us. He's he's perfecting us, but he's also setting the stage to demonstrate his, his glory to unbelievers. And that when that goodness comes in to overtake you, that speaks to the to the doubters,

the mockers, the scoffers, the unbelievers. How did that happen? And then inevitably, somebody said, well, it had to be God. Well, yeah, that's what he desired people to say. It had to be God. So to the carnal mind, the unspiritual mind, the present circumstances me, appear unjust, but faith. Faith sees time as the playing field, which and when and where God's

justice unfolds in a person's life. Be patient in your hard times. Be patient in your difficulties. Goodness is going to overtake you. Amen. If you get this down in your spirit, you'll have strength, you'll have hope to get through that time. I said last week, I don't like it when the Lord puts me in his pressure cooker. I've been in it from time to time. I've been in there stewing. And the whole time I'm looking at my watch. I'm like, how long is this going to last? Okay. I'm flipping the can. calendar okay when when does this thing stop okay but you know what keeps me going this promise goodness is going to overtake me amen when that when that pressure cooker alarm rings and

the lid comes off goodness is there praise god goodness is there waiting to overtake me so our confidence is not it should not be in the visible prosperity that that we receive but it ought to be in the fidelity of god the faithfulness of god to reward the righteous with his own goodness it's see it's his goodness that overtakes you it's not just something out there called goodness it's his goodness you know you even see this principle at the cross of calvary right evil pursues sinners grace pursues the center even faster and aren't you glad it does grace can outrun evil oh man i like that dog grace can outrun evil grace can outrun evil grace will get to you faster than evil

let's check in with our commentators charles bridges evil may appear to sleep but it is on the track the righteous man's good may seem delayed but it is sure It has a foot that never tires. Albert Barnes, of course, there's going to be contrast here. The course of life is not neutral. The sinner finds that wrongdoing brings his own adventure, while the righteous discover that goodness brings its own reward. Adam Clark, wicked men imagine they can outrun judgment,

but their sin follows after them, armed with its own vengeance. The righteous may seem slow to prosper, but divine goodness follows them like a faithful shadow. Alexander McLaurin. Sin is a boomerang, hurled in folly, but sure to return in retribution. Goodness follows righteousness as surely as morning follows night. let's take a look at g campbell morgan george george campbell morgan he was the pastor of westminster chapel in london he said the righteous need not chase blessing they have only to walk with god for good follows holiness as fruit follows life Doc, a little bit of a G. Campbell-Morgan trivia.

You know, he was the shepherd, the pastor of Westminster Chapel, actually twice. So Westminster originally was a congregational church, and that's what it was when Pastor Morgan led the congregation. It later became an evangelical free church. back in the um in the 30s and 40s when he was pastoring he would he would have a Bible study on Friday nights and it attracted approximately 5,000 people every Friday night on a Friday night Friday night in person 5,000 people Doc is amazing. People traveled by car, by train, by bus to get to that church on Friday nights to hear G. Campbell Morgan teach the Word of God.

Pastor Morgan's friends included Alexander McLaurin, Charles Spurgeon, and Rodney Gypsy Smith. Do you know that name, Doc? Yes, Gypsy Smith. Gypsy Smith was a Salvation Army evangelist. I didn't know his first name was Rodney, though. That's a new one for me. Yeah, that was his name. He was always known just as Gypsy Smith.

But he was a Salvation Army evangelist. Right. And a close personal friend of Fannie Crosby. Okay. He wrote some of the most beautiful hymns we've ever sang in church. so campbell morgan was was the pastor of westminster chapel like i said two times 1904 to 1917 then he left the church moved to california moved from london to california and was a professor at biola college in los angeles

oh okay bible institute of los angeles yes okay So after he left in 1917, Doc, there was a, I guess you would call him an interim pastor. And then he was replaced in 1918 by a guy named John Henry Jallet. Oh, my new guy. Your new hero. Yes. I came across Jallet's work last week, and I've just been fascinated. by his books.

And so, he followed in the footsteps of Morgan. No kidding. Wow, what a small world. So then 1933, G. Campbell Morgan came back to London and served until 1943. And then he was replaced by Martin, Martin Lloyd Jones. No lightweight himself either.

No. And then later, when you get into the 1970s, the pastor of Westminster Chapel was R.T. Kendall. Doc, that church has produced a mighty men of God. What a history. By the way, G. Campbell Morgan, And, Doc, his father, his father was a preacher in Charles Darby's churches. And his father left the Plymouth Brethren and became a Baptist.

And G. Campbell Morgan, through most of his ministry, was a dispensationalist. But later in life, he renounced. it and adopted covenant theology and said that that what he taught about Israel was wrong. There was a history there that's fascinating to study with Chi Campbell Morgan. It's one of my favorite pastors. All right, verse 22, King James, a good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. all the translations say the same thing

almost identical a world english bible says the wealth of the center stored for the righteous so there's a what we see is a principle of moral legacy righteousness begets continuity and wickedness ends in futility. The good man, the good woman, is not only generous in their lifetimes, but they're morally upright,

they're living under God's covenant favor. And they leave an inheritance, a heritage of both virtue and blessings of the Hebrew term for inheritance it does include material the material estate the houses the cars the wealth of you know you know back then in those days it was you know the camels the sheep you know the land it does include that but it also includes the concept of a person's inheritance

also encompasses that person's moral and spiritual and social and social legacy and that it's passed down to their children and their children's children, their grandchildren, which means your grandchildren will be enjoying the fruits of your righteousness. So what we learn here is that righteous stewardship is generational. that a godly man or woman's faith and integrity outlive him or her and it shapes their children and their grandchildren because there's a I don't know how to describe it other

there's a residue of divine favor that passes down now it only says children and grandchildren so I guess it doesn't go to the to the next generations All right. But you do see in the old covenant, iniquity was passed down to the fourth generation. Exodus 20, verse 6. Thou shall not bow down thyself to them nor serve them.

I am a jealous God, for I, the Lord, thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers, upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments I you know I I saw recently a prominent a prominent minister I don't want to say name I don't like to I don't desire to use this lesson to be a critic of others okay i'm just talking about what this gentleman said he said there's no the concept of a of generational curses is not biblical what is exodus 20 verse 6 and 7 what is that

verse 5 says uh he visits the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation them that hate me what do you think about that doc obviously there the bible teaches generational curses there you can't get around it okay but my response to that is to as a believer you're no longer under a curse no you're absolutely right the moment you're saved when you come up out of that baptism water all those generational curses are canceled but obviously we have a generational curse on us we have adam's curse is that not a generational curse and then it's multiplied by those that continue in sin afterwards but as a believer and this is one of those teachings and charismatic circles that gets mixed up where it talks about generational

curses right and saying that there's generational curses on on believers that that's not the case Jesus took the curse for us on the cross. Amen. We are free from any, any curse, genetic, familial, whatever. But there are people that choose to live in that generational curse in their mind. You need to break free of that. That's a bondage of the mind. It's not a doctrinal theological bondage.

But yes, until we're saved, we're under a curse. of not only the sins of our fathers, but our sin, too. So we can't play them at all on daddy and granddaddy. He's all the way back to Adam. Right. Psalm 112, one of my favorite songs, 112 verse 2. His seed, this is talking about the righteous person. His seed shall be mighty upon the earth.

The generation of the upright shall be blessed. That's a promise from God. Amen. Your children shall be blessed. So the inheritance that this verse is talking about, it's spiritual inheritance first, material inheritance second, but both are included. So the good man and woman imparts truth and wisdom and reverence for God

to their children and grandchildren. And that secures prosperity for them I know that I am enjoying the residue of favor that were on my grandparents

my parents weren't they didn't serve God I do believe they got saved at the very end I do believe that the Lord I don't have time to explain it but the Lord gave me peace about it both were killed in separate accidents but my grandparents were godly and i believe i'm enjoying that you know i'm so i would be of that second generation to their children and their

children's children i'm enjoying the residue of their righteousness their goodness, their generosity. Now, the sinner's wealth is laid up, it's stored, it's held in reserve for the eventual benefit of those who fear the Lord. We see this principle in Job, chapter 27, verses 16 and 17, though he heap up silver as the dust and prepare raiment as the clay

he may prepare it but the just shall put it on and the innocent shall divide the silver there's this principle this law it reveals God's sovereign administrative

of equity he governs wealth according to his moral order I don't know how he doesn't I don't either I just know it happens so the wicked oftentimes they amass their wealth

by oppression by deceit by cunning ways through their pride and yet God quietly redirects their gains to the humble and the faithful. I don't know how it happens. I don't know how this works, but the word says it's true.

And so there's blessing coming to us that was extracted from the wicked. So what's our lesson here? the good man and the good woman they build a legacy that outlasts wealth but the sinner builds wealth that outlasts him but not his sin

okay so there's a current doctrine that's not current it's been around for a few years that we can claim the wealth of the center you might have heard this one Rick that

you know we can stand up and we I claim the wealth of the center. The Bible says the wealth of the center is laid up for the just. I claim the wealth of the center. What are your thoughts on that? Well, it is a promise. I don't know if people are like naming specific centers who are wealthy and saying I claim that person's wealth.

I don't think it works that way. But I'll stand on the word. Yes. the word says the word says the wealth of the center is stored up for the just yes okay how god distributes it to the just is his judicial decision and we should focus on the just part shouldn't we yes right making sure we're among the just that's all that's the only thing you need to do just that's right that's our only obligation and he will take care of the rest that's right But again, he decides the equity, the distribution.

And God loves everyone equally, but he does not bless everyone equally. That's right. That's a hard lesson for people to learn. If you don't believe me, you need to study the parables of Jesus. we determine we play a role in the rewards that we get god desires to bless but we may be the ones who who prevent him from blessing us as much as he's blessing another person so the wealth of the sinners laid up for the just but the just includes all just and he distributes it according to his divine wisdom.

I just know, I'm receiving it. Amen. When prosperity comes to me, Doc, I'm just my attitude is. The Lord took it from some wicked person. I just got some of it. Now, ultimately, Jesus Christ fulfills this proverb. Because he is the true good. man and he leaves an inheritance to his spiritual children amen

Ephesians 1 verse 11 in whom also we have obtained an inheritance being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will glory to God yes Presbyterian Matthew Henry said a good man not only makes the world the better for him while he lives but leaves it the better after him and god so orders it that the estates of sinners in some way or other come into the hands of the righteous amen alexander mclaren the proverb is no mere promise of money it teaches that character outlast possession and that the only safe inheritance is the faith of a godly and that's something every one of us should consider are you will you be considered a godly ancestor

and then g campbell morgan this is the divine economy that what sin gathers unrighteously grace will one day redistribute for righteousness sake. Doc, it's a redistribution of wealth. Yes. God's way. Verse 23, King James, much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that is destroyed for one of judgment. This is one that makes you think.

The Aramaic Peshida, abundant food is in the furrow of the poor, but it is destroyed for lack of lack of justice. In the Septuagint, the righteous dwell in wealth many years, but the wealth of the ungodly shall perish suddenly. I don't think that goes with this verse. So we'll stick with the King James.

Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. Yes. Okay. Okay. How do you explain this one? There's a contrast between divine provision and human injustice. You got it. That's what's the key here in verse 23.

Explain that, Doc. well um there's great wealth in hard work and in taking care of what god has provided you the tillage of the land there can be great provision that takes care of your family potential wealth there but there's still evil in the world the evil heart of man there's evil rulers there's uh those that seek to take advantage of others and there are times where justice sometimes steals wealth of the poor yes the hard worker that's now he's not someone's certainly not endorsing that he's just making an observation here that you need to realize that even even though you are a hard worker even though you may have invested and you may see a potential harvest uh from your hard work

understand that there is still evil in the world seeking to take what you produce yes and so we we see unjust unfair social economic and political systems in the world that steal what god has provided for the poor right in other words the earth has abundance there's plenty on the earth for everybody right right now there is plenty of everything for everybody yes but it's it's not distributed properly and many times what little the poor have of it is taken from them it's taken from them so the king says much king james says much food is in the tillage of the poor. The tillage, the Hebrew word means the plowed or fallow ground. This means that even in the poor man's humble field, blessed by God, and cultivated through that poor man's diligent work, that there is the capacity for plenty.

but unjust people take it from the poor right now once again solon's not endorsing this principle at all he's simply making an observation i've looked it out in the world i've considered the world i've seen hard-working people have their harvest taken from them and you've got to be aware of that that's a reality in this world and it can happen in our world today too it doesn't matter what the economic system is, whether it's capitalism, socialism, because none of those economic systems change the heart of man. None of those systems do. That's why we need godly leaders, not those that profess godliness, but true godly leaders to make righteous judgment to care for the poor, genuinely care for the poor. There are systems today that say they care for the poor,

but the only thing they care about the four oftentimes is their vote and so so in every every communist country the leaders of the communist party are wealthy yes all everyone's equal some are more equal than others yes so in china the the ruling class of the communist party they own everything they own most of the big corporations so um what this this verse is is affirming divine equity yes god's not pleased with this that's what is the real message here i got to be careful i'm going to sound like a christian socialist i think people should be rewarded for their labor i mean yes you're somebody not only rewarded doc not only rewarded but

their rewards should not be stolen right so what this is teaching is there is this divine equity where god's creation is generous it's plentiful the problem is not the earth's fertility the problem is human corruption and mismanagement and poor stewardship you know what people say well why why does god allow so much poverty in the world he didn't ordain it he gave it he gave mankind an earth that's abundant it's it's the evil of mankind

that causes people to be poor and to stay poor of course also people's lifestyles can contribute to that also but the fact that it says much food is in the tillage of the poor that just means doesn't mean that the poor were just well hope we see something grow no they went out till the field it worked yes so just and I and we have to be careful here because we you know sometimes hard work you can still be oppressed

okay yes and but God is watching. God is keeping a ledger. God is watching the books. The books will balance. That's what the other verses in this passage are telling us. The books are going to balance out. Even though we see this happening in the world, the books are going to be balanced one day. And it's a warning to the oppressor. That's what this verse is. It's a warning to the oppressor. Do not take advantage of the poor. Do not take advantage of the weak. seek to help them not to just use them like a lot of politicians do but to help build them help to get them out of their poverty so doc this this proverb is teaching that righteous labor

is productive but dishonest or unjust political and economic control destroys abundance there is a a call to social justice in this verse now today's marxist movement in america they don't they they are not desiring to reward righteous labor they they desire to take wealth from others and give it to people who don't work and that's just as unbiblical as as evil people stealing from the people who do work absolutely because the the currency isn't that money the currency is power in that situation power and control that's right so you're back to dishonest on just control right and it destroys abundance. It's going to destroy the abundance of the people who work hard.

The verse says, but there is, there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. This is not referring to a lack of intelligence, but to moral failure in government, in the courts, in the financial system. Yes. that the want of judgment is the absence of righteous order. So when corruption, oppression, negligence, rule, they obstruct the natural flow of fruitfulness from God that he intended for everybody.

I have been in some poor countries where I desired to help the people and this ministry moved a lot of goods there to help the people and you come to a realization this country is poor because its leaders are corrupt yes it's just as simple as that

you vote for corrupt people and that's why your country is poor and you just wash your hand and say I'm done I can't I can't work here in this country that people are corrupt that's what it's talking about it so when that corruption is in control it makes the people poor so the poor even though they're industrious they're deprived of their harvest through exploitation and oppression. Right. And I'm so really, talk, I got to move on. I sound like a Christian socialist today.

But God is fair. He's fair, and he's just. And the unfortunate side of things in that is that sometimes in those nations where you have the poor that are under the heel of corruption and everything is they become corrupt themselves. It's true. And it's a vicious circle. It's a vicious cycle that permeates an entire society and entire culture. The only thing that breaks that cycle is the gospel of Jesus Christ.

That's the only thing I've ever seen to break that cycle. Because at the cross, there is no. rich there is no poor there are no wealth there's no poverty there's no richness we're all the same at the cross and it's the great equalizer um and so it's the only thing and you you've just got to share god's word that's share the good news of jesus christ and let the word do the work sometimes yes john gill john gill said there is a sufficiency in the poor man's labor the providence of God has so ordered it. But when rulers are unjust,

the fruit of his toil is consumed and he has left desolate. Charles Bridges, the poor man's field, though small, yields abundance when God's blessing rests upon it. Yet, how often does the hand of power snatch it away through unjust laws or cruel exactions?

Meaning taxation. Robert Barnes, the preacher of contrast. The contrast is between the divine bounty of nature and the corrupt administration of man. The earth is fruitful, man's injustice makes it barren. Here's one I haven't quoted before. Charles Elligott, he was a bishop in the Anglican church. The tillage of the poor is here not despised,

but honored god's order provides plenty man's disorder brings want there you go yes and g campbell morgan this proverb reveals god's impartial economy abundance lies even in the poor man's field but injustice cancels divine intention so in a way the oppressor is not just stealing from the poor they're stealing from God. That's right, because God provided the blessing on the poor. Yes. Oh, to steal from the poor. Stealing from the poor from widows and orphans.

Those are three ways to get yourself in serious trouble with the Lord. Verse 24, he that spareth his rod, hateeth his son, but he that loveth him chastenseth him at times. the Aramaic Pashida He who keeps back his rod hates the son But he who loves him disciplines him early Yes And the Septuagin says

He who spares the rod hates his son But he who loves instructs him with care So this proverb establishes a principle Of Covenantal love and moral formation true love disciplines

false affection indulges yes that's the opposite is what is taught in parenting lessons today yes modern America teaches you should indulge your children never discipline

let them make their own choices right the Hebrew These kids are going to grow up one day, indulged. And guess what they're going to do? They're going to oppress their parents. Yes. They've become the oppressors.

And that's another curse we find in Proverbs as well. That's a good point. They bring the rod to their parents. That's right. So the Hebrew word that the King James uses for Sparoth. It means deliberate restraint. withholding necessary corruption, not out of wisdom,

but by misguided tenderness or moral weakness. Some parents just can't discipline their children. Some parents desire to be their children's buddy, instead of their father or mother. I just want to be your friend. So the rod, look, it's not necessarily a physical rod. It represents authority, guidance, moral correction. I think, Doc, probably in ancient times, this rod referred to the shepherd staff.

Yeah, because it's the same word. The same word. So what did the shipper do with the staff? He used the staff to guide and to correct, to guard. Yes. How do he use the rod? He would tap the side of the sheep to get him back in line. He wouldn't beat them over the back with his staff,

but he would just gently use the rod to push him back in line. That was the whole idea. Discipline is an act of love. I'll tell you why it values the child's listen to this here's why you need to discipline your children it means that you value your child's eternal good more than their present comfort amen and moral affection without corruption excuse me moral affection without correction denigrates into

to human feelings sentimentality it spares the child's feelings at the expense of his or her soul yes people say I don't want to hurt my child's feelings oh so you're going to hurt their soul

you don't see it that way now the word hate it it's it's there to shock you by its severity what is the word was used deliberately and it means to withhold discipline

is to act as though indifferent to the child's eternal destiny right we would liken it today to if you indulge your children just indulge every whim they have and everything it's child abuse that's how severe it is it's child abuse it's what it really really is you may not be beating them or slapping them around or knocking them around but you are doing far worse than that by indulging their every whim or just you know letting everything They do them do everything.

Let me just be a brat. You are committing child abuse. That's how severe God sees this. We have some far left socialist countries today, Doc, that will punish parents if they discipline their children. Yeah. You have state agencies coming into the home to take away the children. Now, I'm not endorsing physically abusing a child.

No, no, no. But we are doing far more damage with this current philosophy of total indulgence and no punishment for or no correction in their life at all. We are doing far more damage than we could ever imagine physically. And that's not endorsing continued physical abuse. I mean, come on. No one endorses that. No. The King James uses an old English word betimes. It says he that loveeth him, chastenedeth him be times. The Hebrew word means early. Yes. You got to start early.

You discipline early in life, early in wrongdoing, before rebellion takes root in the heart of that child, before their self-will hardens. into sin and rebellion how sad and shocking to see a three-year-old misbehaving in extreme rebellion and the parents just sitting there unwilling to take any action I've seen in public I've seen some children throw some horrible fits Oh my goodness And their parents don't know what to do They just

They stay on their phone or they're doing It's like look at what your child is doing See they're letting that behavior set in and take hold In that child That child's going to grow up with that formation the child's brain is being formed in the first years of his or her life right that's why you you bring correction early

early not meaning the hour of the day but the the age of the child yes you're teaching a child that there are no consequences to their actions yes so this discipline is not punitive it's redemptive its aim is restoration not humiliation don't discipline a child in front of other people don't put shame on that child take the child to another place and administer discipline So there's

In today's In today's world There's just so much leniency People are afraid to To show discipline Because society has said That's wrong We condemn it

but the Bible says you're condemning your child by not bringing discipline early in their life look it's it's the model for human correction God our father whom the Lord loveth he chastenedeth that's Hebrews 12 verse 6 yes it doesn't matter your age if the Lord loves you, he's going to correct you. Hebrews 12.6. Whom the Lord loves, he chasens. Are you being chastened right now? Guess what?

God loves you. Doc, to spare the rod is synonymous with abandoning the soul. Yeah, that means you don't care. You don't care. because you're not about your feelings then you know about how you feel about the situation than about correcting your child imagine if god felt that way to withhold correction of a small child is to deprive that child of the knowledge of boundaries yes every child needs to know boundaries.

And the lesson here, so do we. Yes. We are children of God and we have you have you ever worked with somebody who doesn't know boundaries? I can counter it all the time, Doc. Not necessarily

at our place, but over my lifetime, okay? I've had people that don't know boundaries. I'm like, you're an adult. You're in your 30. you're your 40s and you don't know boundaries. I actually said it a couple of months ago at an airport. That guy behind me was so pushy.

And I just looked at him and I said, obviously your mother didn't teach you boundaries. I didn't know what else to say to the guy. Like he was just pushing, you know, to be ahead of everyone. You know, just everything about him was selfish you know

and that was the only thing I could think to say it's like obviously your mother didn't teach you boundaries like you think about that sir the way you behave because you obviously you grew up in a home where your mom and dad let you do anything you wanted to do so

the rod of discipline is a symbol of divine mercy correction today prevents judgment tomorrow think about that with your child Charles Bridges parental fondness that forbearer's the rod is not love but cruelty for what is more cruel than to suffer sin upon a child unrebuke till it destroys him Adam Clark correction should be used as a Physician uses his remedy, not for pleasure, but for cure. It must be timely, gentle, and designed for the child's restoration.

Alexander McLaren, the world's love spares because it fears pain. God's love chastens because it fears ruin. Wow. Boy, isn't that the truth? They fear pain. A wise parent imitates the, divine. G. Campbell, Morgan, this is divine logic.

To neglect correction is to betray affection. True love disciplines because true love foresees. Charles Spurgeon, if you would train up your children for heaven, use the rod of correction, not in wrath, but in love. Better the smart of the rod than the flames of hell. Amen. Okay, one more verse. I'm over at the time limit.

Verse 25. The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked shall want. All the versions say the same. Bashida, the righteous eats to the satisfaction of his soul, but the stomach of the wicked shall be in one. So we have this last verse in chapter 13. there's a profound contrast between contentment and craving

between the inward satisfaction of righteousness and the gnawing hunger of sin the righteous eat to the satisfying of his soul this is not just physical eating but spiritual dining what we're doing right now we are eating to the satisfying of our soul so god satisfies the whole person not merely the physical appetite of course here the hebrew word for soul his means the the entire inner being the seat of desire of your life So there's deep spiritual nourishment for the righteous.

We eat throughout the day, not just physically, but spiritually, emotionally. We're being satisfied. And that satisfaction comes from the favor of God. It's one of the gifts from God that our soul is nourished, is satisfied. And that satisfaction flows from moderation in the way we live, in trust, in divine blessing. The righteous man or woman eats what God provides and enjoys peace within. Because the righteousness brings harmony between desire and provision. I mean, even in food, the righteous are content with a simple meal.

There's this harmony between desire and provision. Would I like to be at a big feast every day? Actually not. I'm very content with a bowl soup. I'm satisfied. I don't need a feast. God gives me satisfaction. But the wicked, they are perpetually unsatisfied.

They're always, it's just never content. How do you know if somebody's wicked? They're not content. Doc, that's shocking. That's a shocking definition. a person who is in perpetual discontent always upset always griping

always complaining always dissatisfied never settled it's a sign of wickedness why the belly of the wicked shall want so in this case

the belly is more than just the stomach it's their carnal appetite it's their restless craving. They need external satisfaction. They can't find satisfaction in life. They have to get it externally. It doesn't come internally from God inside them. Why? Because they're alienated from God. They don't know his peace. And so they're always dissatisfied, always hungry, not just hungry for food, but just hungry for food. But just hungry for for something, because they're restless.

They have no satisfaction. Now here's a paradox. Sin enlarges the appetite, but shrinks the satisfaction. The more the wicked consume, the more they hunger. And so their soul remains a void that no feast can fill. but there's the contrast gratitude versus greed faithful contentment versus endless consumption the america is a nation of perpetual consumption our economy is based on it absolutely we have a consumer economy that's the way we're described we have to consume things whether it keep the

economy moving that's right Doc, I grew up, you know, again, a lot of influence from my grandparents, but their mindset was not a consumer, but a saver. They produced and they saved. But my dad was a consumer. The change in one generation. You could see a shift. in the thinking of two generations.

My grandparents, born in the 1890s, they were savers. My dad, born at the beginning of the Great Depression, was a consumer. He didn't have my grandparents' mindset of work and save. His idea was work and spend. And ever since that, Doc, we've been a consumer society. They introduced debt. Hey, you don't have enough money. We'll loan you money so you can consume more.

We'll get you so deep in debt. You'll just want to die and get rid of it. See, material prosperity, physical consumption only breeds emptiness. It's righteousness that brings inward rest and contentment. there's a there's a divine justice at work here the righteous receive enough not because of wealth but because of trust in divine provision right the wicked the wicked lack not because of poverty but because of spiritual famine however eternally the satisfaction of the righteous on earth is a foretaste of their eternal satisfaction their eternal contentment while the want the craving of the

wicked on earth anticipates the eternal famine of their soul when they will be estranged from god forever think about it i've never thought about doc the wicked in hell shall be perpetually hungry Well, I'm thinking about Luke 16 and the rich man said, tell Lazarus to dip his finger, to quench my thirst. So there was obviously still the desire in the rich man, even beyond death, that would never be satisfied. So that lack, it won't be satisfied in this life or the next one. That's right. See, Christ is the bread of life. and those who feast on him never shall never hunger is what he said

john 635 he said those who feast on him shall never hunger when you come to this morning manna class you are feasting on the bread of life so the essence of this proverb the last in chapter 13 is that righteousness fills sin drains the table of the godly is small but sufficient the feast of the ungodly is great but empty john gill said the righteous are content with what god gives and their souls are satisfied but the wicked though they eat to excess have never enough for their desires are insatiable Albert Barnes

The contrast is moral Not physical The good man's heart Is fed as well as his body The evil man's appetite grows with indulgence And his soul starves While his belly is filled Adam Clark

He that fears God is content with little But the sinner Though his barns overflow cries ever for more Satisfaction is not in quantity But in conscience Charles Ellicott The righteous man's moderation

Is his feast The wicked man's gluttony His famine Gee Campbell Morgan righteousness nourishes the soul Even in poverty Sin stars it even in luxury And Charles Spurgeon

The belly of the wicked is a gulf That swallows blessings And is never filled The righteous man's meal is seasoned with peace and satisfied with grace. Well, that's the ending of chapter 13. Isn't it interesting that one of the features of our entrance into eternity is a banquet. And yet for those in the lake of fire, perpetual hunger and universe.

Yes. I never thought about it. about a doc those on the lake of fire will have perpetual hunger and thirst wow but we're going to go to a dinner a marriage supper and really in the lake of fire we're going to be they're going to be continually consumed by eternal worms Think about that. They're the banquet. They're the banquet for eternal worms. Well, I'm reading comments on our chat room,

and I can see that today's lessons had an impact. Be content with your meal today. Praise God. Give thanks. You know, if you're content with the meal that you're eating today, it's a sign of your righteousness you ever think about it that way all right

that's a sign of your righteousness you're content with what you have praise God why because your soul is satisfied and your soul is keeping your belly in moderation but the wicked the wicked has their belly has no moderation

and therefore their soul has no satisfaction. Praise God. All right, I've got to let everybody go. It's almost 9.30. Hey, just a reminder, everyone, if you haven't got your copy of Megafire yet, I encourage you to do so, go to megafire.world.

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Well-meaning Christians who are claiming that God is telling people not only to invest in cryptocurrency right now, but the crypto coins do buy. And there's a lot of talk about a transfer of wealth, and people are getting whipped up into a frenzy that certain crypto coins are going to make them extremely wealthy any day. Okay. This is my personal view. And I'm not anti-Crypto. I'm okay with crypto. But the crypto market moves in cycles. Okay. And let me tell you, we are on the very edge of the boom cycle. It's going to implode and again this is not my this is not advice

so please don't say I made a decision basis this is my personal observation the crypto market is going to implode I'm going to say somewhere between November

of this year and the spring of 2026 I think the closer you go the more you go into 2026 you are you are really gambling at that point to be safe right now if you have money invested in crypto a safe position would be to withdraw now a moderate risk would be to stay in to november december to stay in after december you are you might as well go

of Vegas. Right. Because your odds would probably be better. And you're planning against the house

there. Yes. Now, when crypto collapses, there will be a 65,

70% drop in Bitcoin. Bitcoin will probably go down to about $34,000,

$35,000. Which used to be a big high. Yeah. Not that long ago, either.

Not that long ago. Crypto will go down to about $34,000. $35,000, the alt coins will drop 95%. You hear what I said?

95%. And they will be down for a year and a half to two years. Don't buy. Just don't buy until they get down to the 90. I would say don't buy until they're down to about 99%. That's how big of a loss it will be. gold and silver will continue to ride high

okay I think we're going to see gold at 4,000 by the end of the year I think it'll be 5,000 it may be by the end of the week right now it's 3959 I know and I think

I think it'll be in the 5,000 range in 2026 uh a lot of a very qualified analysts are saying it's probably going to top somewhere between six to seven thousand by 2027 what you need to understand is not and that gold is going up fiat money is coming down that's that ought to be shocking everybody it means paper money is collapsing and people rushing to gold so anyhow that's my personal observation right now and you do what you

what you feel led to do okay all right you god bless you we start chapter 14 tomorrow so we encourage you to join us again on the next edition of morning manit god bless you we love you we'll see you then Thank you. Thank you.