Copyright 2015 J. Neely
Proverbs 1:8
8 My son [ben], hear [shama`] the instruction [muwcar] of thy father ['ab], and forsake [natash] not the law [towrah] of thy mother ['em]: KJV-Interlinear
8 Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and
forsake not your mother’s teaching, ESV
In general, the
terms father and mother refer to the parents of a child. But in the spiritual
realm, the term father typically is a reference to God, and that your mother
typically is a reference to human authority.
Instruction, is a
reference to hearing and learning the principles of truth, while teaching, is
generally used to explain and describe the application or use of those
principles in one’s daily life.
The form of
address, with regard to the son, is symbolic of a teacher and student
relationship.
The teacher is the
authority, and the student is not the authority. The student is the one being
taught. The student lacks wisdom, because he lacks understanding, because he
lacks knowledge, because he lacks experience, which is application to the daily
life. The student, is the individual without portfolio.
In the student, or
the son, is the identification that each and every one of us has, as human
beings.
We are all
students of life, and we are all students of truth.
One of the very
first mandates that God places on each and every one of us, is to hear.
And not only hear,
but to listen and learn. And not only to learn, but to apply what we learn,
appropriately, and correctly, to our daily lives.
This mandate
establishes the authority of parents over their children, with the presumption
that the parents are instructing and teaching in truth. Anything taught outside
of truth, is a violation by the parents of this mandate.
The child is to
listen and learn, and live their life accordingly. Anything outside the proper
application of truth, is a violation of this mandate on the part of the child.
For us all, God is
the authority, doctrine is the principle, and a spiritual life is the
application.
This is something
in which nearly 99% of all Christians fail. Because in this day and age there
is more interest in the secular ways of life, and the pretense of public
appearance, which is phony.
Too many try to
put on a front, while in their soul, they are more concerned with how people
think or perceive them, then they are of how God thinks of them.
The spiritual life
is not taken seriously, and is not thought of as important enough, to set aside
their current attitude, and replace it with a genuine humility and honesty of a
legitimate spiritual life.
Hearing, requires
the discipline and the desire to listen and learn truth.
Forsake, means the
spreading or scattering of truth, such that it is diluted down in compromise
and unimportance, which is what most people do when they ignore God, Christ,
doctrine, and their spiritual life.
And we are told to
not forsake, or not disregard this spiritual aspect of our life.
These
studies are a part of the massive daily study web site at DailyBibeStudy.Org,
and are written, so that you can come to Christ if you have not done so
already, and therefore not be lost forever.
And
if you have already believed in Christ, then these studies are written so you
can learn and understand and grow in your spiritual life, so that you can come
to the full knowledge of Christ, so that you can fulfill your meaning and purpose
in life as God intended for you, and so you can qualify for a phenomenal
eternal reward which you will have forever.
To ignore this opportunity to pursue a daily study means you will be
incomplete, unfulfilled and you will lose out, big time.
The
Daily Bible Study is online, making it possible as never before in all of human
history, to advance in ones relationship with God, through Christ, and to
complete yourself beyond your imagination.
But
you have to decide to make that commitment.
No one else can study for you.
You have to do that yourself.
