This document contains a summary of a sermon given at Gospel Baptist Tabernacle on December 31, 2014. The sermon discusses several Bible verses related to friendship, responsibility, and wisdom. It encourages Christians to be faithful in their duties, maintain old friendships through effort over time, and live godly lives so as to not give cause for reproach and bring trouble upon themselves.

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Gospel Baptist Tabernacle
781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741
Where the Love of God
abounds, everyone is
welcome.
Children’s Church taught
by Paul and Marsha Davis
during preaching.
www.rossvillechurch.com
December 31, 2014

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Proverbs 27:7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but
to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Those who have too much don’t
appreciated what they have.
People’s minds are so
filled with worldly
entertainment that they
have no appetite for the
spiritual.

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Preaching and teaching of
God’s Word the Bible is just
not appealing, because their
minds are filled with junk.

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8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a
man that wandereth from his place.
This verse may speak against a person abandoning
his responsibilities at home along with its comforts.
Just as a bird wandering from its nest too early or
too far brings hardship on itself, so a young person
leaving home too soon may find himself unable to
care for himself.
The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures by Dallas Seminary Faculty.

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More importantly, we must be always
where God has placed us in life.
And be doing what God has called you to do.
Be the best worker you can be.
Be the best mate or parent.
Be the best church member you can be.

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9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth
the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Sound advice based upon the Bible will
bless us and make us happy, if we heed.
Most people don’t care enough to pray and
seek God’s Will for someone.
A true friend will have sound counsel.

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10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake
not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day
of thy calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near
than a brother far off.
Maintain old friendships; even those
your daddy had.
It’s a lot of work to maintain a friendship; it will
fall by the wayside if we don’t do the work.

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Visit Cards and
letters
Phone
calls
Make the effort over time.
Don’t take it for granted.

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11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I
may answer him that reproacheth me.
The good conduct of Christians is the best answer
to all who find fault with the Gospel.
Matthew Henry Concise Bible Commentary.
A good son or daughter making godly choices
will make the heart of any parent glad.
If the ungodly say bad things about
us, force them to lie.

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12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth
himself;
Trouble comes into every life, but it is better
dealt with when we make preparation.

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12b but the simple pass on, and are punished.
The simple make no preparations.
They live for right now.
And there are those who bring trouble into
their own lives by the way they live.
They never expect consequences.

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Sin brings nothing but bad
consequences.