Proverbs 4:14
June 19, 2019June 19, 2019
Warning #
Pro 4:14-19
Intro.
We go from a great contrast of blessings and benefits of wisdom, to the great extreme wickedness and absence of wisdom. Wisdom is life, the absence of wisdom is death, and destruction. It is clearly shown, and very strong advice is given here!
A friend of mine visited the ruins of Pompeii outside of what is today Naples in Italy. The Roman City of Pompeii was destroyed in A.D. 79. The explosion of Mount Vesuvius was so sudden, the residents were killed while in their routine: men and women were at the market, the rich in their luxurious baths, slaves at toil. They died amid volcanic ash and superheated gasses. Even family pets suffered the same quick and final fate. It takes little imagination to picture the panic of that terrible day. The saddest part is that these people did not have to die. Scientists confirm what ancient Roman writers record--weeks of rumblings and shakings preceded the actual explosion. Even an ominous plume of smoke was clearly visible from the mountain days before the eruption. If only they had been able to read and respond to Vesuvius’s warning! There are clearly outlined warnings in the Word of God that countless amounts of people ignore on a regular basis!