He
layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous (Prov 2:7)
The Proverbs Of Agur: There Is A Generation…:
Proverbs 30:11-14
11) [There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not
bless their mother.
12) [There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own eyes, and [yet] is not washed from their
filthiness.
13) [There is] a generation,
O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
14) [There is] a generation,
whose teeth [are as] swords, and
their jaw teeth [as] knives, to
devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.
In
this chapter we may have a new author, a man by the name of Agur. Very little is known about this man but, from
the context of our text, it seems as if he is a teacher who is instructing his
two students Ithiel and Ucal.
EXPOSITION:
Agur
now explains some of the distinguishing marks of a generation that is given over
to sin…
11) [There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not
bless their mother.
1. There is an age that disrespects by mocking
their father
2. There is an age that does not submit to, nor wish
well to come to, their mother.
There
is an age that disrespects those who exercise loving authority over them.
12) [There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own eyes, and [yet] is not washed from their
filthiness.
1. There is an age that perceives themselves to
be clean and without blemish
2. and yet they are not cleansed from their own
waste
There
is an age that does not perceive their sinful condition and their alienation
from the Lord
13) [There is] a generation,
O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
1.
There is an age that possesses eyes that look over others
2.
There is an age that show their pride in their looks of disgust and disregard
for others.
There
is an age that are prideful of heart and mind to the point of contempt of all
others
14) [There is] a generation,
whose teeth [are as] swords, and
their jaw teeth [as] knives, to
devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.
1. There is an age that have sharp teeth like
swords of war
2. There is an age that have incisors like sharp
eating utensils
3. that are used to “chew and swallow up” (like
eating a meal)
4. those who are afflicted, pained and tormented
5. and those who lack necessities of life
There
is an age that will abuse the defenseless, poor and suffering for their own
personal gain.
SUMMARY:
Some outstanding marks of
a generation that ignore the principles of God’s Words and live lives according
to their sinful lusts….
1. There is an age that disrespects those who
exercise loving authority over them.
2. There is an age that does not perceive their
sinful condition and their alienation from the Lord
3. There is an age that are prideful of heart
and mind to the point of contempt of all others
4. There is an age that will abuse the
defenseless, poor and suffering for their own personal gain.
Please keep in mind,
these attitudes existed throughout human history. However it does appear as if these type of
attitudes are increasing gradually over time.
These types of prideful, selfish, carnal attitudes are said to take
place before the second coming of Christ….
“This know also, that in
the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent,
fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of
God; Having a form of
godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” (2 Timothy 3:1-5)
As we look around us at
the world in which we live, may we humbly bow before our Lord and ask Him to
intervene and grant salvation and wisdom to the sinful generation in which we
are living.
“Wherefore (as the Holy
Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation
in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted
me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway
err in [their] heart; and they have not known my ways. So I sware in my wrath,
They shall not enter into my rest.) Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of
unbelief, in departing from the living God.” (Hebrews 3:7-12)
By
God’s grace, let us all study these proverbs diligently, giving them the value
that they deserve.
May the
Lord bless us as we receive this sound wisdom and then “Think On These Things”.
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