I Love Those Who Love Me – 30-May-2021

by Pastor Roy Esposito

I Love Those Who Love Me by Pastor Roy Esposito
  • Proverbs 8:17
  • There is a depth of God’s love that can only be reached through diligently seeking with patience, trust, and faithfulness
  • “Grace upon grace” – Progressive grace
  • Proverbs 8: 4-11
  • “Simple Ones” – NAÏVE – A “surface” depth of understanding
  • “Fools” – Psalm 14:1 – “There is no God.”
  • Prudence – Sagacity – sound judgment, acute mental discernment
  • Voice/Word of God – We hear His voice through the written Word and experience it as He communicates it through the circumstances of our lives.
  • Vs. 19 – “My FRUIT is better than gold.  My REVENUE better than choice silver.”
  • Fruit – of the Spirit  (Galatians 5:22-23) – Enhanced to yield greater abundance and dynamic effects.
  • Revenue Currency used for an exchange.
  • Revelation 3:18 – “Buy from me – that you may become rich…”
  • Proverbs 8:20-21 – Inherit SUBSTANCE – “Anointing”
  • Anoint – to consecrate and make sacred, dedicated to God for service
  • Anointing is bestowed because we love God but must be maintained and developed
  • Numbers 11:8 – Manna, said to taste like olive OIL(anointing), was bestowed on Israel but had to be gathered daily to remain viable.
  • Matthew 25:1-13 – Wise, were prepared and took oil with them.  The foolish did not
  • Vs. 7 – “Trimmed Lamps” – Trimmed (GRK) Kosmeo — “cosmetic”
  • Lamps – Inner being
  • 2 Corinthians 4:16 (TPT) – Inner being renewed day by day
  • Proverbs 8:21 – Inherit substance to see beyond what IS to what can be!
  • Isaiah 26:3 (NLT) “You will keep in perfect peace all who TRUST You, whose thoughts are fixed on You.”