Animal Sense
Four small animals that teach us large lessons of wisdom.
Proverbs 30:24-28 (KJV)
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There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding
wise:
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The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the
summer;
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The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
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The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
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The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
Jesus used animals to teach
We can learn many things by observing the animal world
Birds
Matthew 6:26 (KJV)
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Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor
gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much
better than they?
Sheep and wolves - snakes and doves
Matthew 10:16 (KJV)
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Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore
wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Ants – Work for the night is coming
Proverbs 30:25 (KJV)
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The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the
summer;
Redeem our time
Like the Ant, We Must Redeem Our Time,
Proverbs 6:6-8 (KJV)
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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
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Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
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Provides her meat in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
John 9:4 (KJV)
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I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night
cometh, when no man can work.
Ephesians 5:15-16 (KJV)
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See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
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Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Colossians 4:5 (KJV)
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Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
We redeem our time:
re·deem
re·deemed, re·deem·ing, re·deems
1. To recover ownership of by paying a specified sum.
2. To pay off (a promissory note, for example).
3. To turn in (coupons, for example) and receive something in
exchange.
4. To fulfill (a pledge, for example).
5. To convert into cash:
6. To set free; rescue or ransom.
Redeem our time
To achieve personal goals of godliness
To live righteously and avoid evil
To influence and teach the lost
With family, neighbors and brethren
Like the Ant, Teamwork is Crucial
Nehemiah 4:6 (KJV)
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So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half
thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
They combined strength to succeed
Like the Ant, We must not Grow Weary
Galatians 6:9 (KJV)
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And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if
we faint not.
2 Thessalonians 3:13 (KJV)
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But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
Rock Badgers rely on the Lord’s protection
Proverbs 30:26 (KJV)
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The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
Psalms 104:18 (KJV)
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The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
We Live in Dangerous Terrain, called society, but God is Our Rock of
Protection,
Psalms 18:2 (KJV)
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The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my
strength, in whom I will trust;
1 Corinthians 10:12-13 (KJV)
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wherefore let him that thinketh he stands take heed lest he fall.
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There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but
God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able;
but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be
able to bear it.
Ephesians 6:10-17 (KJV)
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finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
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Put on the whole armor of God that ye may be able to stand against the
wiles of the devil.
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For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places.
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Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God that ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Lord’s protection
We need the protection of truth
John 6:68 (KJV)
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Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast
the words of eternal life.
We need the protection of faith
1 John 5:4 (KJV)
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for whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the
victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
We need the protection of hope
1 Thessalonians 5:8 (KJV)
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but let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith
and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
Locust – The power of unity
Proverbs 30:27 (KJV)
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the locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
The Excellency and success of Unity
1 Corinthians 1:10 (KJV)
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Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye
all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but
that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same
judgment.
The power of unity
Teaching influences
John 17:20-21 (KJV)
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Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me
through their word;
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That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they
also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Church growth
Acts 4:32 (KJV)
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And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one
soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed
was his own; but they had all things common.
Pull together
Romans 12:5 (KJV)
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so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one member’s one of
another.
1 Corinthians 12:12 (KJV)
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For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of
that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
Edifies
Romans 14:19 (KJV)
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let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things
wherewith one may edify another.
God is honored
Romans 15:5-6 (KJV)
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Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one
toward another according to Christ Jesus:
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that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
Fullness of joy
Philippians 2:2 (KJV)
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Fulfill ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of
one accord,
of one mind.
Must guard it
Ephesians 4:3 (KJV)
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endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Spiders – Bold to face challenges
Proverbs 30:28 (KJV)
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the spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
Bold
Boldness required to face:
Sin
Hebrews 10:19 (KJV)
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having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood
of Jesus,
Bold to face challenges
Temptation
Hebrews 4:15-16 (KJV)
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For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of
our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
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Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain
mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Pressures of men
Hebrews 13:5-6 (KJV)
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let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such
things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
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So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what
man shall do unto me.
Teaching the gospel
Acts 4:13 (KJV)
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now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that
they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took
knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus.
The judgment
1 John 4:17 (KJV)
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Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the Day of
Judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
Go everywhere in the spirit of boldness
2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV)
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For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and
of a sound mind.
Animal Sense
We need to look at God’s little creators to learn some very important
lessons
Proverbs 30:24-28 (KJV)
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There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding
wise:
25
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the
summer;
26
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
27
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
28
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
These small animals show us the wise advantages of
work, like the ants
protection, like the conies
unity, like the locusts
boldness, like the spider
Now it is up to us to put these qualities into our lives and live wisely.
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