
Psalm of the summer
Wisdom
God’s design
Proverbs 8
Wisdom vs. Foolishness
All peoples
Nationalities
Rich and poor
Big theme in the psalm
Not addressed
But about his wisdom
Riddle
Song about a riddle
Why should I fear?
The implication here is that everyone fears this
but wisdom leads the psalmist not to fear
The issue:
Wicked, cheating rich people prosper
Lens zoomed in
Great injustice
They cheat
Fear - poor powerless, will get trampled
Have you ever felt that
Rigged
Everywhere you look
Sports, Politics, Law
Wisdom
They still die and don’t take their wealth with them
They can buy a lot of things, but they can’t ransom their lives
Vs. 10-11
Everybody dies, even if you name the land after yourself
Everybody in the world, except us, reads this and thinks of us!
Jesus
Preaching
Came in contact with a Psalm 49 man
19 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. 7 And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” 8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.” 9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” —Luke 19:1-10
and in another spot, Jesus said this about his ministry:
45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” —Mark 10:45
We all die
We
We are victims
We are villians
Come to the table