Proverbs 23:19-21 | The Folly of Feeding Our Consuming Appetite

Preacher: Joel Fair
Scripture: Proverbs 23:19-21

1. The Folly of Feeding Our Consuming Appetite
2. A Consuming Appetite
3. The Void Left By Dissatisfaction
4. A Satisfied Soul
5. From Consumption to Contribution

Proverbs 23:19-21
Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your heart in the way. Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat, for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags.

Proverbs 13:25
The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked suffers want.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Ecclesiastes 6:7
All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.

Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the LORD leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm.

Psalm 107:9
For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.

Jeremiah 31:14
I will feast the soul of the priests with abundance, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, declares the LORD.

Matthew 11:16-19
But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates, “ ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.

Deuteronomy 21:22-23
And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.

2 Cor 8:8-9
_I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich _

Isaiah 55:1-2
Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.

Gospel Partnership Manual
In response to the gospel we will leverage our time, talent and treasure to further the mission of God for the glory of God. At CrossPointe we are calling all of our partners to a life of contribution (stewardship). This fleshes itself out in three distinct, yet overlapping areas of our lives: time, talent and treasure. To steward something is to realize that it is not ours, but has been given by God to use for the benefit of others. As the gospel works in us, we get the opportunity to have the gospel work through us and to experience the joy that comes from a lifestyle of contribution

1 Corinthians 10:31
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.