Proverbs 6:16-19 English Standard Version

16 There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him:
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,
19 a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Since Life Lesson 6 was about being warned, then number 7 seems appropriate in the sense that it is about avoiding those things that make our Lord angry.

1 Corinthians 1:10 I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.

1 Corinthians 2:16 “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

When we walk with Christ He shares His thoughts, He shares His heart. This new covenant makes all the difference in knowledge and understanding. 

“Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son”

We get our knowledge of Him directly from Him, not someone else. Letting Him into our hearts places Him in our lives is not unlike getting married and leaving mother and father and making a life with a spouse. This life with Christ becomes a cooperative, we do things together because of love not because of the law. We avoid doing things that our espoused hates because He is with us in a real, loving relationship.

Doxology

Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith— to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.

Living by faith is living with Christ in our hearts that makes all things possible.

Proverbs 6:12-15 English Standard Version

12 A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech,
13  winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger,
14 with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord;
15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.

None are as foolish as those that lie to themselves. Each of us that have accepted Christ into our hearts have been warned. Each of us saw something in ourselves that we just had to repent of in order to find salvation.

Pride is the stumbling block to repentance and judgment is its greatest excuse.

Luke 18 The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ 13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

It is not like the Pharisee had not read his Torah, he had. The law was given so that sin could be seen as very sinful, but the Pharisee only saw sin in others, not in himself.

Every sinful act of man has been exemplified in the Old Testament. The consequences of those sins have also been shown. “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Winston Churchill. 

Perhaps the greatest mistake in all of history is when the bible was taken out of our schools as a prime source of history, truth, consequences and hope for their future. We were warned.

Fear God, Wait for the Lord

For the Lord spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:  “Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread.  But the Lord of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.  And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.  And many shall stumble on it. They shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken.”