"Words of Agur Massah jack son. And I said, have grown weary me O God; I wearied me, O God, I'm exhausted because I am too stupid to be a man; I'm not a man of intelligence, not learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the Holy. "Proverbs of Solomon (Prov.30: 1-3)
"These are the solemn words of Agur, the son of Jack:" God is not with me, God is not with me I am helpless I'm more animal than man; I do not have the intelligence that a human being should have never learned to be wise... and do not know the Holy God. ". (translation bible today's language)
The cry of the oppressed and excluded in our century:
I wearied me, wearied me oh God And I'm exhausted because I am too stupid to be a man;
Introduction - Massa city of ancient wisdom - a city of Palentina where the ancient sages were in the. It is there left the wise and understood in all areas of human knowledge, whether in philosophy, in the arts, sciences, policy, education, agriculture, religion etc. These wise and good politicians were also in Egypt, and more precisely in the cities of Antioch, Alexandria, and call Pisidian Antioch etc. In the later chapter 31 of Proverbs, King Solomon here copy the qualities of a good wife and mother of the home, a fact that was written by King Lemuel who was also a wise king, and was king of that city of Massah in Palestine. He extols the quality of Lemuel king queen mother who taught her the quality of a good wife. And to Solomon re-write these proverbs and exalts the good quality of a good wife and wise mother woman. As we read in the chapters (Prov.30: 1-3) and Proverbs (Proverbs 31: 1-3
I. PARALLEL - WISE AND PAST AND PRESENT GOVERNMENTS
a) Lack of a good transparency of the acts of governments to their people
In today the Brazilian government is living a government crisis unprecedented in history. More than 20 million unemployed in our country. The PT government can not give the job done, failed to control inflation, unemployment, budget deficits etc. Now the new government Temer want to take money from the INSS and retirees to pay interest on domestic and external debt. It is the same case that happened months ago in Greece. This is terrible, this is a national corruption. This is the result of the new world order of the rich and super rich and billionaires on the planet, they are a major cause of it all. They cause all this war of nerves among the poor. They have no true wisdom that comes down from on high alert us as the great prophets bíblicos.E as we read the words of the apostle James
"Now listen you rich! Weep and mourn-in view of the disaster that will befall them. The wealth of you has rotted, and moths have eroded their clothes. The gold and silver you have rusted, and the rust of them testify against and you like them fire devours the flesh. you have accumulated assets in recent dias.Vejam the wages of workers who mowed your fields, which you have retained with fraud, are crying out against you. the cry of the reapers reached the ears of the Lord of hosts .Vocês lived luxuriously on the earth, enjoying pleasures, and filled up food in day of slaughter. [11] Or as a feast day. you have condemned and killed the just, without which it offers resistance. " (James 5: 1-5).
b) Example of King David and apology from the authorities for the mistakes of government - and accompanied by a good confession of sins the church of Jesus Christ. As did King David in his government. This was the case of the Solomon government was a government man of God, a government that escrachava the poor of that time. His attachment to lust, her exaggerated affection in owning all women caused him to fall and corrupção.E their greed for gold and silver, their aversion to the prophets of God and the denunciation of acts of corruption in his governo.Vemos that in his government was abolished all support the V / T church, he stopped all the prophetic voice. That was kind of our MP (prosecutors) of today. And so we do not see in your government monitoring the prophetic voice, as in the reign of David his father: The highlight of the reign of David his father constantly confessed their mistakes of government, and the confession of his sins was made public; And where we point out that this deeply pleased God. We see this clearly in King David's acts when he confessed his sins that were written in so-called King David's psalms. Psalms as the 32 Psalm, Psalm 38, Psalm 51 and others, these psalms are part of a public confession compilation errors of government and personal sins, where he confessed his sins to church, and even the writing and cast them to the public in geral.E also where the prophets Nathan, the prophet Gad, the priests, the Levites etc. that were part of the V / T Church, and constantly watched the acts of his government and denounced in public.
And this surveillance evil acts of Solomon's government were not reported by Old Testamen and the profetas. But church in Solomonic government was inaugurated the era of a government focused on Jewish philosophy of antiquity. It was the birth of the former World Government Order. And as we see today which was recently re-opened the New World Order. That was was called the worship of the "god mammon" that is the era of workers' enslavement, worship lust, "worship the god of profit, and it was created in the governments of the Egyptian, Persian, Babylonian and others, and was recently opened the New world Order. And this model of rule of king David should not be copied as anti-corruption model for all nations of this world and all the corruption we face in the days of modernity. the lack of transparency of the acts of governments municipal, state and federal is a national disgrace. confession of government mistakes in public and accompanied by apology to the people for the harm caused. and at the same time a good confession of sins of the great leaders of nations the Church of Jesus is in land and the priests and pastors respected by governments and the people of his church. As taught in the holy gospels saying. "Confess your sins to each other so that you may be healed ..." As guides us and teaches the apostle James in (Tg .5: 11-20)
The era of Solomon - He had the greater wisdom than the wisdom of all the East and all the wisdom of the ancient Egyptian kings. (1 Kings 4:30)
1.Salomon probably reigned in the years 968-931 AC.- the so-called millennium of the wise. But the wise men were also in Greek cities, who have not heard of the famous Socrates, Plato and Aristóteles.Nessa was begun to emerge the sages of antiquity.
2. Socrates - Athenian, lived between 469 and 399 BC was one of the most important precursors of Western Philosophy. Inspired by much of his thought by the theories of pre-Socratic Parmenides. About Socrates, we have records are the writings and reports of his leading disciples, who were Plato, Xenophon and Aristophanes. There is also a theory that defends that Socrates was nothing more than a creation of Plato, that is, a character used to illustrate points of his work; however, no decisive evidence for such a finding. Also in Athens, was a philosopher and mathematician, founder of the Academy of Athens, which was the first top Western educational institution. His mentor, as reported in his works, was Socrates and his successor and pupil was Aristotle.
3. Plato was born between 428 and 427 B.C and lived to 348 or 347 BC is regarded by many scholars as the greatest of the ancient philosophers. Initially, Plato had its introduction in philosophical thoughts by Cratylus, who was a disciple of the pre-Socratic Heraclitus; But at age 20, he met Socrates and became his disciple to death of it.
4. Aristotle was born in Stagira, a Greek colony in 384 BC It was philosopher king of medical Amyntas III of Macedon, was a disciple of Plato and educational tutor of Alexander the Great. Next to Plato, his mentor, and Socrates, mentor of Plato, Aristotle is considered one of the greatest philosophers of antiquity and precursor of Western philosophy. His works deal with the most comprehensive and varied subjects, emphasizing the method of rhetoric and speech from metaphysics to music, government, physics and poetry.
5. But the young Agur who is in search of true wisdom, he is the son of King Jacque I said thus grown weary me, wearied me oh God! I'm exhausted because I am too stupid to be a man, and I have no man of wisdom? I do not know rule? I have no wisdom?
II. SCHOOL INTELLIGENCE FAILURE - NO WISDOM
The cry of the oppressed in our century - have grown weary me, wearied me oh God I'm exhausted! because I'm too stupid said the man?
Deleted - The cry of the enslaved oppressed came to the ears of the Lord of hosts, their cry came to the ears of the authorities. A note my friends, how long we have oppressed and enslaved and oppressed in our Brazil and in the world, centuries, millennia. But only in our era in the twentieth century and these people are gaining ground in our midst.
Some time ago I took a course at the school as a teacher called course of EJA (Education for Youth, Adults and elderly in diversity) is a course the distance made by the state computer network promoted by UFSC-EAD. In this course we learn how to work with the problems of education in Brazil. How do these people suffer in life for lack of knowing how to write your full name, many can not read, do not know how to count, and they can not write a letter to your relative. They are people who do not know how to use a computer, send the e.mail. receive letters. These people can not get a good job, because they are illiterate, do not understand the instruction manuals that are placed to work with operating machines in firms. And for example, when factories promote training courses in a metallurgy, knitting, markets, banks etc. By the way, can not even make your resume and send it to companies in search of a job. As we see my friends and brothers all it becomes in a great agony. It is social exclusion in our century.
And watching how these people weary and tired, all because they took advantage of his childhood and youth time in the course of literacy in the initial series made in the Public Schools. So when are adults feel great lack of reading, and good interpretation of the texts and explanatory manuals of the firms where they work to earn a job, salary, income and daily bread, of himself and his family. So fatigue expression later, the young adult when he cries in outburst tone to your boss, your boss: grown weary me, have grown weary me oh God! I'm exhausted because I am too stupid; The issue of self image is lowered, ashamed of all kinds. Because of that person being humiliated and hear insults, this person starts talking to herself that she herself does not pay for anything in this life. So that same humiliation enters your subconscious and the person accepts this bad idea, and start saying to yourself; I do not pay for anything anymore, I'm too stupid.?
Question of the elderly and disabled of all kinds.
The deaf and dumb, the blind and physically handicapped of all kinds. The present day seniors as they get tired when they should go to the bank to receive your payment, when they reach the bank teller to cash out their retirement money, they do not find your account card. You can not enter the number of your password. The old go to the bank with every difficulty and when there comes, puts his hand in his pocket and then say, geez! I forgot my card, I forgot the card! Nor brought identity. So, until he returns, take the bus to get home, you are already tired and fatigued and are unable to return. And this philosophical expression deAgur: grown weary me, wearied me oh God, I'm exhausted because I'm too stupid! And with age it becomes more difficult in our mobility in life. So it's good to take our children and youth to study and work, not to cry later.
And what about the cry of those in the "Stress and depression" of modern life - is the cry of an oppressed and sick from the stress of modern life by the improvement of the public health service in Brazil. This man calls for a doctor. When I worked as a pastor-chaplain at Evangelical Hospital in Curitiba; Constantly I watched as many patients moaned the corridors and shouting aloud by a doctor, and often the doctor did not come, because there were few doctors on call to meet dozens of people. And as the patient got worse and or was dying, he screamed even louder; Please call the nurse doctor !. I'm sick, I'm going to die! Please someone help me! Give me water! Water! Call my doctor! I want the doctor.! But the doctor did not come. Let's see friends and friends that serious question in our era, and called the era of great human technology, the computer age. But it is also an era of great human fatigues! It is the great time to human. But the Stress often people are treated as mere animals. They are not treated with respect and dignity, especially the elderly, the sick, the disabled of all kinds etc. And by the way it is a big question of life and at the same time such a current response, so exciting and so desperate for our age, and call the modern era. And that's exactly what Christ saw and was his great compassion for human beings when he said "
"Come unto me all ye weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest ..."
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Mt. 11: 28-30)
I wearied me, wearied me oh God! I'm exhausted because I am too stupid to be a man, and I have no man of wisdom? - By chance I am a brute beast?
c is self recessed image - This person is humble and does not consider most people, it is thought any animal. He says to himself: I am too stupid? And he says I'm too stupid to be a man? The value of the self-esteem of people in general, without it we our image falls and we get stressed. Those excluded are mistreated - Be in school with "buling" whether in hospitals, either in employment, wherever they are. they are maltreated. They faint and the door does not open.
It is the question of our young philosopher and inquirer Agur. He was beginning to philosophize that time.? And it seems that he was in the middle of the great sages, and there was the greatest sage of all time the call of King Solomon. He was a great politician, the great philosopher, the great social scientist, the great religious and great man of God. Solomon probably here in this city for a major conference of philosophers, for a series of important lectures to change the course and destiny of the human race. It is right here that philosophers, scientists from all areas were gathered. But here at the meeting were also the big heads of governments and states gathered, was called summit of nations. Type of today meetings that take place at the meeting of the major governments of the UN, the United Nations in the modern world.
Agur - This man was ill? stressed, depressed due to the busyness of life? Or is he just doing this as a philosophical question elocubração? A simple question of life. But friends and brothers, whatever; We see how he nailed it on this question and answer at the same time. Because he is speaking to our age who is ill from the stress of modern life. And we see that the same "disease stress" or stress fatigue is the disease of mental depression in King David's words when he says;
"O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. For your arrows have pierced me, and thy hand upon me down. There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin. For now my iniquities beyond my head; as a heavy burden are too much for my strength. My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. I am bent, I am very depressed, I go mourning all day. Because my loins are burning full, and there is no soundness in my flesh "(Psalm 38: 1-7).
I read this psalm constantly on the occasion while visiting patients at the Evangelical Hospital in Curitiba. This is called Psalm sick and depressed patients. As we see brothers and friends this psalm is very current for today. So here's our answer in the words of Agur Jacque king's son. I am wearied by the rush of day to day of our modern world. So is right when he says: "wearied me, wearied me Oh God, I'm exhausted, because I'm too stupid .." With regard to my disease, or with respect to life. This is, I have to study, I have no mental preparation and knowledge.
III. HAVE THE WISDOM TO GOVERN THIS PEOPLE SAID THE KING SOLOMON - WHO IS LACK OF WISDOM ASK GOD
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all freely, willingly; and it shall be granted. Ask her, but with faith, without doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the vento.Não think that person will receive anything from the Lord, the Apostle James in his letter to the universal church of the saints (Tg.1; 6-8)
In the figure below have the greatest leaders of nations, are kings, presidents, scientists and scholars who are meeting in summit of G-20 in China 2016. Then the 20 countries with the largest economy in the world. And they represent the UN and drive mostly - The United Nations. And this conference are to discuss the major global issues, and also the issue of the poor and oppressed. Will they even remember the poor and do them justice this time? I do not think so. It's our question: Are they listening to the young man's voice Agur saying Fatiquei me wearied me oh God why have not seen my justice being done in those meetings of the great leaders of nations.
"Words of Agur Massah jack son. And I said, have grown weary me O God; I wearied me, O God, I'm exhausted because I am too stupid to be a man; I'm not a man of intelligence, not learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the Holy. "Proverbs of Solomon. Are they listening to the cry of the poor and oppressed of the world ....? Or are they just listening to what they say the businessmen, bankers, the rich, the billionaires of this world ...? It is our question that remains.
That's the question all of us, I'm not prepared to take this position, I have no wisdom. But we have a question that remains: Where is the wisdom? Or in which city the modern world is wisdom? It is with our politicians in Brasilia? The answer is No. It's in New York? No! Beijing is in the local China where today meet great leaders of nations, it seems not. They are thinking about yourself and your prosperity. And wisdom was in Russia, no. It's in our schools? No! It's in the books? No. It is not in our computers. So where is the true wisdom? Or true wisdom? It is within the churches? No. So where is wisdom? The answer is ; it descends from above as James teaches us.
And let's look at the example of King Solomon who is here in this great gathering of the great kings, politicians, philosophers and scientists from all areas Mass in ancient Egypt. Or in Antioch. And the young Agur seizes the moment to complain exclaiming: I have need of wisdom is the great cry of the third world countries today?. I have lack of good schools, I have lack of good technology, I have a lack of investment in good schools.? I have jobs, are the millions of unemployed in Brazil today.
All need wisdom: the king, the president of the republic need wisdom, the entrepreneur needs wisdom to give the use of a formal contract. The doctor needs wisdom, the householder needs wisdom, the mother needs wisdom to raise children, take care of the house. Mason needs wisdom. And in all professions, people need wisdom. So teaches the Apostle Paul talking about the gifts, talents and professions:
Now concerning spiritual gifts, not, brethren, have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away to the dumb idols, as ye were led. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, Jesus is anathema, and no one can say Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit. Now there are diversities of gifts, but the Spirit is the same. And there are diversities of ministries, but the Lord is the same. And there are diversities of operations, but the same God which worketh all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; and the other by the same Spirit, the word of knowledge; And another by the same Spirit, faith; and the other by the same Spirit, gifts of healing; To another the working of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; and other kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one as He wills. (1 Corinthians 12: 1-11)
And when King Solomon took over the reign of his father David: And he felt like he needed a wisdom to rule his people. As king and politician of the ancient people of Israel. And he prays for the wisdom of God and the Lord hears and grants you wisdom.
So brothers and friends here is a man and wise leader among nations. Bad we all know how acted this wise man, he turned away from the Lord's ways. And that's why the apostle James later will comment and say on the subject of wisdom; Who among you is wise and understanding? Show by your good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. (James 3: 13-18)
And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt; and took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into the city of David, until he had finished building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream night; and God said unto him, Ask what you want me to give you? Behold, I have done according to your words; I have given so wise and understanding heart you, that before there was none like thee, and after thee shall any arise. And even what thou hast not asked I gave thee, both riches and glory; so that there will be an equal among the kings all thy days. 1 Kings 3: 12,13
IV. I DO NOT HAVE THE HOLY KNOWLEDGE
And I receive the power of the Holy Spirit. Repent and believe in the Gospel. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved. This man is a saint compared to the past that he probably heard of Moses and done miracles in Egypt, or Elijah the prophet etc. I think that was what he was referring to, and was asked to Solomon: And he was making these comparisons with the great men and prophets of the past. And again he was right. That's what I admire this man is his sincerity is just fantastic, and that was what Solomon also saw him when he was at the meeting of the great leaders of nations and of great sages gathered at Massah. I do not have knowledge of the Holy. This man meant that he did not have the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
The Enlightenment in the Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation brought us back to Bible reading. Because the bible was a totally unknown book. And the Bible has to be studied in the churches during the schools dominicais.Durante centuries the Roman Catholic church departed from the scriptures. And do not teach the scriptures to his people, and on the contrary, it was forbidden to read that this called "black book" .Pois who dare read it would get crazy, said the priests in their old orthodoxy church, or will crazy in discovering the truth of faith that saves us in Christ Jesus.
Another cause of ignorance was the "Latin Mass" or worship of praise to God in Latin. "And so the poor and" illiterate hillbillies "could not understand anything anyway. And the statistics of our MEC and the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) research that is done to measure the level of data collected in all areas of knowledge humano.E IBGE itself today, the computer age in the "alert" that in certain northern city and Brazilian northeastern Brazil we still have on average up to 30% of illiterates from his people. that is, people can not read nor write your own name in Portuguese. Now amazingly brothers! Imagine read and understand a Mass that God was worshiped in the Latin language. no could understand nothing. the poor in spirit. and the reading of the bible was once again the lighting of the ideas and guidance of the Holy spirit in people's lives. and living with the shadow of death region, the light of the spirit and he shone again illuminated his church. And from then on, new missionaries came to preach worldwide.
In the figure below shows the descent and illumination of the Holy Spirit upon the church of Christ
But the Bible tells us with certainty that we are starting; Yes, We're way to the stars ...? that is, we are on the way to "a new heaven and a new earth." We are pilgrims and strangers here, so we said the holy bible. Thus these terms in quotes the apostle Paul in his letter to the Corinthians church. (II Cor 5: 1-2) In adds the Apostle Paul said, "Brothers, we know that if our earthly house (on this planet) this tabernacle (body) were dissolved or both come undone (ie our body and our house is called planet earth.) Still we must keep trusting God for, we have from God a preparation building in the heavens, not made by human hands, but we will have an eternal home in heaven above, made by God as he directed in Christ Jesus saying, "Do not be troubled your heart (not fatigue your heart) So believe in God and believe also in me, because in my Father's house are many mansions (empty waiting for us), and if it were otherwise; I would not tell you, and I go to prepare a place for you .... "(John 14: 1-4) And where there will be a new government with peace and joy, and there will be established a new millennium of peace on earth and let us pray brothers. God help us.
(This translitration was do by Google Language Tools)
Rev. Alfonso Czaplinski
(This translitration was do by Google Language Tools)
Rev. Alfonso Czaplinski
