Proverbs 7:2 (Mini Sermon)

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1.      Pro 7:2 – “Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.”

1. Keep my commandments, and live;
   1. Having told his son to keep and lay up his commandments in Pro 7:1, Solomon now tells him why: to live.
      1. This was the nature of the Old Testament: if a man kept God’s commandments he would live (Lev 18:5).
      2. If he broke God’s commandments he would die (Rom 6:23).
   2. The sin of adultery merited the death penalty (Lev 20:10).
      1. This is what Solomon is trying to spare his son from.
      2. Those who don’t listen have death awaiting them (Pro 5:23; Pro 7:26-27).
   3. and my law as the apple of thine eye.
      1. God’s law should the apple of our eye.
      2. Apple n. – 7. a. apple of the eye: the pupil or circular aperture in the centre of the eye through which the dark retina is seen; so called, because it was supposed to be a globular solid body. Sometimes extended to the iris and pupil; or to the eyeball; but apparently only by misunderstanding. Used as a symbol of that which is cherished with the greatest regard.

• The law of God should be cherished with the greatest regard compared with anything we have or could desire.

1. God’s children are the apple of his eye (Deut 32:10; Psa 17:8; Zec 2:8).
   1. In other words, God cherishes us with the greatest regard.
   2. God showed us how much He loved us by dying for us in the person of Jesus Christ (1Jo 3:16).
2. God’s word should be the apple of our eye.
   1. We show God how much we love Him by keeping His commandments in His word (Joh 14:15).
   2. When we love the word of God (Psa 119:97) and live by it (Mat 4:4), we show that it is the apple of our eye.