hands and we learn from this, in view of the purpose of life, that we need decision. So it says she takes hold with her hands and is in king’s palaces. Now you know very well that the king has maids and butlers to keep the spiders out — every precaution is taken. But what does she — the spi der — care about that? This verse says that she is going to get in. She makes a decision to get in and she succeeds. We note that there is a palace into which she is going to enter and that palace is the home of the King of kings and Lord of lords. It is important that everyone of us makes this definite decision that we will enter there. Since everyone dislikes a spider and attempts to kill it, the spider knows that everything and everybody is her enemy and they want to keep her from from entering. This verse says that she decides she will get in — she makes (continued on next page) 9
Q. In coming to the fourth of the little things which show that they are ex ceeding wise, Doctor, we must say that it is difficult to view the spider as be ing one of the four things, let alone having a degree of wisdom. Please let us have your word on this. A. The verse (Proverbs 30:28) says, “The spider taketh hold with her hands and is in king’s palaces.” Now why does the text say “takes hold with her hands?” It is because you never see a male spider. The spiders that spin webs in your garage and house are sometimes lady spiders and they make these webs with their front teeth — their hands. The Bible says “takes hold with her hands.” You see the Lord is right in gender as well as in numbers, singular or plural — He knows what He is saying! The Word of God is accurate in every regard, and so she takes hold with her
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