1. A Teacher Named Experience
Experience teaches many important lessons. If we fail to learn from experience, we tend to repeat a lot of the same errors. It is a lot easier and wiser to learn from the experiences of others than it is try to experience everything ourselves.

2. Failing to learn from Experience
Repeating foolish behavior is disgusting! (Proverbs 26:11)
Returning to a life of sin is the epitome of failing to learn from experience (2 Peter 2:20-22; Hebrews 10:26)
Christians have been rescued from a life of sin, death, and doom. Don’t return to it! (1 Peter 4:3; Ephesians 2:1-3)

3. Learning the wrong Lesson from Experience
Some stop trying to do good because of one bad experience (Hebrews 10:32-35)
Others seek to do more evil to gain worldly success (Jeremiah 44:15-18)

4. Learning from our own experiences VERSUS Learning from others’ experiences
Having to learn everything from your own experience is learning the hard way!
Young people need to learn from the wisdom and experience of parents (Proverbs 15:5; 4:3-4)
The wise will learn from the words and experiences of others (Proverbs 17:10; 24:30-34; 1 Corinthians 10:5-11)