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So now, sons, listen to me, and don’t turn away from the words from my mouth. Keep your way far from her. Don’t go near the door of her house.
Question: Why have Christians been hiding? Hiding from what? I’m glad you asked…and am hopeful that once we are done today, you will also be glad we answered this question.
Duane Garrett, in his commentary in the NAC on Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, made the following statement which answers the question I have just asked...
The Bible does not hide from or obscure the power of the temptation to illicit sex. In language that is refreshingly clear and direct without itself indulging in titillation, the text warns the reader of the debacle that awaits him should he succumb in this area and at the same time promises profound sexual joy to those whose hearts are chaste and loving. If the church is to do its duty, it must be no less clear in its teachings. To assume that nice, Christian young people do not struggle in these areas or to speak only in whispers and innuendo on the grounds that they are inappropriate for the Christian pulpit is no less than gross neglect of duty on the church’s part.
Duane A. Garrett, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, vol. 14, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1993), 90.
Duane A. Garrett, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, vol. 14, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1993), 90.
The New American Commentary: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs (6) The Fifth Exhortation (5:1–23)
The Bible does not hide from or obscure the power of the temptation to illicit sex. In language that is refreshingly clear and direct without itself indulging in titillation, the text warns the reader of the debacle that awaits him should he succumb in this area and at the same time promises profound sexual joy to those whose hearts are chaste and loving. If the church is to do its duty, it must be no less clear in its teachings. To assume that nice, Christian young people do not struggle in these areas or to speak only in whispers and innuendo on the grounds that they are inappropriate for the Christian pulpit is no less than gross neglect of duty on the church’s part.
Too often, under the guise of propriety (it’s not polite to talk about this) & fear (talking about this will only lead our kids/young people to curiosity, etc.), we have neglected to rightly teach the truth.
The current situation of our culture (not like there’s anything new under the sun)…the immorality all around us—from Hollywood to political leaders and even to our Evangelical leaders…as well as the #MeToo and #ChurchToo movements—calls for us to be clear on the biblical teaching of intimacy, sex, and the importance of marriage.
Sooooo, here we go.
Sooooo, here we go. In chapter five of Proverbs, God reveals both warning and encouragement regarding men and women.
Sooooo, here we go.
Shun SEDUCTION ()
Danger: Seduction! ()
It will rescue you from a forbidden woman, from a wayward woman with her flattering talk,
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap: her heart a net and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.
Price of Infidelity ()
An extremely high price indeed! [compounding, escalating consequences…loss of health (diseases), loss of finances, loss of respect]
Flee sexual immorality! Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the person who is sexually immoral sins against his own body.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Embrace MARRIAGE ()
Delight: Marriage! ()
This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.
“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that he who created them in the beginning made them male and female, and he also said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
Emphasis 19.5
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
Eph 5.
…Not to mention the Song of Solomon!
Covenant Commitment ()
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
Then the Lord God made the rib he had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man.
Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death; jealousy is as unrelenting as Sheol. Love’s flames are fiery flames— an almighty flame!
For a man’s ways are before the Lord’s eyes, and he considers all his paths.
Prov 5.