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Intro
Text - Prov 4.11-18
Title - The Way of Wisdom
Series - Lessons from the Book of Proverbs
Background
“I have taught you the way of wisdom”
wisdom is demonstrated in how we live our lives on a daily basis.
Jesus: Wisdom is justfied by her children (Matt 11.19)
Its benefits
you will not be hindered/not stumble (Prov 4.12)
Compared with path of the wicked
do not enter (Prov 4.14-17)
light and dark
winds upward
departs from evil
Solomon addresses the most common paths of life, and how the fool and wise are identified
adultery (Proverbs 5) - relationship
becoming collateral to another person’s debt (Proverbs 6.1-5) - business matters
Indolence/laziness (Proverbs 6.6-11) - personal discipline
Wisdom delivers from the snare of death
the sin of adultery
“immoral woman” - a married person who offers herself to another man
why married woman?
in ancient times, prostitutes were usually married women who offered sexual service for financial support (widow; divorced, etc.)
“play the harlot” - women who did this work once and only for a specific need
single women can “play the harlot”
because the person addressed is the son (specific)
The “immoral woman” personifies the sin of adultery
just like wisdom is personfied as a woman inviting men to her house (see Prov 8.1)
Adultery is -
Biblically, adultery is a breach of the “one flesh” relationship of marriage.
It describes any act of sexual intercourse between a married woman and a man other than her husband, and all sexual intercourse involving a married man and another man’s wife or fiancée.
Adultery is deceitful
Prov 5.3-4 “3 For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil; 4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.”
Adultery leads to death
Prov 5.5-6 “5 Her feet go down to death, Her steps lay hold of hell.
6 Lest you ponder her path of life— Her ways are unstable; You do not know them.”
Wise Counsel
Stay away from adultery
Adultery will have painful consequences
adultery strips a person of honor
adultery can drain a person of wealth
adultery brings shame and regret in the end
Be satisfied with your own wife
Last words of advice
“the ways of man...”
God differentiates from a sin of adultery and a person who is a habitual adulterer
However, he who commit adultery with a woman lacks understanding (Prov 6.32)
Conclusion of Part 1
The sin of adultery like, any other sin, begins in the mind.
this applies both to real and imaginary person (pornography)
Meditating on wisdom (instead of lust) delivers you from the sin of adultery
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