Proverbs 6 - Becaus of Adultery (pt 1)

   4 .. Because of Adultery (pt1)

V20 “..My son, keep your father’s command, And do not forsake the law of your mother..”

Ephesians 6 v1&2 “..Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honour your father and mother..”

Tell me this, growing up did your parents say, ‘hey, look, did you know when you get married, you can still play, behind you partners back?’ NO. But kids do mirror their parents behaver & language. “..do not forsake the law of your mother..”

V21 “..Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them around your neck..” Here where it says to “..Bind them continually..” It means to Perpetually ~ Forever more ~ Eternity, or to stretch out for all time. When tells us “.Continually.” He means ‘without stopping’. “.Tie them around your neck..” For all to see.

V22 “..When you roam, they will lead you; When you sleep, they will keep you; And when you awake, they will speak with you..” When God tells us how to avoid temptation, like with today’s phones, that let us face time, no matter where you are Gods green Earth, with loved ones. Whether it’s staying up Country over night, in Europe some where, or half way round the World. “..When you roam..” Today there are no excuses. 

V23  “..For the commandment is a lamp, And the law a light; Reproofs of instruction are the way of life..” No matter where you go, no matter what you are going to do, DON’T. Have your Bible Not on a devise. You need your bible on your bed open, in your Hotel room, and left closed in your bag/suit case.

V24/9  When your constantly on the road, men & women, it can easily get loanly, whilst separated. I know us men are historically most guilty of this. V25 “.do not lust after her.” Once the line is crossed, there is NO going back. You partner will notice the difference in you, and the truth will always out. Remember, ‘it only takes ONCE to make a nuclear bomb, and everything will be destroyed.

“Keep you from the evil woman .. do not lust after her beauty .. nor let her alure you with eye lids..” (V24/7)   Before your eyes lock, before her perfume fill your nostrils, even before she laughs at a silly joke. Remember this, ‘there is expiry date on Adultery’. Keep this in the fore front of your mind, “..can a man take fire to his bossom, and his clothes not be burnt..” (V27)

#Was it worth it?#

Proverbs 6: 4 Because of Adultery (pt2) V30/5

   4 Because of Adultery (pt2) V30/5

V31 “..Yet when he is found, he must restore sevenfold..” Here, at this time, you must restore .. restore sevenfold..” Today the thief must serve time in prison for his crimes. Some of the act the thief commits should today, must work off as recompense, to those whom they have committed the offence. “..He may have to give up all the substance of his house..” I have long wondered how many would re-offend? Even their wives/partners would let them, knowing this is going to happen. I hear many off you screaming at the screen ‘what of their human rights'? But, whay of the human rights of the victims ‘human-rights’, of those they committed the offence? I’m not saying an eye-for-an-eye, but something has to change. In case you think I have been a saint all my life I have not.

V32 “..Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding..” ‘The truth will always out’ It may not be today – next week – Month or year, but just when you don’t expect it, it will come. “..he who does so destroys, his oown soul..” In times of temptation, ask yourself ‘is it really worth it’?

V33/4 .. Men in today’s age, with technology as it is, there is NO excuse or reason today. Or this will happen .. “..wound and dishonour he will get..” .. The same will be when the wife is left at home for long periods of time, I have been guilty of this myself. Then got defensive/angry as it fell apart. “..For jealousy is a husbands fury .. he will not spare in the day of Vengance..”

Songs of Solomon 8 v6
“..Set me as a seal upon your heart, As a seal upon your arm; (so all can your intentions) For love is as strong as death, Jealousy as cruel as the grave; Its flames are flames of fire, A most vehement flame..”

   These flames burn us not, in fact we encouraged to ‘fan-the-flames-of-love’, as this is to ignite the passion within us, and between our partners. It took, just, 6months, from meeting my wife, till we were married. For the first 4months she lived in Northern Ireland, and I in South Devon England. We would talk twice daily, as well as sending letters 3 or 4 times a week. So you could say this was our dating period.

“Will it be worth it” 

V35 .. “..He will accept no recompense, Nor will he be appeased though you give many gifts..” In closing I have an exercise for you to do. Get a dinning chair, take and place in the middle of the living room/lounge, now get a bed sheet and cover the chair. The chair is your adultery/sin, the sheet represent all those ’extra’ little gifts you have bought over the years to ease your conscience, and cover the dalliances. Tell me does the sheet ‘take-away’, or can you still see it?

"Was it worth it? 

Make the right choice now”

Proverbs 6 - The Wicked Man

3 .. The wicked Man

   Whilst these 2 sections are really one, I’m going to split them to make easier while we look at them. So then V12/15 are not within a tail from another book, but God might as well stood there and smacked us around the face with a wet fish, such as the language used. Asking ‘ are we such a person?’ If so time has come to wake up and smell the coffee. Most people will know someone like this, where each other word is a swear word.

   A parental action would be to tell you to avoid them, less you start to become one. I know someone of this ilk, at first I turned a deaf ear, till I asked them to use less swearing and behaving better ..

 V14 “..Perversity is in his heart, He devises evil continually, He sows discord..”

 .. where it was impacting on my life and how I treated my wife. If you found you have Cancer, you would not keep hold and promise to never remove it, no you have it removed asap.

V16/19 "..These six things the Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil, A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.."
Psalm 101 v5 “..Whoever secretly slanders his neighbour, Him I will destroy; The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, Him I will not endure..”

I think this could be our daily prayer..
Psalm 120 v2 “..Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips And from a deceitful tongue..”
… these things surly must be an abomination to us all, let alone God.
Proverbs 16 v18 “..Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall..”

   No matter how you dress up a pig, at the end of the day it is still a pig. When it’s wrong it’s wrong. Honesty here please, in my time on Gods green Earth I have met what I call pro-liers. This not meant in any way as a compliment.

V19  “..A false witness..”
Psalm 27 v12 “..Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me..”

It’s time to train that small muscle, your tongue lest you bare false witness. V15 “..Suddenly he/you shall be broken without remedy..”

Proverbs 6, Dangerous Promise, The Folly of Indolance

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2 .. The Folly of Indolence

Before we start lets look at the meaning of the word ‘Indolence’.. 

.. The word came from the word ‘Indolens’ meaning: to not 

feel pain – Diss like work –Idle – Lazy. ‘Dolere’ to grieve – causing distress .

Now with an understanding of the meaning, now the scripture has meaning.

Job 12 v7/12 .. “But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you;And the birds of the air, and they will tell you; Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; And the fish of the sea will explain to you. Who among all these does not know That the hand of the Lord has done this, In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind? Does not tear test words And the mouth taste its food? Wisdom is with aged men,And with length of days, understanding.

Gods message is so clear, it’s simple maths – 0x0=0 – that even juniors can work this out. You can slumber all you want, but come the hard times your store will be empty, thus why in v6 “.. Go to the Ant, you sluggard..” O boy were they told off in the strongest manner possible. The sluggard is being told to see how each of the animals works hard to make sure long life possible. There’s old saying …

“ Each society is only as strong as it’s weakest link” 

Are you that link? If so what are going to do about it?? 

Proverbs 6, Dangerous Promise,

 

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Proverbs 6

   I was about to start typing up my study of ‘Man Of Sorrow’ when God stopped me, and told my to look deeper within Proverbs 6 that I was reading. Once again God has called me to read proverbs. You read according to the day of the month, so if it’s say the 6^th you read chp 6, or 21^st you read chp 21 and so on.

   I’m not going to up load the chapter, so you will have to open your bibles, please. There will be 4 parts to this...

1 Dangerous Promise 2 The Folly of Indolence

3 The Wicked Man 4 Beware of Adultery

1. Dangerous Promise

   When you have a close relationship with friends or family you able to talk about anything, ask anything. Such as asking for money, or being a ‘witness’ to a loan.

V2 “..You are snared by the words of your mouth ..”

...you suddenly find yourself say ..”yeah sure, I’ll cover your loan if you can’t repay” There’s another agreement called an … Gentleman's agreement … this is where by 2 consenting adult will shake hands upon an agreement. This form, whilst old, is not legally binding, it is regarded as a ‘signed contract’ …

V1 “..you have shaken hands in pledge..”

   Both of the above are fine if entered into when  sober, but so many contracts are not, and so become a bone of contention. Thus have been fought over in a Court and lost, because the Court has deemed ‘both’ agreements/contracts legally binding.

   All that would be left for you to do is loose yourself from your contract/agreement, if you can, without destroying your friendship. It may well be all you can do is to make sure that the agreement/contract is not broken.

   A couple of key words come out of this are .. Trust ~ Surety ~ Snared ~ Contract ~ agreement ~ Friendship. So always pause and think before you speak to agree to anything.