Proverbs #:#: Now therefore, listen to me, my children; Pay attention to the words of my mouth: Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, do not stray into her paths; For she has cast down many wounded, and all who were slain by her were strong men.
Insight
She wants to take you away from Christ. She wants to bring you into her system. Oh, my friend, that spiritual prostitute is out on your street today; she even comes into your home by way of radio and television, trying to lure you. We are told that to follow her is like an ox going to slaughter. It is like a fool going to the correction of the stocks. Oh, that we might not settle for anything less than the person of Jesus Christ! In my judgment this is the finest picture we have of cults, “isms,” and all false religions. Like the prostitute, they are all dressed up—attractive, alluring, offering something to man that will actually destroy him and send him down to hell, and take him away from Jesus Christ, the lover of our souls. 1
Application
All who were slain, were strong men. Pride comes before a fall. Is it your pride that is holding you up right now, or is it the power of the Holy Spirit? What is luring you away from holy living? How long will you continue before you repent of this secret sin?
Motivation
And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. Matthew 5:30
When you think you’re too strong for sin, you are actually too weak to keep from sinning. – TWEET IT
Prayer
Father, keep from the seduction of sin.
1. McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: Poetry (Proverbs) (electronic ed., Vol. 20). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
