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May 21 - Proverbs 5 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's shown here. Happy Tuesday.
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  It's the 21st of May. Good morning.
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  Good day, good evening, good night.
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  Wherever you are in this day of yours when you have pressed on
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  play, here I am And here we are, ready to continue reading
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  through God's Word one chapter at a time.
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  And at the moment we are doing that through the book of
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  Proverbs. Now, something about Proverbs I
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  could understand if you started to get a little bit frustrated
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  and a little bit put out, shall we say, with our modern ears as
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  the author keeps on talking about these immoral women.
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  And we might say it's not just women that are immoral, mate.
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  What about all those men doing the wrong thing?
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  Remember, this is the author talking about wisdom in terms of
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  lady wisdom. So the author gives wisdom, a
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  gender and a personality, and we talk about lady wisdom.
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  And the flip side of that, the antithesis of that is this
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  immoral woman. Not that women are immoral, but
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  this is this character that is playing the opposite, playing
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  the opposite to wisdom. So when we talk about immoral
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  women, it's not actually talking about immoral women.
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  It's talking about the temptation to follow the way of
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  folly, to follow the way of desire, and to follow the way
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  that does not talk about godliness and self discipline.
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  So if you find your gender politics getting poked and your
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  eyes are getting raised, it's OK.
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  It is a very different context that this was written and that
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  is the language they have chose to communicate a much bigger
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  concept. So this reading goes out to all
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  of you Wise wise women listening because us seldom wise men are
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  so grateful for your presence in our lives.
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  So, having said all that, let's read together, shall we?
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  Friends, let's read Proverbs Chapter 5.
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  My son, pay attention to my wisdom.
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  Listen carefully to my wires counsel.
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  Then you will show discernment and your lips will express what
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  you've learned. For the lips of an immoral woman
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  are as sweet as honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.
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  But in the end she is as bitter as poison, as dangerous as a
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  double edged sword. Her feet go down to death.
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  Her steps lead straight to the grave, for she cares nothing
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  about the path to life. She staggers down a crooked
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  trail and doesn't realise it. So now my sons listen to me.
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  Never stray from what I'm about to say.
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  Stay away from her. Don't go near the door of her
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  house. If you do, you will lose your
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  honour and we'll lose to merciless people.
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  All you have achieved. Strangers will consume your
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  wealth and someone else will enjoy the fruit of your labour.
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  In the end, you will groan in anguish when disease consumes
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  your body. You will say how I hated
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  discipline, if only I'd not ignored all the warnings.
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  Oh, why didn't I listen to my teachers?
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  Why didn't I pay attention to my instructors?
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  I've come to the brink of utter ruin, and now I must face public
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  disgrace. Drink water from your own well.
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  Share your love only with your wife.
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  Why spill the water of your springs in the streets having
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  sex with just anyone? You should reserve it for
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  yourselves. Never share it with strangers.
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  Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you.
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  Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
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  She is a loving dear, a graceful dough.
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  Let her breasts satisfy you always.
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  May you always be captivated by her love.
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  Why be captivated, my son, by an immoral woman or fondled the
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  breasts of a promiscuous woman? For the Lord sees clearly what a
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  man does, examining every path he takes.
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  An evil man is held captive by his own sins.
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  They are ropes that catch and hold him.
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  He will die for lack of self control.
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  He would be lost because of his grateful foolishness.
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  Our Lord, what language this proverb uses.
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  Speaking of the temptation that would draw us away from our
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  fidelity to you, Lord, may we always be fully satisfied
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  pursuing you and your truth and your wisdom and your ways.
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  Loading The World shows us a quicker, easier way that seems
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  just so cool that we just love to just be more involved with
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  that. Because surely, surely, that's
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  the way the future Lord, draw us back to your ways of compassion,
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  of faithfulness, of honesty, of dedication.
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  Lord, all those things that we know in our heart we know to be
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  true. But the conscience that you have
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  given us, that continues to draw us back to your ways.
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  Help that be our guiding light, Holy Spirit, shape us and give
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  us ongoing perseverance to always, always choose your way
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  because that is the way ultimately that will lead to a
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  glorious eternity with you and Lord.
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  Even when we do get it wrong, when that flash in the pan that
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  this world offers is so bright and enticing in our eyes and we
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  we change direction, Thank you that through Jesus you have you
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  have found a way to bring us back to you and to forgive us
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  and reset us. Thank you for your fidelity to
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  us, your forgiveness of us, and your unfailing love for us.
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  We pray all of this in your name, Jesus.
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  Amen.