Entering Life

A Word in Season: Messages by R.J. Rushdoony on the Faith for All of Life · Apr 19, 2026 · 2m

Proverbs 30:20 gives a penetrating insight into sin: “Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.” Just as a ship leaves no track in the sea, or an eagle in the sky, and just as a person wipes away the crumbs from a meal, so the sinner imagines that sin leaves no lasting mark wipe the mouth, forget the act, and declare innocence. Agur condemns not only adultery but the deeper sin of treating sin as nothing, as though the past can simply be erased by denial. While Christ truly forgives and removes our guilt, the consequences…