Warning! Cautions Against Sin
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Sin is an adulteress
Sin is an adulteress
Sin in our passage today is painted, described as an adulteress and it is not a pretty picture. It is grievous, it is immoral and it separates people from God. There is much we can learn from this chapter regarding the morality plague (lack of morality) in our world and that can even creep into the church. We need to know it, and take proper precautions against it.
Sin is darkness
Sin is death
Sin can be forgiven
But, sin needs to be exposed
Sin eats at the moral fabric of a person, and it can effect others.
mor·al (adjective) concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character.
Our morals set the standard of our beliefs, our behaviors concerning what is right, wrong, acceptable and unacceptable in our lives.
Morals? Are we living God the standard God set’s or by the world?
1 My son, give attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding; 2 That you may observe discretion And your lips may reserve knowledge.
Slide: Attention (already saved on computer)
(expand on vv.1-2) - give attention, incline your ear, observe discretion; reserve knowledge, why to be prepared and to share! For remember sin is an adulteress and can be alluring and it is better sweet.
Sin is bitter sweet
Sin is bitter sweet
Sin can be alluring, it can be attractive, it can seem harmless. Scripture talks about the bitter sweet nature of sin.
(hold up a bag of nestle bitter sweet chocolate chips for illustration) - then give personal illustration (Tabby’s dark chocolate brownies)
3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech; 4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Sin has an appeal to it (Pro14:12; Pro16:25)
12 There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.
Now the chocolate chips in and of themselves are not sin are they? But what I do with them can become sin. What seems O to me, could be a stumbling block to myself or to others.
It can be appealing just because it is forbidden (Gen3:6)
6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
This goes hand in hand with 1Jn2:15-17; don’t love the world or the things of this world, lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life.
Eve, and her husband with her, even though forbidden, tempted themselves and the tree looked good, it was appealing.
But it’s end is the way of death (physical, spiritual)
Because of their sin it led to death entering the world, physical death that we all pay those consequences for, but for them spiritual death, separation from God who they walked in the garden with.
Sin may look and taste sweet at first, but there is a bitter side.
With close observation of sin and the the allure of sin we can see the nature of sin.
When you see the nature of sin you can then count the cost of sin
Sin is best left alone
Sin is best left alone
Sin is best left alone, best to avoid it. Sin is costly.
8 Keep your way far from her And do not go near the door of her house, 9 Or you will give your vigor to others And your years to the cruel one;
Sin is easier to avoid than to extricate. (Rom7:15-17, 20; Jam1:13-15)
That maybe something that is obvious, but still we may struggle; look what Paul has to say.
15 For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. 16 But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good.
17 So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.
Or even what James had to say
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.
15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.
Remember we have to count the cost! Death!
Scripture and godly intuition due to the Holy Spirit gives us lots of god cautions (Eph5:15-18)
15 Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, 16 making the most of your time, because the days are evil.
17 So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
In summation, or in my view
Beware how and where you walk
Beware you you hang out with
Beware where you turn to in times of trouble
All of this because Sin will exact it’s price!
Sin always exacts is price
Sin always exacts is price
Sin has consequences and God does not hide the consequences from us. There is certainty because God is just, and God tells us through His Word.
11 And you groan at your final end, When your flesh and your body are consumed; 12 And you say, “How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof!
13 “I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined my ear to my instructors! 14 “I was almost in utter ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”
Sin’s exact cost (Rom6:23)
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Sins cost could be delayed (Dan4:19-27)
Summarize: the writing on the wall that showed judgment was coming because found lacking; the judgment was delayed for a year.
Sins cost could be slow and gradual
In form of unrest, depression, anxiety
Sin can manifest itself in many ways (Psm32:3-4)
3 When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah.
Physically, gnawing remorse , mental anguish
Sin is a thief; stealing what is already yours
Sin is a thief; stealing what is already yours
Sin wants you to compromise you morals, destroy your character and take your integrity from you. Don’t let sin steal what is yours!
15 Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well. 16 Should your springs be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets?
17 Let them be yours alone And not for strangers with you.
While broadening the spectrum of this point sin can try to
Steal your salvation (Gal5:1-4)
1 It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. 2 Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
3 And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law. 4 You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
Steal your joy (Jn10:10)
10 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
What else do you think sin can steal from you?
Sin wants you to compromise your morals, your standards. It was to destroy your character and to steal your integrity from you.
Sin is not as secretive or elusive as you think (Pro4:21) and because of God’s omnipresence we cannot hid anything from Him (Lk8:17)
21 Do not let them depart from your sight; Keep them in the midst of your heart.
17 “For nothing is hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.
So a sage piece of advise, something free, don’t do anything in private hat you would not do in public before man and God. God already knows, already see’s and see’s the things in private and they will come to light.
May we remember too, we be held accountable for our actions, be them good or bad. (2Cor5:10); so avoid sin and don’t let it steal what is already yours!
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
Sin is costly; you can be released to it
Sin is costly; you can be released to it
Unrepented, unconfessed, unchecked sin can put you, or leave you in a lost state. It may try to tell you things that are not true.
22 His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin. 23 He will die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.
Remember the cost, the wages of sin (Rom6:23)
Sin is deceptive and may try to get you to think you can release yourself from the penalty of sin.
We are called dead to sin (Rom6:1-2) so we cannot continue to sin.
1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?
We cannot lead a double life, God is the searcher of hearts (Rom8:27); So may we pay attention! To the warnings. Part is remembering who we are too. (Rom6:3-4) and what we are to do!
27 and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
and who we are now, as well as what we are to do.
3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
(Invitation slide 1) invitation; (invitation slide 2) prayer (exit slide)