July 1, 2018
Proverbs 9
Wisdom gives us her
plan for one's life, and Wisdom has all that is needed even for the most
inexperienced to learn and have life in the full. But foolishness also
has set a trap, and we know her as the woman of folly, she pretends to have the
authority and yet her character is immorality. Wisdom operates in the
open, but folly always in secret.
Let us explore what
Lady Wisdom has to offer; first, to the simple and the person who lacks sense,
she provides food and real substance. She is willing to guide you from
simple or foolish ways in the way of insight. First, she warns the simple
not to try and correct a scoffer or ridicule wisdom. On the other hand,
she shares that if one reproves a wise man, he will show kindness and love
back.
She gave an example
of what happens when one instructs a wise man, he only becomes more prudent,
and a righteous man will only increase in learning. The key is given to
guide the simple, and it is, “The fear of the
LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.”
Verse 11 is
something all should want to attain; “For by me
your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.”
Let us examine what
Proverbs 9:13-18 shares about the woman of folly. “The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows
nothing. She sits at the door of her house; she takes a
seat on the highest places of the town, calling to those who
pass by, who are going straight on their way, “Whoever is
simple, let him turn in here!” And to him who lacks sense, she says, “Stolen
water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.” But
he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the
depths of Sheol.”
Why would anyone
want the Woman of folly and reject life promised by Lady Wisdom? It is a
simple answer the Woman of folly is very seductive, and I hope you’re aware
that sex is enticing, and when tempted and done outside of marriage it brings
her guest under her powers.
And under her
powers are many a young boy and girl today, and her new tool is
pornography. Let me share some information:
“Teenagers, being in their formative stages, are quite unsure about their
sexual identity, and to them, pornography is not much different than a trip to
the candy shop. They revel in the newfound euphoric feelings while at the same
time secretly connecting with other folks with whom they share similar sexual
tastes. Studies done in this area
have ascertained that pornography has roared into our everyday life so
overwhelming that the existing social science models of treatment can no longer
contain the phenomenon. Many young people suffer from exposure to pornography
because it is an addictive force that is slowly consuming their productivity
and capturing their creativity.”
Pornography
“Cyber-sex
addiction is predicted to be the next tsunami in mental health. Men in their
late teens and early twenties have scant recollection, if any, of
plastic-covered lad magazines on the top shelves of newsagents. The erotic
world is seconds away with the touch of a button.
These
young men are presented with what once was the older man’s affliction: erectile
dysfunction. These are physically healthy young men, with no medical issues,
but their use of pornography, which sometimes becomes an addiction, is having a
debilitating effect on their sexual relationships.” It may shock you to learn that this is
happening to boys as young as 16 years of age.
The old devil is
always trying to mask or copy in a perverse way the ways of God. The woman
folly is a tool he has used for years, and now she is after a new generation of
boys and girls to steal and to kill or to destroy any hope of finding Lady
Wisdom and her offer of eternal life.
From the Back
Porch,
Bob Rice
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