Lives Are Easily Wrecked by Immorality
February 23, 2019
Commentary
This is really a sad story as we read it but even more sad as we see it happen to young men we know personally. Can you think of people you have known who has ruined and wrecked their lives in immorality. Happy is the young man who will heed this warning and live by its instruction.
Obviously this young man got himself into trouble because he wandered near this wicked woman’s house. He was taken in before he realized the tremendous price he would pay by yielding to this temptation. He desperately needed to follow the example of Joseph in (Gen. 39:6-12) by running for his life. By yielding to this terrible act of sin he exposed himself to the dangers of venereal disease or even death by an angry husband as we read about in our papers today. As we read about the downfall of this young man we can see how weak we really are in the flesh. The writer says to pay close attention to what he has to say (v. 24). Our defense must be threefold:
- Guard our mind (heart) (v. 25) – Danger strikes when these thoughts capture our attention.
- Keep away from this type situation (v.25) – literally run as Joseph did.
- Look at the results (vv. 26-27) – it will only bring heartbreak and eternal damnation.
Application
It is important that I discuss with my family how sin begins in our thought life. Talk about the effects of watching wrong T.V., internet programs, or reading wrong magazines. Read (Phil. 4:8).
Proverbs 7:19– 27 (NET)
19 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a journey of some distance.
20 He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month.”
21 She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.
22 Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare
23 till an arrow pierces his liver — like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.
24 So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak.
25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways— do not wander into her pathways;
26 for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.
27 Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.