Purity vs. Promiscuity
Today’s Sermon is rated PG-13
Some subject matter may be inappropriate for younger children
Text: Proverbs 5
Purity vs. Promiscuity
The Invitation of Offered Sex (v. 1-6)
The Offer
Drips with the sweetness of honey
Is smoother than oil in speech & says:
Easy
No consequences
Just for fun/The hook-up culture
The reality afterward
Creates bitterness and regret
Self-destructive, soul wounding
Sets our feet on a downward path
Joins us to foolishness
Links us with instability
Join us with a person acting in ignorance
The Warning (v. 7-14)
Do not go there!
Avoid any dalliance
It will cost you financially
Abortion/Divorce/Child-support
It will cost you physically and emotionally
Disease/Depression/Rejection
You will regret it
“It almost ruined me,” Solomon says.
Footnotes:
Cheap sex is often costly
Friendly sex is often relationally destructive
The Advice (v. 15-23)
Parable of springs of water
Drink from your own source
Do not wastefully distribute your water
Rejoice in the wife of your youth
Be exhilarated with her love
Do not look to any other
God is watching
God sees our ways
Our own sin will bind us
Our own folly will be our doom
Footnotes:
Pornography is a standard your spouse will never be able to meet
Pornography is founded in fantasy not reality
Our foolishness is the ignorance of God’s Word
Our folly is that we disregard the counsel of God’s Word
Footnotes:
Perhaps you do not struggle with sexual temptations.
That’s great.
Are you a student of the Word in order to understand God’s expectations for your life in other areas?
Are you walking in obedience in these other areas of your life?
We know the consequences of promiscuity, but all disobedience has a high cost.
We ignore the counsel of God’s Word to our own peril.
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