Tag: Lust of the Flesh

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Proverbs 7, the simple young man!

Pro 7:1-3, MY SON, KEEP MY WORDS, AND TREASURE MY COMMANDS WITHIN YOU. KEEP MY COMMANDS AND LIVE, And my law as the apple of your eye. Bind them on your fingers; WRITE THEM ON THE TABLET OF YOUR HEART.

Solomon with the wisdom given to him by GOD can see a lot danger in life! Keeping GOD’s word in your heart is not a magical shield against sin, but it will be a light to your path!

Pro 4:13, Take firm hold of INSTRUCTION, do not let go; Keep her, FOR SHE IS YOUR LIFE.

Pro 7:6-8, For at the window of my house I looked through my lattice, And saw AMONG THE SIMPLE, I perceived among the youths, A YOUNG MAN DEVOID OF UNDERSTANDING, Passing along the street near her corner; And he took the path to her house

Solomon shares a story of a foolish young man devoid of understanding, passing near the home of the immoral woman!

Pro 7:10, 13, 15, And there a woman met him, With the attire of a harlot, and a crafty heart… So she caught him and kissed him; With an impudent face she said to him:… SO I CAME OUT TO MEET YOU, Diligently to seek your face, AND I HAVE FOUND YOU. 

That simple man unknowingly was being led captive by her charms!

Pro 7:17-19, 21, …COME, LET US TAKE OUR FILL OF LOVE UNTIL MORNING; LET US DELIGHT OURSELVES WITH LOVE. FOR MY HUSBAND IS NOT AT HOME; HE HAS GONE ON A LONG JOURNEY;… WITH HER ENTICING SPEECH SHE CAUSED HIM TO YIELD, With her flattering lips SHE SEDUCED HIM. 

This simple young man fell in her trap not knowing how much it will cost him at the end!

Pro 5:3, For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil; 

Pro 7:22-23, Immediately he went after her, AS AN OX GOES TO THE SLAUGHTER, OR AS A FOOL TO THE CORRECTION OF THE STOCKS, TILL AN ARROW STRUCK HIS LIVER. As a bird hastens to the snare, HE DID NOT KNOW IT WOULD COST HIS LIFE.

He was setup, robbed and killed for lack of understanding the situation! This is a dark world we live in and we need guidance from HIM! HIS WORD IS A LIGHT TO MY PATH!

Pro 7:24-27, Now therefore, listen to me, my children; Pay attention to the words of my mouth: Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, Do not stray into her paths; FOR SHE HAS CAST DOWN MANY WOUNDED, AND ALL WHO WERE SLAIN BY HER WERE STRONG MEN. HER HOUSE IS THE WAY TO HELL, DESCENDING TO THE CHAMBERS OF DEATH.

Seek wisdom and live for the cost of sin is more than we can ever imagine!

Ecc 7:26, … HE WHO PLEASES GOD SHALL ESCAPE FROM HER, BUT THE SINNER SHALL BE TRAPPED BY HER. 

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Proverbs 6:20-35, Wisdom will guide your life!

Pro 6:20, MY SON, KEEP YOUR FATHER’S COMMAND, AND DO NOT FORSAKE THE LAW OF YOUR MOTHER.

Loving parents always want the best for their children; they are always teaching and molding! Our heavenly FATHER does the same with HIS word; HE is always teaching, and correcting for HE loves HIS children!

Pro 3:12, FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE CORRECTS, Just as a father the son in whom he delights. 

Eph 6:1, Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 

Pro 6:21-22, BIND THEM CONTINUALLY UPON YOUR HEART; TIE THEM AROUND YOUR NECK. WHEN YOU ROAM, THEY WILL LEAD YOU; When you sleep, they will keep you; And when you awake, THEY WILL SPEAK WITH YOU.

Know and meditate on HIS word. Ponder its teachings for they will guide you and protect you in life! These are not just words in a book, but the living power of GOD!

Psa 119:11, Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You. 

Pro 6:23, FOR THE COMMANDMENT IS A LAMP, AND THE LAW A LIGHT; REPROOFS OF INSTRUCTION ARE THE WAY OF LIFE, 

BIBLE stands for, “Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth”! HIS word will lighten the path we take in this dark world!

Joh 8:12, Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. HE WHO FOLLOWS ME SHALL NOT WALK IN DARKNESS, BUT HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE.” 

Pro 6:24-26, TO KEEP YOU FROM THE EVIL WOMAN, From the flattering tongue of a seductress. Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, Nor let her allure you with her eyelids. FOR BY MEANS OF A HARLOT A MAN IS REDUCED TO A CRUST OF BREAD; And an adulteress will Prey Upon His Precious Life.

An immoral woman with her beauty promises so much but can’t deliver on anything. She maybe the vessel in which you lose everything; your family, your wealth, your life! HIS word will guide you in the correct path!

Pro 6:32,34-35, WHOEVER COMMITS ADULTERY WITH A WOMAN LACKS UNDERSTANDING; HE WHO DOES SO DESTROYS HIS OWN SOUL. FOR JEALOUSY IS A HUSBAND’S FURY; Therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. He will accept no recompense, NOR WILL HE BE APPEASED THOUGH YOU GIVE MANY GIFTS.

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Proverbs 6:16-19, GOD hates?

Pro 6:16, These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: 

Can the GOD of love hate? The LORD loves everyone, yet because of our sin HIS SON JESUS was crucified on the cross! HE hates the things we do with our blessings!

Pro 6:17-18, A PROUD LOOK, A LYING TONGUE, HANDS THAT SHED INNOCENT BLOOD, A HEART THAT DEVISES WICKED PLANS, FEET THAT ARE SWIFT IN RUNNING TO EVIL,

Notice our body parts? The eyes, the tongue, the hands, the hearts, and the feet! These are the things we do with our own bodies! The LORD blessed us with our body parts yet we use them for evil!

Jas 3:10, Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. MY BRETHREN, THESE THINGS OUGHT NOT TO BE SO. 

Honor the LORD in humility, with your praises, lifting up holy hands in prayer. Honor HIM with your thoughts, and running to do HIS will!

Rom 6:13, And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. 

Pro 6:19, A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren. 

The LORD hates false witnesses for they were sought against HIS own SON JESUS! (Matt 26:59), but the Last one is an abomination to HIM! “one who sows discord among brethren”

Pro 26:20, Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; And where there is no talebearer, strife ceases. 

Pro 16:28, A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends. 

HE has given us the strength to control our own vessel, and if we do so we honor HIM! Yet, there are does amongst the brethren who savor juicy information just to spread it around! STOP, your only condemning yourself!

1Th 4:4-5, that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Hos 9:15, “ALL THEIR WICKEDNESS is in Gilgal, FOR THERE I HATED THEM. BECAUSE OF THE EVIL OF THEIR DEEDS I will drive them from MY HOUSE; I WILL LOVE THEM NO MORE. All their princes are rebellious. 

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Job 31, a covenant with GOD!

Job 31:1-3, “I HAVE MADE A COVENANT WITH MY EYES; WHY THEN SHOULD I LOOK UPON A YOUNG WOMAN? For what is the allotment of God from above, And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high? IS IT NOT DESTRUCTION FOR THE WICKED, AND DISASTER FOR THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY?

Job made a covenant with GOD regarding his eyes! Lusting over women is sinful and he knew himself! JESUS SAID,

Mat 5:28, BUT I SAY TO YOU THAT WHOEVER LOOKS AT A WOMAN TO LUST FOR HER HAS ALREADY COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH HER IN HIS HEART. 

If we follow our example in life, JESUS, the lust of the eyes is not HIS way, but the world’s!

1Jn 2:16, FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE WORLD—THE LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST OF THE EYES, and the PRIDE OF LIFE—IS NOT OF THE FATHER BUT IS OF THE WORLD. 

Job 31:13-15, “If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant When they complained against me, What then shall I do when God rises up? WHEN HE PUNISHES, HOW SHALL I ANSWER HIM? DID NOT HE WHO MADE ME IN THE WOMB MAKE THEM? DID NOT THE SAME ONE FASHION US IN THE WOMB?

Pro 22:2, The rich and the poor have this in common, The LORD is the maker of them all. 

We are not better than anyone else, WE ARE ALL HIS CREATION! IF WE OPPRESS ANYONE IT’S A REPROACH AGAINST THEIR CREATOR, GOD!

Pro 14:31, He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy. 

We are HIS Creation, but not all are HIS sons! BEING CALLED A SON OF GOD IS A PRIVILEGE TO THOSE WHO KNOW THEIR GOD AND HAVE RECEIVED HIM! IT’S A GIFT TO THE WORLD FOR ALL THOSE WILLING TO COME TO HIM! DON’T FOLLOW THE WAYS OF THE WORLD, BECAUSE IT ONLY LEADS TO DEATH!

Joh 1:12, BUT AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM, TO THEM HE GAVE THE RIGHT TO BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD, TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIS NAME:

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Esther 3, the battle against the flesh!

Est 3:1, After these things King Ahasuerus PROMOTED HAMAN, the son of Hammedatha THE AGAGITE, and ADVANCED HIM AND SET HIS SEAT ABOVE ALL THE PRINCES WHO WERE WITH HIM.

Psa 12:8, THE WICKED PROWL ON EVERY SIDE, WHEN VILENESS IS EXALTED AMONG THE SONS OF MEN. 

Remember even this is from the LORD; when a wicked man such as Haman is promoted to power! Haman was a descendant of Agag who was the king of the Amalekites!

Exo 17:14,16, THEN THE LORD SAID to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, THAT I WILL UTTERLY BLOT OUT THE REMEMBRANCE OF AMALEK FROM UNDER HEAVEN.” … for he said, “BECAUSE THE LORD HAS SWORN: THE LORD WILL HAVE WAR WITH AMALEK FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.” 

Amalek, for the Christian, is a type of flesh that we battle on a daily basis! THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE FLESH AND THE SPIRIT!

Est 3:2, And ALL THE KING’S SERVANTS who were within the king’s gate BOWED AND PAID HOMAGE TO HAMAN, for so the king had commanded concerning him. BUT MORDECAI WOULD NOT BOW OR PAY HOMAGE. 

AS CHRISTIANS WE WILL ONLY BOW DOWN TO HIM WHO IS WORTHY OF PRAISE, NOT TO CORRUPTIBLE MAN!

Php 2:10, that at the name of JESUS every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 

Est 3:5-6, When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow or pay him homage, HAMAN WAS FILLED WITH WRATH. BUT HE DISDAINED TO LAY HANDS ON MORDECAI ALONE, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai. Instead, HAMAN SOUGHT TO DESTROY ALL THE JEWS …

TODAY, MEN RIOT AGAINST ALL THE POLICE FOR THE ACTIONS OF BUT A FEW JUST AS HAMAN SOUGHT TO KILL EVERY JEW FOR THE ACTIONS OF JUST ONE!  THE STAGE IS SET

Gal 5:17, For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 

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2Samuel 13, Amnon lusted for his sister!

2Sa 13:6, Then Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “PLEASE LET TAMAR MY SISTER COME AND MAKE A COUPLE OF CAKES FOR ME IN MY SIGHT, THAT I MAY EAT FROM HER HAND.” 

Amnon believed he loved his sister Yet, it wasn’t love but lust!

2Sa 13:11, Now when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “COME, LIE WITH ME, MY SISTER.” 

2Sa 13:12-14, …”No, my brother, DO NOT FORCE ME, … DO NOT DO THIS DISGRACEFUL THING! And I, where could I take MY SHAME? And as for you, you would be LIKE ONE OF THE FOOLS in Israel. … HE WOULD NOT HEED HER VOICE; AND BEING STRONGER THAN SHE, HE FORCED HER AND LAY WITH HER.

Lev 18:11, …BEGOTTEN BY YOUR FATHER—SHE IS YOUR SISTER—YOU SHALL NOT UNCOVER HER NAKEDNESS. 

2Sa 13:15, THEN AMNON HATED HER EXCEEDINGLY, …”ARISE, BE GONE!” 

THE LOVE HE HAD WAS REPLACED BY HATE BECAUSE SHE WAS A CONSTANT REMINDER OF HIS SIN! PEOPLE OFTEN MISTAKE LUST FOR LOVE, BUT THIS IS NOT FROM THE FATHER BUT OF THE WORLD! 1John 2:16.

Rom 8:6, FOR TO BE CARNALLY MINDED IS DEATH, BUT TO BE SPIRITUALLY MINDED IS LIFE AND PEACE. 

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2Samuel 12, David’s sin revealed!

2Sa 12:7-8, THEN NATHAN SAID TO DAVID, “YOU ARE THE MAN! Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘I ANOINTED YOU king over Israel, and I DELIVERED YOU from the hand of Saul. I GAVE YOU your master’s house and your master’s wives into your keeping, AND GAVE YOU the house of Israel and Judah. And if that had been too little, I ALSO WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU MUCH MORE!

God told David that his sin was ingratitude. GOD GAVE HIM, ANOINTED HIM, PROTECTED HIM AND WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM MORE BUT, HE LUSTED AND TOOK THE WIFE OF URIAH!

2Sa 12:9-10, WHY HAVE YOU DESPISED THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD, TO DO EVIL IN HIS SIGHT? YOU HAVE KILLED URIAH the Hittite with the sword; YOU HAVE TAKEN HIS WIFE to be your wife, and HAVE KILLED HIM WITH THE SWORD OF THE PEOPLE OF AMMON. Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, BECAUSE YOU HAVE DESPISED ME, AND HAVE TAKEN THE WIFE OF URIAH THE HITTITE TO BE YOUR WIFE.’

THIS IS DAVID, A SINNER, A MURDERER, AN ADULTERER AND A THIEF WHO BEING RICH COVETED THE WIFE OF A POOR MAN! GOD GAVE HIM EVERYTHING GOOD YET HE WANTED MORE! ELIPHAZ TOLD JOB, THAT MAN DRINKS INIQUITY LIKE WATER, WE SIN AS IF OUR LIVES DEPENDANT ON IT TO SURVIVE (Job 15:16). THIS UGLY PART OF DAVID’S LIFE IS ALSO A REFLECTION OF WHAT’S IN OUR HEART. LIKE A MIRROR STRAIGHT INTO OUR SOUL WE SEE THE REAL US!

Rom 7:24, O WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM! WHO WILL DELIVER ME FROM THIS BODY OF DEATH? 

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2Samuel 11, David’s transgression!

2Sa 11:2-3, … And from the roof he saw A WOMAN BATHING, and the woman was very beautiful to behold. …. And someone said, “IS THIS NOT BATHSHEBA, THE DAUGHTER OF ELIAM, THE WIFE OF URIAH THE HITTITE?”

While David, was told that she was the daughter of Eliam, one of David’s mighty men (2Sa 23:34). He knew that her grandfather was Ahithophel, one of David’s chief counselors (2Sa 15:12). And, that she was married to honorable Uriah! THIS WAS HIS ESCAPE, YET BECAUSE OF HIS LUST HE IGNORED THEM!

1Co 10:13, NO TEMPTATION HAS OVERTAKEN YOU EXCEPT SUCH AS IS COMMON TO MAN; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, BUT WITH THE TEMPTATION WILL ALSO MAKE THE WAY OF ESCAPE, that you may be able to bear it. 

David ended up killing Honorable Uriah and believed that no one would find out!

2Sa 11:27, … BUT THE THING THAT DAVID HAD DONE DISPLEASED THE LORD. 

Pro 15:3, THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE IN EVERY PLACE, KEEPING WATCH ON THE EVIL AND THE GOOD. 

WE CAN’T HIDE OUR SINS FROM HIM AND HE WILL ALWAYS GIVE US A WAY OUT.  DAVID ELECTED TO IGNORE GOD AND HIS WARNINGS; WHICH CAUSE PROBLEMS IN HIS OWN HOME! HIS EYES ARE ALWAYS UPON US FOR HE LOVES US AND WANTS THE BEST FOR US!