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Father, Son, and Haughty Spirits
I. The Setting
Proverbs 1:8-10 Hear. 28:9 Do not forsake (2:17; 4:2) Paternal discipline, maternal
laws (3:1; 4:2)
Parents are . . .
Connected Consistent Controlled
Proverbs 1:10 If sinners entice you…
Sinners [rebels]: men to whom sin has become a habit, thus vicious, wicked (K-D) Pr.13:21; 23:17-18; Gn.13:13; 20:9They cannot harm unless you give in.Not even satan himself can make you sin without your consent. Ja.4:7
2 K.17:15. Ac.2:40.
I. The Setting
II. The Son
Parents warn (8b)
False advertising. Pr.16:29 Society (friends; majority). Ps.26:9 Self. Pr.14:12
Common occurrence
Creature wisdom, not Creator
Crowded road
Comprehend truth too late
Parents warn (8b)
False advertising. Pr.16:29 Society (friends; majority). Pr.26:9 Self. Pr.14:12
Filthy aims. Pr.7:21-23. Robs . . .
Fake apostles. 2 Co.11:13-15
purity power
peace possessions
Romans 16:18 Proverbs 7:21
Parents warn (8b)
God gave us ears to listen Tendency: parents are ‘old
fogies’ Pr.1:5, wise men listen Pr.1:8 (5:7), children learn to
listen Danger: W/o parental guidance,
fog Defense: parental experience Disaster: ignore parents, miss
mark Detour: follow other young
people
Proverbs1:15
2:12-135:8
13:2022:24-25
23:20
I. The Setting
III. The Seduction
II. The Son
If sinners entice you…(Pr.1:10)
Jg.14:15; 16:5; 1 K.22:20-22
spacious, wide, open (thus accessible to persuasion): easily deceived, simple, …in a state of holding a wrong view about a situation,
implying the one deceived bears some responsibility as a kind of self-
deception…seduce, deceive, allure, coax
Sinners want . . .
1. Acceptance2. Equality w. others 3. No judges, but participants
“With us” (1:10) Thrill of the kill (1:11) As God (1:12; Nu.16) Get rich quick (1:13; Mt.6:24) Comradery (1:14)
How to identify the wrong crowd
1. Things they think are funny. Indecent...2. Impure speech. Off-color jokes…3. No respect for God; ridicule sacred things4. Daredevil, reckless spirit.5. Vandalism or theft. 6. Smoking, drinking, drugs, etc.
I. The Setting
III. The Success
II. The Son
III. The Seduction
Steadfast endurance
Lit.: don’t be willing (1:10)1. Gn.39 – run for your life2. Ep.5:11 – general practice
The only safety: emphatic negative
Lk.4:13
Sinners allure / Parents alarm . . .
Pr.1:17-18 (7:23)
Call back from the abyss
“Before strongly desiring anything, we should look
carefully into the happiness of its present owner”
“Serving God requires nothing but that which will elevate you
and forbids nothing except that which will debase you”
– I. B. Grubbs