The Strange Woman

By John Weaver

January 1, 2024

Proverb 5 is a warning concerning the enticing woman. That path will lead downward to death and hell. We cannot afford to be ignorant of the many tools and devices at Satan’s disposal to entice men to wickedness. They are evil, and the end thereof is death and hell.

If you struggle in this area, take courage. You are not alone. More importantly, there is hope. Jesus came to set the captive free. The Word of God promises that if we walk in the Spirit, we will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh (Galatians 5:16).

How do you walk in the Spirit? Give God your priorities. Start the day with prayer and reading God’s Word. Seek and claim His promises. Tell God daily, “I will set no wicked thing before my eyes” (Ps 101:3). And then don’t. Do it again the next day and the next.

The closer your relationship is with God (walking in the Spirit), the less power or pull these enticements will have. There will be temptations, which are not wrong in themselves. James 1:14-15 says every man is tempted. But it is when a person is drawn away of his or her own lust and enticed... then when lust is conceived, it becomes sin and leads to death.

We choose how to respond to temptation. If we are drawn away and enticed, a conception takes place. It takes both coming together for sin to be conceived. Temptation and lust will result in sin.  

Praise God, we can say no to temptation. “Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her” (Prov 7:25-26). But may I add, many strong and weak men have also chosen the right path. Jesus came to set us free.  “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed” (John 8:36).

 

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