Simon O’Grady – Unlocking the Proverbs – Class 3 – Deliverance from the Strange Woman

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Good morning, brothers and
sisters.

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Well, we come to this amazing
subject here, the deliverance

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from the strange woman.
And as we’ve been going through

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the book of Proverbs, we’ve
discovered that one of the key

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objectives of the book that was
set out in chapter two was to,

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when wisdom enters our heart and
knowledge pleasant to our soul

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and discretion will preserve the
understanding keep me to deliver

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thee from the strange woman,
from the stranger that flatters

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with her words.
And we found that there’s these

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two arch nemeses, these two arch
enemies, if you like, that are

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presented by the father to the
son in the book of Proverbs.

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One, the evil man that we looked
at yesterday.

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And today we’re going to look at
the strange woman.

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Who is she?
What is she?

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Why is she an enemy and an arch
nemesis?

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Why does the son need to be
delivered?

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You know, this theme crops up a
number of other times in

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Proverbs chapter six, verse 23
on screen.

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For the commandment is a lamp
and the law is a light and

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reproofs of instruction are the
way of life.

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Why?
To keep thee from the evil

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woman, from the flattery of the
tongue of a strange woman.

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Or again, as we’ve read in
Proverbs chapter seven, say to

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wisdom, you are my sister.
Call understanding your

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kinswoman that they may keep
thee from the strange woman,

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from a stranger who flatters
with her words.

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So today our objective is to
work out who is the strange

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woman?
Why do we need to be delivered

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from her?
Why is this message set out in

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the book of Proverbs by the
father to the son and to us as

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his children?
You’ll see there the key texts

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that we have.
Chapter two, verse 16 to 19.

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Chapter five, verse one to 23.
Chapter six, verse 20 to 35.

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Chapter seven, verse one to 27.
Chapter nine, verses 13 to 18.

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It’s quite a major theme, isn’t
it?

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And those established first ten
chapters of the book.

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And then the themes keep going
through into the rest of the

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Proverbs.
So it’s an important one.

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Now today you’re going to need a
worksheet.

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So hopefully everybody has a
worksheet.

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So that is the key Proverbs text
of a strange woman with a

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diagram and area for drawing the
bottom.

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So hands up if you don’t have
one of those.

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All right, so there’s a few down
here.

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If we just get our door.
So there’s a few down on the

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front here.
So we’ll be needing that as we

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go through this this morning.
Right, so we’re all now in front

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of you.
A copy of all of those key texts

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on the strange woman.
And there’s a little bit missing

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because I couldn’t fit it onto
the sheet.

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But we won’t need those this
morning.

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So those are all the key
passages in the book of Proverbs

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that deal with, describe the
strange woman.

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And deliverance from her.
You’ll also note at the bottom

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that there’s a little diagram.
We’ll come to that in a moment.

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All right, so the first thing to
note is that way back in the

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purpose statement of the book.
So remember we went back to the

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first eight verses of chapter
one.

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And Nicely set out a five key
purpose statements.

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This morning we’re all going to
be looking at statement number

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four.
That’s a purpose statement

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number four.
And that reads, To give subtlety

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to the simple and to the young
man knowledge and discretion.

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Now we know that this is the
purpose statement.

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Because when we come to Proverbs
chapter seven, Wisdom says, I

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was in my house looking out
through my window or casement.

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And I beheld among the simple
ones, I discerned among the

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youth, a young man.
So chapter seven is all about

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this young man, this simple one
of Proverbs chapter one verse

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four.
And the purpose statement.

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So today we’re going to be
looking at that purpose

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statement.
And what it means because it is

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the young man, the simple young
man of Proverbs chapter seven.

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So let’s just unpack this a
little bit so we understand what

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it’s saying.
It’s to give subtlety.

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So there’s a giving here of
something by wisdom, by the book

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of Proverbs, to somebody called
the simple young man.

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The thing is subtlety.
Now that’s an unusual word.

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It means trickery.
It’s normally translated

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trickery.
In fact, it comes from a family

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of words that translate like
this.

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Guile, trickery, subtlety,
crafty.

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And in fact, one of the words is
the term in Genesis, where the

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serpent was more subtle than any
other beast.

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Unusual little term, isn’t it?
That it’s going to give the

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subtlety, this craftiness to the
simple.

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The word simple simply means
simple or silly from the term to

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be open or roomy or empty.
So it’s the idea of someone, you

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or I, there’s nothing going on
in our head.

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We have no knowledge, no
understanding, no wisdom,

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according to Proverbs.
So we’re a young man, a simple

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young man, nothing in our head,
no knowledge, no understanding,

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no wisdom.
And into us, we’re going to be

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given this thing that’s called
subtlety.

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The term young man is the one
who receives the correction

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instruction in the book of
Proverbs.

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Come with me to chapter 22,
verse 6, and you’ll see that

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thematically in the book of
Proverbs, he is the one who’s

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receiving the wisdom,
understanding, and knowledge.

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So here’s the same term, young
man, but it’s actually

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translated child, chapter 22,
verse 6.

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Train up a child, same term, in
the way he should go, and when

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he is old, he will not depart
from it.

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You can connect that into the
New Testament passages, where

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the same term is used in
reference to the Lord Jesus

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Christ himself.
It’s a key term, the child

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Jesus.
All right, well, the young man’s

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going to get knowledge, we know
what that is, and discretion.

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Now, this is another unusual
term.

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It means a plan, and it’s
normally an evil plan.

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So it’s the term used of wicked
or evil people where they put a

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strategy or a plan together, and
it says that the young man is

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going to get a plan or a
strategy.

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The NET translates all of this
to impart shrewdness to the

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morally naive and a discerning
plan to the young person.

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So why does it use these unusual
terms?

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Remember when Christ says, I
send you out of sheep among

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wolves, and you must be as wise
as serpents, but harmless as

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doves.
The book of Proverbs is going to

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give the simple young man a
comprehension about how the mind

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of wickedness and evil of the
serpent works.

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But of course, Christ’s
instructions were, and you’re

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never to use that to cause
damage or harm to anyone else.

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But you need to understand how
all this works, says the book of

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Proverbs.
So you have a strategy and a

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plan to deal with it.
So that’s the promise to the

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simple young man, to be given a
plan, subtlety, and discretion.

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As we said in Proverbs chapter
7, this simple young man crops

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up again.
So here he is, and he needs that

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plan, and he needs that
strategy, he needs that

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subtlety, but he doesn’t.
We can see the disastrous

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outcome that we’ve read in
Proverbs chapter 7.

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So with that little background
and introduction, this is what

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we’re going to do this morning.
We’re going to go through the

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relevant texts.
We’re going to draw a picture.

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So at the bottom of your sheet,
you’ve got an area to draw

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detail and pictures.
If it’s too small, flip the page

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over, and you can draw on the
back.

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You’ll get your own piece of
paper.

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We’re going to draw a picture.
We’re going to draw a picture,

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of course, because the
scripture, which is the word of

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God, is actually a
representation of something that

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originally, something you could
see or hear or touch or

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something that was there in the
real world, put into words.

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So we’re going to unpack it and
put it back into a picture so we

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can see what it’s coding, what
it’s saying.

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We’re going to identify who this
strange woman is.

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We’re then going to put her into
a biblical context so we

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understand her, and then we’re
going to have a look at the

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question of developing plan.
So that’s what we’re going to do

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this morning.
That’s our agenda, and we’re

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going to follow a process.
We’ve seen that there is a

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divine teaching and learning
process.

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It’s knowledge to understanding
and comprehension and to wisdom,

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the practical application of
that knowledge and understanding

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in a host of different ways in
life.

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So we’re going to follow that
process.

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We’re going to have three
stages.

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We’re going to develop a
knowledge.

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Then we’re going to come to
understanding and comprehension,

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and then we’re going to put that
into practice in understanding

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how it works in life and
practice.

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Before I do that, I want to just
share with you an interesting

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thing about the concept of
understanding in the scriptures.

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So here’s the Hebrew term and
the Greek term, New Testament,

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Old Testament term for
understanding.

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So in the Greek, typically the
term understanding will be

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translated from sunimi, which
means to put together in order

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to comprehend.
If you go to the Hebrew, it’s

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the opposite.
Bene means to mentally separate

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into pieces.
So both the New and Old

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Testament, Greek and Hebrew,
have got an idea that

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understanding is about putting
things together, so the

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sub-pieces that are connected
together, or if it’s complexity

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to comprehend, you break it into
the smaller parts and mentally

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separate.
Now we can see that process

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occurring here on the screen in
Nehemiah 8 verse 8, where it

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says that they read in the book
and the law of God distinctly,

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parash, to separate, to give the
sense, and cause them to bene,

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separate, mentally understand
the reading.

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So there’s a process happening
inside understanding that’s

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breaking complexity down to
smaller parts, putting them back

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together.
So we’re going to follow that

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process as well, as we come to
understand what’s going on.

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Alright, well let’s start with
the first step, which is

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knowledge.
So you’ve all got your sheet

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there, at the bottom of your
sheet you should have something

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that looks like that, and we’re
going to start putting our

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facts, our knowledge, from the
text as we go through them into

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this diagram.
So, here’s a few things to

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notice.
I’ve already gone through this

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for you, but you would be able
to do this yourselves, in your

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own Bible study.
I’ve coloured in a number of

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different themes, and they
revolve around this particular

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diagram.
So we’ve got coloured in her

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characteristics, we’ve got
coloured in descriptions of her

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path and way, descriptions about
her end or her house, and

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descriptions about her
interaction with the simple

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young man who’s void of
understanding.

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So we’re going to pull out,
strip out, the categories of

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different idea that revolve
around those.

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There’s a lot more detail that
sits underneath it, but today

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our purpose is to abstract those
ones, so we can run across the

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top and see the backbone of who
and what she is, and maybe we

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can deal with a little bit of
the detail as we come to

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understand the picture later.
So that’s what we’re going to

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do.
So the first thing to note, on

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your handout, is that I’ve
helpfully coloured in some

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things in blue.
Right?

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And those are descriptions of
her house.

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So let’s just go through those,
and you can write these in, down

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on the left-hand side, ideas
associated with the house.

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Chapter 2, verse 18.
Her house inclineth unto death.

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In verse 27, chapter 7, her
house is the way to hell, going

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down to the chambers of death.
Chapter 9, verse 14.

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She sits at the door of her
house, which inclines to death,

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and which goes to hell, and is
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And chapter 9, verse 18.
The dead are there, that is in

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her house, and her guests are in
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That’s a pretty good Airbnb
advertisement, isn’t it?

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Yeah, I’d like to spend a night
there.

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So that’s a description of her
house, as we go through those

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passages and texts.
Okay, what about her path or

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way?
Well, I’ve coloured those ones

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in red.
It’s about her path and her way,

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and just notice, and maybe put
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are terms to do about the
direction of her path and way,

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and about the destination.
So the direction and the

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destination of her path and way.
Chapter 2, verse 18.

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Her paths are unto the dead.
Chapter 5, verse 4.

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Her end, the end of her path, is
bitter as wormwood, sharp as a

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two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death.

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Her steps take hold on hell.
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Her ways are movable.
You cannot know them.

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So that path or way, it moves
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It’s different next time.
It’s different the time after

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that.
You can never predict it.

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It moves around.
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There’s a picture, this is all
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Someone passing a street, and
there is a corner, and it’s her

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corner on that street.
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Her path and way, she’s outside.
She’s in the streets, and she’s

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lying and waiting at every
corner.

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And that will do.
Oh no, we’ve got one more.

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Verse 26.
At the end of her path, she’s

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cast down many wounded, and many
strong have been slain by her.

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So you might like to draw a
little picture of little stick

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men and women who have been cast
down, wounded, and slammed by

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her at the end of her path.
All right, so a very vivid

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picture, as Britain said.
It’s very, very vivid, isn’t it,

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in terms of this imagery that’s
being created.

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Am I going too quick for
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Nope?
Good.

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See, everyone’s got those in
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Okay, so the next one.
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We’ve got her house.
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the young man?
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They’re in purple.
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is a stranger who flattereth
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Chapter 5, verse 3, she has a
lips that drop as honeycomb, and

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her mouth is smoother than oil.
Chapter 6, verse 24, there is a

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flattery of the tongue of the
strange woman.

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Verse 25, she takes him with her
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Chapter 7, verse 5, there is a
stranger who flatters with her

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words.
Chapter 7, verse 10, she’s

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subtle of heart.
Verse 11 of chapter 7, she’s

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loud and stubborn.
Verse 13, she catches him.

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She kisses him.
She has an impudent face.

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Verse 21 of chapter 7, she has
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And she has a flattering of her
lips by which she forces him.

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And finally, she says in chapter
9, verse 17, stolen waters are

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sweet and bread eaten in secret.
It’s pleasant.

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So there’s a bit of a picture
here, isn’t there?

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There’s something about her
lips.

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They’re flattering.
They speak.

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They’re her tool of deceit is
the theme that’s coming out

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here.
All right, and the final one

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here is the one that’s all in
bold.

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These are her characteristics,
her other attributes.

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So let’s just quickly go through
those.

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She’s called the strange woman.
We’ll come to that in a moment.

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Verse 17, she forsakes the guide
of her youth, forgets the

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covenant of her God.
So she wasn’t always strange.

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At some point, she was in a
covenant with her God, but she’s

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forsaken it.
Chapter 6, verse 24, she’s

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called an evil woman.
Chapter 6, verse 26, she’s

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called a whorish woman and an
adulteress that will hunt.

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Again, in verse 5, she’s called
a strange woman.

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In chapter 7, verse 10, she has
the attire of a harlot.

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Verse 11, chapter 7, her feet do
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In chapter 7, verse 21, she has
a skill and ability that causes

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to yield, that forces.
In chapter 9, verse 13, she’s

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called a foolish woman and
clamorous and simple and knowing

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nothing.
Verse 14, she sits on a seat,

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that’s Kisa, it’s a throne in
the high places of the city.

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In verse 15, she calls the
passengers to go right in her

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way.
It’s a vivid picture, there’s a

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lot of information, isn’t it,
that’s starting to come out.

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So, hopefully you’ve got that
captured a bit on your sheet

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there.
Alright, well we’ve got all

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these pieces.
Here’s a woman with all these

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characteristics, particularly
around the use of her tongue and

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her flattering and her deceit
and her beguiling nature for

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this young man.
He’s turned up and she has a

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path or a way that’s crooked.
You can’t tell where it goes,

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it’s changeable and it goes down
and it ends up in her house

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which is all associated with
death and destruction and hell

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and the grave.
Alright, well that’s enough

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detail information.
So let’s start trying to put all

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these bits and pieces together.
So we’re going to mentally

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separate, so that’s what we’ve
been doing, we’ve been pulling

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out the pieces and separating
them out and we’ve got four main

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categories.
Now we’re going to start putting

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them together.
So here’s a bit of a summary.

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Let’s have a look at the summary
of it.

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She’s a stranger, that’s the
term loose, it means literally

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to turn aside because strangers
when they came to the town or

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village would turn aside into
the accommodation which would

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typically be at the entrance of
the town or city and so a

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stranger turned aside. but has a
bit more information detail

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around that a little bit later
in another slide.

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So this is one who doesn’t
belong to the place.

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She’s come in from outside,
although she’s dwelling there,

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she didn’t belong there, she
came from somewhere else.

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She’s forsaken the guide of her
youth and forgotten the covenant

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of her God.
Her words are flattery and

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smooth and honeycomb and smooth
in oil and fair speech.

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She’s subtle, she’s loud and
stubborn and impudent.

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She has a path but it goes down,
it’s inclining, it’s moving.

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She has a house and it’s called
a door of death, the way to

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hell, chambers of death, guests
there are in hell or the grave.

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She has an end of hell, of
death, of being as bitter as

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wormwood, a sharp two-edged
sword.

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And we haven’t looked at this
but in chapter 9 she’s a rival

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because she says similar things
to similar people as the woman

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wisdom.
So those are her defining

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characteristics.
Hopefully now we’re starting to

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vaguely see them connect
together to create a bit of a

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package or a bit of a picture.
There’s a few extra facts.

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Come with me to 1 Kings 11 verse
1 to 9 which tells us something

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about Solomon and his wisdom and
how he failed in the end to

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apply that wisdom in his life.
But it uses terms and a

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framework of the strange woman.
So 1 Kings 11 verse 1 to 9.

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So 1 Kings 11 we’re going to be
reading a passage about King

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Solomon.
So this is the one who right at

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the very beginning and the
foundation of the book of

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Proverbs was asked by God tell
me whatever you want and he says

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I want wisdom.
I want the ability to know good

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and evil to discern good and
evil so I can judge my people.

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And God said because you haven’t
asked for riches or wealth or

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power etc.
I will give you this ability and

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the book of Proverbs is a record
that sets out the wisdom

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knowledge understanding the
principles of good and evil so

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you can discern the two and
judge and choose the good and

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not the evil.
And we read passages about how

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Solomon was the wisest in the
whole world.

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Everybody came to hear the
wisdom of Solomon because he was

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so wise.
Well here we’re going to read

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the end of Solomon and his
wisdom.

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King Solomon loved many strange
women.

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Well there’s the same statement
isn’t it?

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Together with the daughter of
Pharaoh women are the Moabites

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Ammonites Edomites Zidonians and
Hittites so a strange woman

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means a woman of these nations
the string of nations that were

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idolatrous that were in the land
and that the nation was

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instructed to remove.
Verse 2 Of the nations

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concerning which Yahweh said to
the children of Israel you shall

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not go unto them neither shall
they come unto you for surely

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and here’s the point they will
turn away your heart after their

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gods.
That’s what this strange woman

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will do.
You’ll be turned to idolatry

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after their worship.
But Solomon claved to these in

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love.
Verse 4 When it came to pass

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when Solomon was old his wives
turned away his heart after

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other gods and his heart was not
perfect with Yahweh as God as

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was the heart of David his
father and this is almost

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unbelievable isn’t it to read
verse 5 The man given the wisdom

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knowledge and understanding of
the almighty God about the

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principles and good and evil
does this in verse 5 He went

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after Ashtaroth the goddess of
the Zidonians and milked on the

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abomination the disgusting thing
in God’s eyes of the Ammonites

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and Solomon did evil and not
good in the sight of Yahweh and

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went not fully after Yahweh as
to David his father But he went

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further verse 7 and built a high
place for Chemosh an abomination

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of Moab and the hill before
Jerusalem and for Molech and an

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abomination of the children of
Abbon and likewise he did for

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all his strange wives and burnt
incense and sacrificed for their

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gods and Yahweh was angry with
Solomon because his heart had

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turned from Yahweh God of Israel
who had appeared to him twice

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appeared to him twice the first
was of course ask what I will

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give thee give me the wisdom
knowledge and understanding good

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and evil which God gave him the
second when it was one he

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appeared to him and said if you
stay with me if you are in my

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law if you reject idolatry and
don’t do all of those wicked

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things then I will give you the
Davidic covenant so those are

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the two appearances of the
garden of Israel and despite

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those says the record the wisest
man failed miserably when it

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came to being delivered from the
strange woman Nehemiah chapter

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13 verse 26 to 27 picks up the
same theme when it says if

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Solomon couldn’t handle this and
it’s in the context of the

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people of Israel having married
strange wives women of the

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nations around about because
they lead to idolatry alright

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well that’s the biblical context
and idea of the strange woman

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it’s the thing which is not of
the nation that which is of the

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other nations and will lead you
to idolatry forsake and forget

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we notice that she forsook she
forgot her covenants they happen

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to be the two key terms used
throughout the prophetical

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record to describe the nation of
Israel who forgot their gods

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forgot their god and forsook his
commandments and his law used

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throughout the book of proverbs
by wisdom to say do not forsake

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do not forget the knowledge and
understanding and wisdom that

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the woman wisdom can provide
there’s a few more facts we’re

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starting to fill in the picture
now of what this woman might

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represent if that hasn’t done it
for you maybe this one will

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james chapter one verse 14
describes the process begins in

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a certain place and it goes down
and ends in death does this look

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like the process of proverbs 7
everyone is tempted when he is

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drawn away of his own lust and
enticed then when lusts

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conceived it brings forth sin
and sin when it’s finished

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brings forth death do not err my
beloved brethren so what’s

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proverbs chapter 7 about well
it’s about a lot isn’t it

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proverbs chapter 7 is the
painting of a concept of an

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archetype of a picture or a
stamp leaving the covenant of

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their god a pseudo pretend truth
and rival to wisdom the seeking

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out of the simple who have no
understanding a persuading and

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beguiling nature of sin active
while the good man of the house

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is away and she’s operating in
the night did you see that with

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stolen waters and secret bread
she represents the process of

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sin and death that’s what’s
being painted by the father for

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00:25:48,614 –> 00:25:53,200
the son in proverbs chapter 7
that’s what the strange woman is

431
00:25:53,200 –> 00:25:57,540
representing for the son and for
us his children it’s not a

432
00:25:57,540 –> 00:26:00,314
picture is it at all of the
heavenly father explaining to

433
00:26:00,314 –> 00:26:03,020
the lord jesus christ that you
shouldn’t get involved with

434
00:26:03,020 –> 00:26:07,270
married women of course he
shouldn’t but that’s not what

435
00:26:07,270 –> 00:26:12,480
proverbs 7 is really about it’s
a vivid picture known amongst

436
00:26:12,480 –> 00:26:16,040
all societies in mankind that’s
being used by the father in

437
00:26:16,040 –> 00:26:20,600
chapter 7 to instruct jesus
christ about the process of sin

438
00:26:20,600 –> 00:26:25,360
and for us his children to see
in it the process by which sin

439
00:26:25,360 –> 00:26:31,680
destroys her victims she’s the
process of sin in the garden of

440
00:26:31,680 –> 00:26:36,340
eden she’s the process of sin
when the nation followed into

441
00:26:36,340 –> 00:26:40,310
idolatry she’s the process of
sin when any individual turns

442
00:26:40,310 –> 00:26:44,000
from their faith painted as the
wife of their youth in chapter 5

443
00:26:44,000 –> 00:26:47,980
verse 18 she’s the picture of
what happens when an ecclesia

444
00:26:47,980 –> 00:26:52,460
declines into apostasy with the
greatest example being babylon

445
00:26:52,460 –> 00:26:57,640
the great she’s a picture of the
trap both literal and spiritual

446
00:26:57,640 –> 00:27:01,970
into which the wisest of all
solomon himself was snared and

447
00:27:01,970 –> 00:27:06,120
it’s the same old process
brothers and sisters from the

448
00:27:06,120 –> 00:27:10,290
beginning in 2nd corinthians
chapter 11 verse 3 paul says to

449
00:27:10,290 –> 00:27:13,400
the corinthians i fear lest by
any means as the serpent

450
00:27:13,400 –> 00:27:16,840
beguiled eve through his
subtlety !

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00:27:16,840 –> 00:27:20,600
your minds will be corrupted
from the simplicity singleness

452
00:27:20,600 –> 00:27:25,940
that is in christ it’s the same
process in the garden in the

453
00:27:25,940 –> 00:27:28,960
beginning you know when you come
to the new testament and look at

454
00:27:28,960 –> 00:27:32,500
all the passages that talk about
a growing era that was coming

455
00:27:32,500 –> 00:27:36,300
into the truth the growing
apostasy the iniquity that

456
00:27:36,300 –> 00:27:39,760
already mystery of iniquity that
was already working which all

457
00:27:39,760 –> 00:27:44,320
the apostles in all of the
epistles warn that this falling

458
00:27:44,320 –> 00:27:48,140
away was going to come just look
at the terminology they use

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00:27:48,140 –> 00:27:54,360
colossians 2 7 to 8 and 18
philosophy and vain deceit 2

460
00:27:54,360 –> 00:27:58,760
Peter 3 17 they led away let’s
look at this one 2 Peter chapter

461
00:27:58,760 –> 00:28:05,170
2 verse 18 22 swelling words and
allurement 2 Peter chapter 2 as

462
00:28:05,170 –> 00:28:10,020
he describes this falling away
this apostasy of the truth this

463
00:28:10,020 –> 00:28:18,430
error that was to come in 2
Peter chapter 2 and verse 18 and

464
00:28:18,430 –> 00:28:24,550
he’s speaking of a group who
have in verse 15 forsaken the

465
00:28:24,550 –> 00:28:31,260
way and gone astray in verse 14
their eyes are full of adultery

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00:28:31,260 –> 00:28:36,520
and they cannot cease from sin
and they beguile unstable souls

467
00:28:36,520 –> 00:28:41,020
and in verse 8 they speak great
swelling words of vanity they

468
00:28:41,020 –> 00:28:44,280
allure through the lusts of the
flesh through much wantonness

469
00:28:44,280 –> 00:28:48,580
those who are clean escape from
them who live in error or in

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00:28:48,580 –> 00:28:53,500
verse 22 it’s happened as it was
according to the true proverb

471
00:28:53,500 –> 00:28:56,850
and he quotes the proverb the
dog is turned to his own vomit

472
00:28:56,850 –> 00:29:00,340
again and the sow that was
washed to the wallowing in the

473
00:29:00,340 –> 00:29:04,860
mind you see where the mind of
the apostles is all the

474
00:29:04,860 –> 00:29:08,910
description of the apostasy and
the falling away there’s evil

475
00:29:08,910 –> 00:29:13,700
men and seducers in 2 Timothy
chapter 3 verse 13 the two

476
00:29:13,700 –> 00:29:17,640
representations of the falling
away of the truth taken from the

477
00:29:17,640 –> 00:29:21,720
book of Proverbs the evil man
and the strange woman there’s a

478
00:29:21,720 –> 00:29:25,360
wise versus fool there are false
apostles and workers of deceit

479
00:29:25,360 –> 00:29:28,460
there’s a serpent who beguards
with subtlety and there’s a

480
00:29:28,460 –> 00:29:31,440
great Babylon finally who is a
heart who corrupts the earth

481
00:29:31,440 –> 00:29:36,367
through fornication see Proverbs
chapter 7 is the archetype that

482
00:29:36,367 –> 00:29:40,180
all this language is taken from
in the New Testament describing

483
00:29:40,180 –> 00:29:47,367
apostasy and falling away okay
well at about this time we

484
00:29:47,367 –> 00:29:50,740
should now have put the pieces
together and we’ve got

485
00:29:50,740 –> 00:29:53,994
comprehension we’ve got
understanding of what the book

486
00:29:53,994 –> 00:29:57,900
of Proverbs is about now I want
to think about this for a moment

487
00:29:57,900 –> 00:30:03,160
we began that with having no
knowledge or little knowledge

488
00:30:03,160 –> 00:30:07,660
and understanding we set out the
pieces from the text of the

489
00:30:07,660 –> 00:30:11,240
scripture and connected them
together and at some point there

490
00:30:11,240 –> 00:30:15,180
you would have gone ah I’m
beginning to understand it’s

491
00:30:15,180 –> 00:30:21,000
making sense but just think
about how that happened what was

492
00:30:21,000 –> 00:30:25,080
it like intellectually or
mentally as we move to

493
00:30:25,080 –> 00:30:31,180
comprehension what’s it like
emotionally and I know I’ve

494
00:30:31,180 –> 00:30:33,840
talked to many brothers and
sisters and I know that as we

495
00:30:33,840 –> 00:30:37,070
transition from knowledge to
comprehension it’s

496
00:30:37,070 –> 00:30:41,170
intellectually satisfying it’s
complex things that we’ve put

497
00:30:41,170 –> 00:30:45,660
together and we get it and our
brain goes I like that but it’s

498
00:30:45,660 –> 00:30:49,780
emotional too right we feel wow
there’s an emotional response

499
00:30:49,780 –> 00:30:53,940
particularly because we come and
understand the father’s words to

500
00:30:53,940 –> 00:30:58,080
the son we understand how the
father thinks about sin as he

501
00:30:58,080 –> 00:31:00,900
talks to us through the book of
prophets and said this my

502
00:31:00,900 –> 00:31:06,087
children is how sin operates in
your life I’m going to give you

503
00:31:06,087 –> 00:31:10,560
the tools he says to be
delivered from her because her

504
00:31:10,560 –> 00:31:15,120
end is destruction and death and
hell and the grave so it’s an

505
00:31:15,120 –> 00:31:19,740
emotional experience it’s also a
physiological one there’s

506
00:31:19,740 –> 00:31:23,320
adrenaline there’s chemicals
that go off in our brain there’s

507
00:31:23,320 –> 00:31:26,500
heart rate increases there might
be even a slight temperature

508
00:31:26,500 –> 00:31:31,960
rise as we come to comprehend so
the process the father’s created

509
00:31:31,960 –> 00:31:36,580
for us of knowledge to
understanding to wisdom is the

510
00:31:36,580 –> 00:31:39,220
way that he’s created and
presented his word and his

511
00:31:39,220 –> 00:31:43,635
scriptures all right well now
that we have understanding I

512
00:31:43,635 –> 00:31:48,867
want to just do one slide of
dropping down another level into

513
00:31:48,867 –> 00:31:51,940
the detail just one because as
we went through proverbs chapter

514
00:31:51,940 –> 00:31:55,860
seven you would have seen this
verse the good man is not at

515
00:31:55,860 –> 00:32:00,247
home he’s gone on a long journey
he’s taken a bag of money with

516
00:32:00,247 –> 00:32:04,334
him and he will come home at the
day appointed what why is that

517
00:32:04,334 –> 00:32:09,140
in there because Christ will
pick up the concept of the good

518
00:32:09,140 –> 00:32:13,300
man of the house in Matthew 20
verse 11 24 verse 43 Mark 14

519
00:32:13,300 –> 00:32:17,540
verse 14 to refer to himself he
will pick up the concept of

520
00:32:17,540 –> 00:32:20,800
going on a long journey in Mark
chapter 13 verse 34 and other

521
00:32:20,800 –> 00:32:25,280
places as an aspect of his
parables that idea of taking a

522
00:32:25,280 –> 00:32:28,520
bag of money with him literally
means a package or a bag of

523
00:32:28,520 –> 00:32:33,474
silver the idea of redemption
when Christ left to go to his

524
00:32:33,474 –> 00:32:37,090
father having accomplished his
work the redemptive price the

525
00:32:37,090 –> 00:32:40,660
silver he’ll come home into the
day appointed well that’s a

526
00:32:40,660 –> 00:32:43,840
thematic isn’t it about Christ
and his return and the day of

527
00:32:43,840 –> 00:32:47,820
his coming just packed in there
and nestled into the record four

528
00:32:47,820 –> 00:32:53,100
key points that Christ picks up
and weaves into his parables and

529
00:32:53,100 –> 00:32:57,310
into his teaching and of course
there’s a lot more of that we

530
00:32:57,310 –> 00:33:04,000
need to move now to wisdom we’ve
got knowledge we understand what

531
00:33:04,000 –> 00:33:09,620
it’s about how do we apply it in
life if this is the process

532
00:33:09,620 –> 00:33:14,200
being painted for us of sin in
our lives in other people’s

533
00:33:14,200 –> 00:33:19,040
lives in aggregations of people
and collectives in society in

534
00:33:19,040 –> 00:33:25,940
systems then how does this apply
what’s the wisdom for us so what

535
00:33:25,940 –> 00:33:28,180
we’re going to do now we’re
going to do something a bit

536
00:33:28,180 –> 00:33:33,640
practical and I want you to
think about a temptation a sin

537
00:33:33,640 –> 00:33:36,194
that’s particular for you now
it’s probably true this I

538
00:33:36,194 –> 00:33:38,687
remember someone else saying
this many years ago and I went

539
00:33:38,687 –> 00:33:43,240
that’s really good I remember
that and they said for each of

540
00:33:43,240 –> 00:33:47,020
us we will find that there’s one
or two things that stand about

541
00:33:47,020 –> 00:33:51,840
everything else that are a
problem for us in life right

542
00:33:51,840 –> 00:33:54,760
there’s lots of sins there’s all
sorts of things but each of us

543
00:33:54,760 –> 00:33:57,280
is going to be different where
we’re confronted with one or two

544
00:33:57,280 –> 00:34:01,820
things particularly and here’s a
list this isn’t my list so the

545
00:34:01,820 –> 00:34:05,600
things we’ve got here are
actually an aggregate from other

546
00:34:05,600 –> 00:34:08,000
sessions we’ve done this is
probably I think the fifth time

547
00:34:08,000 –> 00:34:12,920
that we’ve done this particular
exercise so there’s probably 200

548
00:34:12,920 –> 00:34:19,679
250 people sitting behind these
suggestions anger that might be

549
00:34:19,679 –> 00:34:23,659
our problem in life we’re an
angry person short fuse and it

550
00:34:23,659 –> 00:34:26,659
keeps coming up over and over
again for us and that’s the

551
00:34:26,659 –> 00:34:29,820
thing we have to grapple with
this side of the kingdom or

552
00:34:29,820 –> 00:34:34,860
violence associated gambling
some might have a gambling

553
00:34:34,860 –> 00:34:41,067
addiction lying we might have a
problem with honesty we might

554
00:34:41,067 –> 00:34:46,420
just be compulsive gossipers
might have a hurtful tongue it’s

555
00:34:46,420 –> 00:34:51,120
very quick to hurt people might
be we’re terrible

556
00:34:51,120 –> 00:34:55,806
procrastinators and sorry
brethren it’s a sin proverb sets

557
00:34:55,806 –> 00:35:00,620
it out calls it the sloth and
the sluggard we don’t have time

558
00:35:00,620 –> 00:35:05,340
this we look at that but it is
procrastination bad language

559
00:35:05,340 –> 00:35:10,460
swear all the time can’t help it
can’t stop it might be greedy of

560
00:35:10,460 –> 00:35:16,520
game envy struggle with alcohol
sexual immorality dishonesty

561
00:35:16,520 –> 00:35:21,405
control of others hate and
addiction I don’t know why I put

562
00:35:21,405 –> 00:35:27,460
it there but and coffee drinking
is not an addiction so no one

563
00:35:27,460 –> 00:35:30,090
choose that praise of men
there’ll be others all right so

564
00:35:30,090 –> 00:35:33,994
I want you to think maybe one of
those is or whatever it is for

565
00:35:33,994 –> 00:35:38,440
you I’ve got my one but I’m not
telling you what it is I’m too

566
00:35:38,440 –> 00:35:42,820
embarrassed right so what’s the
particular temptation you’ll

567
00:35:42,820 –> 00:35:46,040
know what it is it’s been there
most of your life and it just

568
00:35:46,040 –> 00:35:50,300
keeps cropping up at the most
inobtune times right so think of

569
00:35:50,300 –> 00:35:54,240
what that is now we’re going to
go through Proverbs chapter

570
00:35:54,240 –> 00:35:57,320
seven I’m going to see that it’s
a process every time we fall

571
00:35:57,320 –> 00:36:00,854
into that again Proverbs chapter
seven describes the process now

572
00:36:00,854 –> 00:36:04,920
you have this in front of you on
your sheets so I’ll just quickly

573
00:36:04,920 –> 00:36:09,360
turn it up and we’ll just go
through Proverbs seven and we’ll

574
00:36:09,360 –> 00:36:12,460
see that yes indeed this is
exactly what happens every time

575
00:36:12,460 –> 00:36:16,140
we fall back into the trap of
that sin that thing we struggle

576
00:36:16,140 –> 00:36:25,090
with so it all begins in verse
seven I behold among the simple

577
00:36:25,090 –> 00:36:28,220
ones I discerned among the
youths a young man void of

578
00:36:28,220 –> 00:36:32,800
understanding so here we are in
our lives nothing going on we

579
00:36:32,800 –> 00:36:35,620
haven’t been doing our daily
bible readings we’ve been away

580
00:36:35,620 –> 00:36:38,460
from the truth for a while we
haven’t been around brethren and

581
00:36:38,460 –> 00:36:42,540
sisters we’ve been into other
stuff and our reservoir of the

582
00:36:42,540 –> 00:36:46,710
word of God’s going down and
it’s got empty and here we are

583
00:36:46,710 –> 00:36:51,520
we’re now the simple young man
void of understanding and we’re

584
00:36:51,520 –> 00:36:56,460
passing through the street and
we’re coming close to the corner

585
00:36:56,460 –> 00:37:02,740
of where that problem is and
then we go the way to her house

586
00:37:02,740 –> 00:37:05,960
see in verse nine the
progression there’s always a

587
00:37:05,960 –> 00:37:09,530
progression it’s twilight then
it’s evening then there’s a

588
00:37:09,530 –> 00:37:13,230
black and dark night it’s the
progression of our sin and

589
00:37:13,230 –> 00:37:18,540
behold there meets us in the
most inopportune time the time

590
00:37:18,540 –> 00:37:21,420
of our weakness when we’ve been
neglecting the scriptures and

591
00:37:21,420 –> 00:37:25,260
the word or whether there’s our
circumstance in life are making

592
00:37:25,260 –> 00:37:30,327
us vulnerable and there our sin
is behold there meets us our sin

593
00:37:30,327 –> 00:37:35,910
in the attire of a harlot and
subtle of harlot she’s loud and

594
00:37:35,910 –> 00:37:38,720
stubborn and her feet abide not
in her house and we get

595
00:37:38,720 –> 00:37:41,860
confronted right in the face
with our problem the thing we

596
00:37:41,860 –> 00:37:46,090
struggle with but she just
doesn’t wait there she’s without

597
00:37:46,090 –> 00:37:49,120
she’s in the street she’s lying
at wait at every corner that

598
00:37:49,120 –> 00:37:53,400
thing we struggle with is always
out there at every corner of our

599
00:37:53,400 –> 00:37:58,940
life just really waiting for us
verse 13 and it catches us

600
00:37:58,940 –> 00:38:04,970
kisses us and with an impudent
face says I have peace offerings

601
00:38:04,970 –> 00:38:08,980
with me this day I’ve paid my
vows I’m innocent and pure

602
00:38:08,980 –> 00:38:14,380
there’s nothing really wrong and
I’ve come forth to meet thee

603
00:38:14,380 –> 00:38:18,400
diligently to seek your face and
I’ve found you and I’ve dipped

604
00:38:18,400 –> 00:38:21,340
my bed with cap and coverings of
tapestry and there’s this

605
00:38:21,340 –> 00:38:24,720
beautiful picture of the sin is
going to be wonderful their

606
00:38:24,720 –> 00:38:28,720
carved works fine linen of Egypt
a perfume bed with myrrh and

607
00:38:28,720 –> 00:38:33,600
aloes and cinnamon come indulge
with that problem that sin you

608
00:38:33,600 –> 00:38:36,980
have let us take our love to the
morning and our solace ourselves

609
00:38:36,980 –> 00:38:41,570
with loves because Christ’s away
the good man’s not a come home

610
00:38:41,570 –> 00:38:45,060
he’s gone on a long journey
taking a bag with money with him

611
00:38:45,060 –> 00:38:47,760
to come home in the day
appointed there’s low risk here

612
00:38:47,760 –> 00:38:50,874
you’re never going to be held to
account nobody’s going to find

613
00:38:50,874 –> 00:38:58,410
out and she keeps persisting our
particular sin our particular

614
00:38:58,410 –> 00:39:02,980
issue we struggle with with fair
speech he causes us to yield

615
00:39:02,980 –> 00:39:08,280
with a flattering ellipse we’re
forced and then our break point

616
00:39:08,280 –> 00:39:13,080
occurs and there’s no recovery
after that he goes after her

617
00:39:13,080 –> 00:39:17,294
straight away and we give up
resisting an ox goes to the

618
00:39:17,294 –> 00:39:19,780
slaughter as a fool to the
correction of the stocks and a

619
00:39:19,780 –> 00:39:22,880
dart strikes through our liver
the bird hastes to the snare

620
00:39:22,880 –> 00:39:27,100
knowing not it is for our life
and wisdom says listen to me oh

621
00:39:27,100 –> 00:39:31,690
you children listen to my mouth
don’t let your heart decline

622
00:39:31,690 –> 00:39:35,020
into the way of your sin or go
astray in her paths because

623
00:39:35,020 –> 00:39:39,880
you’re not the first one over
thousands of years from the

624
00:39:39,880 –> 00:39:44,980
beginning she’s cast down many
wounded many strong or mighty

625
00:39:44,980 –> 00:39:49,580
men have been slammed by her and
the way of that way or that path

626
00:39:49,580 –> 00:39:54,080
of sin is hell the grave going
down to the chambers of death

627
00:39:54,080 –> 00:39:58,710
it’s a description isn’t it of
our problem out there waiting

628
00:39:58,710 –> 00:40:02,080
for us at every corner lurking
when our guard’s down when we

629
00:40:02,080 –> 00:40:05,280
haven’t got the word of god in
our head and she gets us and

630
00:40:05,280 –> 00:40:09,000
takes us down the path to death
it’s a description of our

631
00:40:09,000 –> 00:40:15,020
struggle with sin alright well
that’s the picture of Proverbs 7

632
00:40:15,020 –> 00:40:19,670
and of the strange one of the
book of Proverbs but it’s said

633
00:40:19,670 –> 00:40:22,454
in chapter one that one of the
purposes one of the promises is

634
00:40:22,454 –> 00:40:26,730
it would give us an ability to
plan to put a strategy around

635
00:40:26,730 –> 00:40:31,180
dealing to it it would give us
subtlety to the simple and the

636
00:40:31,180 –> 00:40:34,700
young man knowledge and
discretion it would explain to

637
00:40:34,700 –> 00:40:38,880
us how sin works in these
passages the father explains the

638
00:40:38,880 –> 00:40:41,640
lord jesus christ this is how
sin will operate in the people

639
00:40:41,640 –> 00:40:45,420
that you’re coming to save this
is how sin will operate in the

640
00:40:45,420 –> 00:40:49,100
people that you want to judge
and provide righteous judgment

641
00:40:49,100 –> 00:40:54,520
to this is how the principles of
good and evil operate in terms

642
00:40:54,520 –> 00:40:59,440
of sin Proverbs chapter 22 verse
3 it says a prudent man foresees

643
00:40:59,440 –> 00:41:04,440
the evil hides himself but the
simple pass on and are punished

644
00:41:04,440 –> 00:41:08,800
so we need to create a plan and
that’s our task for the

645
00:41:08,800 –> 00:41:12,760
remainder of this morning but
we’re going to do it in a

646
00:41:12,760 –> 00:41:15,920
particular way see one of the
themes of the book of Proverbs

647
00:41:15,920 –> 00:41:20,710
is that wise people develop an
ability to seek counsel from

648
00:41:20,710 –> 00:41:24,410
others they also develop the
ability to give counsel to

649
00:41:24,410 –> 00:41:26,770
others and we’re going to look
at this in some detail in

650
00:41:26,770 –> 00:41:29,300
another session later in the
week but we’re going to just

651
00:41:29,300 –> 00:41:32,090
introduce this idea and we’re
going to use this concept of

652
00:41:32,090 –> 00:41:35,360
wise counsel so in Proverbs
chapter 11 verse 14 on the

653
00:41:35,360 –> 00:41:40,960
screen it says where no counsel
is the people fall but in a

654
00:41:40,960 –> 00:41:47,010
multitude of counsellors there
is safety so today I don’t know

655
00:41:47,010 –> 00:41:52,040
how many people in this tent 120
people we’ve got 120 counsellors

656
00:41:52,040 –> 00:41:56,560
120 people different experiences
in life at different points in

657
00:41:56,560 –> 00:42:02,200
life 120 people have made stuff
up in life learnt lessons done

658
00:42:02,200 –> 00:42:05,460
some great things and made right
decisions and good things in

659
00:42:05,460 –> 00:42:09,300
life and we can share that as
counsellors and why wouldn’t we

660
00:42:09,300 –> 00:42:13,560
want to do that tap into the
wisdom collectively of 120 150

661
00:42:13,560 –> 00:42:17,720
other people so that’s one of
the principles of the book of

662
00:42:17,720 –> 00:42:21,340
Proverbs the ability to seek
wise counsel so we’re going to

663
00:42:21,340 –> 00:42:24,660
just tap a little bit in that
today we’ve got knowledge of the

664
00:42:24,660 –> 00:42:29,430
strange woman we understand what
she is and how she operates sin

665
00:42:29,430 –> 00:42:33,210
in every context but what we
want to do now is seek some

666
00:42:33,210 –> 00:42:37,280
wisdom by getting a little bit
of collective counsel so what

667
00:42:37,280 –> 00:42:41,980
we’re going to do I’ll give you
5 to 10 minutes you’re going to

668
00:42:41,980 –> 00:42:47,140
talk in groups of 2 or 3 so it
doesn’t matter which so people

669
00:42:47,140 –> 00:42:49,080
next to you if you don’t
particularly like the person

670
00:42:49,080 –> 00:42:53,020
next to you feel free to stand
up and find someone else oh that

671
00:42:53,020 –> 00:42:56,340
might be too obvious so in
groups of 2 or 3 and this is our

672
00:42:56,340 –> 00:43:00,720
task what would the important
elements be in a plan or

673
00:43:00,720 –> 00:43:03,600
strategy to avoid sin you don’t
have to share what your

674
00:43:03,600 –> 00:43:08,200
particular one is but that’s
what we want to do so you might

675
00:43:08,200 –> 00:43:11,927
be able to generalize it what
are the important elements in a

676
00:43:11,927 –> 00:43:16,740
plan or strategy to deal with
our sin now there are green

677
00:43:16,740 –> 00:43:20,230
words on the sheet okay so
they’re really important because

678
00:43:20,230 –> 00:43:23,380
that’s where wisdom explains to
us as she goes through and

679
00:43:23,380 –> 00:43:26,920
explains the strange woman which
gives us some really great

680
00:43:26,920 –> 00:43:31,487
salient advice about what should
go into the plan you’d also like

681
00:43:31,487 –> 00:43:35,080
to read proverbs chapter 4 verse
13 to 15 which is not on your

682
00:43:35,080 –> 00:43:38,720
sheet but it’s some really good
advice around a plan or strategy

683
00:43:38,720 –> 00:43:46,090
and proverbs chapter 6 verse 20
to 25 so that’s our task does

684
00:43:46,090 –> 00:43:52,034
everybody understand what we’re
going to do okay so just in the

685
00:43:52,034 –> 00:43:58,160
groups of 2 or 3 and I’ll give
you 5 to 10 minutes alright

686
00:43:58,160 –> 00:44:04,100
we’re going to have to bring all
that conversation in there’s a

687
00:44:04,100 –> 00:44:07,580
lot going on I can see some
listen to instructions really

688
00:44:07,580 –> 00:44:11,040
well groups of 2 or 3 there’s a
group of 9 in the middle of the

689
00:44:11,040 –> 00:44:14,200
hall there probably all saw it
just started glow with the

690
00:44:14,200 –> 00:44:18,240
collective wisdom that was
coming so hopefully there will

691
00:44:18,240 –> 00:44:21,327
be some really good points now
what I would have liked to do is

692
00:44:21,327 –> 00:44:24,020
got a big white board up here
and then get the collective

693
00:44:24,020 –> 00:44:27,387
wisdom up there summarise it and
have it all ready for us but we

694
00:44:27,387 –> 00:44:29,690
don’t have time to do that so
instead what I’m going to do is

695
00:44:29,690 –> 00:44:32,760
this I’m going to give you a
page which is the collective

696
00:44:32,760 –> 00:44:39,100
views and wisdom and inputs of
maybe 200 250 brethren and

697
00:44:39,100 –> 00:44:44,590
sisters it includes Canadians
and Australians and Kiwis and

698
00:44:44,590 –> 00:44:48,440
Americans and Californiasts
which are a subbreed of

699
00:44:48,440 –> 00:44:55,850
Americans so there’s a range of
collective wisdom and counsel

700
00:44:55,850 –> 00:44:59,220
that’s sitting in this slide so
these are all suggestions and

701
00:44:59,220 –> 00:45:02,540
ideas so what I would like is
rather than get it all from here

702
00:45:02,540 –> 00:45:07,400
if you have something that’s not
on here and you think it really

703
00:45:07,400 –> 00:45:11,720
should be come to me tell me
what it is and we’ll get it

704
00:45:11,720 –> 00:45:15,900
included here so the next time I
can say it’s not 250 people it’s

705
00:45:15,900 –> 00:45:20,300
sort of like 400 odd people and
we can build collective wisdom

706
00:45:20,300 –> 00:45:23,140
you’ll see the fonts getting
smaller and smaller every time I

707
00:45:23,140 –> 00:45:26,207
do this so we’ll probably have
to put it onto two pages but

708
00:45:26,207 –> 00:45:31,050
here you go here’s some of the
top ideas to include in a plan

709
00:45:31,050 –> 00:45:36,860
for sin first acknowledge it you
have to come to the light you

710
00:45:36,860 –> 00:45:41,320
have to perceive what the evil
is and accept that you have a

711
00:45:41,320 –> 00:45:46,460
personal problem and issue with
that sin biblical concept as we

712
00:45:46,460 –> 00:45:51,230
confess it what are my
particular temptations or

713
00:45:51,230 –> 00:45:54,160
struggles and they’re different
for different people work out

714
00:45:54,160 –> 00:45:59,074
why why is that an issue for you
what’s sitting behind it so

715
00:45:59,074 –> 00:46:03,080
there needs to be an
acknowledgement we’ve got to

716
00:46:03,080 –> 00:46:06,580
stop denying that we actually
have an issue so that’s the

717
00:46:06,580 –> 00:46:11,080
first step second one be
motivated think about the harm

718
00:46:11,080 –> 00:46:16,160
that it causes you to the people
around you think about the

719
00:46:16,160 –> 00:46:20,200
breaches of trust that might be
involved think about the guilt

720
00:46:20,200 –> 00:46:24,890
you hold think about the
resources or time it takes and

721
00:46:24,890 –> 00:46:29,227
denies from others or other
things what would it be like to

722
00:46:29,227 –> 00:46:33,040
be freed of it to not have the
guilt to not have the bad

723
00:46:33,040 –> 00:46:39,820
feeling about that sin or that
issue so be motivated stop be

724
00:46:39,820 –> 00:46:43,910
aware about it and avoid it this
was a really good session you

725
00:46:43,910 –> 00:46:48,280
would have seen these throughout
the Proverbs passages you looked

726
00:46:48,280 –> 00:46:52,400
at it’s be aware what the
triggers are what place does it

727
00:46:52,400 –> 00:46:56,860
happen who does it happen with
what state are you in mentally

728
00:46:56,860 –> 00:47:00,400
or emotionally when you’re
vulnerable to that thing work

729
00:47:00,400 –> 00:47:04,640
out what the circumstances are
and do what Proverbs says avoid

730
00:47:04,640 –> 00:47:10,640
it the key terms in scripture
around it are flee avoid don’t

731
00:47:10,640 –> 00:47:16,600
go there this is a good one turn
up Matthew chapter 5 verse 29

732
00:47:16,600 –> 00:47:19,800
work out what you’re going to
have to sacrifice because it’s

733
00:47:19,800 –> 00:47:22,980
going to involve sacrificing
something because you do it

734
00:47:22,980 –> 00:47:26,190
because there’s something good
about it Matthew chapter 5 verse

735
00:47:26,190 –> 00:47:29,980
29 the Lord gives us some very
powerful advice about something

736
00:47:29,980 –> 00:47:33,520
that should be in our plan our
strategy for dealing with sin

737
00:47:33,520 –> 00:47:36,560
and he puts it in the context
same context as Proverbs chapter

738
00:47:36,560 –> 00:47:42,360
7 of the strange woman he says
you’ve heard it was said by them

739
00:47:42,360 –> 00:47:45,040
of old time you shall not commit
adultery but I say to you that

740
00:47:45,040 –> 00:47:49,400
whoever looks on a woman to lust
after who has committed adultery

741
00:47:49,400 –> 00:47:52,240
with her already in his heart
and here’s his instructions

742
00:47:52,240 –> 00:47:57,700
here’s his input to our plan if
thy right I offend thee pluck it

743
00:47:57,700 –> 00:48:01,860
out and cast it from thee for it
is profitable for thee that one

744
00:48:01,860 –> 00:48:05,740
of thy members should perish and
not thy whole body be cast into

745
00:48:05,740 –> 00:48:10,540
hell and to death and if thy
right hand offend thee cut it

746
00:48:10,540 –> 00:48:14,340
off so our singing and our
actions associated with that sin

747
00:48:14,340 –> 00:48:18,120
for it is profitable for thee
that one of thy members should

748
00:48:18,120 –> 00:48:21,900
perish and not that thy whole
body should be cast into hell so

749
00:48:21,900 –> 00:48:23,900
Christ is telling us you’re
going to have to take drastic

750
00:48:23,900 –> 00:48:27,050
action and what’s the thing
you’re going to have to

751
00:48:27,050 –> 00:48:31,780
sacrifice in order to overcome
that sin that should be in our

752
00:48:31,780 –> 00:48:36,290
plan and in our strategy don’t
start don’t go there the

753
00:48:36,290 –> 00:48:40,940
biblical terms are avoid flee
depart protect guard you can see

754
00:48:40,940 –> 00:48:44,880
the ideas saying just work out
what it is in your plan and

755
00:48:44,880 –> 00:48:48,820
strategy that means you don’t
even go there you’re not that

756
00:48:48,820 –> 00:48:53,660
young man going the way to her
house you won’t be on the corner

757
00:48:53,660 –> 00:48:57,250
she’s in you won’t be out there
in the dark and black night you

758
00:48:57,250 –> 00:49:00,480
won’t be vulnerable work out
what it is that you need to do

759
00:49:00,480 –> 00:49:05,800
in life so you don’t even go
there replace it so the other

760
00:49:05,800 –> 00:49:09,920
wise counsel from these brethren
and sisters find another good

761
00:49:09,920 –> 00:49:14,690
habit to replace it develop your
sense of good and evil right and

762
00:49:14,690 –> 00:49:19,220
wrong from the bible the bible
does work read it and make it a

763
00:49:19,220 –> 00:49:23,660
daily diet we know that don’t we
think about the days where we do

764
00:49:23,660 –> 00:49:27,580
our readings we do our study we
go to work and we’re much better

765
00:49:27,580 –> 00:49:31,680
mindset aren’t we much better
equipped to deal with whatever

766
00:49:31,680 –> 00:49:35,240
temptations but we haven’t done
our daily bible readings we

767
00:49:35,240 –> 00:49:38,850
haven’t really been in it for a
week or two we’re much more

768
00:49:38,850 –> 00:49:41,540
vulnerable so replace it with
something positive with the

769
00:49:41,540 –> 00:49:44,400
scriptures and we would have
seen that theme throughout those

770
00:49:44,400 –> 00:49:49,900
proverbs passages and get help
pray to the heavenly father to

771
00:49:49,900 –> 00:49:54,000
help us avail of the forgiveness
in christ because he gets it

772
00:49:54,000 –> 00:50:00,420
don’t surrender it’s a fight
christ also gets there and if

773
00:50:00,420 –> 00:50:04,100
you can access positive peer
pressure if possible james 5 16

774
00:50:04,100 –> 00:50:09,570
says confess your faults one to
another pray for each other so

775
00:50:09,570 –> 00:50:13,440
there’s some good collective
wisdom about some top ideas that

776
00:50:13,440 –> 00:50:17,820
should go into our strategy our
plan in order to deal or tackle

777
00:50:17,820 –> 00:50:21,740
sin if you have any others that
aren’t there or some suggestions

778
00:50:21,740 –> 00:50:24,600
come and tell me and we’ll
include them and make it even

779
00:50:24,600 –> 00:50:29,620
wiser as our wise counsel
becomes more and more wise i’d

780
00:50:29,620 –> 00:50:33,100
like to finish by this great
passage in the epistle john

781
00:50:33,100 –> 00:50:36,254
we’re looking at the epistle of
john in the first session so

782
00:50:36,254 –> 00:50:39,880
i’ve got this fantastic passage
because it takes all the ideas

783
00:50:39,880 –> 00:50:42,980
that we’ve seen in the book of
proverbs and now that we’re

784
00:50:42,980 –> 00:50:46,160
thinking the way the father
thinks about sin the way he’s

785
00:50:46,160 –> 00:50:49,480
expressed the idea and the
process to the son and to us as

786
00:50:49,480 –> 00:50:52,720
children in the book of proverbs
this is what he has to do about

787
00:50:52,720 –> 00:50:55,854
say about knowledge
understanding wisdom in the

788
00:50:55,854 –> 00:51:00,220
epistle of john first john
chapter 5 verse 17 all

789
00:51:00,220 –> 00:51:06,220
unrighteousness unrighteousness
is sin there is a sin not unto

790
00:51:06,220 –> 00:51:11,810
death we know that whosoever is
born of god my son sinneth not

791
00:51:11,810 –> 00:51:17,280
but he that is begotten of god
my son keepeth himself and that

792
00:51:17,280 –> 00:51:21,347
wicked one touches him not and
we know that we are of god and

793
00:51:21,347 –> 00:51:25,167
the whole world lies in
wickedness and we know that the

794
00:51:25,167 –> 00:51:29,520
son of god has come and has
given us understanding that we

795
00:51:29,520 –> 00:51:34,600
may know him that is true we’re
in him that is true even the son

796
00:51:34,600 –> 00:51:39,880
jesus christ that is the true
god and eternal life little

797
00:51:39,880 –> 00:51:46,860
children young men keep
yourselves from idols this is

798
00:51:46,860 –> 00:52:00,200
true because