v.1-5 Get free of financial entanglements.
v.6-11 Against Laziness
v.12-15 The wicked man who gets creamed.
v.16-19 Six things the LORD hates.
v.20-35 Against the Adulteress...
an important contrast is made in the last section between the "prostitute" and the adulteress. We know from yesterday's chapter that the seductress' house is death... check. And there's more to come on that theme as we go on to chapter 7.
Why is there so much, so early in the wisest of the wisdom books, about men getting seduced? Look around. Men just absolutely crave sex. fact. Let's deal with it. Let's get men married and get marriages on track, with good sexual expression within the safety of Godly committment.
So many men are sex-starved, spiraling down in the toiletbowl spin of our culture. With the internet so full-on... there's nobody who doesn't have to deal with this. Men must be on guard to avoid the pollution of pornography.
So many women are "romance-polluted" by our culture's false ideal of romantic perfectionism... the idea that emotional feelings rule the marriage bed is bad. bad bad bad.
I was once told point-blank by an older man that the number one way for men to be pure in this sin-saturated generation is frequent sex with their wife. That totally gels with yesterday's chapter, urging men to delight in sex with their wife. So many men have a lot of junk to clear out so they can do that.
We have to get honest about each other, us married folks. We need to really get things straightened out. Men, get pure and get honest with your wives about how much you want to have sex with them. Women, get real and appreciate the men you have. they are forsaking all others for you. They may disappoint some or many aspects of your previous romantic ideals, but they are YOURS and you are THEIRS.
Paul spoke about this. He said it clearly that deprivation shouldn't happen, or satan would be happy to tempt us astray. Seriously. Deal with it, everyone.
So all the men need to confess and forsake any impurity.
And all the women need to learn to love the actual husband they have, relinquishing their disappointments and fears to God.
That'll bulletproof the church to sexual scandal.
oh, and you singles, celibates, Get your sex on LOCK! You are sealed under vow to God until the time of marriage. Don't mess with that! Stop all sexual expression and stimulation (visual or romantic) now!!! Completely stop.
I'll be glad to elaborate anytime...
About Me
- Lew
- I'm a Jesus People person. I have a major Jesus fixation. He is altogether most excellent. Since 16 years old, now 35. Husband of one-of-a-seirously-kind wife: Judy. Father of two kids: Aaron (June 7, 1997) and Seth (Oct. 25, 2002). My family is part of a jesus people community in Northside, Cincinnati. We live in an old funeral home that has been converted into living/meeting space for the church.
2 comments:
commenting with Charlie at the Sidewinder:
I didn't really put enough in here about singles. that's mostly because I wrote this thing fast. too fast, of course. this is blogging.
singles are different. and important. and must be celibate until marriage, be that marriage at the consummation of the age, to Jesus... or marriage in finding a lifelong mate.
either way, LOCK IT DOWN. Fill up what's lacking in the sufferings of christ and LOCK IT DOWN.
There's a lot more to life than this stuff, but you won't be enjoying it if you don't get this stuff on lock. me, too.
Alright, Bucko, my first reaction to any of this line of advise is "easy for you to say, you're married." And I might plot out when the best time would be to TP or egg your house. But TPing and egging the messanger is really no solution.
But, I would like to comment as a single person to other single people. This line of advise is hard. Even if you're trying to follow God the right way. Because then you get into this high wire act and build all these dire consequences around any fallings. And build up your failing of choice in your estimation.
So I would say to first, give yourself much grace to fail. Second, I would say to pay attention to all the signals you get on the lead up to sin, to the act itself, and then the aftermath. How does it make you feel? Usually not very good. Usually kind of creepy. Detente with sin is not fun.
Dallas Willard talks about the role of the body in his book The Spirit of the Disciplines. I would agree. Your feelings, both emotional and physical are great indicators. Think about when you're walking well, taking care of your soul (life giving stuff, not just religious obligation) and think about how you feel.
So put aside everything that brings you down, be careful to take care of your soul. Get a vision for your life.
Watch that "turnaround time" get better and better.
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