Temptation Starts the Path - Avoiding Sin - Bible Study Together

Blessed as you go, sister you will be. Let’s stretch our hands out to touch our father. He is waiting for us with open arms to provide rest. He wants to fight your battles for you. Your prayers is all He asks in return. Fellowship with Him. Sometimes the easiest things to do are the hardest. Let’s pray.

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Dear Lord,

Thank you for being our shield. In a world, where the devil is always seeking to decieve it can feel like we are always on guard. Having to keep our heads on a swivel. We are so grateful one prayer can change it all. Allow us to be shielded in the cleft made for us and surrounded by your love.

IJNWP,

AMEN

Read Proverbs 5 below.

“My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding, that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge. For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol; she does not ponder the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it. And now, O sons, listen to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth. Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house, lest you give your honor to others and your years to the merciless, lest strangers take their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of a foreigner, and at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed, and you say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof! I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors. I am at the brink of utter ruin in the assembled congregation.” Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the streets? Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love. Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress? For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he ponders all his paths. The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin. He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭5‬:‭1‬-‭23‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Why are we avoiding sin?

As Christians there are levels to this:

1. We are called to love strangers, the start of the walk (there’s more)

2. But be wise in the company we keep (no self sabotage)

3. Just because it looks good doesn’t mean it is (avoiding abuse)

Be disciplined.

Avoid the devil.

Save lives.

Avoiding Sin in Daily Life

1. What we are called to do: Be Disciplined

   1. Be attentive - the devil is seeking to devour you always

   2. Listen - listen for God’s voice - can be a push or pull to something

   3. Protect our honor - Remember God’s laws and keep them

   4. Protect your time - distracting you from your purpose is the job of the devil

      1. “Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well”

      2. Don’t look to others for what God gave you

         
         

2. What we are called to avoid: Avoid the devil

   1. Sweet talkers - good on the outside ; rotten on the inside

   2. Bitter individuals - traits if unforgiveness

   3. Great folly - good times only, leads you to hell

      
      

3. What our calling is for: Saving Lives

   1. Love who we are given

      1. Family

      2. Wives/Husbands

      3. Children

   2. Love who the community placed around us

      1. Neighbors

      2. Coworkers

      3. Friends

   3. Most of all LOVE GOD!

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.5.1-23.ESV