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Preach the word, preach the cross,
preach redemption to a lost and dying world. Lift your voice, unashamed, of
the gospel of His name. Well, it is a joy to be back.
It almost seems that I need to introduce myself and because
I've taken, if you don't know, I've taken two consecutive Sundays
off and that's the first time I've ever done that since I've
been a pastor. And I liked it so much I may
do it again next year. But it is a joy to be back and
looking forward to just this day of being with you all and
our fellowship to come. After the service if you would
take your Bible and turn with me to Proverbs chapter number
one Proverbs chapter number one and if you are able If you would
please stand as we read the word of God together Proverbs chapter
number one and we begin reading in verse number eight The father
says my son hear the instruction of thy father and forsake not
the law of thy mother For they shall be as an ornament of grace
into thy head and chains about thy neck. My son, if sinners
entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, come with us, let
us lay wait for blood. Let us look, lurk privately for
the innocent without cause. Let us swallow them up alive
as the grave and and whole as those that go down into the pit.
We shall find all precious substance. We shall fill our houses with
spoil, cast in thy lot among us, and let us all have one purse. He says, My son, walk not thou
in the way with them. refrain thy foot from their path. For their feet run to evil and
make haste to shed blood. Surely in vain the net is spread
in the sight of any bird. And they that lay wait for their
own blood, they lurk probably for their own lives. So are the
ways of everyone that is greedy of gain. which taketh away the
life of the owners thereof." I want to speak to you this morning
on this thought. When sinners entice you, when
sinners entice you, you may be seated. May the Lord bless the
preaching of His holy and infallible Word. 300 years before Christ,
the Greek philosopher Zeno made a statement that he never dreamed
would have become a powerful weapon for parents everywhere. And maybe your parents quoted
Zeno's words when maybe as a child you talked too much. But Zeno
said this, he said, the reason we have two ears and only one
mouth is that we may listen more than and talk less." He said
again, the reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is
that we may listen more and talk less. Now if ancient Greece had
been as noisy as our world is today, Zeno might have changed
his mind and just covered up his ears, right? Well, listen,
the Greeks of old, as we know, did not have the necessities
of life that we have today that are so noisy. Things like the
radio and television, things like the telephone and movies
and planes and trains and automobiles, all those things. Zeno never
heard of a jet airplane. He never sat for hours on end
on a lawnmower or a tractor. Zeno never did he stop at a red
light next to a vehicle that had the bass speakers turned
up that it literally shook your vehicle Y'all know what I'm talking
about And listen Zeno never spent a
day at the Lynch household. I promise you that He never heard
my toddlers scream at such a high pitch that it nearly breaks and
shatters glass. He never did those things. But understand this, the greatest
tragedy of life is not that some people get on our nerves because
they nearly blow our eardrums out. The greatest tragedy of
life is that there's so much noise that people can't hear
the things that they really need to hear. I mean, listen, there
are folks here this morning that will not hear the voice of wisdom
today from God's Word because all you are hearing right now
are all the things that are going on in your head that has nothing
to do with what I'm saying. You see a similar situation existed
back in ancient Israel when Solomon wrote Proverbs. God was speaking
to the people in Solomon's day, but they were not listening. As you know, if you've attended
here during the summer months, that this summer we have been
looking at a series entitled Wisdom for the Family. And every
sermon has primarily been taken out of the book of Proverbs.
The word wisdom is the predominant word in the book of Proverbs. The primary message of the book
is the call for you to get wisdom, to acquire wisdom, to get understanding. And one of the reasons we're
preaching through this book and through this series of Wisdom
for the Family is because life is made up of a series of making
various decisions. Life is made up of a series of
where you have to make various judgment calls. And because of
that, we need desperately to hear the voice of wisdom. Now, I do realize that yes, most
of the decisions that we make throughout an ordinary day are
small and insignificant. However, there are other decisions
that are big. And they're life-changing. They
have life-changing consequences that affect our life or the good
or the bad. But listen to me, if you cannot
make wise decisions in the basic, seemingly small decisions of
life, how are you ever going to make wise decisions in the
big decisions of life? In Proverbs chapter 1, Here in verses 8 through 19,
we really are hearing two voices. We hear the voice of wisdom that
is based on reality. The father here, he's not telling
his son what could happen. He's telling him what will happen. Sinners are going to entice you.
So we hear the voice of wisdom that is based on reality, but
we also hear the voice of foolishness, where they're acting out their
feelings, they're acting out on their emotions. Wisdom's voice
flows from the lips of a loving father. The other voice we hear
flows from the lips of fools, where they are inviting this
one to the ways of death and destruction. But God is calling
us to choose a life of beauty, a life of peace. I want us to look at something
and notice and understand that as we look at Proverbs 1 in verse
8, we must ask the question, just who are the sinners? that
the father here is speaking about. When he says, my son, if sinners
entice you, who are the sinners? Now we know the Bible tells us
that every one of us is a sinner, right? Even the wise father who
is speaking here is a sinner. Romans 3, 23 says, for all have
sinned and come short of the glory of God. So who are the
sinners that the father is warning his son against? Well, the structure
of the word sinner is picturing a person or persons who habitually
sins. He's speaking of someone who
is a chronic sinner. We could say in the extreme,
the word sinner here in verse 8 is describing the kind of person
who is a professional criminal. Much like this person here in
verse 8 who are the sinners, they're much like the characters
in the old movie, The Godfather. They were bad dudes. But they
are the sinners of whom we must be aware. And listen to me, they
are out there. So what the father is saying
to his son, beware of them, they're going to come to you, they're
going to entice you. You will encounter them and they
will entice you. I want us to find an illustration
in the Bible. this morning of someone who was
enticed by a sinner. An illustration that will help
explain and expound this particular scenario of when sinners entice
you. I want us to look at, in the
Old Testament, 2 Samuel chapter 13. It should be on the screen. But it is a story and a very
sad example of a young man who allowed a sinner to entice him. As a matter of fact, in the whole
story in 2 Samuel 13, we find one of the most disturbing stories
ever found in Scripture. It is a story that will deeply
affect some of you this morning. There are five main characters
before we read the story that I want you to notice. The five
main characters of this story. First of all, there is David. We all know David quite well
throughout the scriptures. He wrote most of the Psalms that
we read. He was God's chosen king over
God's chosen people, Israel. We do know that a promise had
been made to this king by the Lord. The Bible tells us in 2
Samuel chapter 7, I believe in verse 16, it says, your house,
God's saying this to David, your house and your kingdom shall
be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established
forever. And we think about that God is
promising here that David's kingdom will have no end. But then we
read about and we know about his adultery and his really being
responsible for murder and we get a little disillusioned when
we think about the promise that God has made him. But that's
the first character. The second character in the story
is a young man by the name of Amnon. He is David's oldest son. When we meet Amnon, we cannot
help recalling God's word to David in verse number 12, 2 Samuel
7, verse 12. God says to David, when your
days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, In other
words, God saying, David, when you die, when they put you in
the ground, I will raise up your offspring after you who shall
come from your body and I will establish his kingdom. And so Amnon being the oldest
son of David was the most obvious son who would inherit David's
throne. The third character that we see
in this story is David's other son, Absalom. Absalom was apparently
the second oldest surviving son of David. It appears, as we read
in 2 Samuel 3 in verse 3, that David had a second son, but it
appears that his second son perished, died, passed away. And so Absalom
was, by this time, the second, the son who was second in line
to the throne. Now we must understand, we must
know that Amnon and Absalom both were David's sons. But they had
different mothers. And so they were half brothers. There's Absalom, the fourth character. that we're going to see is the
name Tamar. She was David's daughter. She
was Absalom's sister. And she was therefore Amnon's
half-sister. A fifth character, a seemingly
minor character, is a young man by the name of Jonadab. He was
a son of David's brother, Shemar. He was therefore David's nephew,
and that makes Amnon an Absalom, Jonadab's cousin. And as we shall
see, he is described in the story as a friend to Amnon. But what we're going to see is
that this story is so carefully and brilliantly told as it builds
to a very sinful scene and as we see even the aftermath of
it. Let's read it together. 2 Samuel
chapter 13 and verse 1. It says, after this, Absalom
the son of David had a lovely sister. whose name was Tamar. And Amnon, the son of David,
loved her. Amnon was so distressed over
his sister Tamar that he became sick, for she was a virgin. And it was improper for Amnon
to do anything to her. But Amnon had a friend whose
name was Jonadab, the son of Shema, David's brother. Now Jonadab was a very crafty
man. And he said to him, why are you,
the king's son, becoming thinner day after day? Will you not tell
me? Amnon said to him, I love Tamar,
my brother Absalom's sister. So Jonadab said to him, lie down
on your bed Pretend to be ill. And when your father comes to
see you, say to him, please let my sister Tamar come and give
me food and prepare the food in my sight that I may see it
and eat it from her hand. Now, why would he do such a thing? Because he is allowing a sinner
to entice him. The first thing I want you to
notice with me this morning is that this story is a forgotten
story. It is a forgotten story. We see that what we have just
read, Amnon cannot sleep. He cannot eat. He can't think. And just like the devil's delivery
boy that he is, Jonadab comes up to him and says, hey, what's
wrong with you? Man, you are losing weight. What is up with
you? You look so tired. Man, tell
me what's going on. And Amnon tells him. And you just imagine that Jonadab
just kind of laughs at him. And says, oh man, is that all? Is that what's upsetting you?
Amnon, here's what you need to do. Here's what you need to do. As we saw in the first five verses,
that's exactly what Amnon did. The Bible tells us in verse 6,
2 Samuel 13 verse 6 says, Then Amnon lay down and pretended
to be ill. And when the king came to see
him, Amnon said to the king, Please let Tamar, my sister,
come and make a couple of cakes for me in my sight, that I may
eat from her hand.' And David sent home to Tamar, saying, Now
go to your brother Amnon's house, and prepare food for him.' And
so Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house, and he was laying
down. And then she took flour and kneaded it, made cakes in
his sight, and baked the cakes. And she took the pan and placed
them before him, but he refused to eat. Then Amnon said, Have
everyone go out from me.' And they all went out from him. Then
Amnon said to Tamar, Bring the food into the bedroom that I
may eat from your hand. And Tamar took the cakes which
she had made and brought them to Amnon her brother in the bedroom. Now when she had brought them
to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, come, lie
with me, my sister. And she answered him, no, my
brother, do not force me, for such things should never be done
in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing. And I, where I could take my
shame. And as for you, you would be
like one of the fools in Israel. Now, therefore, please speak
to the king, for he will not withhold me from you. However,
he would not heed her voice. And being stronger than she,
he forced her and lay with her. One of the most awful stories
in all the Bible. No doubt many of you here today
have never heard this story, and you may be thinking right
now, I can't believe that the Lord even allowed this story
to be written. But understand, the reason that
it is, is because as Paul said in the book of Romans, that the
Old Testament was written for our instruction. It was written
for our admonition. And what we see here is that
the Bible does not describe, it is not only just describe
to us how life ought to be. It tells us in black words on
white paper just how life really is. It shows us the fact that
even in a godly home, family members can make some very stupid
and downright evil decisions. As the old writer Matthew Henry
said years and years ago, he was right when he said godly
parents have oftentimes been afflicted with wicked children. And he said grace does not run
in the blood, but corruption does. We see that truth here. Here is David dealing with something
that he never thought he'd have to deal with. And here's a very
terrifying thought. The faults and failures of parents
are many times reproduced in the lives of the children. You see, good looks and brains
are not the only things that are passed on from one generation
to the next. As parents, we shape our children
in many ways in our own image. And sometimes we take pride in
that, right? But at other times when we think
about our own weaknesses, When we think about those things that
we know are weakness to us, it's a very terrible thought, terrifying
thought, that those same weaknesses could be passed down to our children. But it's hard for us to think
about something like this being in the Bible. Here is Amnon,
King David's son, who lusted after his own sister, King David's
daughter. Verse 5, we saw that he thought
about what he wanted to do to her, but the Bible tells us that
he thought it hard, or he thought it very improper to do anything
to her. In other words, he was willing.
In other words, he knew what he wanted to do, but he also
knew what he should never do. Now the question is, why didn't
he act upon it at the very beginning of this chapter? Why did he stop? Why did he think it was improper
to do such a thing? You know, we live in a day where
the motto is, if it feels good, do it. Right? That's the day
that we live in. But let me say to you this morning,
if it feels good, you probably don't need to do it. And if there's any doubt about
it, just do without. If there's any doubt, just do
without. But Amnon, he stopped at the very beginning. He thought
about it, but he did not act upon it. Why did he stop? Well,
I think there's a few reasons. First of all, I think he thought
about his connection, who he was connected to. Listen, he
was David's son. He was the king's boy. And when
he thought about who his father was, it must have stopped him
from doing what he knew what was wrong and dirty and sinful
and sick. But he never would have done
such sinful things. The Bible says, but Amnon had
a friend, Jonadab. John and Deb was a very subtle
man. He was a very crafty man. Another reason he didn't act
upon his sinful desires because of the fact that at least he
had some character about him. He had a decent moral character
about him. He at least had some strength
in his moral fiber to resist acting upon such things. And
he never would have acted upon such things, but Amnon had a
friend whose name was Jonadab. And Jonadab was a subtle, crafty
man. Another reason he did not act
upon this sinful desire at the start is because of the fact
that he had a working conscience that warned him not to act in
such a way that as he had a sense of moral awareness about him. So much so that he resisted acting
out his sinful desire. And he would have stayed stopped.
But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, and Jonadab
was a subtle, crafty man. So it's a forgotten story. But
we also see it is a very tragic story. It's a tragic story. First of all, we see it's a very
tragic story As we think about Tamar, we see Tamar's tragedy. Notice
in 2 Samuel 13 and verse 15. It says, then Amnon hated her with
very great hatred after he did this thing to her. After he forced
her, it says, then Amnon hated her with a very great hatred,
so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than
the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, get
up and go. Now let me just pause there just
for a moment. Now remember at the beginning
of this chapter, Amnon wanted Tamar badly. I mean, so bad it
is making him sick. But what happened from that point
to verse 15? Why did he all of a sudden hate
her? Well, listen to me this morning.
You better be careful about wanting or desiring certain things that
you think that you just cannot live without. Because the time
may come when you despise the very thing that you are so desperately
seeking after. That's what we have here. The
Bible says that the hate that he had for her was now greater
than the love he had for her. By the way, he never truly loved
her. He just lusted after her. Big difference. So what happened? Well, it reminds me of Psalm
106, where it talks about how the children of Israel, they
did not They did not heed God's counsel to them. And they soon
began, as they were in the wilderness, they soon began to greatly desire
the things they left behind in Egypt. And they tempted God and
sought after those things they thought they desperately needed.
Well, Psalm 106 and verse 15, Says this, and he or God gave
them the request. But notice the conjunction. But. But sent leanness to their soul. Hey, listen to me this morning. Listen to your pastor. You better
be careful for what you ask for. You better make sure that it
is of God, because the Lord may actually give you what you always
wanted, but you may end up not wanting what you got. Amnon got what he wanted, but
he did not like what he got. We see that Amnon in verse 15
just snapped. I mean, he lost it. I mean, his
words to her are so brutal and so rough. And when you think
about it, earlier in the chapter, he said to her, come. But now in verse 15, he says
to her, go. Earlier in the chapter, he said
to her, lie with me. And now in verse 15, he says
to her, get up. And let me just say that she
wasn't the problem. Don't you think for a moment
that she was a reason for his hatred towards her? It's not because of something
that she did, that he hated her. No, here it is. The reason why
he hated her, It was because of the guilt that he had when
he looked at her. He knew that he robbed his own
sister of her innocence. He knows he's messed up. He knows
he's sinned against the family that he's in. He knows he's sinned
against The Lord. He's raped his own sister. And when he looks at her. He
sees his sin. But instead of hating his sin. He hates his sister. But do you see? Here in verse
15. Do you see that this is the way
the devil always operates. You see, Satan never shows us
the end result of our sin before we sin. He never shows us the
destruction and the damage that our sin brings before we sin. Oh, listen to me. Oh, how I wish
every person who is tempted to use drugs could see where using
drugs would lead them. Amanda and I went to a young
man's funeral yesterday, 37 years old. And I wish so badly
that he could have seen his own coffin before he ever popped
his first pill. Oh, but Satan does not show us
the end result of sin. We must see the end result of
sin by heeding the voice of wisdom. Notice verse 16. But she said
to him after he told her to get out, she said, No, my brother,
for this wrong for this wrong in sending me away is greater
than the other of what you did to me. But he would not listen
to her. He called the young man who served
him and said, Put this woman out of my presence and both the
door after her. Now she was wearing a long robe
with sleeves, for thus was the attire of the virgin daughters,
the virgin daughters of the king, with the king's, how they dressed. And so his servant put her out
and bolted the door after her. And Tamar put ashes on her head
and tore the long robe that she wore. And she laid her hand on
her head and went away, crying aloud as she went." Can you just
hear her? Do you see the anguish that she's
in? In verse 20 it says, And her
brother Absalom said to her, Has Amnon your brother been with
you? Now hold your peace, my sister. Here is your brother. Do not
take this to heart. So Tamar lived a desolate woman
in her brother Absalom's house. Did you catch really the tragedy
that is seen in verse 20? Now Amnon has a sister that cannot
or will not ever live a normal functioning life. The Bible says
in the last part of verse 20 that Tamar lived or remained
or dwelt alone in her brother Absalom's house. That means that
she never fell in love. She never married. She would
never have a child. Why is that? Because she was
so emotionally and mentally and physically scarred by the sin
of her own brother attacking her and assaulting her that it
literally ruined her life. All because Amnon had a friend
whose name was Jonadab and Jonadab was a subtle crafty man Now not
all the blame goes on Jonadab But if he was a real friend He
would have warned him against acting so foolishly So we see
Tamar's tragedy. We see also here Amnon's tragedy
The Bible tells us that Amnon himself is killed by his own
brother Absalom. Absalom hates his brother so
much because of what he did to Tamar that he takes a pair of sheep
shears, which are like two long daggers, and he thrusts them
into the heart of his own brother. And now Amnon goes to an early
grave, all because he had a friend whose name was Jonadab, and Jonadab
was a very subtle man. Then you know the story, Absalom
then rebelled against his father. And I believe one of the reasons
why he rebelled against his father was because David did nothing
to Amnon. The Bible says in verse 21, that
David was very angry with Amnon, but David does nothing. He does
not do anything to Amnon. And in verse 23, it says that
Absalom waits for two years. For David to act, and when David
does not act, Absalom did. I believe the reason why David
never took care of this matter with Amnon is because David lost
his moral authority. How could he get on to Amnon
for doing something so perverted when David himself had an affair
with Bathsheba and even was responsible for Bathsheba's husband's death
in order to try to cover up his sin? And if you keep reading
throughout the aftermath, Absalom, his second oldest living son,
is killed. Oh, listen to me. If I had one
message to preach to young people, it would be this. You are right
now, or soon you will be what your friends are. You are right now, or you soon
will be what your friends are. Proverbs 13, 20. says, he who walks with wise
men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
First Corinthians 15, 33 says, do not be deceived, bad company
ruins good morals. And listen, you go to any prison
that you want to go to, and if you were to ask 100 prisoners,
if you were to ask them, where did it all start? Where did you
start going wrong? I guarantee you that 90% of them
will say something like this. Well, when I was young, you see,
I had a friend. You see, Amnon had a friend whose
name was Jonadab. Jonadab was shady, so Amnon became
shady. Jonadab was sneaky, so Amnon
became sneaky. Jonadab was filthy-minded, so
Amnon became filthy-minded. Jonadab was perverted, so Amnon
became perverted. You show me your friends, and
I'll show you where you stand spiritually. You show me your
friends, and I'll show you where you are headed. Because right
now, you are right now, or soon you will be what your friends
are. Let me ask you a question this
morning. Who's your friend? Who's your friend? Proverbs 18,
24 says there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. I'm thankful that Jesus was called
a friend of sinners. Jesus is truly the friend who
sticks closer than a brother, and blessed are those who have
him as their friend. I love what John 15 and verse
13 says as Jesus is speaking here. He says, greater love has
no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. And then Jesus said this, you
are my friends. if you do what I commanded you. As we sing about this morning,
it is so true. What a friend we have in Jesus. You say, Brother Wade, why in
the world was this story written for us today? Why was it placed
into the canon of scripture? Listen. The same reason any story
has been recorded in Scripture. It was written for our good. It is profitable. The Bible says
in 2 Timothy 3, verse 16, that all Scripture is what? Profitable. All Scripture. You
say, Brother Waite, how is this story so profitable? Well, I
believe there are very obvious reasons why this story is so
profitable for us. even as unpleasant it is to hear
it. One reason it is profitable is
because it gives us a glimpse as to what sin can do. Do you know it is a grace that
God gives us when He allows us to see the outcome of sin? It's a grace that God allows
us to see this picture of what sin can do, the damage and the
destruction it brings. We also see in this story the
profitability of knowing how deceptive temptation can be,
especially sexual temptation. Listen, you better be careful. You better be careful. The Bible
says, can a man take fire into his bosom and not be burned?
It's a rhetorical question. We see here in this story also
the profitability as we see the deafness of Amnon. Amnon was
deaf to reason. in his determination to satisfy
his sinful desire. We also see here the misery that
it brought to everyone, not just Amnon, not just Tamar, but really
the whole household of David. And so it is a story that is
written for us by God for us to look and to learn. Look and
learn. Hey, friend, listen, this is
God's world. We are God's creatures. And what we learn in this story
is that if we defy God's ways, we will reap the horrible consequences
that fall upon ourselves and upon others. We also learn that
we're free to choose. But we're not free to choose
the consequences of our choice. Look and learn. As we keep reading in the chapters,
if you were to keep reading throughout the chapters that follow, you
see David's entire family being torn apart by the hatred that
is unleashed by this terrible, in this terrible episode. And
when you think about it, has there ever been a family that
was so wrecked by hatred and violence than by King David's
family? And will anyone here tell me
today, will you tell me that it has
nothing to do with the fact that David was an adulterer and a
murderer? It's a warning. Look and learn. Parents, you better look and
learn. You better read and heed. Listen,
if you care for your children, and God knows David did so, and
probably to a fault, but if you care for your children, then
guard your own integrity. Guard your own truthfulness and
character. I mean, you look at how the earlier
wickedness of David seems to have produced a weakness in him
teaching and raising his own children. He loved his sons, but he seemed
powerless to curb their wickedness. Well, listen, the scriptures
are not only meant to be profitable in teaching us Very vital life
lessons. But they are also, as the Bible
tells us, able to make you wise unto salvation through Jesus
Christ. Listen, as awful as this story
is, the Lord kept his promise to
David. He restored David. He cleansed
David from his sins. And God promised David, as I
said in 2 Samuel chapter 7, that the Messiah would actually come
out of the lineage of David. And the Bible tells us in Matthew
chapter 1 and Luke chapter 3, as we look at the genealogical
records, that the genealogical proof there is that Jesus was
a direct descendant of David. Matter of fact, Jesus himself
said in Revelation chapter 22 and verse 16 that he said, I
am the offspring of David. As we hear this awful story of
David's son Amnon, we are amazed that God's promise concerning
his kingdom has still been fulfilled. Who is the ultimate son that
came out of the lineage of David? Jesus Christ, the ultimate son
of David, Jesus Christ has come. And listen, he did not inherit. His father, David's flaws, he
did not inherit his father, David's failures. No, listen, he came
to call us into a kingdom where corruption. Even like that of
Amnon can be washed clean. So we learn from this story that
no matter how dirty your past is, God can save you and wash
away your sin record. I'm going to close by reading
this verse. First Corinthians chapter six, verse nine. Paul is writing and he says,
do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom
of God? He says, do not be deceived, neither the sexual immoral, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers,
nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. But notice what
it says. It says, but such were some of
you. In other words, he's speaking
to people that have been saved out of that. He says, but you are washed.
You were sanctified. You were justified. In the name
of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the spirit of our God. The profitability of the story. that the scripture is written
and it is able, we're able to see the example
of salvation. If you're here this morning and
you know not the Lord Jesus Christ, you need to come to Him today. If you know that the Holy Spirit
is dealing with your heart about this thing of salvation, you
need to come, humbly bow yourself before His Lordship. Repent of your sin, turn from
your sin and turn to Him by faith. You need to do that. If you're
here and you are in sin, You better heed this story. I don't care if you're a young
person or an old person. If you're here in sin, it's not
going to end well with you. It's not going to end well with
your family. You need to come and repent. And young people, listen to me,
you're going to be starting school in just a couple of weeks. You
better watch your friends. You better be careful who your
friends are. Very important. Let's pray, our
Father. I pray, Lord, that you would
use this forgotten and tragic story for your glory this morning. Lord, as we had talked about,
the scriptures are written and to make us wise unto salvation. And father, I pray. That Lord,
those that are here that. Do not know your son, Jesus,
that they would come today. And be saved. Father, I pray
for our young people. Oh God, I pray that you'd build
a hedger protection around them. We know Satan's desire is to
sift them as wheat. So God, I pray that they would
heed the voice of wisdom. Every parent here, we take to heart the heartache
and the pain that David went through. Father, we pray that you just
bless this time of response. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen. Lift your voice, I'm ashamed
Of the gospel of His name
When Sinners Entice You
Series Wisdom for the Family
| Sermon ID | 729182229100 |
| Duration | 54:11 |
| Date | |
| Category | Sunday - AM |
| Bible Text | Proverbs 1:8-19 |
| Language | English |
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