Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
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… the truth about sexual immorality. Sexual immorality is fun. It's stimulating. It's exhilarating for a season. Listen to what Solomon said in Proverbs 5 verses 3 and 4. For the lips of an adulteress drip honey and smoother than oil is her speech, but in the end She is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Solomon is saying that bait that looks so appealing and so attractive. And don't forget, there is a hook in the middle of it that will cost you your life. Fallacy number four leads people into sexual immorality. It's the wrong thought that, well, I can stop anytime I want. I can stop anytime I want. You see, the problem with sexual immorality and any kind of sin is not only is it pleasurable, it is also addictive. Sexual immorality is very addictive, but Satan doesn't want you to know that. In fact, since the beginning of time, Satan has been dangling this lie in front of us that says, sin leads to freedom. Isn't that the line he tried on Eve in the garden and it worked? …
… What happens to a person who falls into sexual immorality? Just jot down some of these verses. Proverbs 5, verses 3 to 5 and 8 to 9. For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and smoother than oil is her speech. But in the end, she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death. Her steps lay hold of Sheol. Keep your way far from her and do not go near the door of her house, lest you give your vigor to others and your years to the cruel one. Proverbs 6, verses 26 and 27, for on account of a harlot, one is reduced to a loaf of bread and adulteress hunts for the precious life. Can a man take fire in his bosom and others and not be burned? Verses 32 and 33 of Proverbs 6, the one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense. He who would destroy himself does it. Wounds and disgrace he will find and his reproach will not be blotted out. Proverbs 22 verse 14, the mouth of an adulterous is a deep pit. He who is cursed of the Lord will fall into it. You get the idea. …
… Proverbs describes the adulterous woman as one who leads you to death. For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey. and her speech is smoother than oil. 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. Oh, we need protection in this life because there are flaming darts and roaring lions and those whose steps would take you down to Sheol. and the catechism says jesus protects you from all of this he watches over you he guards you he keeps you he defends you i was counseling a young couple a while back and they were sharing with me an interaction when where someone else had spoken to the young wife in not the most of honorable ways in a public setting and they were telling me about this interaction it wasn't And it wasn't the most egregious example that you had ever heard. But they were offended by it. And the young man, the young husband, wanted to have a conversation with the disappointed. …
… Now continue to read in verse 3, Proverbs 5, 3. For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil. But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death. Her steps take hold on hell, lest thou shouldst ponder the path of life. Her ways are movable, that thou canst not know them. And here he's talking about satanic deception. He's talking here about the ways of Satan to ruin your life. And he talks about a immoral woman. Satan is too clever to go fishing without any bait on his hook. And so like any fisherman, Satan deceives, first of all with allurement, and then entrapment, and then enslavement. Now notice what Satan does. Notice his fatal trap. Look at, first of all in verse three, for the lips of a strange woman drop as a honeycomb. Now what's he talking about there? Her lips are sweeter than honey. Old honey lips, that's her name. …