Thursday, March 23, 2017
Ecclesiastes 7:25 says, I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness. Solomon devoted himself to searching for the truth on his own, not to following the will of God. He went so far as to live in wickedness to understand life. Sometimes, people today are tempted by others to try something that they know is wrong, but decide that they really cannot know without experiencing it themselves. It may sound good or look good, and they may reason that one time cannot rally hurt, but then find themselves enslaved by this one time thing. We must acknowledge that sin is sin and there are no one time wavers. God will never lead us to the decision that a small, one time sin will be okay. Verse twenty six says, And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. Solomon, with all his wives and concubines, knew something about sexual temptation. Though he seems to be putting the responsibility on the woman, we know that it was the condition of his own heart that caused him to sin. What started as giving in to the temptation of one woman ended up as a thousand. Though there may be times when the woman is tempting us, more often it is just our own desires that lead us to be tempted. The woman may have done nothing more than just be someplace where we are. Solomon also says that if we are following the will of God, we will not fall into the temptation of lust. We can really never put just the woman on trial. There are many more cases today where a woman is arrested for prostitution than there are of men who are arrested with her. There are rape trials where a woman's attire or past are tried to be used as an excuse for the act, but in God's design, the man will always bear a greater responsibility.
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