Here are the notes from the Sunday Morning Service, November 8, 2015:
Scripture: Proverbs 7
Various Webs:
1. Addictions
2. Internet (Where to go)
3. Lying/Dishonesty
4. Stealing
5. Sexual Sin
6. Spending/Materialism
7. Anger/Bitterness/Unforgiveness
8. Stubbornness
9. Rebellion
10. Gossip
11. Procrastination
12. Laziness
13. Disrespect
14. Homosexuality
15. Jealousy/Envy
16. Judgementalism
17. Unbelief
18. Idolatry
19. Pride
20. Selfishness
Questions:
What is the web you are caught in?
What is the web you need to be aware of?
1. Initial Appeal
Something that brings Pleasure or relief
7:5b – Flattery “Flattereth with her words”
7:17 – Scent “perfumed my bed”
7:18 – Emphasis on the Moment
2. Don’t see any danger
7:23 – “Knoweth not that it is for his life”
HALT
Hungry
Angry
Lonely
Tired
3. Once in the web they are stuck
7:13 – “she caught him”
4. The enemy can take his time to attack
– Flesh: yearns for things outside of his perimeter
– World
– Devil: he wants to highlight the goods of the trap
5. Once the attack is made it does not end well for the one that is caught
7:22 – “as an ox goes to the slaughter or as a fool to the correction of the stocks”
7:23 – “Till a dart strike through his liver”
Has something to do with you – “Reap what you sow”
6. Deliverance can only come from an outside source
“Faithful is the wounds of a friend”
Tendency to try to free yourself
– Christ
– Biblical Counseling
– Accountability with a trusted friend, pastor, deacon
7. How to avoid the web
7:24 “Harken” – Listen
7:25a “Let not” – decision of the will
7:25b “Go not astray”