Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Thursday, April 4, 2013

1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.— Amen.

The Book of Proverbs Chapter 5 “Avoid the Adulteress”

Prov 5:7-14 “The Consequences and Regrets of Engaging the Adulteress.”

Prov 2:16, “To deliver you from the strange woman, from the adulteress who flatters with her words.”

Vs. 9-10, are the Four Consequences of getting involved with the adulterous deceiver.

4 th Consequence: “Your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien.”

“Alien” - NOKRI, נָכְרִי, “Foreign, or strange” and is synonymous with ZAR above for adulteress.

Prov 6:24, “To keep you from the evil (RA) woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress (NOKRI).”

NOKRI - “apostasy.” Jer 2:21, “Yet I planted you a choice vine, a completely faithful seed. How then have you turned yourself before Me into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?”

4 th Consequence: If you operate inside of Satan’s Cosmic System the fruits of your labor / offspring will go to another; those outside the Plan of God.

The consequences of getting involved with the adulterous deceiver includes:

1. Because of your relationship with “others” you will have a poor reputation with man and not having fellowship with God due to sin upon your soul, which results in loss of rewards in the eternal state.

2. Giving your years to “the cruel one”, Satan, and his Cosmic System rather than God; a wasteful life, Eph 5:18.

3. Helping satisfy the lustful desires of “strangers”, (i.e., adulteress / false teacher), rather than producing Divine Good Production for the Lord.

4. If you operate inside of Satan’s Cosmic System the fruits of your labor or offspring will go to the “alien / foreigner”, those not walking in the Plan of God.

Vs show us the regrets of getting involved with the adulterous woman, false doctrine, or Satan’s cosmic system.

Prov 5:11, We are introduced to the retrospective viewpoint of ones life resulting in regret.

“Groan” NAHAM, נָהַם, The despairing groan of a person who is destroyed by immoral behavior, or false doctrine. Contrasted with 2 Tim 4:6-8.

Heb 12:17, “For you know that even afterwards, when he (Esau) desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.”

The body is wasting away, exhausted, used up, and has come to the point of failure. Alluding to the three stages of Divine discipline, 1 Cor 11:28-31.

Prov 5:12, The son comes to his senses and recognizes that he did not heed his father’s warnings and instead rejected his teachings, which has had a detrimental affect on his soul.

Even though he heard the doctrine taught, he did not mix it with faith and believe it, thereby rejecting it from entering the right lobe of his soul, his heart.

Instead, his heart was filled with sin and cosmic viewpoint which lead his heart to hate and reject additional Bible doctrine when it tried to enter his soul.

Prov 5:13, He did not strive to learn doctrine through the ear gate as exhorted to do in verses 1 and 7.

“Teachers” - MOREH, מוֹרֶה, “early rain, or teacher.” Joel 2:23-24

Prov 5:14, “Ruin” - RA, “bad or evil” the opposite of good. Prov 6:24, “To keep you from the evil (RA) woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.”

The one walking in sin on a consistent basis will be seen as living an unrighteous lifestyle by the local assembly, who may even witness his discipline from God.

Even though he thought he was “pulling the wool over their eyes”, his folly was clearly seen by all causing him to have further regret for his actions once he realized it.

Summary: The regrets the adulterating believer will have include:

1. Vs. 11, Groaning due to the Divine discipline he is under regretting the actions of a wasted life thus far.

2. Vs. 12, Regretting that he did not take the time to learn God’s Word as it was being taught by his teacher.

3. Vs. 13, Regretting that his heart rejected the truth of God’s Word and instead was filled with sin and cosmic viewpoint.

4. Vs. 14, Regretting the shame and embarrassment of being a hypocrite in the eyes of God’s people.

Grace Fellowship Church Thursday April 4, 2013 Tape # The Four Consequences and Regrets of Engaging the Adulterous Woman, Part 2 Prov 5:7-14; Joel 2:23-24; 2Tim 4:6-8; Heb 12:17 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2013