Dearly beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, our text this morning winds up the profiles in folly that Solomon has stacked here in the middle of the first section of Proverbs. And, as we had last week, it is another warning against sexual folly. Rather than simply telling us how wrong adultery is, though, the father relates the story of a time when he actually witnessed an adulterous scenario playing out. He tells how he saw a simpleton fall victim to the adulterous woman, and he uses this anecdote to convince his son that adultery is not worth it — that adultery, in fact, kills. It's important to note at the outset that no amount of punishment can soften hard hearts or change minds bent on evil. This chapter is not addressed to the simpleton who happily falls into bed with the slut. It is addressed to the son, the one who wants to be like his wise father. Brothers and sisters, if you're not my brothers and sisters, if you're not sons of God our one Father, then the warnings of this chapter will mean nothing to you. Listen to this, from the pen of a homosexual filmmakers in Britain during the AIDS crisis. ‘As I sweat it out in the early hours, a “guilty victim” of the scourge,' Jarman wrote in his diary in September 1989, ‘I want to bear witness how happy I am, and will be until the day I die, that I was part of the hated sexual revolution; and that I don't regret a single step or encounter I made in that time; and if I write in future with regret, it will be a reflection of a temporary indisposition.' Now what do you think of that? Unless you have the heart of a son, this warning will mean nothing to you!
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Caleb Nelson grew up in Ft. Collins, CO. Born into a Christian home, where he eventually became the eldest of 11 children, he has been a lifelong Presbyterian. He professed faith at the age of six, and was homeschooled through high school. He then attended Patrick Henry College...
