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We talked last time about the power that is now wielded by the Seductress not only through her physical presence, but now through photography and video.  The power of this medium is not to be trivialized.

Pornography has destroyed marriages, it has encouraged all sorts of perversion, and it has taken ministries away from individuals.

It’s no wonder that Solomon goes the the extra mile to detail just what should be avoided, and of all the different sins Jesus could have used to talk about committing sins in your heart, adultery would have been one of the few that were used.

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One of the things that’s true about all sin, but especially physical sin, is that it has a definite progression and if you can stop it when it’s manageable the odds are that you can still remain objective about it.

Having decided that you will remain pure, and declared it up front you’ve taken some good first steps¹ but that doesn’t guarantee you won’t be tested and that you or the person your with won’t want to compromise your decision.

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Much could be said about the bond that should be present between a husband and wife.  That bond is reflective of the bond between Christ and the Church, a bond that is supposed to last until death, and that is unconditional.

Part of that bond is enjoying all that each other has to offer.  Each person in the marriage relationship brings something different.  They bring their perspective, their ideas and dreams, their opinions and their desires.  They are two different beings made one through their vows and in the presence of God.

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In our last post¹ we talked about some reasons that people have to remain pure before marriage.  We need to have strong reasons for why we will remain pure or else “in the heat of the moment” we will compromise our decision in order to go further than we believe we should.

Such is the nature of sin—it keeps you wanting more, it wants you to get as close to the edge as possible, instead of staying far away from it.

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Imagery is used quite often in the Bible to make a point.  A lot of what Christ said to His followers were in the form of parables¹.  So it shouldn’t surprise us to find an analogy in the Proverbs that compares people to things.

Wisdom is often personified as a woman, and very often we see something compared to something else.

In the case of the passage we’re looking at today, “the wife of your youth” is compared to water, and there’s a good reason for it.

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1. Earthly stories with a heavenly meaning [↩]

One of the most important weapons in staying pure is making the decision before you get into a situation.  This goes for any sin, not just physical sin with the opposite sex.

Knowing what God thinks about the sin, how you should feel about the sin, and deciding that you will not get anywhere near the sin will go a long way to keeping you pure.

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The End of the Seductress is death.

For her house leads down to death,
And her paths to the dead;
None who go to her return,
Nor do they regain the paths of life– Proverbs 2:18-19

The first part of this verse talks about her house—and where going to her house leads.  In order to get the full force of this verse, I want you to think about what it means for the man to end up at the house of the Seductress.

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