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"My son...if sinners ENTICE you...DO NOT CONSENT. If they say, COME WITH US...LET US LIE IN WAIT FOR BLOOD... LET US AMBUSH THE INNOCENT WITHOUT CAUSE.....LET US SWALLOW THEM ALIVE LIKE SHEOL, even whole, as those who shall go down to the pit; we shall find all kinds of precious wealth, we shall fill our houses with spoil; THROW IN YOUR LOT WITH US, we shall have one purse. My son...DO NOT WALK IN THE WAY WITH THEM. KEEP YOUR FEET FROM THEIR PATH...for their feet run to evil and they hasten to shed blood. Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net in the sight of any bird, but they lie in wait for their own blood. They ambush their own lives. So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence. It takes away the life of its possessors."
(Pro-Verbs 1:10-19)
Well...there is nothing new under the sun (unless you are under the Son...where all things are new...the old things passed away..new thing have come II Corinthians 5:17)
We are all presented with the TEMPTATION to be pulled away from who we really are...and with the side affect...pulled into something.
The problem is ENTICEMENT:
1. Come with us
2. Let us lie in wait
3. Let us ambush
4. Let us swallow them
5. Throw in your lot with us
The father speaking to the son...gives wise advice.
1. Do not consent
2. Do not walk in the way with them
3. Keep your feet from their path.
Although Nancy Reagan was ridiculed for her advice to those who are presented with the opportunity to do drugs...here advice was sound...JUST SAY NO.
The ultimate reason not to consent or walk with them is:
1. They ambush their own lives
2. It takes away the life of its possessors.
This is good advice for any form of temptation by any tempter...whether it be demonic or fleshly temptation...JUST SAY NO. It really does come down to choice. Eve had a choice...Adam had a choice....all saints prior to you had a choice...and now you and me...have a choice to say NO to CURSE and YES to BLESSINGS.
Love and Choice Kisses
Rodney "Not Consenting" Boyd
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