Introduction
We listen to the wrong people.
- Proverbs 1:8-10
- People often do not listen to good advice.
- Proverbs 4:14-17
- Proverbs 2:16; 5:3; 7:13-21, 24 – Be careful of the words of an adulteress! Listen to God instead.
- Advertising: The Rule of 7
- It takes about seven ad impressions before someone will take action.
- Psalms 1:1-2
- We must minimize the influences that pull us away from God.
- II Timothy 4:3
We lack spiritual common sense.
- I Peter 5:8
- Don’t go near things that are likely to lead to sin.
- Proverbs 5:8; 7:7-16
- Proverbs 14:15-16 – What is the wise thing to do?
- Proverbs 22:3
Instead of dying to sin, we try premeditated repentance.
- Proverbs 3:7-8
- I John 1:6-7
- Romans 6:1-4, 7, 13 – This is talking about dying to sin.
- Am I truly loving God if I’m making plans to sin every day?
- Proverbs 8>13
- I’m also affecting other people when I do this.
- Proverbs 6:27-29 – Sin hurts!
- We will never better ourselves by committing any type of sin.