Introduction

  • Proverbs 1:1-7

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.