Readings:
Exodus 21:22 - 23:13
Matthew 24: 1-28
Psalm 29: 1-11
Proverbs 7: 6-23
Proverbs reading: The proverbs reading of the past few days have dealt with the entrapments of "the immoral woman". Without wanting to get bogged down on why it is the woman who gets the bad rap (men, too, can be immoral - witness the latest campaign in kwaZulu-Natal warning young girls against so-called "sugar daddies"), this proberb provides a clear warning against those who would lure others into sexual sin.
Extra-marital affairs can destroy the strongest of marriages. In fact, it seems that Satan's deception rears its ugly head in the marriages in which one would least suspect marital infidelity. It is the couple that becomes complacent avout their relationship that are in the gravest danger. And like all sin, sexual sin does not present itself by showing the hurt, pain, and broken homes - it presents the "beautiful blankets, with coloured sheets of Egyptian linen ... perfumed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon", where the invitation is to "drink our fill of love until morning, ... [enjoying] each other's caresses".
There is an environment where you can enjoy all that stuff - with your spouse to whom you are committed in holy matrimony. Adultery is not worth "going big" for - just "go home"!
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