Are you being held?

Something to think about this morning in our walk with God.



Proverbs 5:22-23



22 The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him,

and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.

23 He dies for lack of discipline,

and because of his great folly he is led astray.



I know none of like to think that sin has ensnared us but many times it has even when we are saved. Examine your life carefully and see if there is a sin that has a hold on you. Verse 22 talks about cords of sin. I get the picture of a rope that has wrapped around our leg and we can't get it off. One cord we may be able to break fairly easy but when two and three grab a hold of us then that rope is very hard to break....and sin acts in the same way. Verse 23 talks about lack of discipline. To be godly in all areas of our life we MUST have discipline. The problem in most Christians life is we may be great in some areas but we are lacking greatly in others areas. So we look at the balance of the scales and think well my good is out weighing my bad. It doesn't work that way. Any sin before God is wrong and hurts our closeness to God as he can not tolerate sin as He is Holy! We can not be full of folly as verse 23 goes onto say. Folly means foolishness or lack of understanding. So how are we lead astray? First and foremost by a lack of knowledge about our Bibles and not understanding what sin is in the first place? How can we follow God rightly when we don't even know what He says is sin and what is righteous? We can't!



So this morning are you being help captive by sin? You can be free....turn it over to Jesus and He will set you free, I guarantee it!



Tom