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Proverbs of a 41 yr. old man
If you keep being stubborn after many warnings, you will suddenly discover you have gone too far. Yes, after much reproof you will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery. God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered? “I called you so often, but you wouldn’t come. I reached out to you, but you paid no attention. You ignored my advice and rejected the correction I offered. "How much longer will you enjoy being stupid fools? Won't you ever stop sneering and laughing at knowledge? Come and listen to my counsel. I’ll share my heart with you and make you wise. What's wrong with you? Why do you look so angry? If you had done the right thing, you would be smiling. But you did the wrong thing, and now sin is waiting to attack you like a lion. Sin wants to destroy you, but don't let it! Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? Amen. You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living. Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey this teaching we have given you. Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living. Because of the weakness of your human nature, I am using the illustration of slavery to help you understand all this. Previously, you let yourselves be slaves to impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin. Now you must give yourselves to be slaves to righteous living so that you will become holy. Servants cannot be corrected by mere words; though they understand, they will not respond. We are no longer servants to this world but sons and daughters of the Living God. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.
Study Heb. 12:7
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