Today as I was reading Proverbs I came across some verses that were very convicting and helpful to me covering just how bad pron/adultery/lust can be on each of us individually.

Here they are:

For why should you, my son, be enraptured by an immoral woman, and be embraced in the arms of a seductress? For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and He ponders all his paths. His own iniquities entrap the wicked man and he is caught in the cords of his sin. He shall die for lack of instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. - Proverbs 5:20-23 (NKJV)

Earlier in the chapter this is talking about adultery but as Jesus has said lusting after a woman is adultery in our heart. It is so convicting to know that “the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and He ponders his paths”.

It goes on to say…

For the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light; Reproof of instruction are the way of life, to keep you from the evil woman, from the flattering tongue of a seductress. Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, nor let her allure you with her eyelids. For by means of a harlot a man is reduced to a crust of bread; and an adulteress will prey upon his precious life. Can a man take fire to his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be seared? - Proverbs 6:23-33 (NKJV)

These words are so convicting! Do we not go in with a seductress when we engage in Pron? Do we not commit adultery against God’s will for us when we lust? The words used and the imagery of this verse are amazing.

It is so vivid how this verse states we can become a crust of a man with lust. Knowing how lust’s main goal is to utterly consume us and make us worthless, like a crust of bread…do you not feel the same as I? Shall we, Christian men, succumb to such a deadly thing as lust? Let us say NO! Let’s stop it now, today, and fight together to encourage one another in fighting that which ultimately wishes to destroy us.

Be encouraged and convicted that we “fight not against flesh and blood” and let us remember who watches us when we lust and the great sacrifice He made for us…Stay strong in the Lord, His Word and His Service!

Pron Kills,  the soul and the body…never forget this!