The Anti-Sin Secret Of Proverbs 5
By Messianic Rabbi Jonathan Cahn
There’s a powerful secret to overcoming sin and temptation in the Book of Proverbs. You’ll read many warnings against the adulteress. But in Proverbs 5:8, it says, “Stay far away from her door.” This is a critical and powerful secret of dealing with sin. For it is one thing to avoid an adulteress, but it’s another thing to avoid her door. To deal with an adulteress or an adulterer can be hard. You may be under pressure or temptation. But to deal with a door is much easier. No one has ever been pressured, enticed, or tempted by a door. So if you want to be successful in overcoming sin, then don’t deal with sin – deal with the door. Don’t even allow yourself to get near that temptation. Stay away from even the door of the situation that could lead you there. Stay far from that house, that bar, that subject, that relationship, that image, that program, or whatever it is. For then, you won’t even see the temptation, and you’ll be blessed. For no matter what sin you’re dealing with…dealing with its door is a lot easier.
Today’s Mission: Today, stay away from even the door of any situation that could lead you to dishonor God.
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
2 Peter 2:9
While Jonathan’s writing talks about sexual temptation, the “door” idea can be applied to the temptation to be conformed to this world, unforgiving, bitter, jealous, not trusting God, not believing His Word, being pressured to be self-sufficient, anger, using bad language, worry, greed, pride, selfishness, not loving our spouse, etc. His words sure helped me to look at the generational sins that I still deal with in my own life in a new light. I’m asking Jesus to help me to remember the “door” so I don’t spend time thinking about worry, jealousy, bitterness, reacting in a wrong way, and any other sins the Holy Spirit reveals to us. All of this can help us to take thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ so sin can’t get a foothold, and attempt to cause us harm. In His love for us, God points out sin to bless us by reminding us to stay far away from it.
God bless,
Mark