What does it mean to be immoral?

What does it mean to be immoral? (Proverbs 7:5)

What does it mean to be immoral?

"That they may keep you from the immoral woman, from the seductress who flatters with her words." What would such a person be like?

Proverbs 7:5

NKJV - ⁵ That they may keep you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words.

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 ALEX HORTMAN

In this chapter, the woman described is sexually immoral. She is trying to have an affair on her husband, who is away on a trip. 

Here's how you identify her: 

Proverbs 7:10 -- She is dressed seductively and has a sly nature

Proverbs 7:11 -- She is brash and rebellious, never content to stay at home to take care of her responsibilities 

Proverbs 7:12 -- She is on the corners of streets, asking men to lay with her

Proverbs 7:15 -- She will say that you are special, that you are the one she was looking for all along

Proverbs 7:16 -- Her bed will have beautiful blankets, with colorful Egyptian linen

Proverbs 7:21 -- She will flatter and compliment you in order to lure you into her bed

This chapter concludes with a warning. It says that anyone going to see her is like an ox being led to slaughter. (Proverbs 7:22) It is like a deer caught in a trap, about to be killed. (Proverbs 7:23) Do not fall into her wicked schemes...she will ruin you. (Proverbs 7:26) Her house will lead you to the grave and her bed will lead you to death. (Proverbs 7:27)

April 28 2015 

Sexual Sin Is Ultimately Deadly (Proverbs 7:1-27)

The IMMORAL man tempts himself (Proverbs 7:6-9).
The IMMORAL man is tempted by the IMMORAL woman (Proverbs 7:10-20).
The IMMORAL man tempts the Lord (Proverbs 7:21-27).

Warren Wiersbe says of Proverbs 7:22, "Ox is a symbol of Ignorance." 

The youth made a sudden decision to follow the woman, and when he did, he began to act like an animal. No longer was he a young man, made in God's image, but an ox going to the slaughter...Humans are God's only creatures who elect what kind of creatures they want to be. God, of course, wants us to be sheep (Ps 23:1; John 10; 1 Pe 2:25), but there other choices such as horses (Ps 32:9), or hogs and dogs (2 Pe 2:22). When we're outside God's will, we usurp our privileges as humans made in God's image. 

Jack Gutknecht writes:

This was my first sermon in Spanish, "The Foreign Woman." (Proverbs 5-7).

Like the deadly spider in the web, the woman was watching at the window, ready to pounce on her prey. Like Alex already said, she was a man's wife, but when her husband was out of town, she dressed like a prostitute so she could attract the men who were searching for her services (Ge 38:14-15; Eze 16:16). Compare Prov 7:10. 

Proverbs 7:11-12 She'd been in the streets, looking for victims 

Proverbs 7:19-20 She assures him that nobody will find out about it (except that someone's watching (Prov 7:6) and that her husband won't be home for many days. They have plenty of time to enjoy themselves. --WW Wiersbe

First, see the big picture:

705 Christ in John 1

  1 Christ the Word  John 1:1

  2 Christ the Light   John 1:8

  3 Christ the Lamb of God  John 1:29,36

  4 Christ the Son of God  John 1:34,49

  5 Christ the Anointed (Messias)  John 1:41

  6 Christ the King of Israel  John 1:49

  7 Christ the Son of man  John 1:51

706 The Word

  1 His Eternity—in the beginning  John 1:1

  2 His Equality—was with God  John 1:1

  3 His Deity—was God  John 1:1

  4 His Humanity—was made flesh  John 1:14

  5 His Testimony—‘told the Father out’ (Margin)  John 1:18

                                               H.K.D.

Jesus Is God – John 1:1

.
NET ©	In the beginning 1  was the Word, and the Word was with God, 2  and the Word was fully God. 3

The Bible teaches that Jesus is not merely someone who is a lot like God, or someone who has a very close walk with God. Rather, Jesus is the Most High God himself. Titus 2:13 says that as Christians we are “looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus.” Upon seeing the resurrected Christ, Thomas cried out, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28). Likewise, the book of Hebrews gives us God the Father’s direct testimony about Christ: “But of the Son he says, ‘Your throne, O God, is forever and ever" and the gospel of John calls Jesus “the only begotten God” (John 1:18).

Another way the Bible teaches that Jesus is God is by showing that he has all of the attributes of God. He knows everything (Matthew 16:21; Luke 11:17; John 4:29), is everywhere (Matthew 18:20; 28:20; Acts 18:10), has all power (Matthew 8:26–27; 28:18; John 11:38–44; Luke 7:14–15; Revelation 1:8), depends on nothing outside of himself for life (John 1:4; 14:6; 8:58), rules over everything (Matthew 28:18; Revelation 1:5; 19:16;), never began to exist and never will cease to exist (John 1:1; 8:58), and is our Creator (Colossians 1:16). In other words, everything that God is, Jesus is. For Jesus is God.

From <https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/how-can-jesus-be-god-and-man#jesus-is-god>

And the Word was God (kai qeo hn o logo). By exact and careful language John denied Sabellianism by not saying o qeo hn o logo. That would mean that all of God was expressed in o logo and the terms would be interchangeable, each having the article. The subject is made plain by the article (o logo) and the predicate without it (qeo) just as in John 4:24 pneuma o qeo can only mean "God is spirit," not "spirit is God." So in 1 John 4:16 o qeo agaph estin can only mean "God is love," not "love is God" as a so-called Christian scientist would confusedly say. For the article with the predicate see Robertson, Grammar_, pp. 767f. So in John 1:14 o Logo sarx egeneto, "the Word became flesh," not "the flesh became Word." Luther argues that here John disposes of Arianism also because the Logos was eternally God, fellowship of Father and Son, what Origen called the Eternal Generation of the Son (each necessary to the other). Thus in the Trinity we see personal fellowship on an equality.

From <https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/robertsons-word-pictures/john/john-1-1.html>
The Word (John 1:1–3, 14) Much as our words reveal to others our hearts and minds, so Jesus Christ is Gods Word to reveal His heart and mind to us. “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father” (John 14:9). A word is composed of letters, and Jesus Christ is Alpha and Omega” (Rev. 1:11), the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. According to Hebrews 1:1–3, Jesus Christ is God’s last Word to mankind, for He is the climax of divine revelation.
Jesus Christ is the eternal Word (vv. 1–2). He existed in the beginning, not because He had a beginning as a creature, but because He is eternal. He is God and He was with God. “Before Abraham was, I am” (John 8:58).  -- WWW

What does it mean that the Word was God and the Word was with God?

First, see the big picture:

705 Christ in John 1

  1 Christ the Word  John 1:1

  2 Christ the Light   John 1:8

  3 Christ the Lamb of God  John 1:29,36

  4 Christ the Son of God  John 1:34,49

  5 Christ the Anointed (Messias)  John 1:41

  6 Christ the King of Israel  John 1:49

  7 Christ the Son of man  John 1:51

706 The Word

  1 His Eternity—in the beginning  John 1:1

  2 His Equality—was with God  John 1:1

  3 His Deity—was God  John 1:1

  4 His Humanity—was made flesh  John 1:14

  5 His Testimony—‘told the Father out’ (Margin)  John 1:18

                                               H.K.D.

Jesus Is God – John 1:1

.
NET ©	In the beginning 1  was the Word, and the Word was with God, 2  and the Word was fully God. 3

The Bible teaches that Jesus is not merely someone who is a lot like God, or someone who has a very close walk with God. Rather, Jesus is the Most High God himself. Titus 2:13 says that as Christians we are “looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus.” Upon seeing the resurrected Christ, Thomas cried out, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28). Likewise, the book of Hebrews gives us God the Father’s direct testimony about Christ: “But of the Son he says, ‘Your throne, O God, is forever and ever" and the gospel of John calls Jesus “the only begotten God” (John 1:18).

Another way the Bible teaches that Jesus is God is by showing that he has all of the attributes of God. He knows everything (Matthew 16:21; Luke 11:17; John 4:29), is everywhere (Matthew 18:20; 28:20; Acts 18:10), has all power (Matthew 8:26–27; 28:18; John 11:38–44; Luke 7:14–15; Revelation 1:8), depends on nothing outside of himself for life (John 1:4; 14:6; 8:58), rules over everything (Matthew 28:18; Revelation 1:5; 19:16;), never began to exist and never will cease to exist (John 1:1; 8:58), and is our Creator (Colossians 1:16). In other words, everything that God is, Jesus is. For Jesus is God.

From <https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/how-can-jesus-be-god-and-man#jesus-is-god>

And the Word was God (kai qeo hn o logo). By exact and careful language John denied Sabellianism by not saying o qeo hn o logo. That would mean that all of God was expressed in o logo and the terms would be interchangeable, each having the article. The subject is made plain by the article (o logo) and the predicate without it (qeo) just as in John 4:24 pneuma o qeo can only mean "God is spirit," not "spirit is God." So in 1 John 4:16 o qeo agaph estin can only mean "God is love," not "love is God" as a so-called Christian scientist would confusedly say. For the article with the predicate see Robertson, Grammar_, pp. 767f. So in John 1:14 o Logo sarx egeneto, "the Word became flesh," not "the flesh became Word." Luther argues that here John disposes of Arianism also because the Logos was eternally God, fellowship of Father and Son, what Origen called the Eternal Generation of the Son (each necessary to the other). Thus in the Trinity we see personal fellowship on an equality.

From <https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/robertsons-word-pictures/john/john-1-1.html>
The Word (John 1:1–3, 14) Much as our words reveal to others our hearts and minds, so Jesus Christ is Gods Word to reveal His heart and mind to us. “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father” (John 14:9). A word is composed of letters, and Jesus Christ is Alpha and Omega” (Rev. 1:11), the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. According to Hebrews 1:1–3, Jesus Christ is God’s last Word to mankind, for He is the climax of divine revelation.
Jesus Christ is the eternal Word (vv. 1–2). He existed in the beginning, not because He had a beginning as a creature, but because He is eternal. He is God and He was with God. “Before Abraham was, I am” (John 8:58).  -- WWW

https://www.preceptaustin.org/john_11_commentary

The Old Rugged Cross lyrics translated into Spanish

 

 

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/old-rugged-cross-la-cruz-de-jesus.html

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What does it mean that the Word was God and the Word was with God? John 1:1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Lek2-uQvs

First, see the big picture:

.

NET ©

In the beginning ¹  was the Word, and the Word was with God,   and the Word was fully God.  

705 Christ in John 1

  1 Christ the Word  John 1:1

  2 Christ the Light   John 1:8

  3 Christ the Lamb of God  John 1:29,36

  4 Christ the Son of God  John 1:34,49

  5 Christ the Anointed (Messias)  John 1:41

  6 Christ the King of Israel  John 1:49

  7 Christ the Son of man  John 1:51

706 The Word

  1 His Eternity—in the beginning  John 1:1

  2 His Equality—was with God  John 1:1

  3 His Deity—was God  John 1:1

  4 His Humanity—was made flesh  John 1:14

  5 His Testimony—‘told the Father out’ (Margin)  John 1:18

                                               H.K.D.

Jesus Is God – John 1:1

The Bible teaches that Jesus is not merely someone who is a lot like God, or someone who has a very close walk with God. Rather, Jesus is the Most High God himself. Titus 2:13 says that as Christians we are “looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus.” Upon seeing the resurrected Christ, Thomas cried out, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28). Likewise, the book of Hebrews gives us God the Father’s direct testimony about Christ: “But of the Son he says, ‘Your throne, O God, is forever and ever" and the gospel of John calls Jesus “the only begotten God” (John 1:18).

Another way the Bible teaches that Jesus is God is by showing that he has all of the attributes of God. He knows everything (Matthew 16:21; Luke 11:17; John 4:29), is everywhere (Matthew 18:20; 28:20; Acts 18:10), has all power (Matthew 8:26–27; 28:18; John 11:38–44; Luke 7:14–15; Revelation 1:8), depends on nothing outside of himself for life (John 1:4; 14:6; 8:58), rules over everything (Matthew 28:18; Revelation 1:5; 19:16;), never began to exist and never will cease to exist (John 1:1; 8:58), and is our Creator (Colossians 1:16). In other words, everything that God is, Jesus is. For Jesus is God.

From <https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/how-can-jesus-be-god-and-man#jesus-is-god>

And the Word was God (kai qeo hn o logo). By exact and careful language John denied Sabellianism by not saying o qeo hn o logo. That would mean that all of God was expressed in o logo and the terms would be interchangeable, each having the article. The subject is made plain by the article (o logo) and the predicate without it (qeo) just as in John 4:24 pneuma o qeo can only mean "God is spirit," not "spirit is God." So in 1 John 4:16 o qeo agaph estin can only mean "God is love," not "love is God" as a so-called Christian scientist would confusedly say. For the article with the predicate see Robertson, Grammar_, pp. 767f. So in John 1:14 o Logo sarx egeneto, "the Word became flesh," not "the flesh became Word." Luther argues that here John disposes of Arianism also because the Logos was eternally God, fellowship of Father and Son, what Origen called the Eternal Generation of the Son (each necessary to the other). Thus in the Trinity we see personal fellowship on an equality.

From <https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/robertsons-word-pictures/john/john-1-1.html>
The Word (John 1:1–3, 14) Much as our words reveal to others our hearts and minds, so Jesus Christ is Gods Word to reveal His heart and mind to us. “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father” (John 14:9). A word is composed of letters, and Jesus Christ is Alpha and Omega” (Rev. 1:11), the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. According to Hebrews 1:1–3, Jesus Christ is God’s last Word to mankind, for He is the climax of divine revelation.
Jesus Christ is the eternal Word (vv. 1–2). He existed in the beginning, not because He had a beginning as a creature, but because He is eternal. He is God and He was with God. “Before Abraham was, I am” (John 8:58).  -- WWW

What does it mean that the Word was God and the Word was with God? John 1:1

First, see the big picture:

John 1:1

NET ©

In the beginning ¹ was the Word, and the Word was with God,   and the Word was fully God.  

Christ in John 1

  1 Christ the Word  John 1:1

  2 Christ the Light   John 1:8

  3 Christ the Lamb of God  John 1:29,36

  4 Christ the Son of God  John 1:34,49

  5 Christ the Anointed (Messias)  John 1:41

  6 Christ the King of Israel  John 1:49

  7 Christ the Son of man  John 1:51

706 The Word

  1 His Eternity—in the beginning  John 1:1

  2 His Equality—was with God  John 1:1

  3 His Deity—was God  John 1:1

  4 His Humanity—was made flesh  John 1:14

  5 His Testimony—‘told the Father out’ (Margin)  John 1:18

                                               H.K.D.

 

Jesus Is God – John 1:1

The Bible teaches that Jesus is not merely someone who is a lot like God, or someone who has a very close walk with God. Rather, Jesus is the Most High God himself. Titus 2:13 says that as Christians we are “looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus.” Upon seeing the resurrected Christ, Thomas cried out, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28). Likewise, the book of Hebrews gives us God the Father’s direct testimony about Christ: “But of the Son he says, ‘Your throne, O God, is forever and ever" and the gospel of John calls Jesus “the only begotten God” (John 1:18).

Another way the Bible teaches that Jesus is God is by showing that he has all of the attributes of God. He knows everything (Matthew 16:21; Luke 11:17; John 4:29), is everywhere (Matthew 18:20; 28:20; Acts 18:10), has all power (Matthew 8:26–27; 28:18; John 11:38–44; Luke 7:14–15; Revelation 1:8), depends on nothing outside of himself for life (John 1:4; 14:6; 8:58), rules over everything (Matthew 28:18; Revelation 1:5; 19:16;), never began to exist and never will cease to exist (John 1:1; 8:58), and is our Creator (Colossians 1:16). In other words, everything that God is, Jesus is. For Jesus is God.

From <https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/how-can-jesus-be-god-and-man#jesus-is-god>

And the Word was God (kai qeo hn o logo). By exact and careful language John denied Sabellianism by not saying o qeo hn o logo. That would mean that all of God was expressed in o logo and the terms would be interchangeable, each having the article. The subject is made plain by the article (o logo) and the predicate without it (qeo) just as in John 4:24 pneuma o qeo can only mean "God is spirit," not "spirit is God." So in 1 John 4:16 o qeo agaph estin can only mean "God is love," not "love is God" as a so-called Christian scientist would confusedly say. For the article with the predicate see Robertson, Grammar_, pp. 767f. So in John 1:14 o Logo sarx egeneto, "the Word became flesh," not "the flesh became Word." Luther argues that here John disposes of Arianism also because the Logos was eternally God, fellowship of Father and Son, what Origen called the Eternal Generation of the Son (each necessary to the other). Thus in the Trinity we see personal fellowship on an equality.

From <https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/robertsons-word-pictures/john/john-1-1.html>
The Word (John 1:1–3, 14) Much as our words reveal to others our hearts and minds, so Jesus Christ is Gods Word to reveal His heart and mind to us. “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father” (John 14:9). A word is composed of letters, and Jesus Christ is Alpha and Omega” (Rev. 1:11), the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. According to Hebrews 1:1–3, Jesus Christ is God’s last Word to mankind, for He is the climax of divine revelation.
Jesus Christ is the eternal Word (vv. 1–2). He existed in the beginning, not because He had a beginning as a creature, but because He is eternal. He is God and He was with God. “Before Abraham was, I am” (John 8:58).  -- WWW

What does it mean that God has granted us 'everything we need for life and godliness?' Do we have everything we need for life and godliness? 2 Peter 1:3

What does it mean that God has granted us 'everything we need for life and godliness?' Do we have everything we need for life and godliness? 2 Peter 1:3

https://ebible.com/questions/11921-what-does-it-mean-that-god-has-granted-us-everything-we-need-for-life-and-godliness#answer-34675

 Jack Gutknecht ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

The Christian life begins with saving faith, faith in the person of Jesus Christ. But when you know Jesus Christ personally, you also experience God’s power, and this power produces “life and godliness.” The unsaved sinner is dead (Eph 2:1–3), and only Christ can raise him from the dead (John 5:24). When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, He said, “Loose him, and let him go” (John 11:44). Get rid of the graveclothes!

When you are born into the family of God by faith in Christ, you are born complete. God gives you everything you will ever need “for life and godliness.” Nothing has to be added! “And ye are complete in him” (Col 2:10). The false teachers claimed that they had a “special doctrine” that would add something to the lives of Peter’s readers, but Peter knew that nothing could be added. Just as a normal baby is born with all the “equipment” he needs for life and only needs to grow, so the Christian has all that is needed and only needs to grow. God never has to call back/recall (request the return of faulty goods) any of His “models” because something is lacking or faulty.

2 Peter 1:3

TLB

For as you know him better, he will give you, through his great power, everything you need for living a truly good life: he even shares his own glory and his own goodness with us!

PHILLIPS

He has by his own action given us everything that is necessary for living the truly good life, in allowing us to know the one who has called us to him, through his own glorious goodness.

June 29 2019