Proverbs Chapter 5
“Officer, the hand cuffs are too tight”
Today’s verses are from Proverbs 5:21-23
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
I am not a fan of reality Television shows. They usually show people at their worst. None is better at this than COPS. You know…. the show where the cameraman rides around with a police officer and shows him chase a criminal, catch him and arrest him. Inevitably the criminal will always say, “The hand cuffs are too tight”. Does he not know that he is bound because of his own doing?
The verse today speaks of the same thing that can occur in our own lives. When we sin, we bind ourselves with cords of our own sin. You think, just one little sin, I can break it, I can stop, no one will ever know. One sin is like a thread. You can break loose from just one. But one sin turns to more and more until you have woven a perfect cord from you own iniquities. You find yourself in bondage to your sin. You cannot break the cord. It controls you. The Word of God is true. You “shall be holden with the cords” of your sin. When you find yourself bound, cry out to God for forgiveness. He can break the bonds of your sin. Otherwise, you will suffer verse 23.
James 1:
14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Let’s commit to ourselves, to each other and to God not to allow ourselves to be bound in sin. Jesus died for our sin and nailed it to the cross. Let’s act like it.
1 John 2:1
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: