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Avoiding Unseen Dangers: A Guide to Recognizing Pitfalls

Stay on guard against pitfalls not easily recognized. Discover insights from Proverbs 20:1, 23:29-35, and 1 Peter 4:1-3, highlighting the dangers of strong drink, dancing, evil companionship, and fault-finding. Learn to navigate these pitfalls with wisdom and vigilance.

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Avoiding Unseen Dangers: A Guide to Recognizing Pitfalls

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  1. Pitfalls !

  2. Pitfalls !(Not Easily Recognized… Be on Guard) Strong Drink is a Pitfall Proverbs 20:1; 23:29-35; 1 Peter 4:1-3

  3. Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise. The true character of strong drink is revealed in Proverbs 23:29-ff (read)

  4. 1 Peter 4:1-3 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 3 For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles--when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.

  5. Pitfalls !(Not Easily Recognized… Be on Guard) Strong Drink is a Pitfall Proverbs 20:1; 23:29-35; 1 Peter 4:1-3 Dancing is a Pitfall Galatians 5:19-21; James 1:14-15; 1 Peter 2:11

  6. Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. aselgeia (lasciviousness) – filthy, wanton, (sexual)

  7. James 1:14-15 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. Note: Lust entices (Close embraces, suggestive movements, revealing clothing)

  8. 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul. “Abstain” – to hold oneself off… restrain

  9. Pitfalls !(Not Easily Recognized… Be on Guard) Strong Drink is a Pitfall Proverbs 20:1; 23:29-35; 1 Peter 4:1-3 Dancing is a Pitfall Galatians 5:19-21; James 1:14-15; 1 Peter 2:11 Evil Companionship is a Pitfall Ex: Delilah – Judges 16:4-5; 1 Cor. 15:33

  10. Judges 16:4-5 Afterward it happened that he [Samson] loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”

  11. 1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits.“ In the face of Paul’s instructions, maintaining these ungodly associations is the result of willing self-delusion. (Such as the pagans of Romans 1:21-32). “became futile in their thoughts”… “they became fools”… “they did not like to retain God in their knowledge”

  12. Pitfalls !(Not Easily Recognized… Be on Guard) Strong Drink is a Pitfall Proverbs 20:1; 23:29-35; 1 Peter 4:1-3 Dancing is a Pitfall Galatians 5:19-21; James 1:14-15; 1 Peter 2:11 Evil Companionship is a Pitfall Ex: Delilah – Judges 16:4-5; 1 Cor. 15:33 Fault Finding is a Pitfall Matthew 7:1-5; Galatians 5:14-15

  13. Matthew 7:1-5 Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, “Let me remove the speck from your eye”; and look, a plank is in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

  14. Galatians 5:14-15 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!

  15. Conclusion To avoid pitfalls we must be alert. "See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise" (Ephesians 5:15). The devil lays snares and attempts to hide them. We need to be sober and maintain vigilance.

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