You must be in fellowship prior to your Bible study, so that the spiritual information you receive can become a source, of blessing to your soul and produce spiritual growth.
10 My son [ben], if sinners [chatta'] entice [pathah] thee, consent ['abah] thou not. KJV-Interlinear
10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. ESV
Aligning yourself against the teachings or instructions from the Bible, thus ignoring the mandates of the spiritual life, is a choice for sin.
A sinner is not just someone who is a person of bad reputation, but more often the sinner is a decision, or worse still a pattern of decisions that a person chooses for themselves.
The worst decision you can make, is to consent to sin. The far worse situation is not knowing who a sinner is, or better still what a sinner is. The word for sinners is in the plural. And it means to miss the mark, to error, to sin, it’s a reference to a habitual pattern, plural, that a person has chosen for their life.
We are all children of God therefore, we are all sons. And this Psalm, or this instruction, is directed toward each and every one of us.
It certainly applies to children, that parents should be teaching, but all too often the parents of this world fail in that regard, because they simply never learned themselves.
The principle instruction or set of instructions in our life, comes from God. And we learn them through the study of Bible doctrine. And if you don’t have any consistent pattern of study, then you simply don’t learn.
And therefore we have a very basic, and the very simple instruction, to avoid sin, and sinners, and much more than that, to avoid the pattern or patterns that all of this represents.
There are four great enemies that we all face in this life.
The first, comes from our own thoughts and intents. If we do not know truth, then our thoughts will always lead us in the wrong direction.
Second, pressure comes from other people. And if we do not know truth, then we do not have any discernment, or ability to distinguish the good from the bad.
Third, we are all exposed to bureaucracies of every kind. From government, to employment, to social interactions, and so forth. There will always be pressure and frustration, as well as peer pressure to conform to the accepted laws or rules, or regulations, or the norms and standards of society.
Fourth, the natural environment around us will bring pressure into our life. Whether from a natural disaster, or bad weather, from storms, from physical or mental handicaps, or just plain bad luck, there is no shortage of the possibilities of trouble that can enter into our lives, and steer us in the wrong direction.
Therefore, not consenting to sinners, begins with your own thoughts. And your own thoughts are patterned after what you know, and what you have learned.
Learn Bible doctrine, and you are on the right path. Ignore Bible doctrine, and you’ll never find the right path.
These studies are a part of the massive daily study web site at DailyBibeStudy.Org, and are written, so that you can come to Christ if you have not done so already, and therefore not be lost forever.
And if you have already believed in Christ, then these studies are written so you can learn and understand and grow in your spiritual life, so that you can come to the full knowledge of Christ, so that you can fulfill your meaning and purpose in life as God intended for you, and so you can qualify for a phenomenal eternal reward which you will have forever. To ignore this opportunity to pursue a daily study means you will be incomplete, unfulfilled and you will lose out, big time.
The Daily Bible Study is online, making it possible as never before in all of human history, to advance in ones relationship with God, through Christ, and to complete yourself beyond your imagination.
But you have to decide to make that commitment. No one else can study for you. You have to do that yourself.
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