Being Successful The Test of a Man

Being Successful

The Test of a Man

 

When God made man He said it

was not good for man to be alone.

God made the woman with such a

beauty that man would be attracted to her.

Whether a man is young or old the

beauty of a woman will get his attention.

I believe Eve was the most beautiful woman.

Adam was so fulfilled with his love for her.

Adam’s discernment, his knowledge,

everything God had taught him was tested when

his lovely wife Eve offered him the forbidden fruit.

Everything God created is good

but has the potential of corruption.

The Book of Proverbs warns men of

the adulteress and the wayward woman.

Proverbs 7:14 tells us of a married

woman who just came from church.

She gave her offering and brought home

leftover food she took to the church lovefeast.

This woman is wanting attention

she is not getting from her husband.

An undiscerning young man accepts her kind

invitation to continue the church lovefeast in her home.

 This young man takes off his understanding and

discernment long before he takes off his clothes.

Her offer of lovemaking all night long is too much to resist.

Proverbs 6:31 says, “if he is caught”.

When we question our ability to get away

with something, we are in trouble.

 “Yet if he (A thief) is caught, he must pay sevenfold,

though it costs him all the wealth of his house.

But a man who commits adultery has no sense;

whoever does so destroys himself.”

Proverbs 6:31,32

All the wisdom of God was imparted to Adam and Eve. 

Proverbs 8 describes how we were created by God’s

wisdom and everything God made was made by wisdom.  

Yet, Eve this beautiful woman created by

and surrounded by wisdom, was deceived.

The ultimate test to Adam to whether he would

retain the wisdom of God did not come from Satan…

It came through the woman.

The point is not that women are evil…

The point for a man is we must see beyond beauty and our lust.

The point for a woman is what type of woman not to be.

We must use the teachings and commands

of God as tools of insight and discernment.

Taking off your discernment and insight

for a short time can ruin the rest of your life. 

Scripture Reading 

Proverbs 6:20-35

My son, keep your father’s command

and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

21 Bind them always on your heart;

fasten them around your neck.

22 When you walk, they will guide you;

when you sleep, they will watch over you;

when you awake, they will speak to you.

23 For this command is a lamp,

this teaching is a light,

and correction and instruction

are the way to life,

24 keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,

from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.

25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty

or let her captivate you with her eyes.

26 For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,

but another man’s wife preys on your very life.

27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap

without his clothes being burned?

28 Can a man walk on hot coals

without his feet being scorched?

29 So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife;

no one who touches her will go unpunished.

30 People do not despise a thief if he steals

to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,

though it costs him all the wealth of his house.

32 But a man who commits adultery has no sense;

whoever does so destroys himself.

33 Blows and disgrace are his lot,

and his shame will never be wiped away.

34 For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury,

and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

35 He will not accept any compensation;

he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.