Proverbs 5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins. Nothing is so deceptive as sin. Nothing so cruel and unrelenting. Nothing so ruinous and destructive. Some think that sin is a single act, and that it passes away with the doing. I. SIN WILL SURELY FIND OUT THE SINNER. Conscience is one of its officers. The consequences of sin lay hold of the sinner. No man can escape from himself. II. SIN WILL SURELY BRING THE SINNER TO JUDGMENT. He must answer for his wrong doing and wrong thinking. In his personal experience something declares against the sinner. It causes a disharmony of one's nature. At the bar of judgment a penalty is declared. The judgment is a self-condemnation. The penalty will enforce itself. III. THE CORDS OF SIN WILL HOLD THE SINNER. He cannot free, himself from them. His very being is bound and fettered with an adamantine chain. Sin can never exhaust itself. Continual sinning involves continual penalty. Sin presents only a hopeless aspect. Turning to himself, man turns only to despair. Practical lessons — 1. We should not cherish slighting views of sin. 2. We should heartily loathe and detest it. 3. We should humbly resort to the only, the gospel, remedy for sin.Christ is the only emancipator from its terrible power. Only through personal faith in Christ can any guilty soul realise salvation. (Daniel Rogers, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.WEB: The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly. |
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