Proverbs: The Three Ms

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Proverbs The Three Ms

• Money, Mouth, and Morals
• The Morals category is
• The most inclusive
• Morals may include dishonest weights, murder,
  drinking, civil disobedience, etc.
• Divided into large sections devoted to a
  discussion of sexual immorality

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I The Best Defense Is A Good Offense, Pro. 2

• Attitude (21-5)
• Results (26-22)

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II Choices CarryConsequences, Pro. 5

• Five warnings (57-14)
• 1. Keep away (58)
• 1 Co. 618
• 2 Tim. 222

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Only one 100 guarantee

• Since the popular push for protec-tion against
  STDs for teens began, teenage sexual activity and
  preg-nancy have increased almost 400
• 70 of unwed teen mothers will go on welfare
• Of teens who marry because of pregnancy, 60 will
  be divorced in five years

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2. Give away (9-10)

• Honor and a good reputation take years to build,
  minutes to destroy
• Go away (11)
• Pine away (12)
• Run away (14)

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III A Matter Of Mind Over Matter, Pro. 6

• Repeat the basics (620-23)
• The mind is the battleground (624-25)
• The consequences of putting matter over mind
  (627-35)

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IV Be Afraid Of The Dark, Pro. 7

• Repeats the basics (71-4)
• The purpose (75)
• The illustration (76-23)
• The urgency (724-27)

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V Applications

• 1. Simple immature, inexperienced
• Being simple is not a sin in itself, but it is
  very dangerous. Pro.14 77 223
• Staying simple is a sin. Pro.94 1 Co.
  31-3
• Time by itself cannot cure imma-turity the cure
  requires a choice
• Pro.122. Ro.1618-19

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2. The mind makes the person

• Pro.423
• Fill it w. gold
• Fill it w. sports
• Fill it w. immoral desires and pleasures
• Mt.1518-19
• I never have a problem w. temptation. When it
  comes, I just give in to it

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3. The marriage bond is special

• Mt.195
• Glue, cement together
• 1. If tape is too small or weak, the bond will
  not hold
• 1 Co.616
• 2. If tape is applied too often, the bond will
  not hold
• Mt.194-6

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4. Our eternal destiny depends on choices we make
in life

• Wisdom in Hebrew fem. noun natural to
  personify it as a woman (Pro.94-6)
• 914-16, same invitation
• Our character depends on whose invitation we
  accept
• If we play w. matches . . . (627)
• Every kick satan offers carries a kickback