Pitfalls !

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Pitfalls !
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Pitfalls !(Not Easily Recognized Be on Guard)

• Strong Drink is a Pitfall
• Proverbs 201 2329-35 1 Peter 41-3

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Proverbs 201

• 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 2329-ff (read)

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1 Peter 41-3

• 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.

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Pitfalls !(Not Easily Recognized Be on Guard)

• Strong Drink is a Pitfall
• Proverbs 201 2329-35 1 Peter 41-3
• Dancing is a Pitfall
• Galatians 519-21 James 114-15 1 Peter 211

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Galatians 519-21

• 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)

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James 114-15

• 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)

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1 Peter 211

• Beloved, I beg you as
  sojourners and pilgrims, abstain
  from fleshly lusts which war against the soul.
• Abstain to hold oneself off restrain

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Pitfalls !(Not Easily Recognized Be on Guard)

• Strong Drink is a Pitfall
• Proverbs 201 2329-35 1 Peter 41-3
• Dancing is a Pitfall
• Galatians 519-21 James 114-15 1 Peter 211
• Evil Companionship is a Pitfall
• Ex Delilah Judges 164-5 1 Cor. 1533

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Judges 164-5

• 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.

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1 Corinthians 1533

• Do not be deceived "Evil company
  corrupts good habits.
• In the face of Pauls instructions, maintaining
  these ungodly associations is the result of
  willing self-delusion. (Such as the pagans of
  Romans 121-32). became futile in their
  thoughts they became fools they did not
  like to retain God in their knowledge

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Pitfalls !(Not Easily Recognized Be on Guard)

• Strong Drink is a Pitfall
• Proverbs 201 2329-35 1 Peter 41-3
• Dancing is a Pitfall
• Galatians 519-21 James 114-15 1 Peter 211
• Evil Companionship is a Pitfall
• Ex Delilah Judges 164-5 1 Cor. 1533
• Fault Finding is a Pitfall
• Matthew 71-5 Galatians 514-15

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Matthew 71-5

• 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.

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Galatians 514-15

• 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!

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Conclusion

• To avoid pitfalls we must be alert. "See then
  that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as
  wise" (Ephesians 515). The devil lays snares and
  attempts to hide them. We need to be sober and
  maintain vigilance.