‘With her enticing speech she caused him to yield.’ Proverbs
7:21
Psychologist Henry Brandt tells how his son got upset
when he wouldn’t permit him to go out alone in a car with a girl down to the
lake after dark. ‘What’s wrong, Dad?’ demanded the son. ‘Don’t you trust me?’
Brandt replied: ‘In a car, alone at night, in front of a lake, with a beautiful
woman? I wouldn’t trust me!’ Solomon got involved early and strongly in the
lives of his children, and educated them about God’s perspective on sex. The
three largest sections in Proverbs dealing with one topic are found in chapters
5 through 7. In chapters 5 and 6, Solomon dealt exclusively with premarital sex
- fornication. He devoted almost the entirety of chapter 7 to extramarital sex
- adultery. And in between, he gave a frank discussion of sex within the will
of God. For too long pastors and parents have kept their heads buried in the
sand, hoping this topic would just go away. But the subject can’t be avoided.
Pollster George Gallup stated: ‘There’s no question about it, sex-related
issues are going to become the most important issues facing all churches in the
foreseeable future. Abortion, AIDS, premarital sex, homosexuality - all those
are going to be at the vortex.’ Solomon warned his son, ‘With her enticing
speech she caused him to yield.’ So whether you’re a father, a mother, a single
parent, or even a grandparent, your child won’t make the wrong move if they’re
not in the wrong place, with the wrong person, at the wrong time. So teach
them, ‘If you don’t want to get burned, stay away from the fire!’ 
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