Title: The Prostitute's Invitation
[Min Byeong-seok's Proverbs Exposition] 19
Invitation of a whore (Text: Proverbs 9:13-18)
Last week, on the third night of the night, in the sermon of Proverbs, I heard the word of the invitation of wisdom. But today, the opposite feast is invited by a harlot. This feast is a feast of a harlot, and it is a tragic feast compared to the feast of wisdom that leads to the way of life in that both the inviter and the invited are the guests of death who enter the depths of Hades.
1. Two houses built inside the church
We must be aware that not only one house is being built in the church, but another house is being built at the same time. One is the house that wisdom builds with wisdom, and the other is the house that the harlot builds by fornication. There is a time when the Lord compared these things to seeds. Let's look at Matthew 13:24-30. If you look at the words of this parable, there are good seeds and there are weeds seeds. The good seed bears fruit, but the weed seed also bears fruit. A good seed bears the fruit of the wheat, but the tares seed bears the fruit of the weeds. But in the church where wheat seeds and weeds are growing, the Lord told those who wanted to pluck the growing seeds not to pull them, but to leave them until the harvest. Therefore, they grow together in the same field until the harvest. Of course, we grow up together in the church. But in the end, the fruit of the good seed is given to God's storehouse and the fruit of the weed seed is set on fire.
Here, the good seed are those who are born-again saints invited to the feast of wisdom and will inherit the kingdom of heaven, and the weed seed are those who will inherit death invited to the feast of the harlot. In verse 13, the harlot is said to be “a foolish and foolish woman.” The harlot who sows weeds in the church is foolish and foolish. The appearance of such a harlot is a judgment viewed by God's wisdom. The word of truth and God's way of salvation can only be understood and understood only with God's wisdom and understanding. Because the people belonging to the whore do not have the Holy Spirit, they cannot understand and do not want to know about the way of the cross, the way of resurrection, the truth of salvation, or the hope of heaven. Therefore, it is said that these are 'stupid and foolish people'. These are fools and fools in the wisdom of God.
Who, then, does this harlot seduce, and how does it seduce? Please see verse 15. He said, “He calls for passersby who go straight on his way.” To go straight means people who stand on the right path of faith and are walking the right path, and this passerby refers to the saints who come to the church. Not long ago, when our general assembly was held somewhere in Cheongnyangni, I was passing the back alley at the corner of the King of Cheongnyangni at night, and women dressed in dark make-up with the door open on the street beckoned passersby and waved their hand at passersby. I've seen you call. If you fall into the form of trembling, mischief, or temptation, you will be led to the place the woman guides you to.
2. Food eaten by harlots
What does the harlot invite these foolish and ignorant people to feed them? Please see verse 17. He said, “Stolen water is sweet, and the secretly eaten rice cake is delicious.” They were invited by the harlot to say, “Drink the stolen water and eat the bread that you secretly eat.”
So what does stolen water mean? Water is the living water that Jesus drinks to thirsty people. In John 4, we see a thirsty image of a Samaritan woman who had taken away her five husbands. One day, this woman met Jesus, who was sitting at the well, exhausted, and had a conversation. In this conversation, this Samaritan woman quenched her thirst and started a new life through Jesus, who gives the living water of life to those who are thirsty. (I used to sell bottled water at the Park Tae-seon Jeondogwan, but this time I am selling bottled water in a bottle of bottled water at the Hallelujah Prayer Center in Pocheon. This is not bottled water).
Jesus said about this living water in John 7:38, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Bible says, out of his belly will flow rivers of living water." And about this living water, he said, “He was speaking of the Holy Spirit, whom those who believe in him will receive.” Why is the Holy Spirit being said to be living water? Because the Holy Spirit quenches our soul's thirst forever. This is because when the Holy Spirit comes into our hearts, our souls burst and the living water that erupts from the rock of Horeb flows out of our souls and enriches our lives. To enrich our lives means to plant peace in our hearts first. Gentlemen, peace of mind does not come with money, nor does it come with fame or power. Ecclesiastes 5:10 says, “The lover of silver is not satisfied with silver, and the lover of abundance is not satisfied with income.”
God made it impossible to satisfy his heart with anything in this world. Yesterday, while watching a cable TV during the day, I was sad to see a man who loved his wife being tempted to gamble. I left for Lavesgas on my honeymoon, and this man got caught up in a fight. It seems like you will win, so if you bet you will lose, and it seems like you are facing a windfall where you can get a lot of money at once, so you can make a decision by betting a lot of money, but it is a number you can definitely win. It was a shame that I had to lend it to someone for a few days. Everyone, have you seen a person who became rich by making money on the battle board? Did you see the person who found the original game after thinking about the original game? If you go crazy about fighting, the wife sells even the husband, the husband sells the wife, the parents sell the children, and the children sell the parents. In the end, the whole family is ruined.
Why are you falling for this twist? Because they couldn't stand firm in the truth. It is because we cannot live with the faith that can overcome temptation. It is because greed is contained in their heart instead of living water that can give them peace. Those who receive this living water from the Lord and drink it will be able to live a blessed life with the sure faith of salvation and the kingdom of heaven without turning a blind eye to money or the hand of the world's temptations. This is not to say that we are not without difficulties. All these difficulties and sufferings of life that come upon us cannot take away from the Lord's love, peace, and joy that has been planted in our hearts, and we cannot overthrow it.
But what kind of water is the stolen water in today's text? Revelation 17:4 says that the golden cup of the harlot contains the wine of fornication. If you drink this water, you will be judged by God. fall into the fire of hell and perish. Those who drink this water will be tormented with fire and brimstone for ever and ever. In order not to drink this water, we are drinking living water from the words of truth in the book of Revelation during the worship service on Sundays these days. Jeremiah 51:7 says that anyone who drinks this water will go crazy. Jeremiah 25:27 says that if you drink this water, you will vomit and fall on your face, but you will never get up again. How scary is the water? Do you still want to drink this water because it is sweet?
Next time call the whore