TRUSTING IN GOD BY HOLDING TO HIS WAYS (12)
Scripture: Proverbs 5:1
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Trusting in God by Holding to His Ways (12)
Series: Wisdom - Suffering, Thinking, Loving, and Living Authentically
Patrick Edwards
Proverbs 5:1-7:27
Introduction
In August of 1975 a new song hit the airways which would become a modest hit across America. However, in 1986 it would be remixed and re-released becoming a global phenomenon, that music historians hail as a landmark event in the American music history. The song tells the story of a young man, naïve in the ways of the world and especially of women. His father encourages him to be patient, assuring him that one-day he'll get to experience all of the joys of being intimate with a woman. The song fast-forwards to few years later when at a school dance an older cheerleader suddenly approaches him. In the song we hear the young man say:
So I took a big chance at the high school dance
With a missy who was ready to play
Was it me she was foolin'?
'Cause she knew what she was doin'
Taught me how to walk this way.
She told me to walk this way...ah, just give me a kiss.
You might have guessed by this point what song I'm referencing; at least you heathens out there will know the song. Now please be assured I don't reference Aerosmith this morning though to be shocking; I reference this song because, though I don't think Steven Tyler knew what he was doing when he penned these lyrics, I think that the song ''Walk This Way'' very accurately tells the story of the strange, foreign woman of Proverbs 1-9.
We've seen warnings throughout the first four chapters of the book about this foreign woman, or Woman Folly. She stands on the streets waiting to seduce the naïve and immature; she makes grandiose promises seeking to lure all passers into her home and away from the Temple of God. What I find noteworthy about Aerosmith's song, though, is not just their representation of the strange woman seeking to lead the naïve young man down her way; it's the fact that this modern rock band celebrates this sed ...
Series: Wisdom - Suffering, Thinking, Loving, and Living Authentically
Patrick Edwards
Proverbs 5:1-7:27
Introduction
In August of 1975 a new song hit the airways which would become a modest hit across America. However, in 1986 it would be remixed and re-released becoming a global phenomenon, that music historians hail as a landmark event in the American music history. The song tells the story of a young man, naïve in the ways of the world and especially of women. His father encourages him to be patient, assuring him that one-day he'll get to experience all of the joys of being intimate with a woman. The song fast-forwards to few years later when at a school dance an older cheerleader suddenly approaches him. In the song we hear the young man say:
So I took a big chance at the high school dance
With a missy who was ready to play
Was it me she was foolin'?
'Cause she knew what she was doin'
Taught me how to walk this way.
She told me to walk this way...ah, just give me a kiss.
You might have guessed by this point what song I'm referencing; at least you heathens out there will know the song. Now please be assured I don't reference Aerosmith this morning though to be shocking; I reference this song because, though I don't think Steven Tyler knew what he was doing when he penned these lyrics, I think that the song ''Walk This Way'' very accurately tells the story of the strange, foreign woman of Proverbs 1-9.
We've seen warnings throughout the first four chapters of the book about this foreign woman, or Woman Folly. She stands on the streets waiting to seduce the naïve and immature; she makes grandiose promises seeking to lure all passers into her home and away from the Temple of God. What I find noteworthy about Aerosmith's song, though, is not just their representation of the strange woman seeking to lead the naïve young man down her way; it's the fact that this modern rock band celebrates this sed ...
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