Root Them Out
Subject: Root Them Out
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 6: 16 - 21
Memory Verse: 1 Corinthians 5: 6
Objective: To carefully observe the deadly effects of these sinful actions and conscientiously avoid them.
Pride is aptly the first of the seven deadly sins. How did this spiritual malady cause an anointed cherub to attempt to usurp God’s authority? And how does this type of behaviour always end? Isaiah 14: 12 - 15, Ezekiel 28: 14 - 17, Proverbs 16: 18, Luke 14: 11
How dearly did the young man in 2 Samuel 1: 1 - 10, 13 - 16 pay for lying, and how are we warned in Scripture? Exodus 20: 16, Proverbs 12: 22, Colossians 3: 9
What curse was placed upon Joab by David when he (Joab) shed the “innocent blood” of Abner? 2 Samuel 3: 17 - 29. What does Genesis 9: 6 forbid?
How cruel were the actions of Doeg, the Edomite, when he devised mischief against the priest? 1 Samuel 21: 1 - 9, 1 Samuel 22: 6 – 22
How did the sin of “bearing false witness” feature in the death of the innocent in 1 Kings 21: 1 - 13? What judgement was predicted for the instigators of this crime? 1 Kings 21: 17 - 25, 2 Kings 9: 30 – 37
What discord was sown by the spies who came back with a negative report after searching Canaan? Numbers 13: 26 - 33, Numbers 14: 1 - 4. And what was to be the fate of those who sowed discord among the brethren? Numbers 14: 20 – 24
Note: When Scripture specifically calls our attention to the detrimental impact of some sins, it would be wise to take note.