1 00:00:05,791 --> 00:00:07,111 When you come along 2 00:00:07,111 --> 00:00:08,939 and some pretty girl 3 00:00:08,939 --> 00:00:10,604 who is very worldly 4 00:00:10,604 --> 00:00:12,049 is trying to pull you away 5 00:00:12,049 --> 00:00:14,455 from the things that you've been instructed with 6 00:00:14,455 --> 00:00:16,141 from the godly people in your life; 7 00:00:16,141 --> 00:00:17,669 when you're confronted by that, 8 00:00:17,669 --> 00:00:20,442 or the bad companions that are set 9 00:00:20,442 --> 00:00:23,216 to corrupt your good morals, 10 00:00:23,216 --> 00:00:24,863 when you've got guys come along 11 00:00:24,863 --> 00:00:28,113 and entice you to come with them, 12 00:00:28,113 --> 00:00:30,676 when the proverb says don't go with them. 13 00:00:30,676 --> 00:00:33,950 When you've got the girl who comes along - 14 00:00:33,950 --> 00:00:35,829 the woman folly, 15 00:00:35,829 --> 00:00:38,193 or the loud woman, 16 00:00:38,193 --> 00:00:40,334 this adulterous woman, 17 00:00:40,334 --> 00:00:42,492 this woman that's described 18 00:00:42,492 --> 00:00:44,675 in various places in the Proverbs, 19 00:00:44,675 --> 00:00:46,038 you look at these things 20 00:00:46,038 --> 00:00:48,658 and you say, yes, that is enticing. 21 00:00:48,658 --> 00:00:52,258 That has a promise of fun. 22 00:00:52,258 --> 00:00:53,949 But I want what's best. 23 00:00:53,949 --> 00:00:55,392 I want what's better. 24 00:00:55,392 --> 00:00:58,344 It's better if I cut that off 25 00:00:58,344 --> 00:01:00,784 and I get this rather than get that, 26 00:01:00,784 --> 00:01:03,050 because if I get that and I forfeit this, 27 00:01:03,050 --> 00:01:06,141 that isn't better. That's worse. 28 00:01:06,141 --> 00:01:08,608 Ben, like I said before, 29 00:01:08,608 --> 00:01:11,474 most people in this world are fools. 30 00:01:11,474 --> 00:01:13,328 (incomplete thought) 31 00:01:13,328 --> 00:01:16,584 You're probably familiar with Pilgrim's Progress. 32 00:01:16,584 --> 00:01:18,747 We have the audio version. 33 00:01:18,747 --> 00:01:21,258 I was just listening in the car the other day. 34 00:01:21,258 --> 00:01:23,401 You remember Pliable, right? 35 00:01:23,401 --> 00:01:26,238 Pliable. 36 00:01:26,238 --> 00:01:29,154 Pliable is the kind of guy that you don't want to be. 37 00:01:29,154 --> 00:01:30,570 Pliable is the kind of guy 38 00:01:30,570 --> 00:01:32,351 that when he's home with mom and dad 39 00:01:32,351 --> 00:01:33,455 and they're Christians, 40 00:01:33,455 --> 00:01:36,739 well, yeah, he's kind of partial to that. 41 00:01:36,739 --> 00:01:39,747 Pliable means kind of bendable. 42 00:01:39,747 --> 00:01:41,451 You know, then when he's over 43 00:01:41,451 --> 00:01:43,555 with the guys from school 44 00:01:43,555 --> 00:01:46,181 who are wicked and perverse 45 00:01:46,181 --> 00:01:48,113 and all about all manner of wickedness, 46 00:01:48,113 --> 00:01:50,368 well, then, he bends and conforms 47 00:01:50,368 --> 00:01:52,298 to their shape. 48 00:01:52,298 --> 00:01:53,848 That's pliable. 49 00:01:53,848 --> 00:01:56,252 And it was interesting, 50 00:01:56,252 --> 00:01:58,814 you know, he fell back. 51 00:01:58,814 --> 00:02:00,319 He went the race a little ways. 52 00:02:00,319 --> 00:02:02,164 You don't want to be one of these guys 53 00:02:02,164 --> 00:02:03,665 that goes the race for 17 years 54 00:02:03,665 --> 00:02:06,971 or however so long, 55 00:02:06,971 --> 00:02:09,591 and then you fall out of the race. 56 00:02:09,591 --> 00:02:13,157 And when Christian got to the gate, 57 00:02:13,157 --> 00:02:15,008 the guy - what was it? Good Will? 58 00:02:15,008 --> 00:02:16,249 He was there and he said, 59 00:02:16,249 --> 00:02:17,828 "did you come alone?" 60 00:02:17,828 --> 00:02:21,059 He said, "Well, I actually started out with Pliable." 61 00:02:21,059 --> 00:02:22,893 And he said, "What? Did he count 62 00:02:22,893 --> 00:02:28,398 eternal life as such a small thing?" 63 00:02:28,398 --> 00:02:31,408 Ben, that's a fool that does that. 64 00:02:31,408 --> 00:02:32,797 Look, you're young right now. 65 00:02:32,797 --> 00:02:34,986 You feel like you're going to live forever. 66 00:02:34,986 --> 00:02:36,966 But you're not going to live forever. 67 00:02:36,966 --> 00:02:38,315 And the day is going to come 68 00:02:38,315 --> 00:02:39,779 when justice and wisdom 69 00:02:39,779 --> 00:02:41,404 are going to catch up to you. 70 00:02:41,404 --> 00:02:43,679 And if you despise both those things, 71 00:02:43,679 --> 00:02:46,088 it doesn't matter - they're both realities still 72 00:02:46,088 --> 00:02:48,606 and they're going to catch up to you. 73 00:02:48,606 --> 00:02:50,013 You have a word there. 74 00:02:50,013 --> 00:02:51,194 The day's going to come, 75 00:02:51,194 --> 00:02:52,669 if you scoff at wisdom, 76 00:02:52,669 --> 00:02:55,368 there's going to be a day coming 77 00:02:55,368 --> 00:02:58,233 when she's going to scoff at you. 78 00:02:58,233 --> 00:02:59,287 Justice. 79 00:02:59,287 --> 00:03:01,321 You can sin and find there isn't 80 00:03:01,321 --> 00:03:02,369 immediate justice, 81 00:03:02,369 --> 00:03:04,851 but that doesn't mean that there's never justice. 82 00:03:04,851 --> 00:03:07,137 They're both dogging your tracks. 83 00:03:07,137 --> 00:03:08,551 And the day's going to come 84 00:03:08,551 --> 00:03:10,362 where you're going to get to a place 85 00:03:10,362 --> 00:03:11,902 (incomplete thought) 86 00:03:11,902 --> 00:03:13,775 All these fools out here in the world, 87 00:03:13,775 --> 00:03:15,063 they're all going to find 88 00:03:15,063 --> 00:03:16,841 that they get to that day, 89 00:03:16,841 --> 00:03:18,660 when wisdom and justice 90 00:03:18,660 --> 00:03:20,741 smack them right in the face, 91 00:03:20,741 --> 00:03:22,130 and they're going to realize, 92 00:03:22,130 --> 00:03:24,653 they did not have wisdom 93 00:03:24,653 --> 00:03:26,922 and they did not understand justice, 94 00:03:26,922 --> 00:03:28,935 and it's going to be too late. 95 00:03:28,935 --> 00:03:32,616 Look, you've been given a lot of teaching. 96 00:03:32,616 --> 00:03:35,015 And I'll tell you this - I'll warn you this, 97 00:03:35,015 --> 00:03:37,351 those warnings, I know a lot of times, 98 00:03:37,351 --> 00:03:39,667 you get a lot of guys that like 99 00:03:39,667 --> 00:03:42,613 to diminish what's said in Hebrews 6 100 00:03:42,613 --> 00:03:44,857 and Hebrews 10 101 00:03:44,857 --> 00:03:48,440 because we believe that once somebody's saved, 102 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,330 they can't lose that. 103 00:03:50,330 --> 00:03:52,416 So very often when you see these warnings 104 00:03:52,416 --> 00:03:54,178 that come at us about people 105 00:03:54,178 --> 00:03:55,464 who can't be brought again 106 00:03:55,464 --> 00:03:56,752 back to repentance, 107 00:03:56,752 --> 00:03:58,402 people who walk away, 108 00:03:58,402 --> 00:04:01,702 and look, their later end is worse, 109 00:04:01,702 --> 00:04:03,706 and it would have been better for them 110 00:04:03,706 --> 00:04:05,202 to have never known, 111 00:04:05,202 --> 00:04:07,192 and having once known, to walk away. 112 00:04:07,192 --> 00:04:11,423 We find that kind of thing in 2 Peter. 113 00:04:11,423 --> 00:04:15,940 But Ben, I just tell you, take warning. 114 00:04:15,940 --> 00:04:18,532 Wisdom. 115 00:04:18,532 --> 00:04:20,004 Ben, really think about 116 00:04:20,004 --> 00:04:21,556 what is for your greatest good 117 00:04:21,556 --> 00:04:23,526 for the longest amount of time. 118 00:04:23,526 --> 00:04:24,889 Think about justice. 119 00:04:24,889 --> 00:04:27,444 Think about these things. 120 00:04:27,444 --> 00:04:29,542 Let them fill your thoughts. 121 00:04:29,542 --> 00:04:31,611 Don't run out of there into the world 122 00:04:31,611 --> 00:04:33,492 and get so caught up. 123 00:04:33,492 --> 00:04:35,675 It will take you away. 124 00:04:35,675 --> 00:04:38,687 Listen, if you're not founded on that Rock; 125 00:04:38,687 --> 00:04:40,488 if you're not founded on Christ, 126 00:04:40,488 --> 00:04:45,957 it will tear you up and spit you out. 127 00:04:45,957 --> 00:04:48,718 But take heed.