A Hole Under His Nose, May 28, 2025.

We now come to our third installment on wealth as we continue to discuss Proverbs, Money, and You.

The first and second installments are here and here, and we are now onto the third, which is a consideration of some

of the sensual snares that get in the way of wealth creation. The reason we need to emphasize

this is because the Book of Proverbs does so, and in quite a few different ways. We can be induced

to throw our money away in any number of ways, and not surprisingly, the Book of Proverbs helps us

to consider some of the ways that we lose

money through the sensual snares that await us. He has a hole under his nose and his money

runs into it. When such sins are mentioned by preachers, it is usually to point out to the faithful

that all such activities are bad. This is, of course, true, but we have a different focus today.

Our interest now is to point out that they are expensive.

Whenever someone gets genuinely converted, the cocaine bill goes way down. Not only are these

sorts of sins expensive, but Scripture reminds us of this fact, intending for us to factor that in.

So what are we taught about the appetites generally? The righteous eateth through the satisfying of a soul,

but the belly of the wicked shall want. Proverbs 1325. Both the righteous and the wicked have a

stomach and both have an appetite. But the righteous can eat and be satisfied, while the wicked

are driven by an appetite that is out of control. And precisely because it is out of control,

this means it always demands more.

It does never want to say when. In any of the areas we're going to be considering here, the issue is

not the thing in itself, the sleep or the sex or the fine stores everywhere, but rather whether

or not God's law is being honored and whether or not self-control is in evidence.

The first specific item on the list is going to be luxury.

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