Posted on 12/08/2020 6:35:33 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths” (Proverbs 8:2).
That is, she goes somewhere where people can hear her, and people don't want you where they can hear you; so, nowadays with property rights and such some of the best places for street preaching are off limits. In many places they have made locations, even though it's a public place, private property so you can't go over there and pass out tracts and so on. There's lots of things changing as regards to a Christian’s right to free speech and assembly.
Verses 3-4, “She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.”
I don't have a single doubt one that this is a general statement. I don't think it's saying, “I only talk to males,” okay? I don't think it means that as such, it means to “the sons of men” both men and women alike and children; but it is interesting, “Unto you, O men, I call.” It does bring up kind of devotional aspect to it. Whereas the days go by, and increasingly, even though Paul warned about men that crept in unawares and lead silly woman captive laden with sins, isn't it odd that now Christianity is appealing more and more to women and children rather than to men?
I believe that the scripture here is to the sons of men: men and women, that is, human beings okay? But, at the same time there is a principle involved where men just don't lead any more in the things of Christianity. We saw it growing up in that it was the ladies of our churches and communities that were the spiritual ones, and the men all went about their business and pretended to have a fence that need fixing, or a heifer to help calf on a Sunday morning so they could stay out of church. It’s a sad thing, but more and more as Christianity develops, it's more and more womanish, and less masculine. It's less militant in the way the Lord intended; but verse 4, “Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.”
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