2. 2 Samuel 13
Brea 4/30/2017

3. The Sin of
ENABLING

4. An Accessory The Crime of Being
One Who Aids A Felony Without Being Present At Its Commission - Webster

5. The Sin of Enabling
To Help Or Enable A Person To Commit A Sin Without Committing The Sin Yourself
Jonodab Enabled Amnon
To Help Or Enable A Person To Fulfill An Evil Desire By Committing A Sin Yourself
Jezebel Enabled Ahab
Peter?

6. Examples of Enabling
2 Thess. 3:10-15
1 Cor. 5:1-2
Rom. 1:32

7. Examples of Enabling
Parents Buy Their 18 Year Old Son Beer For His Friends To Drink In Their House.
A Brother Lies For His Sister So She Can Break Curfew.
High Schools Provide Their Students With Items To Promote Safe Sex.

8. The Problem With Enabling
Leads One To Justify Sin.

9. Isa. 5:20-22
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;, Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;, Who substitute bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, And clever in their own sight!
Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine, And valiant men in mixing strong drink.

10. The Problem With Enabling
Leads One To Justify Sin.
Leads To More Sin.
Amnon Lied To His Father and Sister.
Amnon Hated and Despised His Sister Afterwards.

11. Prov. 15:26 and Deut. 7:26
Evil plans are an abomination to the Lord , But pleasant words are pure.
And you shall not bring an abomination into your house…

12. The Problem With Enabling
Leads One To Justify Sin.
Leads To More Sin.
One Becomes a Light of Darkness

13. Ps. 1:1-2 = Wise Counsel
How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the law of the Lord , And in His law he meditates day and night.

14. Ephesians 5:5-12

15. 1 Thess. 5:11
Therefore encourage one another, and build up one another, just as you also are doing.