Proverbs 5:14

Almost in all evil. In the midst of the community of God’s people this young man has permitted himself to sin against God and man. There is a peculiar hardening of the conscience in those who flaunt their sinfulness in the face of the church. Unlike youth brought up in Christless homes, these have sinned in the light of truth, and have deliberately turned from the outstretched hands of the Saviour and the appeal of the Spirit. God has no other means to reach them. They have cut themselves off from salvation (Heb. 10:26). These considerations should move parents and teachers, as well as youth, to sober thinking and diligent effort.