Amusements and Pleasures, Worldly
Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897)
FROM TORREY’S TOPICAL TEXTBOOK (1897)
Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897) — public domain, printed whole.
- Belong to the works of the flesh
- Are transitory
- Are all vanity
- Choke the word of God in the heart
- Formed a part of idolatrous worship
Ex 32:4,6,19; 1Co 10:7; Jud 16:23-25
- LEAD TO
. Rejection of God
. Poverty
. Disregard of the judgments and works of God
- Terminate in sorrow
- Are likely to lead to greater evil
- The wicked seek for happiness in
- INDULGENCE IN
. A proof of folly
. A characteristic of the wicked
Isa 47:8; Eph 4:17,19; 2Ti 3:4; Tit 3:3; 1Pe 4:3
. A proof of spiritual death
. An abuse of riches
- Wisdom of abstaining from
- Shunned by the saints
- Abstinence from, seems strange to the wicked
- Denounced by God
- Punishment of
- Renunciation of, Exemplified
. Moses