Marriage problems: Beware of the strange woman

Esau

Genesis 26 vs. 34-35: When Esau was 40 years old, he married two Hittite women. One was Judith the daughter of Beeri. The other was Basemath the daughter of Elon. These marriages made Isaac and Rebekah very upset.

Samson

Judges 14 vs. 1-3: Samson went down to the city of Timah. He saw a young Philistine woman there.

David

2 Samuel 11: 2-5:   Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the King’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold…then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her…and the woman conceived…”s

Solomon

1 kings 11 vs. 1-3: But the King Solomon loved many strange women…of the nations concerning which the Lord had said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in unto them…..and he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned away his heart

There are many strange women in the Bible as the passages quoted above reveal, and the unfortunate thing is that these strange women caused the down fall of Kings and Princes.

Esau, lost the favour of his parents because he chooses to marry three strange women. Joseph would have lost his divine placement if he had failed to flee from a strange woman. Samson was not that fortunate. He could tear a lion to pieces by the power of the spirit, but got kidnapped by a strange woman.. He was disgraced and suffered a humiliating death because he was entangled with a strange woman called Delilah.

David, the man after God’s heart who had won mighty victories against the Goliaths of this world, was captured by the Goliath of adultery. What do we say of Solomon, who was ensnared into idolatry by strange women thereby losing the favour of God and probably a place in heaven.. King Ahab was another victim of strange women, whom he married from the  Idolatrous tribe of Sidon, and he ended up in idolatry and wickedness.

Kings have been caged by her, many great men have been ensnared by her, Princes have become victims of her wanton destruction, and lowly placed men have their sorrows multiplied by her.

Strange women don’t have marital plans, but desire to deny the rightful wife the fruits of marriage. Some that have marital plans believe in what they can gain than what they can contribute to building  the marriage.

Strange women are in our midst. They are all around us- in the working places, at social gatherings, and even in the Church. God ordained the institution of marriage to be a union of a male and a female.

Your wife should be your greatest confidant, friend and companion. Any other woman that takes this role away from your wife is a strange woman. If you go a step further and become sexually involved with this woman, the strangeness becomes multiplied.

At the worst if this woman becomes another ‘wife’, then you are treading on the path of destruction earlier followed by Esau, Samson, and Solomon. What could have been David’s destruction was averted because he repented. May God deliver us from strange women.

Who is a strange woman?

 A strange woman has the spirit of antichrist.

A strange woman is idolatrous, a goddess, and a heathen

   A strange woman is adulterous, a seducer, and sexual pervert.

A strange woman has idolatrous family background.

A strange woman has loose morals, she may look outwardly beautiful, but her heart is full of seduction, her smiles are deceitful and her thoughts are wicked.

A strange woman is full of evil, greedy, a traitor and deadly

   A strange woman is full of deceit. She pretends to love her husband, but she is actually conspiring with his enemies for his destruction

A strange woman is the enemy within, possessed with evil powers

  A strange woman may have a sweet name, but her kiss is poison.

  A strange woman is the path to destruction.

     Strange woman are enchanters who are unrelenting until they succeed in ensnaring their pre

A strange woman is the alluring women we meet on the street, that end up displacing the legal wives within a short time.

A strange woman is a parasite, and once she sees nothing else to suck she takes off to look for another victim.

     A strange woman is the daughter of Babylon, the emissary of Satan, and an ambassador for the destruction of men.

A strange woman is the path to hell.

How can a person avoid strange women?

1. Through self determination and self willed. Joseph firmly decided in his heart that he would not commit sexual sin and God helped him.
2. Through violent resistant. Strange women are desperate; therefore you must also be desperate in your will to resist them. Joseph as a desperate Saint. He freed himself from the grip of a strange woman, left behind his clothing , and ran for his salvation.
3. You must be able to pay a price and make sacrifices for your uncompromising holiness. At times these strange women may be your boss or a person placed in higher positions that you, who may be in a position to dispense favours. You must be able to shun the lucre of fornication and pay the sacrifices that may arise.
4. Remained prayerful, seek the counsel of others and invite others to intercede for you in prayers. If Esau had sought the counsel of his parents, he would not have married the daughters of Hittites. If Samson had listened to the advice of his parent he would not have married from an idolatrous family of Sidonians. If David had been prayerful, he would have had divine strength to overcome the spirit of lust. Solomon forgot God and fell into sexual and other sins.
5. Be attached to God and the spirit through fellowship with the brethren and reading the Bible. The Holy Spirit will always warn you if you are about to take a wrong step. Faith comes by hearing the word of God.
6. Avoid situations and environments that influence you to strange relationships. These include worldly parties, pubs, and ungodly social gatherings.
7. Be choosy in the type of friends you maintain. Many have been influenced into bad habits under peer pressure. If all your friends are having an affair or a polygamist, then you are likely to end up being one.
8. Don’t keep evil secrets. Expose and flee from any appearance of evil. Don’t encourage yourself in ungodly relationships. Immediately you notice undue favours from the opposite sex, inform people around. Strange women do not like their affairs to be known to people. If you also notice that you are being troubled by the spirit of lust, fast and pray and encourage the brethren to pray for you. Lastly, if you naturally develop an attraction for a strange woman, don’t keep it secret, otherwise it will become depend. Inform good counselors about this, and they will keep watch over you to ensure you are not consumed by passion. Evil thrives in secrecy.

Babatope Babalobi