The word seems to get stuck. The lips won t cooperate. The tongue is suddenly, strangely, rendered mute. This is not a new disease. It is a sickness as old as man.
Many teenagers find it hard to say no to the lust of immodest dress and dancing.
Many are too weak to say no to their boyfriends who want to commit fornication today. Just three words . . . The Bible gives no further explanation. There is no parenthetical statement or footnote explaining what it means. Most of us read over it for years without really contemplating that word . . .