Proverbs 6:1-5 — Solomon spends five verses warning his son never to co-sign another man's debt. Then God does exactly that. There's a better suretyship — and it was signed in blood.

⛪ Preached at Pilgrim Baptist Church • Cookeville, TN • June 7, 2026.

📚 Part of our verse-by-verse expository series through Proverbs

This family integrated church sermon opens with one of the most practically searchable questions in biblical financial wisdom — should a Christian co-sign a loan? — and works verse-by-verse through Proverbs 6:1-5 before making a pivot nobody in a financial sermon expects. Solomon warns against suretyship because the cost is too high and the risk too great. Then Hebrews 7:22 lands: Jesus Christ became the surety of a better testament. He signed your debt in his own blood. If you've been searching for biblical wisdom on co-signing, finances, or what it means to be trapped by your own words, this message delivers both the practical answer and the gospel it points to.

The bird doesn't negotiate with the fowler. The roe doesn't stop to reason with the hunter. When the trap is sprung, Solomon says one thing: run. But first — and this is the sermon's turning point — he shows you what it looks like when someone greater absorbs the trap you already walked into. The creditor was paid. The checkbook is balanced. And the bird cut free from the net was made for the sky.

This verse-by-verse exposition of Proverbs 6:1-5 walks through Solomon's warning on co-signing, explaining:

• What suretyship is and why the trap closes before the verse is finished

• Why the creditor is a stranger — and why he's not required to care about your friendship

• What it means that your mouth is the trap — you weren't ambushed, your own words ensnared you

• The bird and the grain: when what you want becomes more important than your freedom

• Why Solomon says don't wait — a co-signed debt is a burning house

• The difference between Paul co-signing for Onesimus and reckless suretyship

• The two questions you must ask before you ever put your name on another man's debt

• Why Solomon's warning points directly to the gospel — God did the very thing Solomon warned against

• Hebrews 7:22 — Jesus Christ, the surety of a better testament

• "Fly, Christian" — what you were made for after the net is cut

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