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The Ten Commandments
God's Loving Commandments
The Priority of Purity
Exodus 20:14
Exodus 20:14(ESV)
“You shall not commit adultery”
4 Observations about the seventh
commandment
1) The PRECEPTS behind the
seventh commandment
A) God's commands are for our GOOD“For I know the plans I have for you,
declares the LORD, plans for welfare (peace) and not for evil, to give you a
future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11(ESV)
1) The PRECEPTS behind the
seventh commandment
B) God's commands are for our SAFETY“Moreover, by them is your servant
warned; in keeping them there is great reward.”
Psalm 19:11 (ESV)
1) The PRECEPTS behind the
seventh commandment
C) God's commands are LOVING
“When I think of your rules from of old, I take comfort, O LORD.”
Psalm 119:52 (ESV)
1) The PRECEPTS behind the
seventh commandment
D) God's commands are BLESSINGS“For the LORD gives wisdom; from
his mouth come knowledge and understanding”
Proverbs 2:6 (ESV)
2) The PRINCIPLES exposed in the
seventh commandmentA) Marriage is the PROPER place
for martial relations“Let marriage be held in honor
among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.” -
Hebrews 13:4 (ESV)
When a man and a woman make a lifelong commitment to love and cherish each other, they are giving themselves the time they will need to dismantle the barriers of restraint,
shyness, defensiveness, and selfishness that exist between all human beings it cannot be done in a night or with a rush of passion. It
takes to know and be known.” - Colleen Townsend Evans
“Only in a marriage—a marriage where love is—can
sex develop into the delightfully positive force
God meant it to be. Here is where the excitement of sex
really is.
2) The PRINCIPLES exposed in the
seventh commandmentB) Marital infidelity is
DESTRUCTIVE and forbidden“He who commits adultery lacks
sense;he who does it destroys himself.”
Proverbs 6:32 (ESV)
2) The PRINCIPLES exposed in the
seventh commandment
“Love can wait to give; it is lust that can't wait to get.” - Josh
McDowell
2) The PRINCIPLES exposed in the
seventh commandmentC) Sexual immorality is to be
FLED from
“Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral
person sins against his own body.” - 1 Corinthians 6:18 (ESV)
3) The PURPOSE of the seventh
commandmentA) To WARN of the dangers of
sexual immorality
“3For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,
3) The PURPOSE of the seventh
commandmentA) To WARN of the dangers of
sexual immorality4but in the end she is bitter as
wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. 5Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol” -
Proverbs 5:3-5 (ESV)
3) The PURPOSE of the seventh
commandmentB) To OPEN our eyes to the need
we have to guard ourselves against the lust of the flesh
B) To OPEN our eyes to the need we have to guard
ourselves against the lust of the flesh
The average American views sexual material
more than 10,000 times a year the vast majority of them are
immoral acts
There are over 4,000,000 websites
that are pornographic in existence
Americans average about 10 sexual
partners – we rank 12th in the world
B) To OPEN our eyes to the need we have to guard
ourselves against the lust of the flesh
The problem is not with our society or the media, the problem is with
OUR HEARTS
3) The PURPOSE of the seventh
commandmentC) To POINT to the delights
of marriage
C) To POINT to the delights of marriage9You have captured my heart, my treasure, my
bride. You hold it hostage with one glance of your eyes, with a single jewel of your necklace. 10Your love delights me, my treasure, my bride.
Your love is better than wine, your perfume more fragrant than spices. 11Your lips are as
sweet as nectar, my bride. Honey and milk are under your tongue. Your clothes are scented
like the cedars of Lebanon.Song of Solomon 4:9-11 (NLT)
C) To POINT to the delights of marriage
“The love of a man and a woman gains immeasurably in power when
placed under divine restraint” - Elisabeth Elliot
3) The PURPOSE of the seventh
commandment
D) To MOVE us to help ourselves and our neighbors keep pure
before GodTitus 2
principle
Older men and women teach the younger men and
women to be good, self-controlled, and pure
4) The PRACTICAL application of the
seventh commandmentA) GUARD your hearts, for that is
where the seeds of seduction are planted
Guarding your heart means controlling what and who
influences you
4) The PRACTICAL application of the
seventh commandmentA) GUARD your hearts, for that is
where the seeds of seduction are planted
The battle for your heart is won or lost before the war begins
4) The PRACTICAL application of the
seventh commandmentB) BEWARE the content of
media, books, and the internet, they are powerful tools of
influence
Music
B) BEWARE the content of media,
books, and the internet, they are powerful tools of
influenceTeens listen to an average of 2
½ hours of music each day
Do you know the lyrics they are listening to?
Do you know the lyrics YOU are listening to?
Do you know the message that is being said?
Books
B) BEWARE the content of media,
books, and the internet, they are powerful tools of
influence“The things you read will fashion
you by slowly conditioning your
mind” – A.W. Tozer
“Be careful what books you read, for as water tastes of
the soil it runs through, so does the soul taste of
the authors that a man reads.” - John
Trapp
The Internet
B) BEWARE the content of media,
books, and the internet, they are powerful tools of
influence“..(contrasting magazines and the
Net)...once you view it you've consumed it. You've chewed the flavor out of the
gum. This can't be done on the Net. The gum never runs out of flavor. A new
piece of flesh waits behind every old one, and expectation bids you to go
further....No stimulus like this ever existed before.”
C) LOVE your spouse
“Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your
youth”Proverbs 5:18 (ESV)
C) LOVE your spouse
Go on dates with your spouse
Figure out what your spouse loves
and act accordingly
Take time to talk
Make your spouse and your marriage
a priority of prayer
D) CONFIDE in your spouse and
be able to be confided in4Love is patient and kind; love does not
envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6it does not rejoice
at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7Love bears all things, believes all
things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (ESV)
E) FLEE from evil and those things that lead to evil
The devil's snare does not catch you unless you are first caught by the devil's
bait – St. Ambrose27Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned? 28Or can
one walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched?
Proverbs 6:27-28 (ESV)
F) ATTACK any rationalization of
sin12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is
the way to death.(Proverbs 14:12 ESV)
Closing Word
→ If you are asking “How far can I go?” instead of
“How can I best protect my virtue?”
You are in imminent dangerof falling into sin.
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