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>>THIS PRESENTATION IS
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS
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OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>CAN A PERSON HAVE A PERVERTED
APPETITE FOR FOOD? YEAH.
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CAN A PERSON BE A GLUTTON?
SAME THINGS WITH THE DESIRES
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FOR SEX.
EVERYTHING GOOD THAT GOD HAS
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MADE, THE DEVIL
HAS SOUGHT TO CORRUPT.
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>>WE'RE CONTINUING WITH OUR
SERIES TALKING ABOUT THESE LAWS
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OF LOVE AND LIBERTY.
AND TODAY, IN PARTICULAR,
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WE ARE ON COMMANDMENT #7.
SOME OF YOU, IF YOU KNOW YOUR
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BIBLES AND YOU LEARNED THIS
GROWING UP AND GOING TO CHURCH,
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YOU KNOW WHAT THAT
IS. IT'S ONLY FIVE WORDS.
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SOMETIMES PEOPLE LEAVE
ONE OF THOSE WORDS OUT.
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'THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT
ADULTERY.' YOU KNOW, IT'S
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POSSIBLE TO BE DISTRACTED
TO DEATH. THAT'S RIGHT.
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I UNDERSTAND EVERY YEAR
THAT AROUND NORTH AMERICA AND
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PROBABLY IN MANY PARTS OF THE
WORLD, THAT THE CASUALTY OF DEER
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SPIKES. JUST IN
ILLINOIS, FOR INSTANCE,
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THEY REPORT MORE THAN 17,000
DEER DIE EACH YEAR AFTER BEING
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STRUCK BY MOTORISTS AND CARS.
MOST OF THE TIME IT'S IN THE
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FALL. DO YOU KNOW WHY?
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THAT'S WHEN THE BUCKS ARE
GOING THROUGH THE RUT SEASON.
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THEY ARE
PREOCCUPIED WITH MATING.
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AND BECAUSE OF THAT
PREOCCUPATION AND THEY BECOME SO
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CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR TERRITORY
AND THEY CAN BECOME SO CONCERNED
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ABOUT OTHER BUCKS, THEY'LL
GET ENGAGED IN EITHER FIGHTING
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ANOTHER BUCK OR FOLLOWING A DOE
AND THEY DON'T EVEN CARE IF A
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SEMI IS COMING DOWN THE ROAD
AND THEY GET TO WHERE THEY ARE
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DISTRACTED TO DEATH.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS PROBLEM DOES
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NOT JUST HAPPEN WITH DEER.
AND IT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN WITH
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BUCKS. IT HAPPENS WITH HUMAN
BUCKS AND DOES. THEY CAN BECOME
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SO PREOCCUPIED WITH THE
OPPOSITE SEX THAT IT BECOMES
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SPIRITUALLY FATAL. AND
YOU CAN FIND THE RECORD OF
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THIS IN THE BIBLE. OF COURSE
THE COMMAND - EXODUS 20:14 -
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"THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT
ADULTERY". WHAT IS ADULTERY?
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DEFINITION - AND THERE'S A
DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE WORDS
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'ADULTERY' AND 'FORNICATION'.
THEY BOTH FALL UNDER THE SEVENTH
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COMMANDMENT.
ADULTERY IS VOLUNTARY SEXUAL
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INTIMACY BETWEEN A MARRIED
PERSON AND A PARTNER OTHER THAN
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THE LAWFUL SPOUSE.
WHEREAS FORNICATION IS SEXUAL
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INTERCOURSE BETWEEN PARTNERS WHO
ARE NOT MARRIED TO EACH OTHER.
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AND BOTH ARE CLEARLY
FORBIDDEN IN THE BIBLE.
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YOU CAN FIND, FOR INSTANCE, IN
GALATIANS 5:19, "NOW THE WORKS
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OF THE FLESH ARE EVIDENT, WHICH
ARE: ADULTERY, FORNICATION," -
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RIGHT THERE HE MAKES A
DISTINCTION, DOESN'T HE?
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- "ADULTERY, FORNICATION,
UNCLEANNESS, LEWDNESS" - AND
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THAT'S TALKING ABOUT OBSCENE
BEHAVIOR - DIRTY JOKES IS LEWD
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BEHAVIOR. 1
CORINTHIANS 6, VERSES 9 AND
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10, "DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE
UNRIGHTEOUS WILL NOT INHERIT THE
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KINGDOM OF GOD?
DO NOT BE DECEIVED.
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NEITHER FORNICATORS, NOR
IDOLATERS, NOR ADULTERERS, NOR
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HOMOSEXUALS, NOR SODOMITES WILL
INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD."
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AND I WANT TO INCLUDE - SO THAT
PEOPLE DON'T LOSE HOPE - "AND
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SUCH WERE SOME OF YOU."
PAUL WRITES TO THE CORINTHIAN
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CHURCH - THEY HAD ALL
KINDS OF PROBLEMS THERE.
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NOT ONLY WITH HOMOSEXUALITY BUT
WITH FORNICATION, WITH ADULTERY
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AND THEN PAUL GOES ON TO SAY
"AND SUCH WERE" - PAST TENSE -
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"SOME OF YOU. BUT
YOU'VE BEEN WASHED, BUT YOU
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WERE SANCTIFIED," - YOU'VE BEEN
CLEANSED THROUGH POWER OF GOD.
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AND SO, AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS
SUBJECT, AS WITH THE OTHER SINS
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- YOU KNOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, NONE OF
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THEM ARE CALLED THE UNPARDONABLE
SIN, BUT THEY ARE CALLED SIN AND
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SIN IS DEADLY IF IT IS
NOT REPENTED OF AND FORSAKEN.
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AND JESUS CAME TO SAVE US NOT IN
OUR SINS, BUT THE ANGEL SAID HE
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CAME TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS -
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SINS -
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ADULTERY. PROVERBS
6, VERSE 32, "WHOEVER
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COMMITS ADULTERY WITH A WOMAN
LACKS UNDERSTANDING; HE WHO DOES
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SO DESTROYS HIS OWN
SOUL." IT NOT ONLY HAS SOMETIMES
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PHYSICAL RAMIFICATIONS
AND SOCIAL RAMIFICATIONS,
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IT DEFINITELY HAS
SPIRITUAL RAMIFICATIONS.
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KEEP IN MIND, MARRIAGE WAS
PART OF GOD'S PERFECT PLAN.
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IT HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH REDEMPTION.
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IT WAS A SACRED ORDINANCE OF GOD
WHEN WE HAD A PERFECT WORLD AND
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IT IS STILL PART
OF HIS PERFECT PLAN.
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MARRIAGE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH
BEING SAVED BECAUSE MAN HAD NOT
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FALLEN YET WHEN GOD
INTRODUCED MARRIAGE.
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IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS HOLY
BECAUSE IT EXISTED BEFORE THERE
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WAS EVEN SIN IN THE
WORLD. AND WHEN WE'RE INVITED TO
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PARTICIPATE IN MARRIAGE AND WHEN
WE MAKE THESE COVENANTS - IT'S
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NOT JUST A PROMISE, IT'S A
COVENANT WITH ANOTHER PERSON
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BEFORE WITNESSES IN
THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
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SO GOD HAS MADE MARRIAGE, IT'S
PART OF HIS PERFECT PLAN AND HE
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HAS CREATED US WITH A DESIRE
FOR THE OPPOSITE SEX PARTLY TO
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PROCREATE. YOU KNOW,
IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT
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SEXUAL DESIRE, VIRTUALLY
NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE.
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ISN'T THAT RIGHT? AND
IF IT WASN'T FOR HUNGER YOU
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PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE HERE
ALSO. GOD GAVE YOU THE DESIRE TO
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HUNGER FOR FOOD OR YOU
WOULD EVENTUALLY DIE OUT.
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AND HE ALSO PLANTED WITHIN
US THIS HEALTHY, HOLY DESIRE FOR
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SEX THAT, GOVERNED
BY A SANCTIFIED MIND,
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IS A GOOD THING. SEX
IS NOT SOMETHING THE DEVIL
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INVENTED SO WE'VE GOT TO BE
CAREFUL TO NOT COMMUNICATE THAT.
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SEX IS A BEAUTIFUL THING THE WAY
- WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT - HOW
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TWO PEOPLE COME TOGETHER THROUGH
AN ACT OF LOVE AND EMBRACE AND
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THEY ARE ABLE TO
REPRODUCE ANOTHER PERSON.
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IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE
CONTEXT THAT GOD HAS DESIGNED.
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BUT THE DEVIL HAS SUCCEEDED IN
MAKING IT UGLY AND DIRTY AND HE
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CAN - THE DEVIL CAN WARP
AND PERVERT EVERYTHING THAT GOD
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MAKES. CAN A PERSON HAVE A
PERVERTED APPETITE FOR FOOD?
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YEAH. CAN A PERSON BE A GLUTTON?
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SAME THING WITH
THE DESIRES FOR SEX.
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EVERYTHING GOOD THAT GOD HAS
MADE, THE DEVIL HAS SOUGHT TO
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CORRUPT, INCLUDING MARRIAGE
AND THAT INSTITUTION AND THOSE
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DESIRES. THOSE DESIRES MUST BE
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RESTRAINED, AS WITH
THE DESIRES FOR FOOD.
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IF THEY'RE NOT, THERE
ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT.
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THE BIBLE TELLS US IN HEBREWS
13:4, "MARRIAGE IS HONORABLE
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AMONG ALL, AND THE BED
UNDEFILED; BUT FORNICATORS AND
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ADULTERERS GOD WILL JUDGE."
GENESIS 2:18, "AND THE LORD GOD
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SAID, 'IT IS NOT GOOD
THAT MAN SHOULD BE ALONE;" -
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I READ THAT TO YOU ALREADY.
1 CORINTHIANS 7:9, IT SAYS THAT
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"...IF THEY CANNOT EXERCISE
SELF-CONTROL, LET THEM MARRY.
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FOR IT IS BETTER TO MARRY
THAN TO BURN WITH PASSION."
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YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A QUOTE
HERE FROM C.S. LEWIS. HE SAYS,
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"EITHER MARRIAGE WITH COMPLETE
FAITHFULNESS TO YOUR PARTNER OR
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TOTAL ABSTINENCE. THOSE ARE THE
ONLY OPTIONS FOR THE BELIEVER."
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AND YOU CAN'T BE MAKING EXCUSES,
'WELL, I'M SINGLE, GOD DOESN'T
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EXPECT ME TO JUST BE ABSTINENT
AND SO I'M GOING TO GO OUT AND
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HIRE A
PROSTITUTE - MALE OR FEMALE.
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I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE
THAT LOGIC WILL TAKE YOU.
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GOD EXPECTS US TO USE
SELF-CONTROL. DID JESUS?
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DO YOU THINK THAT JESUS WASN'T
TEMPTED IN ALL POINTS AS WE ARE?
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THE BIBLE SAYS HE WAS.
BUT HE LIVED A HOLY LIFE.
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AND SO CAN WE.
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WHEN YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN 'OLD
THINGS PASS AWAY, ALL THINGS ARE
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MADE NEW.' NOW I'M TAKING
THIS LITTLE RABBIT TRAIL TO JUST
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REINFORCE THE PRINCIPLE THAT
EVERYBODY THAT IS HUMAN IS GOING
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TO BE TEMPTED AND THE DEVIL
IS EVEN GOING TO TEMPT PEOPLE
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WITHIN GOOD CHRISTIAN MARRIAGES
TO THINK THINGS THEY SHOULDN'T
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THINK. DON'T FALL FOR THE IDEA
THAT YOU ARE A VICTIM AND YOU
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ARE HELPLESS AND YOU CAN'T
MAKE CHOICES. EVERYBODY CAN MAKE
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CHOICES. PEOPLE WHO FALL INTO
ADULTERY USUALLY HAVE MADE A
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SERIES OF CHOICES. THEY
ARE FIRST USUALLY STEPPING OVER
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THE LINE TO BECOMING TOO
FRIENDLY OR TOO FAMILIAR.
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VERY RARELY DOES IT HAPPEN
JUST SUDDENLY UNEXPECTEDLY.
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PEOPLE, LITTLE BY LITTLE, START
OPENING THE DOOR TO A FORBIDDEN
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RELATIONSHIP AND THEY START
MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE OPPOSITE
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SEX WHILE THEY'RE MARRIED
AND THEY START BECOMING INTIMATE
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AND SHARING INTIMATE DETAILS AND
THEY SAY, 'OH, BUT HE JUST MAKES
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ME FEEL SO GOOD AND THEN I GO
HOME AND MY HUSBAND IS SO CRABBY
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AND MEAN AND UNAPPRECIATIVE
AND THIS PERSON IS SO NICE'.
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AND THE DEVIL WILL START GETTING
YOU TO MAKE THESE COMPARISONS
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AND EXCUSES AND YOU CAN EVEN
CONVINCE YOURSELF, 'YOU KNOW, I
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THINK THE LORD IS
LEADING ME IN THIS.
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I KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS ONE THING,
BUT IN MY SPIRIT' - PEOPLE
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CONFUSE A LOT OF
THINGS FOR THE SPIRIT.
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TOO MUCH PIZZA CAN MAKE YOU
THINK THE SPIRIT IS LEADING YOU
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AND JUST SO, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S
NOT IN THE WORD, FRIENDS, DON'T
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FALL FOR THAT. GOD'S
SPIRIT IS NEVER GOING TO
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LEAD CONTRARY TO GOD'S WORD.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE WAYS WE
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LEARN HOW TO BE CHRISTIANS
IS THROUGH LOVING THE LORD AND
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LOVING EACH OTHER. THE
BIBLE SAYS YOU'VE GOT TO
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LOVE THE LORD AND
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR.
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WHO CAN BE MORE - A CLOSER
NEIGHBOR THAN YOUR SPOUSE?
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HOW CAN YOU SAY YOU LOVE GOD
WHO YOU CAN'T SEE WHEN YOU CAN'T
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LOVE YOUR SPOUSE THAT
YOU'VE MADE A COVENANT WITH.
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AND IF THE BIBLE TELLS US
TO LOVE OUR ENEMIES THEN WHAT
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EXCUSE DO YOU HAVE FOR
NOT LOVING YOUR SPOUSE?
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NOW THERE ARE BIBLE GROUNDS FOR
DIVORCE. WHAT DOES JESUS SAY?
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IF YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES YOU GO
TO MATTHEW 19, VERSE 9, "AND I
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SAY TO YOU, WHOEVER DIVORCES
HIS WIFE, EXCEPT FOR SEXUAL
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IMMORALITY, AND MARRIES ANOTHER,
COMMITS ADULTERY;" I KNOW, EVEN
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AS I SPEAK ABOUT THIS, A LOT OF
PEOPLE HERE YOU - STATISTICALLY
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40% OF EVEN PRACTICING
CHRISTIANS THAT ARE OF
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MARRY-ABLE AGE OR HAVE BEEN
MARRIED HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT.
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AND SO WE'RE NOT HERE TO
CONDEMN, WE'RE HERE TO TELL YOU
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WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS AND
THAT WE'RE TO BE CHRISTIANS.
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THE BIBLICAL GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE
AND, BY THE WAY, IF THERE HAS
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BEEN MARITAL INFIDELITY, IF
THERE HAS BEEN SEXUAL INFIDELITY
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IN A MARRIAGE, IT DOESN'T
MEAN YOU HAVE TO GET DIVORCED.
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THERE CAN STILL BE
FORGIVENESS AND HEALING.
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HAVE YOU READ THE BOOK OF HOSEA?
WHERE EVEN AFTER HIS WIFE WAS
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UNFAITHFUL - AND BY THE WAY,
WE'RE THE BRIDE OF CHRIST, THE
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CHURCH, AND HAS THE
CHURCH BEEN UNFAITHFUL?
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LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL.
SO OFTEN THEY WENT AFTER OTHER
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GODS AND HE WOULD FORGIVE
THEM AND BRING THEM BACK AGAIN.
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AND SO CAN EVEN THIS BE
HEALED AND THIS BE FORGIVEN?
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YES IT CAN.
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AND SO YOU LOOK HERE IN MALACHI
CHAPTER 2, VERSE 16, "'FOR THE
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LORD GOD OF ISRAEL SAYS THAT
HE HATES DIVORCE, FOR IT COVERS
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ONE'S GARMENT WITH VIOLENCE,'
SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS."
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THE REASONS FOR REMARRIAGE,
BIBLICALLY, IS IF YOUR SPOUSE
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HAS DIED - PAUL
TALKS ABOUT THAT.
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IF YOU - IF THE MARRIAGE
COVENANT HAS BEEN VIOLATED
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THROUGH ADULTERY AND IF THERE IS
ANY HOPE OF RECONCILIATION - IF
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THERE'S ANY REDEEMABLE
QUALITIES, THE BEST THING YOU
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CAN DO AS A
CHRISTIAN IS SAVE THE MARRIAGE.
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STARTING OVER IS TOUGH.
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AND SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT HAVE
GROUNDS FOR SEPARATION AND WE'LL
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TALK ABOUT THAT
IN JUST A MOMENT.
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AND, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT,
IF THE CHURCH IS NOT GOING TO BE
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THE PLACE WHERE GOD SAYS,
'HERE IS THE LINE OF WHAT'S
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APPROPRIATE AND THIS IS A
COVENANT AND IT'S IMPORTANT AND
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IT MEANS SOMETHING, THEN WHERE
IN OUR CULTURE CAN WE LOOK?
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TELL ME. IF IT'S NOT GOING
TO HAPPEN IN THE CHURCH WHERE
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YOU'RE GOING TO DRAW A LINE
AND SAY, 'MARRIAGE IS SACRED.
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IT IS HOLY. IT IS TO BE
PRESERVED.' EVEN IF IT MEANS AT
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THE INCONVENIENCE OF
SOME, THIS INSTITUTION MUST BE
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CAREFULLY GUARDED. IF NOT
AT THE CHURCH, THEN WHERE?
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WHERE ARE WE
GOING TO GO? TELEVISION?
00:14:02.44\00:14:04.87
WHERE ONE GUY'S GOT FOUR WIVES?
WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GO TO
00:14:04.91\00:14:08.78
EXALT MARRIAGE TO THE
HOLY PLACE WHERE IT BELONGS?
00:14:08.81\00:14:14.28
IT'S HERE, ISN'T
IT? IT'S IN GOD'S WORD.
00:14:14.32\00:14:16.69
IT'S IN THE CHURCH.
AND SO THIS IS THE IDEAL.
00:14:16.72\00:14:22.29
NOW MARRIAGE IS NOT JUST -
ADULTERY IS NOT JUST SOMETHING
00:14:22.32\00:14:25.66
THAT IS REVEALED IN AN ACTION.
JESUS ALSO TEACHES US THAT
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ADULTERY CAN HAPPEN
IN AN ATTITUDE, RIGHT?
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MATTHEW CHAPTER 5, VERSE 27, "YE
HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID BY
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THEM OF OLD TIME, THOU SHALT NOT
COMMIT ADULTERY:" - WHEN HE SAYS
00:14:37.67\00:14:40.38
'THEM OF OLD' HE'S ACTUALLY
QUOTING HIMSELF IN THE TEN
00:14:40.41\00:14:42.91
COMMANDMENTS - "BUT I SAY UNTO
YOU, THAT WHOSOEVER LOOKETH ON A
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WOMAN TO LUST AFTER HER
HATH COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH HER
00:14:46.85\00:14:50.12
ALREADY IN HIS HEART."
NOW, IF A PERSON THINKS A
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LUSTFUL THOUGHT, AND IF YOU CAN
PROVE YOUR SPOUSE HAS THOUGHT A
00:14:56.52\00:15:00.50
LUSTFUL THOUGHT, AND SINCE JESUS
SAYS THEY'VE COMMITTED ADULTERY
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IN THEIR HEART, DO YOU
NOW HAVE GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE?
00:15:04.00\00:15:08.17
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER?
00:15:08.20\00:15:09.94
ANYONE WANT TO
VENTURE? BOLD ENOUGH? NO.
00:15:09.97\00:15:13.68
BECAUSE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A THOUGHT AND AN ACT.
00:15:13.71\00:15:17.91
THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MINUTE.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT MURDER CAN
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YOU BE EXECUTED
ACCORDING TO OUR GOVERNMENT? NO.
00:15:24.55\00:15:28.92
BECAUSE A PERSON THINKS A
MURDEROUS THOUGHT DOESN'T MEAN
00:15:28.96\00:15:31.56
THEY ARE A MURDERER AND THEY ARE
NOT GOING TO BE PROSECUTED AS A
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MURDERER BECAUSE
THEY THINK A THOUGHT.
00:15:33.96\00:15:35.50
NOW IF YOU CONSPIRE - IF YOU GET
THE TOOLS AND THE WEAPONS AND
00:15:35.53\00:15:37.97
YOU'RE GOING TO PLAN IT -
YES, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
00:15:38.00\00:15:40.97
BUT THINKING A THOUGHT IS NOT
THE SAME AS DOING IT AND I'VE
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HAD SOME PEOPLE WHO'VE SAID TO
ME, 'PASTOR DOUG, I MAY AS WELL
00:15:43.44\00:15:46.54
GO AHEAD AND DO IT BECAUSE I'M
THINKING ABOUT IT AND JESUS SAID
00:15:46.57\00:15:50.25
IF YOU THINK ABOUT
IT, IT'S THE SAME THING.
00:15:50.28\00:15:52.25
NO HE DOESN'T SAY
IT'S THE SAME THING.
00:15:52.28\00:15:54.18
HE'S TRYING TO SHOW YOU THAT
HE NOT ONLY WANTS US TO KEEP THE
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SEVENTH COMMANDMENT AND NOT
LITERALLY COMMIT ADULTERY OR
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FORNICATION, HE'S TRYING TO TELL
US I WANT YOU TO DO IT IN YOUR
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HEART AS WELL BECAUSE IF YOU'RE
KEEPING THE COMMANDMENT IN YOUR
00:16:02.86\00:16:06.53
HEART, YOU WILL
KEEP IT IN YOUR MARRIAGE.
00:16:06.56\00:16:09.40
AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY,
ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE OR
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ANY SINGLES HERE, THE SEVENTH
COMMANDMENT IS NOT JUST FOR
00:16:13.20\00:16:15.90
MARRIED COUPLES. THE
SEVENTH COMMANDMENT IS FOR
00:16:15.94\00:16:18.61
EVERYBODY BECAUSE THAT COVERS
THE SUBJECT OF FORNICATION AND
00:16:18.64\00:16:23.95
THAT'S ANY KIND OF SEXUAL
ACTIVITY OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE.
00:16:23.98\00:16:28.38
AND SO WE'RE ALL
CALLED TO HOLINESS.
00:16:28.42\00:16:31.39
HE SAYS, 'BLESSED ARE THE PURE
IN HEART, THEY WILL SEE GOD'.
00:16:31.42\00:16:33.89
HE WANTS US TO BE
PURE IN OUR HEARTS.
00:16:33.92\00:16:35.76
SO JESUS WASN'T SAYING, 'WELL,
YOU'RE THINKING IT, YOU MAY AS
00:16:35.79\00:16:37.89
WELL DO IT.' HE'S SAYING, 'IF
YOU'LL BE SAVED IN YOUR HEART -
00:16:37.93\00:16:41.06
IF YOU'LL LET ME RECREATE YOUR
HEART - YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY
00:16:41.10\00:16:43.73
ABOUT THE LETTER OF THE LAW
BECAUSE YOU'LL BE KEEPING THE
00:16:43.77\00:16:46.50
SPIRIT OF THE LAW.
YOU'LL AUTOMATICALLY KEEP THE
00:16:46.53\00:16:48.87
LETTER OF THE LAW WHEN YOU KEEP
THE SPIRIT. ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:16:48.90\00:16:53.71
DON'T YOU HAVE TO FIRST THINK IT
IN YOUR HEART BEFORE YOU ACT IT
00:16:53.74\00:16:55.44
OUT? AND LET'S FACE IT, IN
THE WORLD, PEOPLE TREAT SEX LIKE
00:16:55.48\00:17:00.52
SHAKING HANDS. THAT'S
NOT THE WAY IT IS WITH
00:17:00.55\00:17:02.95
CHRIST. THE
BIBLE HASN'T CHANGED.
00:17:02.98\00:17:05.79
YES, OUR CULTURE HAS CHANGED
BUT THE TRUTH HAS NOT CHANGED.
00:17:05.82\00:17:08.52
JESUS SAID, 'I AM THE
LORD. I DO NOT CHANGE'.
00:17:08.56\00:17:11.76
WHAT NEEDS CHANGING IS WE DO.
00:17:11.79\00:17:14.46
GOD'S CHURCH NEEDS TO START
BEING A LIGHT ON A HILL AND
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SHOWING THE WORLD WHAT HOLINESS
LOOKS LIKE AND THAT MEANS IN OUR
00:17:16.80\00:17:22.17
LIVES AND IN OUR
HOMES AND IN OUR MARRIAGES.
00:17:22.20\00:17:26.24
PETER, DESCRIBING HIS AGE -
AND IT'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENT FROM
00:17:26.27\00:17:29.21
OURS - PETER - 2 PETER CHAPTER
2, VERSE 14, "HAVING EYES FULL
00:17:29.24\00:17:33.52
OF ADULTERY, AND THAT
CANNOT CEASE FROM SIN, ENTICING
00:17:33.55\00:17:37.39
UNSTABLE SOULS." YOU
NOTICE, IT STARTS WITH A
00:17:37.42\00:17:40.32
LOOK AND - THAT LINGERING LOOK,
DID IT GET DAVID IN TROUBLE?
00:17:40.36\00:17:46.96
PROVERBS 9:17, "STOLEN WATER IS
SWEET, AND BREAD EATEN IN SECRET
00:17:47.00\00:17:51.17
IS PLEASANT." PEOPLE
THINK, 'WELL, IT WAS A SECRET
00:17:51.20\00:17:54.00
RENDEZVOUS. NO ONE WILL KNOW.'
SOLOMON GOES ON TO SAY, "BUT HE
00:17:54.04\00:17:58.21
DOES NOT KNOW THAT THE DEAD
ARE THERE, THAT HER GUESTS" -
00:17:58.24\00:18:01.41
SPEAKING OF AN HARLOT -
"ARE IN THE DEPTHS OF HELL."
00:18:01.44\00:18:05.05
ADULTERY DOES NOT
BEGIN BELOW THE BELT.
00:18:05.08\00:18:10.42
ADULTERY BEGINS ABOVE THE
NECK. IT STARTS IN THE MIND.
00:18:10.45\00:18:16.59
IF WE KEEP OUR MINDS FIXED ON
THOSE THINGS THAT ARE GOOD AND
00:18:16.62\00:18:20.76
IF WE MAKE A COVENANT WITH OUR
EYES, AS JOB SAYS, IT CAN KEEP
00:18:20.80\00:18:24.67
US OUT OF A LOT OF TROUBLE.
YOU LOOK, FOR INSTANCE, IN JOB
00:18:24.70\00:18:27.84
31, VERSE 1, - LOOK AWAY AND
LIVE - HE SAYS, "I HAVE MADE A
00:18:27.87\00:18:32.91
COVENANT WITH MY EYES; WHY
THEN SHOULD I LOOK UPON A YOUNG
00:18:32.94\00:18:35.68
WOMAN?" WE'VE GOT
TO LEARN HOW TO BOUNCE
00:18:35.71\00:18:38.01
OUR EYES WHEN YOU SEE
SOMETHING THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
00:18:38.05\00:18:42.55
DID JOSEPH - YOU KNOW I
LOVE THE STORY OF JOSEPH.
00:18:42.58\00:18:44.69
HE'S ONE OF THE HEROES IN THE
BIBLE, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF HIS
00:18:44.72\00:18:48.02
FORGIVENESS, BUT JOSEPH IS ONE
OF THE RARE EXCEPTIONS YOU FIND
00:18:48.06\00:18:51.33
IN THE BIBLE OF A GODLY MAN
WHO SAID NO TO A TEMPTATION THAT
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WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY
DIFFICULT FOR MOST PEOPLE.
00:18:55.63\00:18:58.23
HE SAID, 'NO, HOW
CAN I SIN AGAINST GOD?'
00:18:58.27\00:19:00.10
HIS LOVE WAS SO STRONG FOR
GOD HE SAID, 'I CAN'T DO THIS
00:19:00.14\00:19:02.50
THING'. HE SAID NO TO ADULTERY.
00:19:02.54\00:19:05.11
SO WHENEVER WE THINK, 'OH, WE'RE
ALL HUMAN' - I REMEMBER HEARING
00:19:05.14\00:19:07.88
ONE WOMAN SAY,
'ANY MAN COULD BE HAD.
00:19:07.91\00:19:11.95
ANY MAN COULD BE HAD' - AND I
WAS INSULTED BY THAT BECAUSE I
00:19:11.98\00:19:14.32
DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE.
I THINK THAT WHEN PEOPLE HAVE
00:19:14.35\00:19:17.65
GOD'S SPIRIT THAT WE
CAN LIVE LIVES OF INTEGRITY.
00:19:17.69\00:19:22.52
PROVERBS CHAPTER 4, VERSE
25, "LET YOUR EYES LOOK STRAIGHT
00:19:22.56\00:19:25.79
AHEAD AND YOUR EYELIDS
LOOK RIGHT BEFORE YOU" -
00:19:25.83\00:19:28.23
HE'S TALKING ABOUT
WHEN YOU'RE TEMPTED.
00:19:28.26\00:19:30.60
PSALM 101, VERSE 3, "I WILL SET
NOTHING WICKED BEFORE MY EYES; I
00:19:30.63\00:19:35.44
HATE THE WORK OF THOSE WHO FALL
AWAY; IT SHALL NOT CLING TO ME."
00:19:35.47\00:19:39.57
AND THEN SOLOMON ALSO SAID
- PROVERBS 5:15 - "DRINK WATER
00:19:39.61\00:19:43.14
FROM YOUR OWN CISTERN, AND
RUNNING WATER FROM YOUR OWN
00:19:43.18\00:19:46.21
WELL...LET THEM BE ONLY YOUR
OWN, AND NOT FOR STRANGERS WITH
00:19:46.25\00:19:49.85
YOU." NOW, YOU KNOW,
00:19:49.88\00:19:51.39
IT'S WONDERFUL IF
YOU'VE GOT A SPRING IN YOUR
00:19:51.42\00:19:53.76
BACKYARD AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR OWN
WELL AND YOU CAN DRINK ALL THE
00:19:53.79\00:19:55.89
WATER YOU WANT FROM YOUR
OWN WELL - THAT'D BE SUCH A
00:19:55.92\00:19:57.69
BLESSING. WITHIN
MARRIAGE, THAT INTIMACY
00:19:57.73\00:20:02.00
IS A BLESSING.
MATTER OF FACT, IN THE BIBLE
00:20:02.03\00:20:06.33
IT'S COMMANDED THAT
THE COUPLES COME TOGETHER.
00:20:06.37\00:20:08.97
SO MUCH OF THE MARRIAGE
COUNSELING THAT HAPPENS IS
00:20:09.00\00:20:12.37
ALMOST NEVER BECAUSE
COUPLES ARE HAVING TOO MUCH SEX.
00:20:12.41\00:20:16.21
IT'S BECAUSE
THEY'RE NOT HAVING ENOUGH.
00:20:16.24\00:20:18.98
IF THE TRUTH BE KNOWN,
NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN THAT'S A
00:20:19.01\00:20:22.82
PROBLEM. AND SO,
WITHIN MARRIAGE, IT'S A
00:20:22.85\00:20:25.69
WONDERFUL THING. BUT
OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE, WITH
00:20:25.72\00:20:28.92
SOMEONE THAT IS NOT YOUR SPOUSE,
THAT'S WHERE IT'S A PROBLEM.
00:20:28.96\00:20:34.20
NOW, HAVING SAID ALL THIS,
I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR WHAT
00:20:34.20\00:20:36.73
ADULTERY IS AND THAT IT'S A SIN.
I WANT TO ALSO MAKE IT CLEAR IT
00:20:36.77\00:20:41.30
IS NOT THE UNPARDONABLE
SIN. HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED?
00:20:41.34\00:20:46.01
AND EVEN DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE
WITHOUT BIBLICAL GROUNDS, THE
00:20:46.04\00:20:52.48
BIBLE DOES NOT CALL
THAT THE UNPARDONABLE SIN.
00:20:52.51\00:20:55.32
AFTER DAVID SINNED WITH
BATHSHEBA - WAS THAT A FORBIDDEN
00:20:55.35\00:20:58.29
ADULTEROUS RELATIONSHIP?
YES IT WAS - IN EVERY WAY -
00:20:58.32\00:21:01.86
CONNECTED WITH
MURDER. DID DAVID SUFFER?
00:21:01.89\00:21:05.86
DID BATHSHEBA SUFFER?
DAVID LOST FOUR OF HIS SONS.
00:21:05.89\00:21:11.10
THE LORD, DIRECTLY IN THE
PROPHECY OF NATHAN, CONNECTED
00:21:11.13\00:21:13.87
THE LOSS OF FOUR
CHILDREN WITH HIS ACTION.
00:21:13.90\00:21:18.54
SO, DO YOU THINK DAVID
THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH IT?
00:21:18.57\00:21:22.21
SOMETIMES PEOPLE FALL INTO
ADULTEROUS RELATIONSHIPS AND
00:21:22.24\00:21:24.61
THEY DON'T REALIZE WHAT THE
CONSEQUENCES ARE GOING TO BE.
00:21:24.65\00:21:27.98
A LOT OF KIDS HAVE BEEN
PERMANENTLY SCARRED BECAUSE OF
00:21:28.02\00:21:32.25
THE DECISION THAT THEIR
PARENTS MADE - A VERY SELFISH
00:21:32.29\00:21:35.62
DECISION, USUALLY. WHEN
PEOPLE COMMIT ADULTERY, WHO
00:21:35.66\00:21:38.99
ARE THEY THINKING ABOUT?
GOD AND HIS GLORY OR THEMSELVES?
00:21:39.03\00:21:43.77
WHAT ABOUT THE
WOMAN AT THE WELL?
00:21:43.80\00:21:46.87
JOHN 8:38 - THE SCRIBES BROUGHT
THIS WOMAN CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF
00:21:46.90\00:21:50.91
ADULTERY. SHE WAS GUILTY.
00:21:50.94\00:21:54.01
ACCORDING TO THE LAW
SHE SHOULD BE STONED.
00:21:54.04\00:21:56.04
ACCORDING TO THE LAW THE
MAN SHOULD BE STONED TOO.
00:21:56.08\00:21:58.51
I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED, HOW IN THE
WORLD WAS IT THEY WERE ABLE TO
00:21:58.55\00:22:00.58
CATCH HER IN THE
ACT BUT NOT THE MAN?
00:22:00.62\00:22:03.92
THAT'S PRETTY STRANGE.
AND, EVIDENTLY, SHE WAS SET UP.
00:22:03.95\00:22:10.49
MANY THINK THIS MAY HAVE BEEN
MARY MAGDALENE'S FIRST ENCOUNTER
00:22:10.53\00:22:13.23
WITH JESUS AND I COULD GIVE
YOU MY OTHER ARGUMENTS FOR THAT
00:22:13.26\00:22:15.73
LATER. BUT THEY ALL STOOD
AROUND READY TO EXECUTE HER.
00:22:15.76\00:22:22.07
HE SAID, 'HE THAT IS WITHOUT
SIN, CAST THE FIRST STONE'.
00:22:22.10\00:22:26.07
YOU KNOW ONE REASON THAT
ADULTERY IS SO RAMPANT IN THE
00:22:26.11\00:22:28.38
CHURCH IS BECAUSE OF THIS STORY
AND NO ONE WANTS TO EVER DEAL
00:22:28.41\00:22:32.11
WITH ADULTERY IN A CHURCH - ON A
CHURCH BOARD - NO ONE WANTS TO -
00:22:32.15\00:22:36.32
I SHOULDN'T SAY 'NO ONE' -
VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO
00:22:36.35\00:22:38.25
ADDRESS THOSE THINGS
BECAUSE IT'S SO PREVALENT.
00:22:38.29\00:22:40.59
WE ALL QUOTE THE SCRIPTURE
'HE THAT IS WITHOUT SIN, LET HIM
00:22:40.62\00:22:44.09
CAST THE FIRST STONE' AND PEOPLE
TAKE THAT TO MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT
00:22:44.13\00:22:47.13
SUPPOSED TO DEAL WITH IT AT ALL
SO WE'RE ALL KIND OF AMBIVALENT
00:22:47.13\00:22:52.17
ABOUT SOMETHING THAT
GOD'S VERY CLEAR ABOUT.
00:22:52.20\00:22:54.00
WHEN JESUS SAID 'HE THAT IS
WITHOUT SIN, LET HIM CAST THE
00:22:54.04\00:22:57.11
FIRST STONE' - THEY
WERE GOING TO KILL MARY!
00:22:57.14\00:22:59.71
THEY WERE GOING TO
EXECUTE THIS WOMAN.
00:22:59.74\00:23:02.58
AND WHEN HER ACCUSERS LEFT
HE SAID, 'WOMAN, WHERE ARE THOSE
00:23:02.61\00:23:06.31
THINE ACCUSERS? HAS
NO MAN CONDEMNED YOU?'
00:23:06.35\00:23:08.55
SHE SAID, 'NO MAN, LORD'.
HE SAID, 'NEITHER DO I CONDEMN
00:23:08.58\00:23:12.05
YOU'. NOW WAS JESUS SAYING THAT
00:23:12.09\00:23:14.16
ADULTERY IS OKAY, I'M NOT
GOING TO CONDEMN IT ANYMORE?
00:23:14.19\00:23:16.89
SOME PEOPLE HAVE
READ IT THAT WAY.
00:23:16.93\00:23:19.46
WHENEVER SOMEONE IN THE CHURCH
FALLS INTO ADULTERY, INSTEAD OF
00:23:19.49\00:23:21.43
THERE BEING ANY KIND OF CENSURE
OR COUNSELING, THEY JUST SAY,
00:23:21.46\00:23:25.43
'WELL, JESUS SAID 'I DON'T
CONDEMN' SO GO AND FREELY SIN.
00:23:25.47\00:23:29.27
IS THAT WHAT HE SAID? NO,
HE SAID, 'I DO NOT CONDEMN YOU.
00:23:29.30\00:23:32.61
GO AND SIN NO MORE'.
YOU KNOW WHY HE COULD SAY,
00:23:32.64\00:23:34.68
'I DON'T CONDEMN YOU'?
BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO TAKE HER
00:23:34.71\00:23:37.75
DEATH PENALTY. IS
THE PENALTY FOR SIN STILL
00:23:37.78\00:23:40.85
DEATH? IS THE
PENALTY FOR BREAKING THE
00:23:40.88\00:23:43.82
SEVENTH COMMANDMENT STILL
SIN? AND SO IS IT STILL DEATH?
00:23:43.85\00:23:48.72
AND SO HOW COULD JESUS
TELL MARY YOU'RE FREE TO GO?
00:23:48.76\00:23:51.96
BECAUSE HE WAS GOING
TO TAKE HER DEATH PENALTY.
00:23:51.99\00:23:54.36
THAT'S WHY HE TOLD HER 'GO AND
SIN NO MORE'. HE CALLED IT A SIN
00:23:54.40\00:23:59.70
AND HE SAID 'STOP IT. I'LL
FORGIVE YOU. DON'T DO IT ANYMORE
00:23:59.73\00:24:04.61
BECAUSE I'LL DIE FOR
YOU.' DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:24:04.64\00:24:08.64
BUT ISN'T IT INTERESTING THAT
BOTH - MARY MAGDALENE WAS THE
00:24:08.68\00:24:13.35
FIRST ONE TO PROCLAIM THE RISEN
LORD AND THE WOMAN AT THE WELL
00:24:13.38\00:24:16.95
WAS THE FIRST ONE TO
PROCLAIM HIM AMONG THE GENTILES?
00:24:16.99\00:24:20.49
SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT GOD CAN
FORGIVE, BUT GOD IS ALSO TELLING
00:24:20.52\00:24:24.76
US HE STILL WANTS US TO
OBEY. ADULTERY IS STILL A SIN.
00:24:24.79\00:24:29.96
HE'S NOT RECOMMENDING THAT
WE DO A LITTLE LESS OF IT, HE'S
00:24:30.00\00:24:34.00
SAYING, 'THOU SHALL
NOT COMMIT ADULTERY'.
00:24:34.04\00:24:39.54
THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD.
00:24:39.57\00:24:40.78
HE WANTS US TO BE A HOLY PEOPLE
AND HE WANTS US NOT TO COMMIT
00:24:40.81\00:24:44.31
ADULTERY ON HIM BECAUSE,
ULTIMATELY, HUSBANDS ARE TO LOVE
00:24:44.35\00:24:49.32
THEIR WIVES AS
CHRIST LOVES THE CHURCH.
00:24:49.35\00:24:51.25
AND YOU, AS PART OF THE CHURCH,
HE LOVES YOU AS A BRIDEGROOM.
00:24:51.29\00:24:53.79
WOULD YOU WANT
TO BREAK HIS HEART?
00:24:53.82\00:24:55.59
ANY TIME ANYBODY FLIRTS WITH THE
IDEA OF COMMITTING ADULTERY ON
00:24:55.62\00:24:59.49
THEIR SPOUSE, THEY'RE GOING TO
BE COMMITTING ADULTERY ALSO ON
00:24:59.53\00:25:02.00
THE LORD AND ON THEIR
FAMILY AND ON SOCIETY.
00:25:02.03\00:25:05.30
IT'S NOT JUST ONE
PERSON THAT'S GOING TO BE HURT.
00:25:05.33\00:25:10.91
DAVID, WHEN HE REPENTED OF
HIS SIN, IN PSALM 51 HE SAID,
00:25:10.94\00:25:14.51
'AGAINST THEE AND
THEE ONLY HAVE I SINNED'.
00:25:14.54\00:25:16.64
JOSEPH, WHEN HE WAS TEMPTED TO
COMMIT ADULTERY WITH POTIPHAR'S
00:25:16.68\00:25:18.91
WIFE - HE SAID, 'HOW CAN I
DO THIS WICKED THING AND SIN
00:25:18.95\00:25:21.95
AGAINST GOD?' AND SO
THE BEST REASON TO KEEP
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