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01:02 >>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS 01:04 OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 01:14 >>CAN A PERSON HAVE A PERVERTED APPETITE FOR FOOD? YEAH. 01:17 CAN A PERSON BE A GLUTTON? SAME THINGS WITH THE DESIRES 01:20 FOR SEX. EVERYTHING GOOD THAT GOD HAS 01:23 MADE, THE DEVIL HAS SOUGHT TO CORRUPT. 01:29 >>WE'RE CONTINUING WITH OUR SERIES TALKING ABOUT THESE LAWS 01:32 OF LOVE AND LIBERTY. AND TODAY, IN PARTICULAR, 01:35 WE ARE ON COMMANDMENT #7. SOME OF YOU, IF YOU KNOW YOUR 01:42 BIBLES AND YOU LEARNED THIS GROWING UP AND GOING TO CHURCH, 01:44 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS. IT'S ONLY FIVE WORDS. 01:48 SOMETIMES PEOPLE LEAVE ONE OF THOSE WORDS OUT. 01:52 'THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.' YOU KNOW, IT'S 01:57 POSSIBLE TO BE DISTRACTED TO DEATH. THAT'S RIGHT. 02:04 I UNDERSTAND EVERY YEAR THAT AROUND NORTH AMERICA AND 02:07 PROBABLY IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD, THAT THE CASUALTY OF DEER 02:13 SPIKES. JUST IN ILLINOIS, FOR INSTANCE, 02:16 THEY REPORT MORE THAN 17,000 DEER DIE EACH YEAR AFTER BEING 02:21 STRUCK BY MOTORISTS AND CARS. MOST OF THE TIME IT'S IN THE 02:25 FALL. DO YOU KNOW WHY? 02:28 THAT'S WHEN THE BUCKS ARE GOING THROUGH THE RUT SEASON. 02:33 THEY ARE PREOCCUPIED WITH MATING. 02:37 AND BECAUSE OF THAT PREOCCUPATION AND THEY BECOME SO 02:39 CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR TERRITORY AND THEY CAN BECOME SO CONCERNED 02:44 ABOUT OTHER BUCKS, THEY'LL GET ENGAGED IN EITHER FIGHTING 02:48 ANOTHER BUCK OR FOLLOWING A DOE AND THEY DON'T EVEN CARE IF A 02:52 SEMI IS COMING DOWN THE ROAD AND THEY GET TO WHERE THEY ARE 02:55 DISTRACTED TO DEATH. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS PROBLEM DOES 02:59 NOT JUST HAPPEN WITH DEER. AND IT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN WITH 03:04 BUCKS. IT HAPPENS WITH HUMAN BUCKS AND DOES. THEY CAN BECOME 03:10 SO PREOCCUPIED WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT IT BECOMES 03:15 SPIRITUALLY FATAL. AND YOU CAN FIND THE RECORD OF 03:19 THIS IN THE BIBLE. OF COURSE THE COMMAND - EXODUS 20:14 - 03:25 "THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY". WHAT IS ADULTERY? 03:31 DEFINITION - AND THERE'S A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE WORDS 03:34 'ADULTERY' AND 'FORNICATION'. THEY BOTH FALL UNDER THE SEVENTH 03:37 COMMANDMENT. ADULTERY IS VOLUNTARY SEXUAL 03:40 INTIMACY BETWEEN A MARRIED PERSON AND A PARTNER OTHER THAN 03:44 THE LAWFUL SPOUSE. WHEREAS FORNICATION IS SEXUAL 03:48 INTERCOURSE BETWEEN PARTNERS WHO ARE NOT MARRIED TO EACH OTHER. 03:53 AND BOTH ARE CLEARLY FORBIDDEN IN THE BIBLE. 03:56 YOU CAN FIND, FOR INSTANCE, IN GALATIANS 5:19, "NOW THE WORKS 03:59 OF THE FLESH ARE EVIDENT, WHICH ARE: ADULTERY, FORNICATION," - 04:04 RIGHT THERE HE MAKES A DISTINCTION, DOESN'T HE? 04:06 - "ADULTERY, FORNICATION, UNCLEANNESS, LEWDNESS" - AND 04:09 THAT'S TALKING ABOUT OBSCENE BEHAVIOR - DIRTY JOKES IS LEWD 04:12 BEHAVIOR. 1 CORINTHIANS 6, VERSES 9 AND 04:17 10, "DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE UNRIGHTEOUS WILL NOT INHERIT THE 04:21 KINGDOM OF GOD? DO NOT BE DECEIVED. 04:24 NEITHER FORNICATORS, NOR IDOLATERS, NOR ADULTERERS, NOR 04:28 HOMOSEXUALS, NOR SODOMITES WILL INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD." 04:32 AND I WANT TO INCLUDE - SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T LOSE HOPE - "AND 04:36 SUCH WERE SOME OF YOU." PAUL WRITES TO THE CORINTHIAN 04:39 CHURCH - THEY HAD ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS THERE. 04:42 NOT ONLY WITH HOMOSEXUALITY BUT WITH FORNICATION, WITH ADULTERY 04:45 AND THEN PAUL GOES ON TO SAY "AND SUCH WERE" - PAST TENSE - 04:50 "SOME OF YOU. BUT YOU'VE BEEN WASHED, BUT YOU 04:53 WERE SANCTIFIED," - YOU'VE BEEN CLEANSED THROUGH POWER OF GOD. 04:56 AND SO, AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS SUBJECT, AS WITH THE OTHER SINS 05:00 - YOU KNOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, NONE OF 05:02 THEM ARE CALLED THE UNPARDONABLE SIN, BUT THEY ARE CALLED SIN AND 05:08 SIN IS DEADLY IF IT IS NOT REPENTED OF AND FORSAKEN. 05:13 AND JESUS CAME TO SAVE US NOT IN OUR SINS, BUT THE ANGEL SAID HE 05:16 CAME TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS - AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SINS - 05:22 ADULTERY. PROVERBS 6, VERSE 32, "WHOEVER 05:26 COMMITS ADULTERY WITH A WOMAN LACKS UNDERSTANDING; HE WHO DOES 05:30 SO DESTROYS HIS OWN SOUL." IT NOT ONLY HAS SOMETIMES 05:36 PHYSICAL RAMIFICATIONS AND SOCIAL RAMIFICATIONS, 05:39 IT DEFINITELY HAS SPIRITUAL RAMIFICATIONS. 05:43 KEEP IN MIND, MARRIAGE WAS PART OF GOD'S PERFECT PLAN. 05:46 IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH REDEMPTION. 05:49 IT WAS A SACRED ORDINANCE OF GOD WHEN WE HAD A PERFECT WORLD AND 05:54 IT IS STILL PART OF HIS PERFECT PLAN. 05:59 MARRIAGE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH BEING SAVED BECAUSE MAN HAD NOT 06:02 FALLEN YET WHEN GOD INTRODUCED MARRIAGE. 06:06 IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS HOLY BECAUSE IT EXISTED BEFORE THERE 06:09 WAS EVEN SIN IN THE WORLD. AND WHEN WE'RE INVITED TO 06:12 PARTICIPATE IN MARRIAGE AND WHEN WE MAKE THESE COVENANTS - IT'S 06:15 NOT JUST A PROMISE, IT'S A COVENANT WITH ANOTHER PERSON 06:18 BEFORE WITNESSES IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 06:23 SO GOD HAS MADE MARRIAGE, IT'S PART OF HIS PERFECT PLAN AND HE 06:27 HAS CREATED US WITH A DESIRE FOR THE OPPOSITE SEX PARTLY TO 06:33 PROCREATE. YOU KNOW, IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT 06:36 SEXUAL DESIRE, VIRTUALLY NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE. 06:40 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? AND IF IT WASN'T FOR HUNGER YOU 06:43 PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE HERE ALSO. GOD GAVE YOU THE DESIRE TO 06:46 HUNGER FOR FOOD OR YOU WOULD EVENTUALLY DIE OUT. 06:49 AND HE ALSO PLANTED WITHIN US THIS HEALTHY, HOLY DESIRE FOR 06:54 SEX THAT, GOVERNED BY A SANCTIFIED MIND, 06:58 IS A GOOD THING. SEX IS NOT SOMETHING THE DEVIL 07:00 INVENTED SO WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL TO NOT COMMUNICATE THAT. 07:05 SEX IS A BEAUTIFUL THING THE WAY - WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT - HOW 07:10 TWO PEOPLE COME TOGETHER THROUGH AN ACT OF LOVE AND EMBRACE AND 07:15 THEY ARE ABLE TO REPRODUCE ANOTHER PERSON. 07:18 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE CONTEXT THAT GOD HAS DESIGNED. 07:23 BUT THE DEVIL HAS SUCCEEDED IN MAKING IT UGLY AND DIRTY AND HE 07:26 CAN - THE DEVIL CAN WARP AND PERVERT EVERYTHING THAT GOD 07:30 MAKES. CAN A PERSON HAVE A PERVERTED APPETITE FOR FOOD? 07:33 YEAH. CAN A PERSON BE A GLUTTON? 07:36 SAME THING WITH THE DESIRES FOR SEX. 07:39 EVERYTHING GOOD THAT GOD HAS MADE, THE DEVIL HAS SOUGHT TO 07:41 CORRUPT, INCLUDING MARRIAGE AND THAT INSTITUTION AND THOSE 07:46 DESIRES. THOSE DESIRES MUST BE 07:48 RESTRAINED, AS WITH THE DESIRES FOR FOOD. 07:51 IF THEY'RE NOT, THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT. 07:54 THE BIBLE TELLS US IN HEBREWS 13:4, "MARRIAGE IS HONORABLE 07:59 AMONG ALL, AND THE BED UNDEFILED; BUT FORNICATORS AND 08:04 ADULTERERS GOD WILL JUDGE." GENESIS 2:18, "AND THE LORD GOD 08:09 SAID, 'IT IS NOT GOOD THAT MAN SHOULD BE ALONE;" - 08:11 I READ THAT TO YOU ALREADY. 1 CORINTHIANS 7:9, IT SAYS THAT 08:16 "...IF THEY CANNOT EXERCISE SELF-CONTROL, LET THEM MARRY. 08:19 FOR IT IS BETTER TO MARRY THAN TO BURN WITH PASSION." 08:22 YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A QUOTE HERE FROM C.S. LEWIS. HE SAYS, 08:26 "EITHER MARRIAGE WITH COMPLETE FAITHFULNESS TO YOUR PARTNER OR 08:29 TOTAL ABSTINENCE. THOSE ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS FOR THE BELIEVER." 08:33 AND YOU CAN'T BE MAKING EXCUSES, 'WELL, I'M SINGLE, GOD DOESN'T 08:36 EXPECT ME TO JUST BE ABSTINENT AND SO I'M GOING TO GO OUT AND 08:40 HIRE A PROSTITUTE - MALE OR FEMALE. 08:43 I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE THAT LOGIC WILL TAKE YOU. 08:46 GOD EXPECTS US TO USE SELF-CONTROL. DID JESUS? 08:51 DO YOU THINK THAT JESUS WASN'T TEMPTED IN ALL POINTS AS WE ARE? 08:54 THE BIBLE SAYS HE WAS. BUT HE LIVED A HOLY LIFE. 08:58 AND SO CAN WE. 09:00 WHEN YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN 'OLD THINGS PASS AWAY, ALL THINGS ARE 09:02 MADE NEW.' NOW I'M TAKING THIS LITTLE RABBIT TRAIL TO JUST 09:05 REINFORCE THE PRINCIPLE THAT EVERYBODY THAT IS HUMAN IS GOING 09:10 TO BE TEMPTED AND THE DEVIL IS EVEN GOING TO TEMPT PEOPLE 09:13 WITHIN GOOD CHRISTIAN MARRIAGES TO THINK THINGS THEY SHOULDN'T 09:16 THINK. DON'T FALL FOR THE IDEA THAT YOU ARE A VICTIM AND YOU 09:20 ARE HELPLESS AND YOU CAN'T MAKE CHOICES. EVERYBODY CAN MAKE 09:24 CHOICES. PEOPLE WHO FALL INTO ADULTERY USUALLY HAVE MADE A 09:28 SERIES OF CHOICES. THEY ARE FIRST USUALLY STEPPING OVER 09:34 THE LINE TO BECOMING TOO FRIENDLY OR TOO FAMILIAR. 09:37 VERY RARELY DOES IT HAPPEN JUST SUDDENLY UNEXPECTEDLY. 09:41 PEOPLE, LITTLE BY LITTLE, START OPENING THE DOOR TO A FORBIDDEN 09:44 RELATIONSHIP AND THEY START MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE OPPOSITE 09:47 SEX WHILE THEY'RE MARRIED AND THEY START BECOMING INTIMATE 09:53 AND SHARING INTIMATE DETAILS AND THEY SAY, 'OH, BUT HE JUST MAKES 09:57 ME FEEL SO GOOD AND THEN I GO HOME AND MY HUSBAND IS SO CRABBY 10:00 AND MEAN AND UNAPPRECIATIVE AND THIS PERSON IS SO NICE'. 10:03 AND THE DEVIL WILL START GETTING YOU TO MAKE THESE COMPARISONS 10:06 AND EXCUSES AND YOU CAN EVEN CONVINCE YOURSELF, 'YOU KNOW, I 10:11 THINK THE LORD IS LEADING ME IN THIS. 10:14 I KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS ONE THING, BUT IN MY SPIRIT' - PEOPLE 10:18 CONFUSE A LOT OF THINGS FOR THE SPIRIT. 10:20 TOO MUCH PIZZA CAN MAKE YOU THINK THE SPIRIT IS LEADING YOU 10:24 AND JUST SO, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT IN THE WORD, FRIENDS, DON'T 10:28 FALL FOR THAT. GOD'S SPIRIT IS NEVER GOING TO 10:31 LEAD CONTRARY TO GOD'S WORD. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE WAYS WE 10:35 LEARN HOW TO BE CHRISTIANS IS THROUGH LOVING THE LORD AND 10:38 LOVING EACH OTHER. THE BIBLE SAYS YOU'VE GOT TO 10:41 LOVE THE LORD AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR. 10:42 WHO CAN BE MORE - A CLOSER NEIGHBOR THAN YOUR SPOUSE? 10:47 HOW CAN YOU SAY YOU LOVE GOD WHO YOU CAN'T SEE WHEN YOU CAN'T 10:50 LOVE YOUR SPOUSE THAT YOU'VE MADE A COVENANT WITH. 10:55 AND IF THE BIBLE TELLS US TO LOVE OUR ENEMIES THEN WHAT 10:57 EXCUSE DO YOU HAVE FOR NOT LOVING YOUR SPOUSE? 11:02 ANNOUNCER: DON'T FORGET TO REQUEST TODAY'S LIFE-CHANGING 11:04 FREE RESOURCE. 11:05 NOT ONLY CAN YOU RECEIVE THIS FREE GIFT IN THE MAIL, 11:08 YOU CAN DOWNLOAD A DIGITAL COPY STRAIGHT TO YOUR COMPUTER 11:10 OR MOBILE DEVICE. 11:11 TO GET YOUR DIGITAL COPY OF TODAY'S FREE GIFT 11:14 SIMPLY TEXT THE KEY WORD ON YOUR SCREEN TO 40544 11:18 OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN. 11:21 AND BE SURE TO SELECT THE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OPTION 11:23 ON THE REQUEST PAGE. 11:25 IT'S NOW EASIER THAN EVER FOR YOU TO STUDY GOD'S WORD 11:28 WITH AMAZING FACTS 11:29 WHEREVER AND WHENEVER YOU WANT. 11:31 AND MOST IMPORTANT, TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS. 11:36 NOW THERE ARE BIBLE GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE. WHAT DOES JESUS SAY? 11:39 IF YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES YOU GO TO MATTHEW 19, VERSE 9, "AND I 11:44 SAY TO YOU, WHOEVER DIVORCES HIS WIFE, EXCEPT FOR SEXUAL 11:48 IMMORALITY, AND MARRIES ANOTHER, COMMITS ADULTERY;" I KNOW, EVEN 11:52 AS I SPEAK ABOUT THIS, A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE YOU - STATISTICALLY 11:58 40% OF EVEN PRACTICING CHRISTIANS THAT ARE OF MARRY-ABLE 12:02 AGE OR HAVE BEEN MARRIED HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT. 12:05 AND SO WE'RE NOT HERE TO CONDEMN, WE'RE HERE TO TELL YOU 12:08 WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS AND THAT WE'RE TO BE CHRISTIANS. 12:11 THE BIBLICAL GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE AND, BY THE WAY, IF THERE HAS 12:15 BEEN MARITAL INFIDELITY, IF THERE HAS BEEN SEXUAL INFIDELITY 12:20 IN A MARRIAGE, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO GET DIVORCED. 12:24 THERE CAN STILL BE FORGIVENESS AND HEALING. 12:27 HAVE YOU READ THE BOOK OF HOSEA? WHERE EVEN AFTER HIS WIFE WAS 12:31 UNFAITHFUL - AND BY THE WAY, WE'RE THE BRIDE OF CHRIST, THE 12:34 CHURCH, AND HAS THE CHURCH BEEN UNFAITHFUL? 12:36 LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL. SO OFTEN THEY WENT AFTER OTHER 12:39 GODS AND HE WOULD FORGIVE THEM AND BRING THEM BACK AGAIN. 12:42 AND SO CAN EVEN THIS BE HEALED AND THIS BE FORGIVEN? 12:46 YES IT CAN. 12:48 AND SO YOU LOOK HERE IN MALACHI CHAPTER 2, VERSE 16, "'FOR THE 12:53 LORD GOD OF ISRAEL SAYS THAT HE HATES DIVORCE, FOR IT COVERS 12:57 ONE'S GARMENT WITH VIOLENCE,' SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS." 13:02 THE REASONS FOR REMARRIAGE, BIBLICALLY, IS IF YOUR SPOUSE 13:07 HAS DIED - PAUL TALKS ABOUT THAT. 13:11 IF YOU - IF THE MARRIAGE COVENANT HAS BEEN VIOLATED 13:14 THROUGH ADULTERY AND IF THERE IS ANY HOPE OF RECONCILIATION - IF 13:19 THERE'S ANY REDEEMABLE QUALITIES, THE BEST THING YOU 13:21 CAN DO AS A CHRISTIAN IS SAVE THE MARRIAGE. 13:25 STARTING OVER IS TOUGH. 13:27 AND SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT HAVE GROUNDS FOR SEPARATION AND WE'LL 13:31 TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. 13:33 AND, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT, IF THE CHURCH IS NOT GOING TO BE 13:36 THE PLACE WHERE GOD SAYS, 'HERE IS THE LINE OF WHAT'S 13:39 APPROPRIATE AND THIS IS A COVENANT AND IT'S IMPORTANT AND 13:42 IT MEANS SOMETHING, THEN WHERE IN OUR CULTURE CAN WE LOOK? 13:46 TELL ME. IF IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE CHURCH WHERE 13:49 YOU'RE GOING TO DRAW A LINE AND SAY, 'MARRIAGE IS SACRED. 13:51 IT IS HOLY. IT IS TO BE PRESERVED.' EVEN IF IT MEANS AT 13:55 THE INCONVENIENCE OF SOME, THIS INSTITUTION MUST BE 13:59 CAREFULLY GUARDED. IF NOT AT THE CHURCH, THEN WHERE? 14:02 WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GO? TELEVISION? 14:04 WHERE ONE GUY'S GOT FOUR WIVES? WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GO TO 14:08 EXALT MARRIAGE TO THE HOLY PLACE WHERE IT BELONGS? 14:14 IT'S HERE, ISN'T IT? IT'S IN GOD'S WORD. 14:16 IT'S IN THE CHURCH. AND SO THIS IS THE IDEAL. 14:22 NOW MARRIAGE IS NOT JUST - ADULTERY IS NOT JUST SOMETHING 14:25 THAT IS REVEALED IN AN ACTION. JESUS ALSO TEACHES US THAT 14:30 ADULTERY CAN HAPPEN IN AN ATTITUDE, RIGHT? 14:34 MATTHEW CHAPTER 5, VERSE 27, "YE HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID BY 14:37 THEM OF OLD TIME, THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY:" - WHEN HE SAYS 14:40 'THEM OF OLD' HE'S ACTUALLY QUOTING HIMSELF IN THE TEN 14:42 COMMANDMENTS - "BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT WHOSOEVER LOOKETH ON A 14:46 WOMAN TO LUST AFTER HER HATH COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH HER 14:50 ALREADY IN HIS HEART." NOW, IF A PERSON THINKS A 14:56 LUSTFUL THOUGHT, AND IF YOU CAN PROVE YOUR SPOUSE HAS THOUGHT A 15:00 LUSTFUL THOUGHT, AND SINCE JESUS SAYS THEY'VE COMMITTED ADULTERY 15:04 IN THEIR HEART, DO YOU NOW HAVE GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE? 15:08 WHAT DO YOU SAY? DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER? 15:09 ANYONE WANT TO VENTURE? BOLD ENOUGH? NO. 15:13 BECAUSE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A THOUGHT AND AN ACT. 15:17 THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MINUTE. IF YOU THINK ABOUT MURDER CAN 15:24 YOU BE EXECUTED ACCORDING TO OUR GOVERNMENT? NO. 15:28 BECAUSE A PERSON THINKS A MURDEROUS THOUGHT DOESN'T MEAN 15:31 THEY ARE A MURDERER AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE PROSECUTED AS A 15:33 MURDERER BECAUSE THEY THINK A THOUGHT. 15:35 NOW IF YOU CONSPIRE - IF YOU GET THE TOOLS AND THE WEAPONS AND 15:38 YOU'RE GOING TO PLAN IT - YES, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. 15:41 BUT THINKING A THOUGHT IS NOT THE SAME AS DOING IT AND I'VE 15:43 HAD SOME PEOPLE WHO'VE SAID TO ME, 'PASTOR DOUG, I MAY AS WELL 15:46 GO AHEAD AND DO IT BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT IT AND JESUS SAID 15:50 IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S THE SAME THING. 15:52 NO HE DOESN'T SAY IT'S THE SAME THING. 15:54 HE'S TRYING TO SHOW YOU THAT HE NOT ONLY WANTS US TO KEEP THE 15:57 SEVENTH COMMANDMENT AND NOT LITERALLY COMMIT ADULTERY OR 15:59 FORNICATION, HE'S TRYING TO TELL US I WANT YOU TO DO IT IN YOUR 16:02 HEART AS WELL BECAUSE IF YOU'RE KEEPING THE COMMANDMENT IN YOUR 16:06 HEART, YOU WILL KEEP IT IN YOUR MARRIAGE. 16:09 AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE OR 16:13 ANY SINGLES HERE, THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT IS NOT JUST FOR 16:15 MARRIED COUPLES. THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT IS FOR 16:18 EVERYBODY BECAUSE THAT COVERS THE SUBJECT OF FORNICATION AND 16:23 THAT'S ANY KIND OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE. 16:28 AND SO WE'RE ALL CALLED TO HOLINESS. 16:31 HE SAYS, 'BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART, THEY WILL SEE GOD'. 16:33 HE WANTS US TO BE PURE IN OUR HEARTS. 16:35 SO JESUS WASN'T SAYING, 'WELL, YOU'RE THINKING IT, YOU MAY AS 16:37 WELL DO IT.' HE'S SAYING, 'IF YOU'LL BE SAVED IN YOUR HEART - 16:41 IF YOU'LL LET ME RECREATE YOUR HEART - YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY 16:43 ABOUT THE LETTER OF THE LAW BECAUSE YOU'LL BE KEEPING THE 16:46 SPIRIT OF THE LAW. YOU'LL AUTOMATICALLY KEEP THE 16:48 LETTER OF THE LAW WHEN YOU KEEP THE SPIRIT. ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 16:53 DON'T YOU HAVE TO FIRST THINK IT IN YOUR HEART BEFORE YOU ACT IT 16:55 OUT? AND LET'S FACE IT, IN THE WORLD, PEOPLE TREAT SEX LIKE 17:00 SHAKING HANDS. THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT IS WITH 17:02 CHRIST. THE BIBLE HASN'T CHANGED. 17:05 YES, OUR CULTURE HAS CHANGED BUT THE TRUTH HAS NOT CHANGED. 17:08 JESUS SAID, 'I AM THE LORD. I DO NOT CHANGE'. 17:11 WHAT NEEDS CHANGING IS WE DO. 17:14 GOD'S CHURCH NEEDS TO START BEING A LIGHT ON A HILL AND 17:16 SHOWING THE WORLD WHAT HOLINESS LOOKS LIKE AND THAT MEANS IN OUR 17:22 LIVES AND IN OUR HOMES AND IN OUR MARRIAGES. 17:26 PETER, DESCRIBING HIS AGE - AND IT'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENT FROM 17:29 OURS - PETER - 2 PETER CHAPTER 2, VERSE 14, "HAVING EYES FULL 17:33 OF ADULTERY, AND THAT CANNOT CEASE FROM SIN, ENTICING 17:37 UNSTABLE SOULS." YOU NOTICE, IT STARTS WITH A 17:40 LOOK AND - THAT LINGERING LOOK, DID IT GET DAVID IN TROUBLE? 17:47 PROVERBS 9:17, "STOLEN WATER IS SWEET, AND BREAD EATEN IN SECRET 17:51 IS PLEASANT." PEOPLE THINK, 'WELL, IT WAS A SECRET 17:54 RENDEZVOUS. NO ONE WILL KNOW.' SOLOMON GOES ON TO SAY, "BUT HE 17:58 DOES NOT KNOW THAT THE DEAD ARE THERE, THAT HER GUESTS" - 18:01 SPEAKING OF AN HARLOT - "ARE IN THE DEPTHS OF HELL." 18:05 ADULTERY DOES NOT BEGIN BELOW THE BELT. 18:10 ADULTERY BEGINS ABOVE THE NECK. IT STARTS IN THE MIND. 18:16 IF WE KEEP OUR MINDS FIXED ON THOSE THINGS THAT ARE GOOD AND 18:20 IF WE MAKE A COVENANT WITH OUR EYES, AS JOB SAYS, IT CAN KEEP 18:24 US OUT OF A LOT OF TROUBLE. YOU LOOK, FOR INSTANCE, IN JOB 18:27 31, VERSE 1, - LOOK AWAY AND LIVE - HE SAYS, "I HAVE MADE A 18:32 COVENANT WITH MY EYES; WHY THEN SHOULD I LOOK UPON A YOUNG 18:35 WOMAN?" WE'VE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO BOUNCE 18:38 OUR EYES WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT RIGHT. 18:42 DID JOSEPH - YOU KNOW I LOVE THE STORY OF JOSEPH. 18:44 HE'S ONE OF THE HEROES IN THE BIBLE, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF HIS 18:48 FORGIVENESS, BUT JOSEPH IS ONE OF THE RARE EXCEPTIONS YOU FIND 18:51 IN THE BIBLE OF A GODLY MAN WHO SAID NO TO A TEMPTATION THAT 18:55 WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR MOST PEOPLE. 18:58 HE SAID, 'NO, HOW CAN I SIN AGAINST GOD?' 19:00 HIS LOVE WAS SO STRONG FOR GOD HE SAID, 'I CAN'T DO THIS 19:02 THING'. HE SAID NO TO ADULTERY. 19:05 SO WHENEVER WE THINK, 'OH, WE'RE ALL HUMAN' - I REMEMBER HEARING 19:07 ONE WOMAN SAY, 'ANY MAN COULD BE HAD. 19:11 ANY MAN COULD BE HAD' - AND I WAS INSULTED BY THAT BECAUSE I 19:14 DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE. I THINK THAT WHEN PEOPLE HAVE 19:17 GOD'S SPIRIT THAT WE CAN LIVE LIVES OF INTEGRITY. 19:22 PROVERBS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 25, "LET YOUR EYES LOOK STRAIGHT 19:25 AHEAD AND YOUR EYELIDS LOOK RIGHT BEFORE YOU" - 19:28 HE'S TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE TEMPTED. 19:30 PSALM 101, VERSE 3, "I WILL SET NOTHING WICKED BEFORE MY EYES; I 19:35 HATE THE WORK OF THOSE WHO FALL AWAY; IT SHALL NOT CLING TO ME." 19:39 AND THEN SOLOMON ALSO SAID - PROVERBS 5:15 - "DRINK WATER 19:43 FROM YOUR OWN CISTERN, AND RUNNING WATER FROM YOUR OWN 19:46 WELL...LET THEM BE ONLY YOUR OWN, AND NOT FOR STRANGERS WITH 19:49 YOU." NOW, YOU KNOW, 19:51 IT'S WONDERFUL IF YOU'VE GOT A SPRING IN YOUR 19:53 BACKYARD AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR OWN WELL AND YOU CAN DRINK ALL THE 19:55 WATER YOU WANT FROM YOUR OWN WELL - THAT'D BE SUCH A 19:57 BLESSING. WITHIN MARRIAGE, THAT INTIMACY 20:02 IS A BLESSING. MATTER OF FACT, IN THE BIBLE 20:06 IT'S COMMANDED THAT THE COUPLES COME TOGETHER. 20:09 SO MUCH OF THE MARRIAGE COUNSELING THAT HAPPENS IS 20:12 ALMOST NEVER BECAUSE COUPLES ARE HAVING TOO MUCH SEX. 20:16 IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HAVING ENOUGH. 20:19 IF THE TRUTH BE KNOWN, NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN THAT'S A 20:22 PROBLEM. AND SO, WITHIN MARRIAGE, IT'S A 20:25 WONDERFUL THING. BUT OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE, WITH 20:28 SOMEONE THAT IS NOT YOUR SPOUSE, THAT'S WHERE IT'S A PROBLEM. 20:34 NOW, HAVING SAID ALL THIS, I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR WHAT 20:36 ADULTERY IS AND THAT IT'S A SIN. I WANT TO ALSO MAKE IT CLEAR IT 20:41 IS NOT THE UNPARDONABLE SIN. HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED? 20:46 AND EVEN DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE WITHOUT BIBLICAL GROUNDS, THE 20:52 BIBLE DOES NOT CALL THAT THE UNPARDONABLE SIN. 20:55 AFTER DAVID SINNED WITH BATHSHEBA - WAS THAT A FORBIDDEN 20:58 ADULTEROUS RELATIONSHIP? YES IT WAS - IN EVERY WAY - 21:01 CONNECTED WITH MURDER. DID DAVID SUFFER? 21:05 DID BATHSHEBA SUFFER? DAVID LOST FOUR OF HIS SONS. 21:11 THE LORD, DIRECTLY IN THE PROPHECY OF NATHAN, CONNECTED 21:13 THE LOSS OF FOUR CHILDREN WITH HIS ACTION. 21:18 SO, DO YOU THINK DAVID THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH IT? 21:22 SOMETIMES PEOPLE FALL INTO ADULTEROUS RELATIONSHIPS AND 21:24 THEY DON'T REALIZE WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE GOING TO BE. 21:28 A LOT OF KIDS HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY SCARRED BECAUSE OF 21:32 THE DECISION THAT THEIR PARENTS MADE - A VERY SELFISH 21:35 DECISION, USUALLY. WHEN PEOPLE COMMIT ADULTERY, WHO 21:39 ARE THEY THINKING ABOUT? GOD AND HIS GLORY OR THEMSELVES? 21:43 WHAT ABOUT THE WOMAN AT THE WELL? 21:46 JOHN 8:38 - THE SCRIBES BROUGHT THIS WOMAN CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF 21:50 ADULTERY. SHE WAS GUILTY. 21:54 ACCORDING TO THE LAW SHE SHOULD BE STONED. 21:56 ACCORDING TO THE LAW THE MAN SHOULD BE STONED TOO. 21:58 I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED, HOW IN THE WORLD WAS IT THEY WERE ABLE TO 22:00 CATCH HER IN THE ACT BUT NOT THE MAN? 22:03 THAT'S PRETTY STRANGE. AND, EVIDENTLY, SHE WAS SET UP. 22:10 MANY THINK THIS MAY HAVE BEEN MARY MAGDALENE'S FIRST ENCOUNTER 22:13 WITH JESUS AND I COULD GIVE YOU MY OTHER ARGUMENTS FOR THAT 22:15 LATER. BUT THEY ALL STOOD AROUND READY TO EXECUTE HER. 22:22 HE SAID, 'HE THAT IS WITHOUT SIN, CAST THE FIRST STONE'. 22:26 YOU KNOW ONE REASON THAT ADULTERY IS SO RAMPANT IN THE 22:28 CHURCH IS BECAUSE OF THIS STORY AND NO ONE WANTS TO EVER DEAL 22:32 WITH ADULTERY IN A CHURCH - ON A CHURCH BOARD - NO ONE WANTS TO - 22:36 I SHOULDN'T SAY 'NO ONE' - VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO 22:38 ADDRESS THOSE THINGS BECAUSE IT'S SO PREVALENT. 22:40 WE ALL QUOTE THE SCRIPTURE 'HE THAT IS WITHOUT SIN, LET HIM 22:44 CAST THE FIRST STONE' AND PEOPLE TAKE THAT TO MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT 22:47 SUPPOSED TO DEAL WITH IT AT ALL SO WE'RE ALL KIND OF AMBIVALENT 22:52 ABOUT SOMETHING THAT GOD'S VERY CLEAR ABOUT. 22:54 WHEN JESUS SAID 'HE THAT IS WITHOUT SIN, LET HIM CAST THE 22:57 FIRST STONE' - THEY WERE GOING TO KILL MARY! 22:59 THEY WERE GOING TO EXECUTE THIS WOMAN. 23:02 AND WHEN HER ACCUSERS LEFT HE SAID, 'WOMAN, WHERE ARE THOSE 23:06 THINE ACCUSERS? HAS NO MAN CONDEMNED YOU?' 23:08 SHE SAID, 'NO MAN, LORD'. HE SAID, 'NEITHER DO I CONDEMN 23:12 YOU'. NOW WAS JESUS SAYING THAT 23:14 ADULTERY IS OKAY, I'M NOT GOING TO CONDEMN IT ANYMORE? 23:16 SOME PEOPLE HAVE READ IT THAT WAY. 23:19 WHENEVER SOMEONE IN THE CHURCH FALLS INTO ADULTERY, INSTEAD OF 23:21 THERE BEING ANY KIND OF CENSURE OR COUNSELING, THEY JUST SAY, 23:25 'WELL, JESUS SAID 'I DON'T CONDEMN' SO GO AND FREELY SIN. 23:29 IS THAT WHAT HE SAID? NO, HE SAID, 'I DO NOT CONDEMN YOU. 23:32 GO AND SIN NO MORE'. YOU KNOW WHY HE COULD SAY, 23:34 'I DON'T CONDEMN YOU'? BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO TAKE HER 23:37 DEATH PENALTY. IS THE PENALTY FOR SIN STILL 23:40 DEATH? IS THE PENALTY FOR BREAKING THE 23:43 SEVENTH COMMANDMENT STILL SIN? AND SO IS IT STILL DEATH? 23:48 AND SO HOW COULD JESUS TELL MARY YOU'RE FREE TO GO? 23:51 BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO TAKE HER DEATH PENALTY. 23:54 THAT'S WHY HE TOLD HER 'GO AND SIN NO MORE'. HE CALLED IT A SIN 23:59 AND HE SAID 'STOP IT. I'LL FORGIVE YOU. DON'T DO IT ANYMORE 24:04 BECAUSE I'LL DIE FOR YOU.' DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 24:08 BUT ISN'T IT INTERESTING THAT BOTH - MARY MAGDALENE WAS THE 24:13 FIRST ONE TO PROCLAIM THE RISEN LORD AND THE WOMAN AT THE WELL 24:16 WAS THE FIRST ONE TO PROCLAIM HIM AMONG THE GENTILES? 24:20 SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT GOD CAN FORGIVE, BUT GOD IS ALSO TELLING 24:24 US HE STILL WANTS US TO OBEY. ADULTERY IS STILL A SIN. 24:30 HE'S NOT RECOMMENDING THAT WE DO A LITTLE LESS OF IT, HE'S 24:34 SAYING, 'THOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY'. 24:39 THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD. 24:40 HE WANTS US TO BE A HOLY PEOPLE AND HE WANTS US NOT TO COMMIT 24:44 ADULTERY ON HIM BECAUSE, ULTIMATELY, HUSBANDS ARE TO LOVE 24:49 THEIR WIVES AS CHRIST LOVES THE CHURCH. 24:51 AND YOU, AS PART OF THE CHURCH, HE LOVES YOU AS A BRIDEGROOM. 24:53 WOULD YOU WANT TO BREAK HIS HEART? 24:55 ANY TIME ANYBODY FLIRTS WITH THE IDEA OF COMMITTING ADULTERY ON 24:59 THEIR SPOUSE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMMITTING ADULTERY ALSO ON 25:02 THE LORD AND ON THEIR FAMILY AND ON SOCIETY. 25:05 IT'S NOT JUST ONE PERSON THAT'S GOING TO BE HURT. 25:10 DAVID, WHEN HE REPENTED OF HIS SIN, IN PSALM 51 HE SAID, 25:14 'AGAINST THEE AND THEE ONLY HAVE I SINNED'. 25:16 JOSEPH, WHEN HE WAS TEMPTED TO COMMIT ADULTERY WITH POTIPHAR'S 25:18 WIFE - HE SAID, 'HOW CAN I DO THIS WICKED THING AND SIN 25:21 AGAINST GOD?' 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