Participants: Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000131
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01:00 >>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS
01:03 OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 01:11 >>CAN A PERSON HAVE A PERVERTED APPETITE FOR FOOD? YEAH. 01:14 CAN A PERSON BE A GLUTTON? SAME THINGS WITH THE DESIRES 01:18 FOR SEX. EVERYTHING GOOD THAT GOD HAS 01:20 MADE, THE DEVIL HAS SOUGHT TO CORRUPT. 01:25 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 01:28 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 01:31 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST 01:34 TELEVISION BROADCASTS. WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND 01:37 ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 01:46 >>WE'RE CONTINUING WITH OUR SERIES TALKING ABOUT THESE LAWS 01:49 OF LOVE AND LIBERTY. AND TODAY, IN PARTICULAR, 01:52 WE ARE ON COMMANDMENT #7. SOME OF YOU, IF YOU KNOW YOUR 01:58 BIBLES AND YOU LEARNED THIS GROWING UP AND GOING TO CHURCH, 02:01 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS. IT'S ONLY FIVE WORDS. 02:05 SOMETIMES PEOPLE LEAVE ONE OF THOSE WORDS OUT. 02:08 'THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.' YOU KNOW, IT'S 02:14 POSSIBLE TO BE DISTRACTED TO DEATH. THAT'S RIGHT. 02:21 I UNDERSTAND EVERY YEAR THAT AROUND NORTH AMERICA AND 02:24 PROBABLY IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD, THAT THE CASUALTY OF DEER 02:29 SPIKES. JUST IN ILLINOIS, FOR INSTANCE, 02:33 THEY REPORT MORE THAN 17,000 DEER DIE EACH YEAR AFTER BEING 02:37 STRUCK BY MOTORISTS AND CARS. MOST OF THE TIME IT'S IN THE 02:42 FALL. DO YOU KNOW WHY? 02:45 THAT'S WHEN THE BUCKS ARE GOING THROUGH THE RUT SEASON. 02:49 THEY ARE PREOCCUPIED WITH MATING. 02:53 AND BECAUSE OF THAT PREOCCUPATION AND THEY BECOME SO 02:56 CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR TERRITORY AND THEY CAN BECOME SO CONCERNED 03:01 ABOUT OTHER BUCKS, THEY'LL GET ENGAGED IN EITHER FIGHTING 03:05 ANOTHER BUCK OR FOLLOWING A DOE AND THEY DON'T EVEN CARE IF A 03:08 SEMI IS COMING DOWN THE ROAD AND THEY GET TO WHERE THEY ARE 03:12 DISTRACTED TO DEATH. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS PROBLEM DOES 03:16 NOT JUST HAPPEN WITH DEER. AND IT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN WITH 03:21 BUCKS. IT HAPPENS WITH HUMAN BUCKS AND DOES. THEY CAN BECOME 03:27 SO PREOCCUPIED WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT IT BECOMES 03:31 SPIRITUALLY FATAL. AND YOU CAN FIND THE RECORD OF 03:36 THIS IN THE BIBLE. OF COURSE THE COMMAND - EXODUS 20:14 - 03:42 "THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY". WHAT IS ADULTERY? 03:48 DEFINITION - AND THERE'S A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE WORDS 03:51 'ADULTERY' AND 'FORNICATION'. THEY BOTH FALL UNDER THE SEVENTH 03:54 COMMANDMENT. ADULTERY IS VOLUNTARY SEXUAL 03:57 INTIMACY BETWEEN A MARRIED PERSON AND A PARTNER OTHER THAN 04:01 THE LAWFUL SPOUSE. WHEREAS FORNICATION IS SEXUAL 04:05 INTERCOURSE BETWEEN PARTNERS WHO ARE NOT MARRIED TO EACH OTHER. 04:10 AND BOTH ARE CLEARLY FORBIDDEN IN THE BIBLE. 04:13 YOU CAN FIND, FOR INSTANCE, IN GALATIANS 5:19, "NOW THE WORKS 04:16 OF THE FLESH ARE EVIDENT, WHICH ARE: ADULTERY, FORNICATION," - 04:21 RIGHT THERE HE MAKES A DISTINCTION, DOESN'T HE? 04:23 - "ADULTERY, FORNICATION, UNCLEANNESS, LEWDNESS" - AND 04:26 THAT'S TALKING ABOUT OBSCENE BEHAVIOR - DIRTY JOKES IS LEWD 04:29 BEHAVIOR. 1 CORINTHIANS 6, VERSES 9 AND 04:34 10, "DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE UNRIGHTEOUS WILL NOT INHERIT THE 04:38 KINGDOM OF GOD? DO NOT BE DECEIVED. 04:41 NEITHER FORNICATORS, NOR IDOLATERS, NOR ADULTERERS, NOR 04:45 HOMOSEXUALS, NOR SODOMITES WILL INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD." 04:49 AND I WANT TO INCLUDE - SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T LOSE HOPE - "AND 04:53 SUCH WERE SOME OF YOU." PAUL WRITES TO THE CORINTHIAN 04:56 CHURCH - THEY HAD ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS THERE. 04:59 NOT ONLY WITH HOMOSEXUALITY BUT WITH FORNICATION, WITH ADULTERY 05:02 AND THEN PAUL GOES ON TO SAY "AND SUCH WERE" - PAST TENSE - 05:07 "SOME OF YOU. BUT YOU'VE BEEN WASHED, BUT YOU 05:10 WERE SANCTIFIED," - YOU'VE BEEN CLEANSED THROUGH POWER OF GOD. 05:13 AND SO, AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS SUBJECT, AS WITH THE OTHER SINS 05:17 - YOU KNOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, NONE OF 05:19 THEM ARE CALLED THE UNPARDONABLE SIN, BUT THEY ARE CALLED SIN AND 05:25 SIN IS DEADLY IF IT IS NOT REPENTED OF AND FORSAKEN. 05:30 AND JESUS CAME TO SAVE US NOT IN OUR SINS, BUT THE ANGEL SAID HE 05:33 CAME TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS - AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SINS - 05:39 ADULTERY. PROVERBS 6, VERSE 32, "WHOEVER 05:43 COMMITS ADULTERY WITH A WOMAN LACKS UNDERSTANDING; HE WHO DOES 05:47 SO DESTROYS HIS OWN SOUL." IT NOT ONLY HAS SOMETIMES 05:53 PHYSICAL RAMIFICATIONS AND SOCIAL RAMIFICATIONS, 05:56 IT DEFINITELY HAS SPIRITUAL RAMIFICATIONS. 06:00 KEEP IN MIND, MARRIAGE WAS PART OF GOD'S PERFECT PLAN. 06:03 IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH REDEMPTION. 06:06 IT WAS A SACRED ORDINANCE OF GOD WHEN WE HAD A PERFECT WORLD AND 06:11 IT IS STILL PART OF HIS PERFECT PLAN. 06:16 MARRIAGE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH BEING SAVED BECAUSE MAN HAD NOT 06:19 FALLEN YET WHEN GOD INTRODUCED MARRIAGE. 06:23 IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS HOLY BECAUSE IT EXISTED BEFORE THERE 06:26 WAS EVEN SIN IN THE WORLD. AND WHEN WE'RE INVITED TO 06:29 PARTICIPATE IN MARRIAGE AND WHEN WE MAKE THESE COVENANTS - IT'S 06:32 NOT JUST A PROMISE, IT'S A COVENANT WITH ANOTHER PERSON 06:35 BEFORE WITNESSES IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 06:40 SO GOD HAS MADE MARRIAGE, IT'S PART OF HIS PERFECT PLAN AND HE 06:44 HAS CREATED US WITH A DESIRE FOR THE OPPOSITE SEX PARTLY TO 06:50 PROCREATE. YOU KNOW, IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT 06:53 SEXUAL DESIRE, VIRTUALLY NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE. 06:57 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? AND IF IT WASN'T FOR HUNGER YOU 07:00 PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE HERE ALSO. GOD GAVE YOU THE DESIRE TO 07:03 HUNGER FOR FOOD OR YOU WOULD EVENTUALLY DIE OUT. 07:07 AND HE ALSO PLANTED WITHIN US THIS HEALTHY, HOLY DESIRE FOR 07:11 SEX THAT, GOVERNED BY A SANCTIFIED MIND, 07:15 IS A GOOD THING. SEX IS NOT SOMETHING THE DEVIL 07:18 INVENTED SO WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL TO NOT COMMUNICATE THAT. 07:22 SEX IS A BEAUTIFUL THING THE WAY - WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT - HOW 07:27 TWO PEOPLE COME TOGETHER THROUGH AN ACT OF LOVE AND EMBRACE AND 07:32 THEY ARE ABLE TO REPRODUCE ANOTHER PERSON. 07:36 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE CONTEXT THAT GOD HAS DESIGNED. 07:40 BUT THE DEVIL HAS SUCCEEDED IN MAKING IT UGLY AND DIRTY AND HE 07:43 CAN - THE DEVIL CAN WARP AND PERVERT EVERYTHING THAT GOD 07:47 MAKES. CAN A PERSON HAVE A PERVERTED APPETITE FOR FOOD? 07:51 YEAH. CAN A PERSON BE A GLUTTON? 07:53 SAME THING WITH THE DESIRES FOR SEX. 07:56 EVERYTHING GOOD THAT GOD HAS MADE, THE DEVIL HAS SOUGHT TO 07:58 CORRUPT, INCLUDING MARRIAGE AND THAT INSTITUTION AND THOSE 08:03 DESIRES. THOSE DESIRES MUST BE 08:05 RESTRAINED, AS WITH THE DESIRES FOR FOOD. 08:08 IF THEY'RE NOT, THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT. 08:11 THE BIBLE TELLS US IN HEBREWS 13:4, "MARRIAGE IS HONORABLE 08:17 AMONG ALL, AND THE BED UNDEFILED; BUT FORNICATORS AND 08:21 ADULTERERS GOD WILL JUDGE." GENESIS 2:18, "AND THE LORD GOD 08:26 SAID, 'IT IS NOT GOOD THAT MAN SHOULD BE ALONE;" - 08:28 I READ THAT TO YOU ALREADY. 1 CORINTHIANS 7:9, IT SAYS THAT 08:33 "...IF THEY CANNOT EXERCISE SELF-CONTROL, LET THEM MARRY. 08:36 FOR IT IS BETTER TO MARRY THAN TO BURN WITH PASSION." 08:40 YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A QUOTE HERE FROM C.S. LEWIS. HE SAYS, 08:43 "EITHER MARRIAGE WITH COMPLETE FAITHFULNESS TO YOUR PARTNER OR 08:46 TOTAL ABSTINENCE. THOSE ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS FOR THE BELIEVER." 08:50 AND YOU CAN'T BE MAKING EXCUSES, 'WELL, I'M SINGLE, GOD DOESN'T 08:53 EXPECT ME TO JUST BE ABSTINENT AND SO I'M GOING TO GO OUT AND 08:57 HIRE A PROSTITUTE - MALE OR FEMALE. 09:00 I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE THAT LOGIC WILL TAKE YOU. 09:03 GOD EXPECTS US TO USE SELF-CONTROL. DID JESUS? 09:09 DO YOU THINK THAT JESUS WASN'T TEMPTED IN ALL POINTS AS WE ARE? 09:12 THE BIBLE SAYS HE WAS. BUT HE LIVED A HOLY LIFE. 09:15 AND SO CAN WE. 09:17 WHEN YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN 'OLD THINGS PASS AWAY, ALL THINGS ARE 09:19 MADE NEW.' NOW I'M TAKING THIS LITTLE RABBIT TRAIL TO JUST 09:22 REINFORCE THE PRINCIPLE THAT EVERYBODY THAT IS HUMAN IS GOING 09:27 TO BE TEMPTED AND THE DEVIL IS EVEN GOING TO TEMPT PEOPLE 09:31 WITHIN GOOD CHRISTIAN MARRIAGES TO THINK THINGS THEY SHOULDN'T 09:33 THINK. DON'T FALL FOR THE IDEA THAT YOU ARE A VICTIM AND YOU 09:37 ARE HELPLESS AND YOU CAN'T MAKE CHOICES. EVERYBODY CAN MAKE 09:41 CHOICES. PEOPLE WHO FALL INTO ADULTERY USUALLY HAVE MADE A 09:45 SERIES OF CHOICES. THEY ARE FIRST USUALLY STEPPING OVER 09:51 THE LINE TO BECOMING TOO FRIENDLY OR TOO FAMILIAR. 09:54 VERY RARELY DOES IT HAPPEN JUST SUDDENLY UNEXPECTEDLY. 09:58 PEOPLE, LITTLE BY LITTLE, START OPENING THE DOOR TO A FORBIDDEN 10:01 RELATIONSHIP AND THEY START MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE OPPOSITE 10:05 SEX WHILE THEY'RE MARRIED AND THEY START BECOMING INTIMATE 10:10 AND SHARING INTIMATE DETAILS AND THEY SAY, 'OH, BUT HE JUST MAKES 10:14 ME FEEL SO GOOD AND THEN I GO HOME AND MY HUSBAND IS SO CRABBY 10:18 AND MEAN AND UNAPPRECIATIVE AND THIS PERSON IS SO NICE'. 10:20 AND THE DEVIL WILL START GETTING YOU TO MAKE THESE COMPARISONS 10:24 AND EXCUSES AND YOU CAN EVEN CONVINCE YOURSELF, 'YOU KNOW, I 10:28 THINK THE LORD IS LEADING ME IN THIS. 10:31 I KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS ONE THING, BUT IN MY SPIRIT' - PEOPLE 10:35 CONFUSE A LOT OF THINGS FOR THE SPIRIT. 10:37 TOO MUCH PIZZA CAN MAKE YOU THINK THE SPIRIT IS LEADING YOU 10:42 AND JUST SO, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT IN THE WORD, FRIENDS, DON'T 10:46 FALL FOR THAT. GOD'S SPIRIT IS NEVER GOING TO 10:48 LEAD CONTRARY TO GOD'S WORD. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE WAYS WE 10:53 LEARN HOW TO BE CHRISTIANS IS THROUGH LOVING THE LORD AND 10:56 LOVING EACH OTHER. THE BIBLE SAYS YOU'VE GOT TO 10:58 LOVE THE LORD AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR. 11:00 WHO CAN BE MORE - A CLOSER NEIGHBOR THAN YOUR SPOUSE? 11:05 HOW CAN YOU SAY YOU LOVE GOD WHO YOU CAN'T SEE WHEN YOU CAN'T 11:08 LOVE YOUR SPOUSE THAT YOU'VE MADE A COVENANT WITH. 11:12 AND IF THE BIBLE TELLS US TO LOVE OUR ENEMIES THEN WHAT 11:15 EXCUSE DO YOU HAVE FOR NOT LOVING YOUR SPOUSE? 11:18 >>ONE OF THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS WE GET HERE AT AMAZING 11:20 FACTS IS REGARDING TROUBLED MARRIAGES. 11:23 PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING IN THEIR FAMILIES. 11:26 WE KNOW ABOUT HALF OF THE AMERICAN MARRIAGES 11:28 END IN DIVORCE. DOES THE BIBLE OFFER SOME ANSWERS? ABSOLUTELY. 11:32 IN THE SCRIPTURES, THERE ARE KEYS TO MAKE A GOOD MARRIAGE 11:35 BETTER AND TO HELP REDEEM AND SALVAGE A TROUBLED MARRIAGE. 11:38 WE'D LIKE TO SEND YOU THIS SPECIAL STUDY GUIDE, 11:41 'KEYS FOR A HAPPY MARRIAGE'. 11:42 YOU'LL LOOK AT THE SCRIPTURES HERE THAT WILL REALLY GIVE YOU 11:45 THE POWER TO DO SOME PRACTICAL THINGS TO INSPIRE, 11:48 ENCOURAGE, HEAL, STRENGTHEN YOUR MARRIAGES. 11:51 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, GO TO 'AMAZINGFACTS.ORG' OR CALL THE 11:56 NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND ASK FOR OFFER #164. 12:00 AND FRIENDS, WHEN YOU RECEIVE THIS FREE RESOURCE, PLEASE READ 12:03 IT AND THEN SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. WE WANT TO GET THE WORD 12:05 OUT BECAUSE GOD'S MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION. 12:11 NOW THERE ARE BIBLE GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE. WHAT DOES JESUS SAY? 12:14 IF YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES YOU GO TO MATTHEW 19, VERSE 9, "AND I 12:19 SAY TO YOU, WHOEVER DIVORCES HIS WIFE, EXCEPT FOR SEXUAL 12:23 IMMORALITY, AND MARRIES ANOTHER, COMMITS ADULTERY;" I KNOW, EVEN 12:27 AS I SPEAK ABOUT THIS, A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE YOU - STATISTICALLY 12:32 40% OF EVEN PRACTICING CHRISTIANS THAT ARE OF MARRYABLE 12:37 AGE OR HAVE BEEN MARRIED HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT. 12:40 AND SO WE'RE NOT HERE TO CONDEMN, WE'RE HERE TO TELL YOU 12:43 WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS AND THAT WE'RE TO BE CHRISTIANS. 12:46 THE BIBLICAL GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE AND, BY THE WAY, IF THERE HAS 12:50 BEEN MARITAL INFIDELITY, IF THERE HAS BEEN SEXUAL INFIDELITY 12:54 IN A MARRIAGE, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO GET DIVORCED. 12:59 THERE CAN STILL BE FORGIVENESS AND HEALING. 13:02 HAVE YOU READ THE BOOK OF HOSEA? WHERE EVEN AFTER HIS WIFE WAS 13:05 UNFAITHFUL - AND BY THE WAY, WE'RE THE BRIDE OF CHRIST, THE 13:09 CHURCH, AND HAS THE CHURCH BEEN UNFAITHFUL? 13:11 LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL. SO OFTEN THEY WENT AFTER OTHER 13:14 GODS AND HE WOULD FORGIVE THEM AND BRING THEM BACK AGAIN. 13:17 AND SO CAN EVEN THIS BE HEALED AND THIS BE FORGIVEN? 13:21 YES IT CAN. 13:23 AND SO YOU LOOK HERE IN MALACHI CHAPTER 2, VERSE 16, "'FOR THE 13:28 LORD GOD OF ISRAEL SAYS THAT HE HATES DIVORCE, FOR IT COVERS 13:32 ONE'S GARMENT WITH VIOLENCE,' SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS." 13:36 THE REASONS FOR REMARRIAGE, BIBLICALLY, IS IF YOUR SPOUSE 13:41 HAS DIED - PAUL TALKS ABOUT THAT. 13:45 IF YOU - IF THE MARRIAGE COVENANT HAS BEEN VIOLATED 13:48 THROUGH ADULTERY AND IF THERE IS ANY HOPE OF RECONCILIATION - IF 13:54 THERE'S ANY REDEEMABLE QUALITIES, THE BEST THING YOU 13:56 CAN DO AS A CHRISTIAN IS SAVE THE MARRIAGE. 13:59 STARTING OVER IS TOUGH. 14:02 AND SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT HAVE GROUNDS FOR SEPARATION AND WE'LL 14:06 TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. 14:08 AND, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT, IF THE CHURCH IS NOT GOING TO BE 14:11 THE PLACE WHERE GOD SAYS, 'HERE IS THE LINE OF WHAT'S 14:14 APPROPRIATE AND THIS IS A COVENANT AND IT'S IMPORTANT AND 14:17 IT MEANS SOMETHING, THEN WHERE IN OUR CULTURE CAN WE LOOK? 14:21 TELL ME. IF IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE CHURCH WHERE 14:24 YOU'RE GOING TO DRAW A LINE AND SAY, 'MARRIAGE IS SACRED. 14:26 IT IS HOLY. IT IS TO BE PRESERVED.' EVEN IF IT MEANS AT 14:30 THE INCONVENIENCE OF SOME, THIS INSTITUTION MUST BE 14:33 CAREFULLY GUARDED. IF NOT AT THE CHURCH, THEN WHERE? 14:37 WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GO? TELEVISION? 14:39 WHERE ONE GUY'S GOT FOUR WIVES? WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GO TO 14:43 EXALT MARRIAGE TO THE HOLY PLACE WHERE IT BELONGS? 14:49 IT'S HERE, ISN'T IT? IT'S IN GOD'S WORD. 14:51 IT'S IN THE CHURCH. AND SO THIS IS THE IDEAL. 14:57 NOW MARRIAGE IS NOT JUST - ADULTERY IS NOT JUST SOMETHING 15:00 THAT IS REVEALED IN AN ACTION. JESUS ALSO TEACHES US THAT 15:05 ADULTERY CAN HAPPEN IN AN ATTITUDE, RIGHT? 15:09 MATTHEW CHAPTER 5, VERSE 27, "YE HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID BY 15:12 THEM OF OLD TIME, THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY:" - WHEN HE SAYS 15:15 'THEM OF OLD' HE'S ACTUALLY QUOTING HIMSELF IN THE TEN 15:17 COMMANDMENTS - "BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT WHOSOEVER LOOKETH ON A 15:21 WOMAN TO LUST AFTER HER HATH COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH HER 15:25 ALREADY IN HIS HEART." NOW, IF A PERSON THINKS A 15:31 LUSTFUL THOUGHT, AND IF YOU CAN PROVE YOUR SPOUSE HAS THOUGHT A 15:35 LUSTFUL THOUGHT, AND SINCE JESUS SAYS THEY'VE COMMITTED ADULTERY 15:38 IN THEIR HEART, DO YOU NOW HAVE GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE? 15:43 WHAT DO YOU SAY? DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER? 15:44 ANYONE WANT TO VENTURE? BOLD ENOUGH? NO. 15:48 BECAUSE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A THOUGHT AND AN ACT. 15:52 THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MINUTE. IF YOU THINK ABOUT MURDER CAN 15:59 YOU BE EXECUTED ACCORDING TO OUR GOVERNMENT? NO. 16:03 BECAUSE A PERSON THINKS A MURDEROUS THOUGHT DOESN'T MEAN 16:06 THEY ARE A MURDERER AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE PROSECUTED AS A 16:08 MURDERER BECAUSE THEY THINK A THOUGHT. 16:10 NOW IF YOU CONSPIRE - IF YOU GET THE TOOLS AND THE WEAPONS AND 16:13 YOU'RE GOING TO PLAN IT - YES, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. 16:16 BUT THINKING A THOUGHT IS NOT THE SAME AS DOING IT AND I'VE 16:18 HAD SOME PEOPLE WHO'VE SAID TO ME, 'PASTOR DOUG, I MAY AS WELL 16:21 GO AHEAD AND DO IT BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT IT AND JESUS SAID 16:25 IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S THE SAME THING. 16:27 NO HE DOESN'T SAY IT'S THE SAME THING. 16:29 HE'S TRYING TO SHOW YOU THAT HE NOT ONLY WANTS US TO KEEP THE 16:32 SEVENTH COMMANDMENT AND NOT LITERALLY COMMIT ADULTERY OR 16:34 FORNICATION, HE'S TRYING TO TELL US I WANT YOU TO DO IT IN YOUR 16:37 HEART AS WELL BECAUSE IF YOU'RE KEEPING THE COMMANDMENT IN YOUR 16:41 HEART, YOU WILL KEEP IT IN YOUR MARRIAGE. 16:44 AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE OR 16:48 ANY SINGLES HERE, THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT IS NOT JUST FOR 16:50 MARRIED COUPLES. THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT IS FOR 16:53 EVERYBODY BECAUSE THAT COVERS THE SUBJECT OF FORNICATION AND 16:58 THAT'S ANY KIND OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE. 17:03 AND SO WE'RE ALL CALLED TO HOLINESS. 17:06 HE SAYS, 'BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART, THEY WILL SEE GOD'. 17:09 HE WANTS US TO BE PURE IN OUR HEARTS. 17:10 SO JESUS WASN'T SAYING, 'WELL, YOU'RE THINKING IT, YOU MAY AS 17:13 WELL DO IT.' HE'S SAYING, 'IF YOU'LL BE SAVED IN YOUR HEART - 17:16 IF YOU'LL LET ME RECREATE YOUR HEART - YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY 17:18 ABOUT THE LETTER OF THE LAW BECAUSE YOU'LL BE KEEPING THE 17:21 SPIRIT OF THE LAW. YOU'LL AUTOMATICALLY KEEP THE 17:24 LETTER OF THE LAW WHEN YOU KEEP THE SPIRIT. ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 17:28 DON'T YOU HAVE TO FIRST THINK IT IN YOUR HEART BEFORE YOU ACT IT 17:30 OUT? AND LET'S FACE IT, IN THE WORLD, PEOPLE TREAT SEX LIKE 17:35 SHAKING HANDS. THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT IS WITH 17:38 CHRIST. THE BIBLE HASN'T CHANGED. 17:40 YES, OUR CULTURE HAS CHANGED BUT THE TRUTH HAS NOT CHANGED. 17:43 JESUS SAID, 'I AM THE LORD. I DO NOT CHANGE'. 17:46 WHAT NEEDS CHANGING IS WE DO. 17:49 GOD'S CHURCH NEEDS TO START BEING A LIGHT ON A HILL AND 17:51 SHOWING THE WORLD WHAT HOLINESS LOOKS LIKE AND THAT MEANS IN OUR 17:57 LIVES AND IN OUR HOMES AND IN OUR MARRIAGES. 18:01 PETER, DESCRIBING HIS AGE - AND IT'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENT FROM 18:04 OURS - PETER - 2 PETER CHAPTER 2, VERSE 14, "HAVING EYES FULL 18:08 OF ADULTERY, AND THAT CANNOT CEASE FROM SIN, ENTICING 18:12 UNSTABLE SOULS." YOU NOTICE, IT STARTS WITH A 18:15 LOOK AND - THAT LINGERING LOOK, DID IT GET DAVID IN TROUBLE? 18:22 PROVERBS 9:17, "STOLEN WATER IS SWEET, AND BREAD EATEN IN SECRET 18:26 IS PLEASANT." PEOPLE THINK, 'WELL, IT WAS A SECRET 18:29 RENDEZVOUS. NO ONE WILL KNOW.' SOLOMON GOES ON TO SAY, "BUT HE 18:33 DOES NOT KNOW THAT THE DEAD ARE THERE, THAT HER GUESTS" - 18:36 SPEAKING OF AN HARLOT - "ARE IN THE DEPTHS OF HELL." 18:40 ADULTERY DOES NOT BEGIN BELOW THE BELT. 18:45 ADULTERY BEGINS ABOVE THE NECK. IT STARTS IN THE MIND. 18:51 IF WE KEEP OUR MINDS FIXED ON THOSE THINGS THAT ARE GOOD AND 18:55 IF WE MAKE A COVENANT WITH OUR EYES, AS JOB SAYS, IT CAN KEEP 18:59 US OUT OF A LOT OF TROUBLE. YOU LOOK, FOR INSTANCE, IN JOB 19:03 31, VERSE 1, - LOOK AWAY AND LIVE - HE SAYS, "I HAVE MADE A 19:08 COVENANT WITH MY EYES; WHY THEN SHOULD I LOOK UPON A YOUNG 19:10 WOMAN?" WE'VE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO BOUNCE 19:13 OUR EYES WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT RIGHT. 19:17 DID JOSEPH - YOU KNOW I LOVE THE STORY OF JOSEPH. 19:19 HE'S ONE OF THE HEROES IN THE BIBLE, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF HIS 19:23 FORGIVENESS, BUT JOSEPH IS ONE OF THE RARE EXCEPTIONS YOU FIND 19:26 IN THE BIBLE OF A GODLY MAN WHO SAID NO TO A TEMPTATION THAT 19:30 WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR MOST PEOPLE. 19:33 HE SAID, 'NO, HOW CAN I SIN AGAINST GOD?' 19:35 HIS LOVE WAS SO STRONG FOR GOD HE SAID, 'I CAN'T DO THIS 19:37 THING'. HE SAID NO TO ADULTERY. 19:40 SO WHENEVER WE THINK, 'OH, WE'RE ALL HUMAN' - I REMEMBER HEARING 19:43 ONE WOMAN SAY, 'ANY MAN COULD BE HAD. 19:47 ANY MAN COULD BE HAD' - AND I WAS INSULTED BY THAT BECAUSE I 19:49 DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE. I THINK THAT WHEN PEOPLE HAVE 19:52 GOD'S SPIRIT THAT WE CAN LIVE LIVES OF INTEGRITY. 19:57 PROVERBS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 25, "LET YOUR EYES LOOK STRAIGHT 20:00 AHEAD AND YOUR EYELIDS LOOK RIGHT BEFORE YOU" - 20:03 HE'S TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE TEMPTED. 20:05 PSALM 101, VERSE 3, "I WILL SET NOTHING WICKED BEFORE MY EYES; I 20:10 HATE THE WORK OF THOSE WHO FALL AWAY; IT SHALL NOT CLING TO ME." 20:14 AND THEN SOLOMON ALSO SAID - PROVERBS 5:15 - "DRINK WATER 20:18 FROM YOUR OWN CISTERN, AND RUNNING WATER FROM YOUR OWN 20:21 WELL...LET THEM BE ONLY YOUR OWN, AND NOT FOR STRANGERS WITH 20:25 YOU." NOW, YOU KNOW, 20:26 IT'S WONDERFUL IF YOU'VE GOT A SPRING IN YOUR 20:28 BACKYARD AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR OWN WELL AND YOU CAN DRINK ALL THE 20:31 WATER YOU WANT FROM YOUR OWN WELL - THAT'D BE SUCH A 20:32 BLESSING. WITHIN MARRIAGE, THAT INTIMACY 20:37 IS A BLESSING. MATTER OF FACT, IN THE BIBLE 20:41 IT'S COMMANDED THAT THE COUPLES COME TOGETHER. 20:44 SO MUCH OF THE MARRIAGE COUNSELING THAT HAPPENS IS 20:47 ALMOST NEVER BECAUSE COUPLES ARE HAVING TOO MUCH SEX. 20:51 IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HAVING ENOUGH. 20:54 IF THE TRUTH BE KNOWN, NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN THAT'S A 20:58 PROBLEM. AND SO, WITHIN MARRIAGE, IT'S A 21:00 WONDERFUL THING. BUT OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE, WITH 21:04 SOMEONE THAT IS NOT YOUR SPOUSE, THAT'S WHERE IT'S A PROBLEM. 21:09 NOW, HAVING SAID ALL THIS, I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR WHAT 21:12 ADULTERY IS AND THAT IT'S A SIN. I WANT TO ALSO MAKE IT CLEAR IT 21:16 IS NOT THE UNPARDONABLE SIN. HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED? 21:21 AND EVEN DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE WITHOUT BIBLICAL GROUNDS, THE 21:27 BIBLE DOES NOT CALL THAT THE UNPARDONABLE SIN. 21:30 AFTER DAVID SINNED WITH BATHSHEBA - WAS THAT A FORBIDDEN 21:33 ADULTEROUS RELATIONSHIP? YES IT WAS - IN EVERY WAY - 21:37 CONNECTED WITH MURDER. DID DAVID SUFFER? 21:41 DID BATHSHEBA SUFFER? DAVID LOST FOUR OF HIS SONS. 21:46 THE LORD, DIRECTLY IN THE PROPHECY OF NATHAN, CONNECTED 21:49 THE LOSS OF FOUR CHILDREN WITH HIS ACTION. 21:53 SO, DO YOU THINK DAVID THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH IT? 21:57 SOMETIMES PEOPLE FALL INTO ADULTEROUS RELATIONSHIPS AND 21:59 THEY DON'T REALIZE WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE GOING TO BE. 22:03 A LOT OF KIDS HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY SCARRED BECAUSE OF 22:07 THE DECISION THAT THEIR PARENTS MADE - A VERY SELFISH 22:11 DECISION, USUALLY. WHEN PEOPLE COMMIT ADULTERY, WHO 22:14 ARE THEY THINKING ABOUT? GOD AND HIS GLORY OR THEMSELVES? 22:19 WHAT ABOUT THE WOMAN AT THE WELL? 22:22 JOHN 8:38 - THE SCRIBES BROUGHT THIS WOMAN CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF 22:26 ADULTERY. SHE WAS GUILTY. 22:29 ACCORDING TO THE LAW SHE SHOULD BE STONED. 22:31 ACCORDING TO THE LAW THE MAN SHOULD BE STONED TOO. 22:33 I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED, HOW IN THE WORLD WAS IT THEY WERE ABLE TO 22:35 CATCH HER IN THE ACT BUT NOT THE MAN? 22:39 THAT'S PRETTY STRANGE. AND, EVIDENTLY, SHE WAS SET UP. 22:45 MANY THINK THIS MAY HAVE BEEN MARY MAGDALENE'S FIRST ENCOUNTER 22:48 WITH JESUS AND I COULD GIVE YOU MY OTHER ARGUMENTS FOR THAT 22:51 LATER. BUT THEY ALL STOOD AROUND READY TO EXECUTE HER. 22:57 HE SAID, 'HE THAT IS WITHOUT SIN, CAST THE FIRST STONE'. 23:01 YOU KNOW ONE REASON THAT ADULTERY IS SO RAMPANT IN THE 23:03 CHURCH IS BECAUSE OF THIS STORY AND NO ONE WANTS TO EVER DEAL 23:07 WITH ADULTERY IN A CHURCH - ON A CHURCH BOARD - NO ONE WANTS TO - 23:11 I SHOULDN'T SAY 'NO ONE' - VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO 23:13 ADDRESS THOSE THINGS BECAUSE IT'S SO PREVALENT. 23:16 WE ALL QUOTE THE SCRIPTURE 'HE THAT IS WITHOUT SIN, LET HIM 23:19 CAST THE FIRST STONE' AND PEOPLE TAKE THAT TO MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT 23:22 SUPPOSED TO DEAL WITH IT AT ALL SO WE'RE ALL KIND OF AMBIVALENT 23:27 ABOUT SOMETHING THAT GOD'S VERY CLEAR ABOUT. 23:29 WHEN JESUS SAID 'HE THAT IS WITHOUT SIN, LET HIM CAST THE 23:32 FIRST STONE' - THEY WERE GOING TO KILL MARY! 23:35 THEY WERE GOING TO EXECUTE THIS WOMAN. 23:37 AND WHEN HER ACCUSERS LEFT HE SAID, 'WOMAN, WHERE ARE THOSE 23:41 THINE ACCUSERS? HAS NO MAN CONDEMNED YOU?' 23:43 SHE SAID, 'NO MAN, LORD'. HE SAID, 'NEITHER DO I CONDEMN 23:47 YOU'. NOW WAS JESUS SAYING THAT 23:49 ADULTERY IS OKAY, I'M NOT GOING TO CONDEMN IT ANYMORE? 23:52 SOME PEOPLE HAVE READ IT THAT WAY. 23:54 WHENEVER SOMEONE IN THE CHURCH FALLS INTO ADULTERY, INSTEAD OF 23:56 THERE BEING ANY KIND OF CENSURE OR COUNSELING, THEY JUST SAY, 24:00 'WELL, JESUS SAID 'I DON'T CONDEMN' SO GO AND FREELY SIN. 24:04 IS THAT WHAT HE SAID? NO, HE SAID, 'I DO NOT CONDEMN YOU. 24:08 GO AND SIN NO MORE'. YOU KNOW WHY HE COULD SAY, 24:10 'I DON'T CONDEMN YOU'? BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO TAKE HER 24:13 DEATH PENALTY. IS THE PENALTY FOR SIN STILL 24:16 DEATH? IS THE PENALTY FOR BREAKING THE 24:19 SEVENTH COMMANDMENT STILL SIN? AND SO IS IT STILL DEATH? 24:24 AND SO HOW COULD JESUS TELL MARY YOU'RE FREE TO GO? 24:27 BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO TAKE HER DEATH PENALTY. 24:29 THAT'S WHY HE TOLD HER 'GO AND SIN NO MORE'. HE CALLED IT A SIN 24:35 AND HE SAID 'STOP IT. I'LL FORGIVE YOU. DON'T DO IT ANYMORE 24:40 BECAUSE I'LL DIE FOR YOU.' DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 24:44 BUT ISN'T IT INTERESTING THAT BOTH - MARY MAGDALENE WAS THE 24:48 FIRST ONE TO PROCLAIM THE RISEN LORD AND THE WOMAN AT THE WELL 24:52 WAS THE FIRST ONE TO PROCLAIM HIM AMONG THE GENTILES? 24:55 SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT GOD CAN FORGIVE, BUT GOD IS ALSO TELLING 25:00 US HE STILL WANTS US TO OBEY. ADULTERY IS STILL A SIN. 25:05 HE'S NOT RECOMMENDING THAT WE DO A LITTLE LESS OF IT, HE'S 25:09 SAYING, 'THOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY'. 25:15 THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD. 25:16 HE WANTS US TO BE A HOLY PEOPLE AND HE WANTS US NOT TO COMMIT 25:19 ADULTERY ON HIM BECAUSE, ULTIMATELY, HUSBANDS ARE TO LOVE 25:24 THEIR WIVES AS CHRIST LOVES THE CHURCH. 25:26 AND YOU, AS PART OF THE CHURCH, HE LOVES YOU AS A BRIDEGROOM. 25:29 WOULD YOU WANT TO BREAK HIS HEART? 25:31 ANY TIME ANYBODY FLIRTS WITH THE IDEA OF COMMITTING ADULTERY ON 25:35 THEIR SPOUSE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMMITTING ADULTERY ALSO ON 25:37 THE LORD AND ON THEIR FAMILY AND ON SOCIETY. 25:40 IT'S NOT JUST ONE PERSON THAT'S GOING TO BE HURT. 25:46 DAVID, WHEN HE REPENTED OF HIS SIN, IN PSALM 51 HE SAID, 25:50 'AGAINST THEE AND THEE ONLY HAVE I SINNED'. 25:52 JOSEPH, WHEN HE WAS TEMPTED TO COMMIT ADULTERY WITH POTIPHAR'S 25:54 WIFE - HE SAID, 'HOW CAN I DO THIS WICKED THING AND SIN 25:57 AGAINST GOD?' AND SO THE BEST REASON TO KEEP 26:00 THIS COMMANDMENT AND EVERY COMMANDMENT IS BECAUSE JESUS 26:04 LOVES US AND HE HAD TO DIE TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS. 26:08 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? AND IT'S THROUGH HIS SHED BLOOD 26:13 THAT WE'RE GIVEN POWER TO LIVE HOLY LIVES. 26:15 WHEREVER YOU ARE IN YOUR EXPERIENCE IN YOUR LIFE, WHETHER 26:19 YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO BE MARRIED OR YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED BEFORE OR 26:22 DIVORCED. MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T GOT BIBLICAL 26:23 GROUNDS - EVERYONE CAN COME TO THE LORD AS THEY ARE AND THANK 26:27 HIM FOR THE POWER OF THE BLOOD TO LIVE A NEW LIFE FROM HERE ON. 26:33 (MUSIC) >>AMAZING FACTS BEGAN IN 1965 26:41 WITH A GOD-INSPIRED CONCEPT. >>HELLO, THIS IS JOE CREWS AND 26:45 THE AMAZING FACTS BROADCAST FACTS WHICH AFFECT YOU. 26:49 EACH RADIO BROADCAST WOULD BEGIN WITH AN AMAZING FACT FROM 26:52 SCIENCE, NATURE, OR HISTORY, FOLLOWED BY A BIBLE MESSAGE THAT 26:56 TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF LISTENERS FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE. 27:00 THE PROGRAM WAS AN INSTANT SUCCESS AND THE MINISTRY SOON 27:04 BEGAN EXPANDING TO INCLUDE BIBLE LESSONS. 27:07 IN 1986 AMAZING FACTS ADDED THE MEDIUM OF TELEVISION TO ITS 27:12 GROWING OUTREACH EFFORTS, OFFERING SOUL-WINNING 27:15 EVANGELISTIC MESSAGES FOR VIEWERS AROUND THE WORLD. 27:19 IN 1994, PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR ASSUMED LEADERSHIP OF THE 27:23 MINISTRY, ADDING THE BIBLE ANSWERS LIVE CALL-IN RADIO 27:26 PROGRAM AND NEW MINISTRY TV PROGRAMS BEGAN AIRING ON 27:30 MULTIPLE NETWORKS AROUND THE WORLD. FOR 50 YEARS, THE DRIVING 27:35 VISION OF AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN THE BOLD PROCLAMATION OF THE 27:39 EVERLASTING GOSPEL AND, WITH A TEAM OF EVANGELISTS CIRCLING THE 27:43 GLOBE, AND THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN BEING TRAINED THROUGH 27:46 THE AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF EVANGELISM PROGRAM - AFCOE - THE 27:51 MINISTRY IS HELPING GOD'S CHURCH SEE A RICH HARVEST OF SOULS. 27:55 AMAZING FACTS: GOD'S MESSAGE, OUR MISSION. 28:05 >>LET'S FACE IT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING 28:08 YOU READ IN THE BIBLE. WITH OVER 700,000 WORDS 28:12 CONTAINED IN 66 BOOKS, THE BIBLE CAN GENERATE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 28:16 TO GET BIBLICAL STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWERS CALL IN TO BIBLE ANSWERS 28:20 LIVE - A LIVE NATIONWIDE CALL-IN RADIO PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN TALK 28:24 TO PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR AND ASK HIM YOUR MOST DIFFICULT BIBLE 28:27 QUESTIONS. 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