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