The Ten Commandments God's Loving Commandments The Priority of Purity Exodus 20:14

The Ten Commandments

God's Loving Commandments

The Priority of Purity

Exodus 20:14

Exodus 20:14(ESV)

“You shall not commit adultery”

4 Observations about the seventh

commandment

1) The PRECEPTS behind the

seventh commandment

A) God's commands are for our GOOD“For I know the plans I have for you,

declares the LORD, plans for welfare (peace) and not for evil, to give you a

future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11(ESV)


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B) God's commands are for our SAFETY“Moreover, by them is your servant

warned; in keeping them there is great reward.”

Psalm 19:11 (ESV)


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C) God's commands are LOVING

“When I think of your rules from of old, I take comfort, O LORD.”

Psalm 119:52 (ESV)


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D) God's commands are BLESSINGS“For the LORD gives wisdom; from

his mouth come knowledge and understanding”

Proverbs 2:6 (ESV)

2) The PRINCIPLES exposed in the

seventh commandmentA) Marriage is the PROPER place

for martial relations“Let marriage be held in honor

among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.” -

Hebrews 13:4 (ESV)

When a man and a woman make a lifelong commitment to love and cherish each other, they are giving themselves the time they will need to dismantle the barriers of restraint,

shyness, defensiveness, and selfishness that exist between all human beings it cannot be done in a night or with a rush of passion. It

takes to know and be known.” - Colleen Townsend Evans

“Only in a marriage—a marriage where love is—can

sex develop into the delightfully positive force

God meant it to be. Here is where the excitement of sex

really is.


seventh commandmentB) Marital infidelity is

DESTRUCTIVE and forbidden“He who commits adultery lacks

sense;he who does it destroys himself.”

Proverbs 6:32 (ESV)


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“Love can wait to give; it is lust that can't wait to get.” - Josh

McDowell


seventh commandmentC) Sexual immorality is to be

FLED from

“Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral

person sins against his own body.” - 1 Corinthians 6:18 (ESV)

3) The PURPOSE of the seventh

commandmentA) To WARN of the dangers of

sexual immorality

“3For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,


commandmentA) To WARN of the dangers of

sexual immorality4but in the end she is bitter as

wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. 5Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol” -

Proverbs 5:3-5 (ESV)


commandmentB) To OPEN our eyes to the need

we have to guard ourselves against the lust of the flesh

B) To OPEN our eyes to the need we have to guard

ourselves against the lust of the flesh

The average American views sexual material

more than 10,000 times a year the vast majority of them are

immoral acts

There are over 4,000,000 websites

that are pornographic in existence

Americans average about 10 sexual

partners – we rank 12th in the world

B) To OPEN our eyes to the need we have to guard

ourselves against the lust of the flesh

The problem is not with our society or the media, the problem is with

OUR HEARTS


commandmentC) To POINT to the delights

of marriage

C) To POINT to the delights of marriage9You have captured my heart, my treasure, my

bride. You hold it hostage with one glance of your eyes, with a single jewel of your necklace. 10Your love delights me, my treasure, my bride.

Your love is better than wine, your perfume more fragrant than spices. 11Your lips are as

sweet as nectar, my bride. Honey and milk are under your tongue. Your clothes are scented

like the cedars of Lebanon.Song of Solomon 4:9-11 (NLT)

C) To POINT to the delights of marriage

“The love of a man and a woman gains immeasurably in power when

placed under divine restraint” - Elisabeth Elliot


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D) To MOVE us to help ourselves and our neighbors keep pure

before GodTitus 2

principle

Older men and women teach the younger men and

women to be good, self-controlled, and pure

4) The PRACTICAL application of the

seventh commandmentA) GUARD your hearts, for that is

where the seeds of seduction are planted

Guarding your heart means controlling what and who

influences you


seventh commandmentA) GUARD your hearts, for that is

where the seeds of seduction are planted

The battle for your heart is won or lost before the war begins


seventh commandmentB) BEWARE the content of

media, books, and the internet, they are powerful tools of

influence

Music

B) BEWARE the content of media,

books, and the internet, they are powerful tools of

influenceTeens listen to an average of 2

½ hours of music each day

Do you know the lyrics they are listening to?

Do you know the lyrics YOU are listening to?

Do you know the message that is being said?

Books



influence“The things you read will fashion

you by slowly conditioning your

mind” – A.W. Tozer

“Be careful what books you read, for as water tastes of

the soil it runs through, so does the soul taste of

the authors that a man reads.” - John

Trapp

The Internet



influence“..(contrasting magazines and the

Net)...once you view it you've consumed it. You've chewed the flavor out of the

gum. This can't be done on the Net. The gum never runs out of flavor. A new

piece of flesh waits behind every old one, and expectation bids you to go

further....No stimulus like this ever existed before.”

C) LOVE your spouse

“Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your

youth”Proverbs 5:18 (ESV)

C) LOVE your spouse

Go on dates with your spouse

Figure out what your spouse loves

and act accordingly

Take time to talk

Make your spouse and your marriage

a priority of prayer

D) CONFIDE in your spouse and

be able to be confided in4Love is patient and kind; love does not

envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6it does not rejoice

at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7Love bears all things, believes all

things, hopes all things, endures all things.”

- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (ESV)

E) FLEE from evil and those things that lead to evil

The devil's snare does not catch you unless you are first caught by the devil's

bait – St. Ambrose27Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned? 28Or can

one walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched?

Proverbs 6:27-28 (ESV)

F) ATTACK any rationalization of

sin12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is

the way to death.(Proverbs 14:12 ESV)

Closing Word

→ If you are asking “How far can I go?” instead of

“How can I best protect my virtue?”

You are in imminent dangerof falling into sin.

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