Repairing the Hedge Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.” All the laws related to the seventh commandment put up a hedge against sinful sexual inclinations, restraining the wanton and protecting the innocent while honoring the plan and purpose of God for sex. In our day we have allowed this hedge to fall ...
Law as Hedge Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.” Sinful people need restraints to keep them from giving vent to their most pernicious and destructive desires. Laws keep us driving on the right side of the road, and for that we are glad. Rules and codes tell us how to build ...
Teach Them – While You Can Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.” I’m all for sex ed. As long, of course, as the curriculum is grounded in the seventh commandment. In the divine economy it is expected that parents will teach their children about sex, using this commandment, as well as the ...
Demeaning, Destructive, Insulting Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.” Apart from its honorable use in marriage, all other expressions of sexual gratification are abominations and depravity. That will sound prudish and Puritanical to our free-wheeling generation, but it’s what the Bible teaches. The various civil laws that elaborate the seventh commandment forbid everything ...
God’s Wisdom, Not Ours Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.” How good and wise is the Lord, and how beautiful and mysterious are His ways. Jesus is proof that the sexual urge can be reined in without sacrificing fullness of joy and pleasures forevermore (Ps. 16:11). The Lord commands us to bridle ...
The Sanctity of Sex Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.” Sexual attraction is a powerful urge, so strong that it can reinforce itself with overwhelming affections, override sound reason, cancel out long-standing priorities and commitments, and pursue expression in a wide range of practices. God Himself has made the sexual drive what ...
Seek the Lord Exodus 20:13 “You shall not murder.” Let’s face it: we’ve all been guilty of murder at one time or another. Maybe even right now. Remember that murder begins in the heart–in our attitudes and feelings–before it comes to light in our words and deeds. Seek the Lord in ...
It’s All Good Exodus 20:13 “You shall not murder.” Paul described the Law as holy and righteous and good (Rom. 7:12). We can surely see that in the sixth commandment. The holiness of God is honored, and the dignity of man, the image-bearer of God, is given full respect by the prohibition of ...
Attitude’s the Thing Exodus 20:13 “You shall not murder.” In any of its forms–from resentment and hate, to verbal abuse or physical violence–murder is evil. We must guard our hearts against giving any place for murderous thoughts or affections, and we must fill our lives with the kind of practices that, by ...
Begins in the Heart Exodus 20:13 “You shall not murder.” It’s pretty clear from Scripture that murder begins long before any act of violence is committed. In the heart of a murderer anger or resentment or hatred has been festering before blood is actually shed. Leviticus 19:17 was probably in Jesus’ ...