The Gift of Sex – The Seventh Commandment

The Gift of Sex

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Praise God for the beauty and mystery of sex, and for His wisdom in sanctifying it.

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Read Exodus 20:14

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“You shall not commit adultery.”

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If we do nothing to roll back the floodtide of sexual adventurism and repair the hedge of the seventh commandment, we will never be able to realize the full beauty of this great gift as God intended it. Review all this week’s meditations on the seventh commandment. Ask the Lord to convict you of any ways you have violated or are compromising this part of His Law. Seek grace for renewal in heart, mind, and conscience, and commit yourself to doing whatever you can to rebuild this hedge.

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Pray

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Lord, all the world seems crazy for sex. It has become for so many people just a game, a “harmless diversion,” even a right. But You warn us that misuse of the gift of sex is a deadly corrosive to self-image, relationships, and social order. Do not let me contribute to this destructive tendency, O Lord! Use me wherever I may be used to restore the sanctity and beauty of the gift of sex.

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“In the Gates” is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T.M. Moore

T. M. Moore is editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).

Scripture quotations in this article are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, (c) copyright 2001,2007 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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