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)
1) The
PRECEPTS
behind the seventh
commandment
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)
1) The
PRECEPTS
behind the seventh
commandment
C) God's commands
are LOVING
“When I think of your rules from of old, I
take comfort, O LORD.”
Psalm 119:52 (ESV)
1) The
PRECEPTS
behind the seventh
commandment
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
commandment
A) 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)
“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
When a man and a woman make
really ais.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
2) The PRINCIPLES
exposed in the
seventh
B) Marital infidelity commandment
is DESTRUCTIVE
and forbidden
“He who commits adultery lacks sense;
he who does it destroys himself.”
Proverbs 6:32 (ESV)
2) The PRINCIPLES
exposed in the
seventh
commandment
“Love can wait to give; it is lust that
can't wait to get.” - Josh McDowell
2) The PRINCIPLES
exposed in the
seventh
commandment
C) 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
commandment
A) To WARN of the dangers of
sexual immorality
3
“ For
the lips of a forbidden woman
drip honey, and her speech is
smoother than oil,
3) The PURPOSE of
the seventh
commandment
A) To WARN of the dangers of
sexual immorality
4but
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)
3) The PURPOSE of
the seventh
commandment
B) 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
th
partners – we rank 12
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
3) The PURPOSE of
the seventh
commandment
C) To POINT to the delights
of marriage
C) To POINT to the
delights of marriage
9You
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
3) The PURPOSE of
the seventh
commandment
D) To MOVE us to help ourselves and
our neighbors keep pure before God
Titus 2
principle
Older men and women teach
the younger men and
women to be good, selfcontrolled, and pure
4) The PRACTICAL
application of the
seventh
commandment
A) GUARD your hearts,
for that is
where the seeds of seduction are
planted
Guarding your heart means controlling
what and who influences you
4) The PRACTICAL
application of the
seventh
commandment
A) 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
4) The PRACTICAL
application of the
seventh
commandment
B) 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 influence
Do you know the lyrics
they are listening to?
Teens listen to an
average of 2 ½ Do you know the lyrics
YOU are listening to?
hours of music
each day
Do you know the message
that is being said?
Books
B) BEWARE the content
of media, books, and the
internet, they are powerful
tools of influence
“The things you
read will fashion
you by slowly
conditioning your
mind”
“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
B) BEWARE the content
of media, books, and the
internet, they are powerful
tools of influence
The Internet
“..(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
Take time to talk
Make your spouse
Figure out what
and your marriage
your spouse loves
a priority of
and act accordingly
prayer
D) CONFIDE in your
spouse and be able to
be confided in
4Love
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.”
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.
Ambrose
27Can 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 sin
12There
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 danger
of falling into sin.