YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY (8 OF 11)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Exodus 20:14
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You Shall Not Commit Adultery (8 of 11)
Series: The Ten Commandments
Scott Maze
Exodus 20:14
Happy Father's Day. Thanks to the church as I complete of four years of ministry today.
We continue to work our way through the Ten Words, or the Ten Commandments. These Ten Commands came from God's lips and God's fingers (Exodus 31:18). The first four commands pertain to our relationship with God. While the last six pertain to our relationships to one another.
Today, we come to the focus on marriage. While marriage has historically been the glue of civilization, America struggles mightily with the sin forbidden in this command. Recent wedding announcements in the NY Times describe couples finding one another after ''encountering many obstacles to happy romance.'' What is described in the paper, as ''obstacles'' are really people according to writer Jessica Pressler. She discovered that this code language was being used for adultery. In spite the moral of our day, ''the heart wants what the heart wants,'' God has spoken.
Many see marriage to another person as a matter of transition on the road to happiness with another rather than a fixed and permanent vow to another. Sexual desires are out of control in our society. It is obvious to many of us that the moral fabric of our society is in great jeopardy. A survey of ancient civilizations shows that they considered adultery as ''the great sin.'' We have seen a cascade of men fall to this sin in recent days - Tiger Woods, former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the head of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn showed up in court with hotel maids from all over NYC chanting ''shame on you.''
But we don't have to look to the media for news of adultery. For this sin has affected our community and our church in tragic ways. My aim this Father's Day is to enlarge your vision of what marriage is. I want to restore dignity and honor to those married and especially fathers ...
Series: The Ten Commandments
Scott Maze
Exodus 20:14
Happy Father's Day. Thanks to the church as I complete of four years of ministry today.
We continue to work our way through the Ten Words, or the Ten Commandments. These Ten Commands came from God's lips and God's fingers (Exodus 31:18). The first four commands pertain to our relationship with God. While the last six pertain to our relationships to one another.
Today, we come to the focus on marriage. While marriage has historically been the glue of civilization, America struggles mightily with the sin forbidden in this command. Recent wedding announcements in the NY Times describe couples finding one another after ''encountering many obstacles to happy romance.'' What is described in the paper, as ''obstacles'' are really people according to writer Jessica Pressler. She discovered that this code language was being used for adultery. In spite the moral of our day, ''the heart wants what the heart wants,'' God has spoken.
Many see marriage to another person as a matter of transition on the road to happiness with another rather than a fixed and permanent vow to another. Sexual desires are out of control in our society. It is obvious to many of us that the moral fabric of our society is in great jeopardy. A survey of ancient civilizations shows that they considered adultery as ''the great sin.'' We have seen a cascade of men fall to this sin in recent days - Tiger Woods, former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the head of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn showed up in court with hotel maids from all over NYC chanting ''shame on you.''
But we don't have to look to the media for news of adultery. For this sin has affected our community and our church in tragic ways. My aim this Father's Day is to enlarge your vision of what marriage is. I want to restore dignity and honor to those married and especially fathers ...
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