Spiritual Adultery (3 of 5)
Soul on Fire: God's Plan for Revival
Jeff Schreve
James 4:1-10
Weddings are wonderful things. We had a wedding yesterday for one of our staff members. And it was a special and wonderful event. We had a wonderful, wonderful ceremony yesterday and a wonderful reception. You know, when I do a wedding, I always have the bride and groom repeat these words in their vows to one another, "And leaving all others, I will be to you a true and faithful husband, a true and faithful wife, as long as we both shall live." To make that vow that I am going to be faithful.
Now, nothing undermines a marriage like adultery. And as horrible as that sin is, there's a worse sin. Worse than physical adultery is spiritual adultery. When we, who have been saved and rescued and blessed by God, wander from Him and go after other lovers, so to speak, other gods; when we depart from the God we love.
We're in a series entitled, Soul on Fire: God's Plan for Revival. We have said that we can relate to the song by Robert Robinson, "Come, Thou Fount," where it says, "Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it; prone to leave the God I love." The LORD says in Hosea chapter 4 and verse 12, "My people ask their wooden idol for help; a piece of wood tells them what to do. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray. They commit adultery by giving themselves to other gods." As bad as physical adultery is, spiritual adultery is worse. And we are so prone to wander. We're so prone to leave the God we love to go after other things.
Well, the Lord tells us in His Word what is the cause of spiritual adultery and what is the cure for spiritual adultery, because the bottom line is, you struggle with it. I struggle with it. James struggled with it. Paul struggled with it. John struggled with it. All throughout the Old Testament, God's Old Testament people struggled with it - spiritual adultery. It's a horrible sin. And God tells us about it and what to do about i ...
Soul on Fire: God's Plan for Revival
Jeff Schreve
James 4:1-10
Weddings are wonderful things. We had a wedding yesterday for one of our staff members. And it was a special and wonderful event. We had a wonderful, wonderful ceremony yesterday and a wonderful reception. You know, when I do a wedding, I always have the bride and groom repeat these words in their vows to one another, "And leaving all others, I will be to you a true and faithful husband, a true and faithful wife, as long as we both shall live." To make that vow that I am going to be faithful.
Now, nothing undermines a marriage like adultery. And as horrible as that sin is, there's a worse sin. Worse than physical adultery is spiritual adultery. When we, who have been saved and rescued and blessed by God, wander from Him and go after other lovers, so to speak, other gods; when we depart from the God we love.
We're in a series entitled, Soul on Fire: God's Plan for Revival. We have said that we can relate to the song by Robert Robinson, "Come, Thou Fount," where it says, "Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it; prone to leave the God I love." The LORD says in Hosea chapter 4 and verse 12, "My people ask their wooden idol for help; a piece of wood tells them what to do. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray. They commit adultery by giving themselves to other gods." As bad as physical adultery is, spiritual adultery is worse. And we are so prone to wander. We're so prone to leave the God we love to go after other things.
Well, the Lord tells us in His Word what is the cause of spiritual adultery and what is the cure for spiritual adultery, because the bottom line is, you struggle with it. I struggle with it. James struggled with it. Paul struggled with it. John struggled with it. All throughout the Old Testament, God's Old Testament people struggled with it - spiritual adultery. It's a horrible sin. And God tells us about it and what to do about i ...
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