Lust & Adultery

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Matthew 5:27–30 ESV

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.

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Matthew 5:27 ESV

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

Exodus 20:14 ESV

“You shall not commit adultery.

The Scribes & Pharasee’s condemned the outward act

They held a strong view on Adultery (Deut 5:18, Deut 22:13-30)

Matthew 5:28 ESV

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

“lustful intent”

more than a modest look

Exodus 20:17 ESV

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

Covetousness and Lust are similar in that they both involve a strong desire for something, they differ in their focus.

Covetousness is focused on possessing something that belongs to someone else

Leads to: envy, greed and theft

Lust is focused on satisfying one’s own desires, often at the expense of others

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Matthew 5:28 ESV

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Lust - strong sexual desire or craving

Lust for Power / Dominance

Leads to:

objectification

unhealthy relationships

even sexual assault

lust - to possess and dominate her completely, to use for his own pleasure

In the proper setting sex is a wonderful gift of God

avoid an unhealthy expectation

“lustful intent” is to have desires designed only to be between a husband and wife

It is wrong for the unmarried as well as the married

1 Corinthians 7:8–9 ESV

To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single, as I am. But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

inflamed - sexual lust or fervor (intense feeling)

Matthew 5:29–30 ESV

If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.

Jesus did not intend for this to be taken literally

God provided strict and deadly consequences for sin in the old testament

With your life on the line what would you do to ensure you did not fall into sin?

Jesus points out to them that God was pointing to the eternal reality of their decisions

What would you do to ensure your eteneral state? and not be thrown into hell?

Nothing, no matter how pressious, should be allowed to doom our glorious destiny

Sin is a destructive force that should not be pampered

Instead it must be “put to death”

Colossians 3:5 ESV

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Indecision is deadly

Halfway measures work havoc

Surgery must be radical

Paul to Timothy (2 Timothy 2:17) pointed to sin in the church being like gangrene

Temptation should be flung aside immediately and decisively

What we fill our minds with matters:

books & pictures

films & songs

social friendships

baneful (harmful/destructive) habits

shadow-boxing will never do

1 Corinthians 9:27 ESV

But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

Discipline my body

Keep it under control

Paul affirms this battle against sin is experienced by Christian leaders

they understand the challenges believers face

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