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Breaking the Seventh Commandment
Pastor David Reagan
Antioch Baptist Church
08/03/2003
Sermon Recordings:
Scripture References:
Sermon Notes:
- No One Is Exempt
- David – the man after God’s own heart (2 Samuel 11:4)
- Pride sets you up (1 Corinthians 10:12)
- Yet, without salvation, little
help is available
- You May Not See It Coming (Proverbs 7:6-10, 21-22)
- Made more likely by our general level of defilement (2
Corinthians 7:1)
- There Are No Quick Fixes
- This is what people expect (Proverbs 30:20) Samson: “I will
go out as at other times before.” (Judges 16:20)
- No Sacrifice For Adultery Under the Law (Leviticus 20:10)
- No Return to the Earlier Level of Trust (Proverbs 7:23-27)
- You Can Never Return to Where You Were (Proverbs 6:25-33)
- You Have Broken Your Covenant With God (Malachi 2:14-16;
Matthew 19:3-6)
- You Have Defied God’s Special Gift (Genesis 2:18, 21-24)
- You Have Sinned Against Your Own Body (1 Corinthians 6:18)
Conclusion: Will God forgive adultery? Yes. Will He restore the adulterer?
Yes (John 8:10-11). However, the hurt you will experience and cause goes far
beyond anything you can imagine. Cain - “My punishment is greater than I can
bear.” (Genesis 4:13)
What You Can Do:
- Make sure of your salvation
- Pray for God’s protection
- Set up hedges in your life
- avoid over familiarity with
members of the opposite sex
- avoid certain topics in conversation
- avoid
being alone with them
- Be accountable to your spouse
- account for time and money
- inform them of any flirtations
- Build your own marriage
- spend time together
- work out
problems
- help each other
- Put a guard on your mind
- Draw nigh to God and His people
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