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L-U-S-T. We live in a world that continually entices us to lust.

ILLUS – The reply my former pastor received from his 85-year-old mentor when he asked, “When were you no longer tempted to lust?”

2. Is it possible to experience victory over lust?
3. In Matthew 5:27-30, Jesus explained why we need to be careful with our little eyes in order to experience His victory over lust.

Matthew 5:27-30

Context
1. In Matthew 5:1-20, Jesus declared the standard for being His disciple and entrance into the kingdom of heaven.
2. That standard is perfection. He said in Matthew 5:20, “For I say to you, that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven.”
3. That was a radical statement. In that day, the scribes and Pharisees were hailed as the standard of righteousness.
4. But Jesus exploded their world view and said their standard was not good enough because they only stressed an external obedience to the Law. God has a higher standard; one that examines the heart!
5. God desires true righteousness where obedience flows from a heart that is filled with faith because it has been transformed by His love and grace through Jesus.
6. As He did in verses 21-26, Jesus applied the kingdom of heaven standard to the seventh commandment in verses 27-30, again going to a deeper level by examining the heart of man. What did His teaching reveal?

I. Marriage is a Gift from God (27-28)

Proverbs 18:22, He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

• According to the first two chapters in Genesis, God’s design for marriage is that a man and woman would enter into a marriage covenant and, within the confines of marriage, experience a spiritual, emotional, and physical union that is so sacred, so secure, and so satisfying that no other human relationship equals it.

Genesis 2:24-25, For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

• God also ordained marriage to serve as the foundation upon which healthy families and, by extension, healthy societies are built.
• In verse 27, Jesus quoted from Exodus 20:14, the seventh commandment, “You shall not commit adultery.” Why did God give this command?
A. Adultery destroys God’s gift
1. “Adultery” is the violation of the marriage covenant.
2. It is such a serious violation of the marriage covenant that it was grounds for the death penalty under the Mosaic Law.

Deuteronomy 22:22, If a man is found lying with a married woman, then both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman; thus you shall purge the evil from Israel.

3. Under Roman Law, the death penalty for adultery was lifted because adultery was so common.
4. Jesus elevated the seriousness of the marriage breach and declared that adultery was grounds for divorce in Matthew 5:32.
5. God gave the seventh commandment to protect marriages.
a. Positive: To encourage couples to find fulfillment within the marriage covenant.
b. Negative: To require consequences because God hates what adultery does to people made in His image.

Malachi 2:16, “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel…

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