CREATION TO CHRIST GODS UNFOLDING PLAN OF REDEMPTION

CREATION TO CHRIST GOD’S UNFOLDING PLAN OF REDEMPTION

Thou shalt not commit adultery. Exodus 20: 14

7 th COMMANDMENT Adultery is an ACT of unfaithfulness to your spouse. But at its core, this unfaithfulness begins with the heart.

For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them]. Proverbs 5: 3 -6

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19 [Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? 21 For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. Proverbs 5: 18 -21

7 th COMMANDMENT Adultery is a lust that has been acted upon. Where you are no longer satisfied with what God has provided. You are looking to meet an unmet need that you believe your spouse is not providing.

7 th COMMANDMENT God desires AND expects for us to forsake all other loves to be a true and faithful bride to him alone. When we depart from following the Lord, it is nothing less than spiritual adultery.

Thou shalt not steal. Exodus 20: 15

8 th COMMANDMENT To steal also means to deceive. The last three commandments all deal with taking something that doesn’t belong to you. Someone’s life, wife and possessions.

[Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Philippians 2: 3

6 th, 7 th, 8 th COMMANDMENTS I’m not going to kill because I value your life over my anger. I’m not going to commit adultery because I value my spouse over my lust. I’m not going to steal because I value your welfare over my own.

KEY POINT #1 When we esteem others better than ourselves, then life (instead of death), love (instead of lust) and abundance (instead of theft) become our habitation.

10 COMMANDMENTS Commandments 9 -10 show us that God has provided everything we ever need. We can be content.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Exodus 20: 16

9 th COMMANDMENT Lying about others just makes you a liar. And you will be found out.

But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. Numbers 32: 23

9 th COMMANDMENT God wanted Israel to realize when they spoke poorly of their brother, they really were speaking poorly of themselves.

But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house [divided] against a house falleth. Luke 11: 17

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's. Exodus 20: 17

10 th COMMANDMENT If God hasn’t given it to you, then you don’t need it. So then the question can be asked, “Is thing that I want to possess something the Lord wants me to have in my life? ”

And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee. Deuteronomy 12: 7

KEY POINT #2 Lips of rejoicing are sung from a heart of contentment.

And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw [it], they removed, and stood afar off. 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. Exodus 20: 18 -19

And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. 21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God [was]. Exodus 20: 20 -21

KEY QUESTION #1 What is your response when you hear the commandments of the Lord?