November 05, 2017 | Bob Bartlett
Passage: Exodus 20:14
The Path to Freedom
“The Sacred Covenant” Exodus 20:14, Malachi 2:13-16
James 1:25 “But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and
continues in it – not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it – they will be blessed
in what they do.”
Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery”
- The bar is high: Matthew 5:28 “But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman
lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
- Adultery is a “perversion” of God’s design,
- All inclusive – not exclusive:
Adultery: An emotional, psychological, or physical sexual expression outside of the marriage bed of a husband and wife.
A Covenant: is an I p based solely on your word.
- God is a covenant m : Genesis 2:16-17
- God is a covenant k : Psalm 89:34
- God is a covenant p : Genesis 3:19
The marriage union is a covenant of one man and one woman for life.
- Malachi 2:14 “the wife of your marriage covenant”
- Matthew 19:6 “So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.” (Romans 7:2)
The husband and wife are made in: the Image of God and the Likeness of God.
- Image: ‘Imagery’: glory; design; order. Likeness ‘like God’ to reflect God
“So guard yourself in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth”
The Marriage Covenant is a Covenant to Guard:
- My heart: Proverbs 4:23 The throne of God – the Seat of man.
- My mind: Romans 12:2 My thought life. 2Corinthians 10:5 Psalm 25:5
-My eyes: Job 31:1 What I behold – What I set before them. Psalm 101:2-4
- My ears: Proverbs 23:12 Do not listen to that which provokes – impurity; irreverence;
- My lips: Psalm 141:3 I am the sum of my words – “by our words we are justified”
“So guard yourself in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.”