“Do Not Commit Adultery” Week Six Word (Commandment) 7 Exodus 20: 14

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Exodus 20:14 (NIV) 14 No adultery. (msg) 14 “You shall not commit adultery. 14 No adultery. (msg)

adultery Voluntary sexual intercourse between a uh-duhl-tuh-ree noun, plural adulteries. Voluntary sexual intercourse between a  Married person and someone other than his or her lawful spouse. Further Adultery can be emotional Intimacy with someone outside of your marriage/Relationship

Proverbs 5:3-6 (NIV)  3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,     and her speech is smoother than oil; 4 but in the end she is bitter as gall,     sharp as a double-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death;     her steps lead straight to the grave. 6 She gives no thought to the way of life;     her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it. Message The lips of a seductive woman are oh so sweet,     her soft words are oh so smooth. But it won’t be long before she’s gravel in your mouth,     a pain in your gut, a wound in your heart. She’s dancing down the primrose path to Death;     she’s headed straight for Hell and taking you with her. She hasn’t a clue about Real Life,     about who she is or where she’s going.

Proverbs 5:18-20 (NIV) 18 May your fountain be blessed,     and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. 19 A loving doe, a graceful deer—     may her breasts satisfy you always,     may you ever be intoxicated with her love. 20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife? Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman? Message Enjoy the wife you married as a young man! Lovely as an angel, beautiful as a rose—     don’t ever quit taking delight in her body.     Never take her love for granted! Why would you trade enduring intimacies for cheap thrills with a whore?     for dalliance with a promiscuous stranger? Fountain- Hebrew MASCULAIN NOUN (describing work) Often used to describe menstruation/flow of blood That thing that makes women… women Fountain is what makes man a man

19 A loving doe, a graceful deer—may her breasts satisfy you always,  may you ever be intoxicated with her love. ravah: to be saturated, drink one's fill Original Word: רָוָה Definition to be saturated, drink one's fill Solomon says to his son Be RAVAH With the body & the wife of your youth ENJOY HER, ENJOY HIM Physically, emotionally, spiritually, sexually This is Gods Ideal for marriage that we satisfy each other

shagah: to go astray, err Original Word: שָׁגָה 20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife? Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman? shagah: to go astray, err Original Word: שָׁגָה Intoxicated Captured Ravished Taken off the Path & then to be DEVOWERED

Ravah (Satisfied) Wander/Devoured Shagah God’s design & desire is for Couples to be satisfied with each other Evil wishes to “Kill steal & Destroy” Ravah (Satisfied)

Usually this is where Adultery messages go Focus on preventing the act of sexual misconduct -don’t ride in cars with opposite gendered people -Don’t have lunch with opposite gendered people -Accountability -Scripture & Prayer

The lips of a seductive woman are oh so sweet,     her soft words are oh so smooth. But it won’t be long before she’s gravel in your mouth,     a pain in your gut, a wound in your heart. She’s dancing down the primrose path to Death;     she’s headed straight for Hell and taking you with her. She hasn’t a clue about Real Life,     about who she is or where she’s going. (Prov 5:3-6) Here's me when we were first married Here's me after kids, mortgage, house renovations etc Most of us don’t look how we want to look There are areas where we feel lacking/small

Validation/Meaning

Matthew 5:27-30 27-28 “You know the next commandment pretty well, too: ‘Don’t go to bed with another’s spouse.’ But don’t think you’ve preserved your virtue simply by staying out of bed. Your heart can be corrupted by lust even quicker than your body. Those leering looks you think nobody notices—they also corrupt.

29-30 “Let’s not pretend this is easier than it really is 29-30 “Let’s not pretend this is easier than it really is. If you want to live a morally pure life, here’s what you have to do: You have to blind your right eye the moment you catch it in a lustful leer. You have to choose to live one-eyed or else be dumped on a moral trash pile. And you have to chop off your right hand the moment you notice it raised threateningly. Better a bloody stump than your entire being discarded for good in the dump.

These are the issues that lead to adultery! Those ideals you have are they realistic? Those expectations realistic? Wounds from Parents? Wounds from Bullies? Body issues? Validation? These are the issues that lead to adultery!