1. A reminder to consider others Please:
Turn off your cell phone or set to vibrate only
Turn off sound to all electronic devices
Use the nursery or cry room if your child is fussy
Get up during the preaching only if absolutely necessary (please sit in back if you must leave early)

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3. Love Divine, All Loves Excelling #648
Joy of heav’n, to earth come down!
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling;
All Thy faithful mercies crown.
Wesley, Charles / Zundel, John © Public Domain
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4. Jesus, Thou art all compassion; Pure, unbounded love Thou art;
Visit us with Thy salvation,
Enter every trembling heart.

5. Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit Into every troubled breast!
Let us all in Thee inherit;
Let us find that promised rest.

6. Take away our bent to sinning, Alpha and Omega be.
End of faith, as its beginning,
Set our hearts at liberty.

7. Come, almighty to deliver, Let us all Thy life receive.
Suddenly return, and never,
Nevermore Thy temples leave.

8. Thee we would be always blessing, Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,
Pray and praise Thee without ceasing,
Glory in Thy perfect love.

9. Finish then Thy new creation; Pure and spotless let us be.
Let us see Thy great salvation
Perfectly restored in Thee:

10. Changed from glory into glory, ‘Til in heaven we take our place,
‘Til we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love and praise!

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12. A reminder - Please: Turn off your cell phone or set to vibrate only
Turn off sound to all electronic devices
Use the nursery or cry room if your child is fussy
Get up during the preaching only if absolutely necessary (please sit in back if you must leave early)

13. The Heart of Adultery Matthew 5:27-30
Jesus described the qualities of true righteousness in the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-16)
Jesus’ teachings are in complete harmony with the Law, and only the truly righteous will enter heaven

14. The Heart of Adultery Matthew 5:27-30
Both physical murder and the attitudes that can lead to it make you guilty before God (Matt. 5:21-26)
Jesus is exposing the hearts of the Scribes and Pharisees, they could be righteous if they repented

15. The Heart of Adultery Matthew 5:27-30
Jesus’ teachings will expose your own heart, you can be righteous if accept the rebuke and repent
A P.I.N.O.G.A.M. will find forgiveness through faith in the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ

16. Sin in Deed Matthew 5:27
The Scribes did well to teach the Sixth Commandment (Exodus 20:14; Lev. 20:10; Heb. 13:4; 1 Cor. 6:9)
Their separation between mind and hear and the physical action led to man-made standards and legalism

17. Sin in Deed Matthew 5:27
God can see the heart and is very concerned about it - The Ten Commandments are issues of the heart
No Other God
No Idols
No Blasphemy
Keep the Sabbath
Honor Dad & Mom
6) Don’t Murder
7) Don’t commit adultery
8) Don’t Steal
9) Don’t Lie
10) Don’t Covet

18. Sin in Deed Matthew 5:27
They thought themselves righteous for not committing adultery as they defined it as lawyers
In our sexually perverse society, people who remain physically true to their spouse may be considered good

19. Sin in the Heart Matthew 5:28
Jesus applies the 10th Commandment to the 6th - adultery begins with coveting
“Look” is ble;pw / blepō : to see “in the sense of becoming aware of or taking notice of something.”

20. Sin in the Heart Matthew 5:28
The grammar indicates an intentional and repeated gazing, not a glance or incidental sight
Lust is ejpiqumia / epithumia: “strong desire” - context determines if the desire is good or bad
All pornography is designed to produce evil lust - get rid of it, avoid it, flee it

21. Sin in the Heart Matthew 5:28
“Girl watchers” (wolves) seek out and take advantage of opportunities for evil lust
Temptations to lust come from many sources - how do you respond when temptation comes?
The test: Would you feel the same if you were watching your son or daughter?

22. Sin in the Heart Matthew 5:28
Trash novels (pornography for women) also create evil lust
Fantasizing creates this sin of the heart
Be humble, all are subject to temptation (1 Cor. 10:12), even King David fell to it (2 Samuel 11)

23. Sin in the Heart Matthew 5:28
You can’t eliminate all you see, but you can keep a sight & a thought passing instead of lasting

24. Sin's Seriousness Matthew 5:29-30
Asceticism does not solve the problem
Jesus is being figurative, not literal, because plucking out an eye or cutting a hand does not eliminate the sin

25. Sin's Seriousness Matthew 5:29-30
Anything that causes you to fall into sin or stay in sin should be eliminated
Immoral relationships - end
Pornography - eliminate
Internet – block, accountability, end
TV – block, Skyangel, end
Pulp novels, trash magazines – eliminate, get godly advice

26. Sin's Seriousness Matthew 5:29-30
Sin is serious for its condemnation lasts for eternity
Outward actions must be generated from the heart if they are to be effective: Joseph in Genesis 39

27. Conclusion
Righteousness is not produced by outward rules and regulations
The righteous have a strong desire to walk in humility with Christ and live life to please and glorify Him

28. Conclusion
The self-righteous have a strong desire to please mind, emotions and flesh as they think best
Are you like:
Joseph who fled -
David who confessed -
Or the Scribe and Pharisees who justified themselves?

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30. And know my heart today;
Cleanse Me #657
Search me, O God,
And know my heart today;
Try me, O Savior,
Know my thoughts, I pray.
J. Edwin Orr – Psalm 139:23/ Maori melody © Text 1986 Word Music
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31. See if there be
Some wicked way in me;
Cleanse me from sin,
And set me free.

32. For cleansing me from sin;
I praise Thee, Lord,
For cleansing me from sin;
Fulfill Thy Word,
And make me pure within.

33. Where I once burned with shame;
Fill me with fire,
Where I once burned with shame;
Grant my desire
To magnify Thy name.

34. And make it wholly Thine; With Thy great love divine.
Lord, take my life,
And make it wholly Thine;
Fill my poor heart
With Thy great love divine.

35. My passion, self and pride;
Take all my will,
My passion, self and pride;
I now surrender,
Lord - In me abide.

36. Revival comes from Thee;
O, Holy Ghost,
Revival comes from Thee;
Send a revival,
Start the work in me.

37. Thou wilt supply our need;
Thy Word declares
Thou wilt supply our need;
For blessings now,
O Lord, I humbly plead.

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