{"id":540,"date":"2018-05-06T00:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T07:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblefreak.org\/teaching\/?p=540"},"modified":"2019-12-30T11:26:40","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T19:26:40","slug":"lust-destroys-relationships-matthew-527-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblefreak.org\/teaching\/?p=540","title":{"rendered":"Lust Destroys Relationships (Matthew 5:27-30)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"1118\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/biblefreak.org\/teaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Lust-Destroys-Relationships-Elder-Matthew-Davis-518182240453.mp3'>Lust Destroys Relationships<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblefreak.org\\\/teaching\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/Lust-Destroys-Relationships-Elder-Matthew-Davis-518182240453.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\\\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"Lust Destroys Relationships\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"Lust Destroys Relationships\\\" from Covenant Reformed Church GV by Elder Matthew Davis. Released: 2018. Genre: Other.\",\"meta\":{\"artist\":\"Elder Matthew Davis\",\"album\":\"Covenant Reformed Church GV\",\"genre\":\"Other\",\"year\":\"2018\",\"length_formatted\":\"51:43\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblefreak.org\\\/teaching\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/The-Completion-Fulfillment-and-Perfection-of-Christ-Elder-Matthew-Davis-2319178144-mp3-image-1.jpg\",\"width\":196,\"height\":242},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblefreak.org\\\/teaching\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/The-Completion-Fulfillment-and-Perfection-of-Christ-Elder-Matthew-Davis-2319178144-mp3-image-1-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p>Christ in addressing Murder first, and Lust second, is following the order of the commandments as they were given by God to his people.\u00a0 In the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century lust is common in every part of advertising, film making, storytelling, and daily living. It has become so prevalent you might overlook its insidious nature.<\/p>\n<p>Lust is a sin which begins with looking, is conceived in the heart, and executed in actions and deeds.\u00a0 We might think of some familiar men in the OT who struggled with this sin.\u00a0 David lusted after and pursued Bathsheba, the final outcome Murder (<strong>2 Sam 11ff<\/strong>).\u00a0 Or we might think of Solomon who multiplied wives, over 700, which led him astray from God <strong>(1 Kings 11ff).\u00a0 <\/strong>We might also think of Potiphar\u2019s wife, who lusted after Joseph.\u00a0 Or the whoredoms of Jezebel <strong>(2 Kings 9:22, 2 Chron 21:31), <\/strong>and of course Eve, who seeing the fruit, desired it in her eyes, and took and ate.<\/p>\n<p>Lust of a sexual nature as applied here by Christ is directed to the sanctity of marriage, the intimate and personal relationship which was established in the Garden between a man and woman in the eyes of God, for his glory.\u00a0 That image which he uses repeatedly in Scripture to address his beloved as his bridegroom.<\/p>\n<p>The defilement of that sacred relationship is condemned by God in the pictures, language and actions of his prophets. Lust which draw away the hearts and minds of all those who are created in his image is never good.\u00a0 It is especially heinous in those to whom he has entered into a covenant relationship.\u00a0 When you beloved as children of the Living God, lust for more than you have been given in your marriages, your jobs, your church, your bank accounts, your children, your status, or anything else.\u00a0 You in effect covet, and this is where lust begins.\u00a0 Christ in Matthew 5 marries the 7<sup>th<\/sup> commandment to the 10<sup>th<\/sup> in a sober instruction to guard against lust of every kind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christ in addressing Murder first, and Lust second, is following the order of the commandments as they were given by God to his people.\u00a0 In the 21st Century lust is common in every part of advertising, film making, storytelling, and daily living. It has become so prevalent you might overlook its insidious nature. 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