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 The scripture reading comes from Deuteronomy chapter 5.

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 Please follow along in your bulletin.

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 And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them,

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 Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the rules that I speak in your hearing today,

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 and you shall learn them and be careful to do them.

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 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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 You shall have no other gods before me.

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 You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above,

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 or that is on earth beneath, or that is in water under the earth.

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 You shall not bow down to them or serve them.

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 For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God.

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 Visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

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 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

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 You shall not take the name of the Lord in vain,

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 for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

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 Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you.

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 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

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 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God.

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 On it you shall not do any work,

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 you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant

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 or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock or the sojourner who is within your gates.

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 That your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

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 You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt,

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 and the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm.

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 Therefore, the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

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 Honor your father and your mother as the Lord your God commanded you,

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 that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

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 You shall not murder, and you shall not commit adultery,

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 and you shall not steal, and you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor,

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 and you shall not covet your neighbor's wife,

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 and you shall not desire your neighbor's house,

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 his field or his male servant or his female servant,

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 his ox or his donkey or anything that is your neighbor's.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Thank you, Annabelle.

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 Are we on?

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 Hello? Can you hear me?

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 Brilliant.

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 Great. Thank you so much, guys.

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 We're just so blessed by you as a church family.

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 Just Etienne doesn't know how blessed he is yet to be part of Watermark,

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 but we know how blessed we are,

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 and just want to thank you so much for just walking with us right from,

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 well, right from before Etienne was even an idea.

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 So thank you so much.

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 Let me just pray for us.

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 Father, you want to speak to us.

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 Open our ears to hear you.

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 Open our hearts to be receptive to what you want to say to us.

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 I pray, Lord, that you would come and speak with power into our lives.

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 Show us yourself this morning, I pray.

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 Teach us to be a community which lives under your word

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 and loves your word and delights to obey your word.

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 Father, I pray just take whatever I say now,

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 and I pray that your spirit would just really bring what you want to say into people's hearts, Father.

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 Father, so we love you.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Great.

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 So for those of you who are,

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 this is your first time here,

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 or whether you're at the community center,

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 or whether you're in the overflow,

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 or whether you're here,

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 we've been going through a series in the Ten Commandments.

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 And we've come to that place in the Ten Commandments

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 where things begin to get a little bit more sensitive.

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 Where we come to areas where some of us may have real struggles and real hurts

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 and real areas where we wrestle with some of the things that God is saying in his word.

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 And so what we want to do,

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 like before I even share what we're going to talk about,

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 which is do not commit adultery today.

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 And in your bulletin, by the way,

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 there's a mistake.

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 It's not do not murder.

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 It is do not commit adultery.

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 But there may be areas which are going to be just touching on things

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 which we can't share everything in this sermon.

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 But we want to walk with you.

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 So if there are things which actually come up from this,

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 please don't just run away.

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 Please come and see myself or Kevin,

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 Sylvie, Eugenia, one of the staff,

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 because we really want to walk with you through these issues

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 to be the people that God calls us to be.

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 So in 1631, there was a Bible that was printed.

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 It was called the Wicked Bible

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 because the printers missed out one word.

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 It was the word not in this verse.

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 It read, thou shalt commit adultery.

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 Now, very quickly, it got taken off the shelves.

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 But incredibly, it became very popular as a Bible.

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 Everyone wanted to get their hands on it.

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 Because people, though they knew that adultery was wrong in that culture,

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 they secretly hoped that God would somehow accommodate

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 to their kind of guilty pleasures in life.

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 And I think that typifies a lot of in our society,

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 this kind of tear between things that we think are maybe wrong,

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 but actually the desires that we have.

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 I mean, last year, you know, canto pop star Andy Ho,

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 you know, Sammy Chang's husband,

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 he was condemned widely for getting caught cheating.

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 But I heard quite a lot of people going very sympathetically

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 that when he apologised, he just gave in to desire,

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 saying, oh, yeah, I understand.

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 It's kind of natural, you know.

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 Chimpanzees do it.

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 So why can't we?

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 And until 1971, I mean, Stanley Ho just died a couple of weeks ago,

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 but polygamy was legal in Hong Kong.

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 Even today, if you are, many people do business in mainland China,

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 and there is a wife or a mistress or someone in mainland,

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 and then here you have someone else.

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 And if the spouse is accepting of that, what's the problem?

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 Why has God got such a big deal with this?

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 Well, what we want to do is have a look at this topic,

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 and we want to talk about what is marriage.

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 We want to talk about what is adultery.

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 Then why is it such a big deal,

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 and then how do we find freedom to obey this command?

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 Okay, so that's where we're going.

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 First of all, what is marriage?

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 Marriage in Scripture is not a cultural man-made institution.

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 It is a God-given, exclusive, lifelong commitment

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 between one man and one woman,

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 united together in a one-flesh relationship,

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 with a new identity,

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 which is in some way patterned and modeled

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 after God's exclusive covenantal commitment to his people.

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 And sex within that is the joyful self-giving of yourself to your spouse

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 within that marriage covenant,

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 primarily to deepen your sense of union and oneness together,

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 and then secondarily for pleasure and reproduction,

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 if biology allows.

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 In other words, marriage and sex are gifts from God,

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 but they are deeply spiritual signposts pointing beyond themselves

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 to a greater reality of the nature and character of God himself.

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 So just take the Ten Commandments.

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 We've said before that they're actually like a big wedding ceremony.

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 This is a relational covenant between God and his people.

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 And they've got promises.

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 They've got promises to be faithful to one another.

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 And so throughout Scripture, from this point, and you move on,

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 God keeps showing himself to be a faithful husband to his people.

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 Let me, a couple of verses.

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 Isaiah 54 says,

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 For your maker is your husband.

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 The Lord of hosts is his name.

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 Ezekiel 16.

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 This is an amazing passage where God describes his relationship with his people

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 like somebody who's picked up a dirty, abandoned, ugly, unloved girl

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 from the side of the road, and he's brought them to himself.

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 And rather than just using her to meet his own desires,

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 what he does is his heart is to restore her, to beautify her, to honor her.

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 And so it says this.

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 It says,

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 About Israel, God's people,

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 your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty

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 because the splendor I had given you had made your beauty perfect.

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 Do you see what he's saying?

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 God's about purifying, cleansing, beautifying, restoring people,

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 and restoring us into the glorious image bearers that he made us to be.

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 You know, he made us to be beautiful and glorious.

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 And his love towards that end is steadfast.

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 That means it's not just a kind of dutiful,

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 okay, we've got to kind of stay together for the kids kind of love.

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 That's not God's love.

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 God's love is he rejoices over his people with singing.

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 It's a long-haul, promise-keeping, engaged, passionate commitment to his people.

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 And marriage is a reflection of that.

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 You know what the sex symbols of the Bible are?

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 You know, the kind of romantic ideal that the Bible brings you.

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 It's not like a steamy one-night stand that Hollywood would show you.

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 It's actually a couple who have been married for 60 years,

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 hand in hand, faithfully looking into each other's eyes

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 through all the ups and downs they've been through.

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 And at the end of it, with this glowing passion,

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 saying to one another,

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 you know that I love you.

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 And the other person turns and says, yeah, I know.

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 Because I've had 60 years of experiencing that.

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 That's what the Bible's reflection of God's,

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 just a tiny reflection of his faithful, passionate love.

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 That's what marriage is meant.

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 So what is adultery then?

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 Well, the seventh commandment here is specifically referring

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 to a married man or woman sleeping with someone

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 who is not your wife or husband.

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 It is breaking a promise with your body.

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 You know, there's other laws about,

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 deals with other areas of sex outside of marriage.

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 But this one is particularly about unfaithfulness

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 to your marriage covenant.

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 And so one author says it's the social equivalent

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 of breaking the first command to have no other gods.

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 See, the most common image,

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 do you know what the most common image for idolatry

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 when Israel worships other gods in the Old Testament?

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 The most common image is adultery.

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 Just one example, Jeremiah 3 says,

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 like a woman unfaithful to her husband,

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 so have you been unfaithful to me, O Israel, my people.

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 You see, since all the commandments flow out of that first one

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 to have no other gods and to worship God alone,

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 then to break the seventh command

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 is to break the first command.

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 In other words, physical adultery is idolatry.

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 And idolatry is spiritual adultery against God.

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 Okay?

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 Because both of them, both idolatry,

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 worshipping other gods,

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 and adultery are like con artists,

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 offering you products and saying,

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 the grass is greener on the other side,

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 just look over the fence.

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 And it offers you what is not yours to take,

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 and it promises you life.

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 Just take the forbidden fruit.

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 You know, it's like this.

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 Your marriage is going through a rough patch.

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 You feel unheard.

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 You feel unloved.

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 You feel disrespected, bored.

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 And then someone comes along,

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 and you just click with.

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 And it seems that everything you wanted,

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 the respect, the approval,

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 all those other things you wanted,

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 they seem to offer it.

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 More than your spouse does.

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 And if what you do is you'll say,

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 well, let me see what that grass is like

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 on the other side.

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 Your heart is not just turning away

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 from your spouse to fulfill you first.

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 Sorry, it's not just turning towards that person.

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 It's turning away from a promise

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 that you've made to your spouse.

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 And it's turning away from a promise

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 you've made to God.

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 So you're being unfaithful to God,

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 and you're being unfaithful to your spouse.

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 And you know where there's a culture

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 where promises are broken,

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 it creates a culture of fear,

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 suspicion, and distrust.

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 So when a pastor or a believer

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 says, God is faithful and he loves you,

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 but then you hear that he's been sleeping

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 with his secretary,

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 what happens?

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 Don't many people start questioning

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 the credibility of Christianity?

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 They lose faith in God or in people

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 because we know that actually our marriages

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 are supposed to be a reflection

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 of showing us something about God.

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 But what if you're single?

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 Okay, you go, hey, I'm not married.

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 I'm not even tempted in this area.

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 Are you free from worrying about this command?

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 Somebody gave the right answer.

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 Yes.

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 No, because Jesus takes this command.

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 I'm glad you got there.

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 Otherwise, you can just walk out

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 if you're single right now.

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 Jesus takes this command

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 and he goes,

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 hey, it's fine.

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 Don't worry about that, guys.

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 It's like, this is New Testament.

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 No, he doesn't say that.

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 He goes, he actually makes it,

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 like he ramps it up even harder,

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 if I can put it like that.

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 He goes,

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 you've heard it said,

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 you shall not commit adultery.

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 Okay?

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 We've just heard that.

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 But I say to you

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 that anyone who looks at a woman

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 with lustful intent

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 has already committed adultery

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 with her in his heart.

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 Thank you, Jesus.

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 You just made things much harder.

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 Because he's saying,

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 if you follow the breadcrumb trail

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 of adultery

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 back to its source,

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 there you'll find

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 a heart condition

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 of coveting.

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 Say, coveting?

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 How do you get that?

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 Well, the word lustful intent

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 here is the same word

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 that is used in Romans 7

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 to describe the 10th commandment,

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 don't covet.

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 You see, adultery

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 is not just about

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 who you're jumping into bed with.

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 It's not just about marriage.

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 Adultery is about desiring

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 someone or something

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 that is not yours to own.

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 It's about,

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 it's about sexually looking

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 at someone

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 or looking at someone

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 for your own sexual gratification.

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 You know, it's not wrong

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 to appreciate somebody's beauty.

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 That's a gift from God.

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 But it's the second look.

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 It's the lingering look.

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 It's the movie in your mind

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 which takes appreciation

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 for someone made in God's image

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 and making them

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 into a piece of property

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 for your own personal pleasure.

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 It's actually failing

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 to trust God

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 to meet your sexual desires

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 in his way

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 and instead taking matters

00:16:37.339 --> 00:16:38.599
 into your own hands.

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 That's what adultery is

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 in Scripture.

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 So we've seen

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 what marriage is,

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 that faithful,

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 passionate,

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 beautifying love.

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 We've seen

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 what adultery is.

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 And now I want to think,

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 why is that a problem?

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 Because some people go,

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 okay, yeah, that's fine,

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 but why is that an issue?

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 Well,

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 let's think back

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 to what we said

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 about even sex.

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 And here's just

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 a couple of things.

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 Firstly,

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 we can use people,

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 adultery is using people,

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 not serving people.

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 If sex is actually

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 meant to be

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 about self-giving,

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 not just about

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 self-taking,

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 do you know what?

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 Sex is actually

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 service.

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 It's the best kind

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 of service

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 you can imagine,

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 but it's service

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 to somebody else.

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 It's actually

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 about deepening

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 your relationship,

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 your one flesh

00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:32.980
 relationship.

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 And though it's

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 meant to be pleasurable

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 in different ways,

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 it's primarily

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 serving your spouse.

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 Which actually,

00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:41.579
 by the way,

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 means that

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 you can actually

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 get sex wrong

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 even if you're married

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 and you're doing it

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 within marriage.

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 Because you can be

00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:50.519
 unfaithful

00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:51.440
 by making sex

00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:52.240
 all about yourself.

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 So either,

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 I see people doing this

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 in a couple of ways.

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 One is,

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 you either withhold

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 sex from your partner

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 because you just

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 don't feel in the mood

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 for like

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 a lot of time.

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 or you actually

00:18:05.639 --> 00:18:06.759
 demand sex

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 because you are

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 in the mood

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 like all the time.

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 And both of those

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 get it wrong

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 because what happens

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 instead of us

00:18:14.199 --> 00:18:15.079
 talking about it

00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:15.379
 and thinking

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 how can we serve

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 each other,

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 what happens

00:18:17.699 --> 00:18:18.299
 it becomes

00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:19.299
 this weapon of war

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 rather than

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 an instrument of love.

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 Doesn't it?

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 We use,

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 not serve.

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 I mean just

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 at the heart

00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:29.379
 of adultery,

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 whether it's physical

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 or at heart level,

00:18:31.919 --> 00:18:32.639
 is actually

00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:34.480
 a tyrannical dictator

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 sitting on his throne

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 not to serve people

00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:38.640
 but to get there

00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:39.480
 to use them

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 to meet their own desires.

00:18:42.780 --> 00:18:42.960
 You know,

00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:43.820
 think of pornography.

00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:44.700
 What's pornography?

00:18:45.780 --> 00:18:46.300
 Pornography

00:18:46.300 --> 00:18:47.880
 is non-relational,

00:18:48.300 --> 00:18:49.460
 non-committed sex.

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 It's using

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 another human being

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 made in the image

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 of God

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 not to honor them

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 but as an object

00:18:57.620 --> 00:18:58.100
 for your own

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 personal pleasure.

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 Isn't it?

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 You know,

00:19:01.120 --> 00:19:01.900
 it's Friday night,

00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.660
 you're tired,

00:19:02.840 --> 00:19:03.340
 you're bored,

00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.180
 you're stressed,

00:19:04.340 --> 00:19:04.920
 you're lonely

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 and porn promises

00:19:07.800 --> 00:19:08.620
 you an escape.

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:10.540
 It promises you life.

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:12.500
 It promises to fulfill you

00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:13.640
 with just a click or two.

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 Just like, you know,

00:19:14.600 --> 00:19:15.380
 in the Garden of Eden

00:19:15.380 --> 00:19:16.500
 the serpent comes

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:17.680
 to Eve

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 and says,

00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:18.960
 well,

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 God knows

00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:21.340
 if you eat of this

00:19:21.340 --> 00:19:22.000
 your eyes

00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:22.700
 will be opened.

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 That's what porn promises

00:19:25.600 --> 00:19:27.200
 and if you click

00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:28.780
 you're saying to God

00:19:28.780 --> 00:19:30.560
 you as my lover

00:19:30.560 --> 00:19:31.720
 are not enough for me.

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 I don't trust you

00:19:33.280 --> 00:19:34.440
 to provide for me

00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:35.600
 so I'm going to have

00:19:35.600 --> 00:19:37.500
 to steal for myself.

00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:38.759
 Do you know,

00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:39.500
 pornography

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:41.400
 is actually robbery.

00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:42.420
 I don't know

00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:42.720
 if you've ever

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.280
 thought of that.

00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:45.380
 It's grabbing for yourself

00:19:45.380 --> 00:19:48.560
 what is not rightfully yours.

00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:51.120
 Has anyone

00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:52.300
 looked at pornography

00:19:52.300 --> 00:19:54.620
 and afterwards

00:19:54.620 --> 00:19:55.660
 been inspired

00:19:55.660 --> 00:19:56.280
 to serve

00:19:56.280 --> 00:19:56.800
 and lay down

00:19:56.800 --> 00:19:57.180
 your life

00:19:57.180 --> 00:19:57.800
 for other people?

00:19:59.320 --> 00:19:59.840
 Anyone?

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 I don't think so.

00:20:01.879 --> 00:20:02.000
 No,

00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:03.139
 it leaves you shameful.

00:20:03.379 --> 00:20:03.799
 It leaves you

00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.959
 feeling dirty inside.

00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:05.299
 Why?

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:06.519
 Because every time

00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:07.480
 you watch porn

00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:08.379
 what happens

00:20:08.379 --> 00:20:09.019
 you're committing

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.740
 a theft

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:11.379
 stealing the dignity

00:20:11.379 --> 00:20:12.579
 and value

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.919
 of broken people

00:20:13.919 --> 00:20:14.759
 when God

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.659
 created you

00:20:15.659 --> 00:20:16.839
 saved you

00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:17.759
 to serve

00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:18.459
 to restore

00:20:18.459 --> 00:20:19.299
 and to beautify

00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:19.759
 people.

00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:19.839
 people.

00:20:21.099 --> 00:20:21.660
 Like if you just

00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:22.539
 followed the scandals

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:24.460
 of the world's

00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:26.000
 largest porn site

00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:26.640
 porn hub

00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:28.000
 have you seen that?

00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:28.500
 The scandals

00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:29.359
 of rape

00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:30.859
 and child abuse.

00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.500
 Can we not see

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.119
 that what we do

00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:33.680
 in the dark

00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:35.140
 has ripples effect

00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:36.480
 all around the world?

00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:38.480
 We use people

00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:39.379
 not serve people

00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:40.160
 that's why God

00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:41.160
 says don't.

00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:42.940
 But also

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.480
 what about

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.819
 another area

00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:45.240
 what about

00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:47.059
 the fantasy world

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:47.859
 in your mind?

00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:50.019
 You see

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:52.359
 watching rom-coms

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:54.119
 which leads you

00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:55.199
 to just fantasize

00:20:55.199 --> 00:20:55.839
 about a man

00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:56.299
 or woman

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:56.859
 who will just

00:20:56.859 --> 00:20:57.659
 complete you.

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:58.459
 You know

00:20:58.459 --> 00:20:59.319
 daydreaming

00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:00.639
 about a celebrity

00:21:00.639 --> 00:21:01.359
 or someone

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:01.939
 who you know

00:21:01.939 --> 00:21:02.599
 who's going to

00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:03.319
 become yours

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:03.859
 but you know

00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:04.259
 they'll never

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:05.199
 really be yours.

00:21:05.899 --> 00:21:06.819
 Who's at the center

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.779
 of your fantasies?

00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:09.839
 Me.

00:21:10.459 --> 00:21:11.539
 I'm on the throne

00:21:11.539 --> 00:21:12.479
 and I want

00:21:12.479 --> 00:21:12.879
 a whole load

00:21:12.879 --> 00:21:13.859
 of beautiful servants

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.619
 to come and serve

00:21:14.619 --> 00:21:15.459
 my desires.

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 That's what we do

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:18.039
 with fantasy.

00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:19.240
 That's why we're using

00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:20.519
 not serving.

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.619
 God says don't.

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:23.039
 But then he also says

00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:24.700
 it's adultery

00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:25.359
 is slavery

00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:26.339
 not freedom.

00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:27.920
 You know

00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:29.740
 the Ten Commandments

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 starts

00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:31.819
 with

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.940
 God saying

00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:34.319
 I've brought you

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:35.559
 out of slavery

00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:37.539
 and then he gives you

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.240
 the commands.

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.399
 In other words

00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:40.019
 what he's saying is

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:41.000
 I've opened

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:42.119
 the prison door

00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:43.819
 for you to walk out

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:45.200
 into freedom

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:46.200
 through obedience

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:47.279
 to these commands.

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:49.200
 To be a people

00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:49.840
 who love

00:21:49.840 --> 00:21:50.580
 like I love.

00:21:51.600 --> 00:21:52.279
 But then

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:53.519
 adultery says

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:53.840
 no no

00:21:53.840 --> 00:21:55.019
 stay in the prison

00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:56.440
 and keep the door shut

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:57.640
 so nobody will find out

00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:58.299
 that you're there.

00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.559
 Stay hidden

00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:01.279
 or maybe justify yourself

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:02.360
 by saying it works.

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.059
 But what do you think

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:05.059
 the prison is

00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:05.680
 that adultery

00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:06.319
 brings you?

00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:08.319
 It's those desires

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.160
 that we have

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:10.039
 for approval

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:11.140
 for pleasure

00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:12.500
 for control.

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:15.400
 just think about

00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:16.480
 sex outside of marriage.

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:17.059
 You know

00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:17.980
 a previous pastor

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:18.259
 of mine

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:18.799
 he said this

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:20.220
 he said

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:20.920
 I've married

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.940
 a lot of couples

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:23.319
 and

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.400
 you know what

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:24.920
 many of them

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.480
 were Christian

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.720
 and many of them

00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.279
 would say

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:28.500
 yeah we know

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.480
 the Bible's teaching

00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:30.319
 that sex outside

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:30.839
 of marriage

00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.779
 is wrong

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 but they've still

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.880
 been sleeping together

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 for all the time

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 and

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:37.880
 why are they doing that?

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.960
 He would ask them

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 it's not because

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.839
 they lacked information.

00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:42.359
 they all knew

00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:43.299
 the right information.

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 It's because

00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:45.819
 there was a desire

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.599
 in their heart

00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:47.339
 where they feared

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:48.459
 losing the other person

00:22:48.459 --> 00:22:49.379
 or they wanted

00:22:49.379 --> 00:22:50.299
 to just gratify

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:51.399
 their own desires

00:22:51.399 --> 00:22:53.220
 and they would justify it

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:54.159
 saying things like

00:22:54.159 --> 00:22:55.959
 I have physical needs.

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 But it was amazing

00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:59.419
 when it came

00:22:59.419 --> 00:23:00.379
 for some of these people

00:23:00.379 --> 00:23:00.939
 when it came to

00:23:00.939 --> 00:23:02.399
 an incredible work opportunity

00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:04.379
 how these so-called

00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:05.220
 physical needs

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:05.619
 suddenly

00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:07.259
 they didn't need it

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.699
 for months

00:23:07.699 --> 00:23:08.939
 because that work opportunity

00:23:08.939 --> 00:23:09.599
 came and they were

00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:10.619
 totally sold out.

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:12.740
 Why?

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 Because it wasn't

00:23:13.459 --> 00:23:14.599
 primarily about biology

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.339
 it was slavery

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:16.159
 to an idol

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 which could be replaced

00:23:18.139 --> 00:23:18.980
 by another idol

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.720
 which came along

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.679
 and seemed to satisfy

00:23:20.679 --> 00:23:21.240
 them more.

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 But God says

00:23:23.639 --> 00:23:24.299
 he gives you

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:25.199
 this command

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 because he wants

00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:27.299
 to set us free

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.179
 from the addictive

00:23:28.179 --> 00:23:29.759
 nature of our desires

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:31.279
 to just self-gratify

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.720
 so that we're free

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:35.039
 to know how to love people

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:36.059
 and be patient

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 and to be able

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.539
 to not just get

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:39.819
 instant gratification

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.460
 all the time.

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 There's a freedom

00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.839
 in that

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.619
 and you know

00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:45.200
 without a marriage

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:46.319
 covenant commitment

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:48.039
 what we're doing

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.960
 is we're providing

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.980
 for sex

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.839
 we're providing

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.519
 a picture

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.559
 of a God

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.339
 who could walk out

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:54.039
 at any moment.

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 A God who's just

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:55.759
 interested

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:57.559
 in playing with his people

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.779
 for a bit of temporary

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.279
 pleasure

00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:00.240
 when actually

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:01.319
 the God we serve

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.819
 says I want to free you

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.720
 and I want to

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:05.119
 beautify you.

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:09.299
 So adultery

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:10.279
 it uses

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:11.159
 not serves

00:24:11.159 --> 00:24:12.159
 adultery

00:24:12.159 --> 00:24:12.919
 it can enslave

00:24:12.919 --> 00:24:13.859
 not bring freedom

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.599
 last thing

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.079
 adultery

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:16.359
 can promise life

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:17.379
 but bring death.

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.179
 Do you know

00:24:19.179 --> 00:24:20.639
 when self is at the center

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.459
 when we worship

00:24:21.459 --> 00:24:22.019
 pleasure

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.739
 control

00:24:22.739 --> 00:24:23.779
 or acceptance

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:25.759
 above God

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:27.099
 it doesn't give life

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.839
 it destroys.

00:24:28.699 --> 00:24:29.239
 You know the story

00:24:29.239 --> 00:24:30.239
 of David and Bathsheba

00:24:30.239 --> 00:24:30.759
 in the Bible?

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:32.900
 it destroyed

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:34.400
 his adultery

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:36.579
 tore his family apart

00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:37.980
 and you know

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.759
 I've got a friend

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.700
 one of my best friends

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.339
 growing up

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:42.779
 really close family

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.920
 and the father

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:45.039
 was just this amazing

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.960
 family man

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:47.539
 and then when my friend

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.500
 went to university

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:50.079
 suddenly he came out

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.579
 and said

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:53.480
 I'm leaving

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.079
 for another woman

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:57.019
 and they discovered

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.759
 that actually

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:59.379
 for seven or eight years

00:24:59.379 --> 00:25:00.259
 this had been going on

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.720
 and none of them

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.180
 had known

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:02.579
 and it just

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.839
 tore them apart

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:06.039
 and some of you

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:07.119
 know that sense

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:08.119
 of being torn apart

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:09.319
 some of you

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:10.680
 feel that pain

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.240
 whether it's from

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.779
 your parents

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.339
 or whether in your

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:13.099
 own marriage

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:15.460
 and if marriage

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.279
 is supposed to be

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:17.000
 this mirror

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:18.619
 reflecting the beauty

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:19.220
 of God

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:20.519
 adultery is like

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.500
 taking a hammer

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.799
 to that mirror

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:24.559
 and shattering it

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:26.420
 and how many people

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.140
 do I know

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.559
 right now

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.460
 who are suspicious

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.259
 of marriage

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.140
 or commitment

00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:31.240
 because of the fear

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.879
 of betrayal

00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:34.240
 adultery

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.079
 it serves

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:36.039
 so it doesn't

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.619
 use to serve

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:37.099
 it uses

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:38.000
 it doesn't free

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.720
 it enslaves

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.819
 it doesn't bring life

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.740
 it brings death

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:44.319
 but how do we get

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:45.200
 free from this

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:47.400
 how do we get

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:48.660
 is there any hope

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:49.460
 for this

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.960
 in what is a very

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:52.160
 highly sexualized

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:54.200
 world that we live in

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:56.220
 Ray Ortlund

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:57.480
 who is a pastor

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.240
 in the states

00:25:58.240 --> 00:26:00.579
 he preached a sermon

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:00.980
 on the book

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.660
 of 1 John

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:04.440
 and he came

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:05.339
 to this incredible

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:05.980
 promise

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:07.279
 in 1 John

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:08.240
 he says this

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:10.220
 if we walk

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.920
 in the light

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:12.620
 as he

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.059
 Jesus

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:14.039
 is in the light

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:15.559
 we have fellowship

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.440
 with one another

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:17.720
 and the blood

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.259
 of Jesus

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.960
 his son

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:20.240
 cleanses us

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.339
 from all sin

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:25.000
 and then he paused

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:29.420
 and he looked

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:30.120
 the congregation

00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:30.819
 in the eye

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:33.920
 and he said

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:36.880
 I am a sexual

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.360
 sinner

00:26:37.360 --> 00:26:41.620
 and he paused

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:44.019
 for a very long

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.519
 time

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:48.800
 remember the congregation

00:26:48.800 --> 00:26:49.720
 said this

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:51.720
 at that moment

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:54.000
 in that interval

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.600
 of time

00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:56.340
 I wondered

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:57.220
 if perhaps

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.259
 I was witnessing

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:59.600
 the last day

00:26:59.600 --> 00:27:00.460
 of our church

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.400
 in Manuel

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:01.920
 Nashville

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:05.240
 looking back

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.640
 now

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.200
 I believe

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.960
 it's the first

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.360
 day

00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:08.340
 of the new

00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:08.759
 Emmanuel

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:10.660
 he continued

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:12.120
 I'm not

00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:12.740
 cheating on my

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.160
 wife

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:14.340
 I'm not

00:27:14.340 --> 00:27:15.180
 looking at porn

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:16.320
 but I am

00:27:16.320 --> 00:27:16.820
 a sexual

00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:17.240
 sinner

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:19.800
 if all the

00:27:19.800 --> 00:27:20.360
 thoughts that

00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:20.759
 went through

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.220
 my head

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.800
 this week

00:27:21.800 --> 00:27:22.360
 were put up

00:27:22.360 --> 00:27:22.940
 on the screens

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.539
 this morning

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.620
 none of you

00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:24.940
 would want

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.320
 to be my

00:27:25.320 --> 00:27:25.800
 friend

00:27:25.800 --> 00:27:28.140
 brothers and

00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:28.480
 sisters

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:30.320
 that's true

00:27:30.320 --> 00:27:30.740
 of me

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:34.160
 and I think

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.640
 that's probably

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.279
 true of most

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.799
 of us

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:38.900
 but Jesus

00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:39.460
 wants to

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:39.920
 bring

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:42.599
 not

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.599
 condemnation

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.920
 you see

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:46.180
 sexual sin

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:47.539
 hides in the

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.279
 dark like a

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:49.019
 cockroach

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:50.640
 but Jesus

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.420
 wants to bring

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:51.900
 it out into

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.500
 the light

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:54.700
 but don't

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.259
 we often

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.920
 fear

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:57.519
 like a

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.099
 cockroach

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.980
 getting exposed

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.440
 that God

00:27:59.440 --> 00:27:59.960
 if we come

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.319
 out into

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.620
 the light

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:00.899
 he's going

00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:01.319
 to crush

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:01.779
 us

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:03.219
 or we're

00:28:03.219 --> 00:28:03.339
 going to

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:04.159
 get rejected

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:04.719
 by other

00:28:04.719 --> 00:28:05.199
 people

00:28:05.199 --> 00:28:06.379
 because if

00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:06.679
 you knew

00:28:06.679 --> 00:28:07.079
 what I was

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.799
 really like

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.359
 inside

00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:09.339
 you wouldn't

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:09.599
 want to

00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:09.899
 be my

00:28:09.899 --> 00:28:10.419
 friend

00:28:10.419 --> 00:28:15.039
 so I

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.319
 want to

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:15.819
 speak to

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.339
 those of

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.819
 us who

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.379
 know that

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:17.639
 we've

00:28:17.639 --> 00:28:17.959
 actually

00:28:17.959 --> 00:28:18.579
 fallen in

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.099
 this area

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:20.719
 maybe once

00:28:20.719 --> 00:28:21.259
 maybe many

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.859
 times

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:24.839
 you know

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.159
 there's this

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:25.799
 incredible

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.879
 verse in

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.079
 the book

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.679
 of Hebrews

00:28:27.679 --> 00:28:28.500
 Hebrews 7

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.959
 25

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.640
 it says

00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:31.259
 it says

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.640
 this

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:34.799
 Jesus

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:36.940
 is able

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:38.600
 to save

00:28:38.600 --> 00:28:39.000
 to the

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.720
 uttermost

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.900
 those who

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.380
 draw near

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:41.819
 to God

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.380
 through him

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:43.360
 since he

00:28:43.360 --> 00:28:44.200
 always

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:45.279
 lives to

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.480
 make

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.220
 intercession

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.940
 for them

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:50.380
 shame

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:51.140
 wants you

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.620
 to hide

00:28:51.620 --> 00:28:51.920
 in the

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.360
 closet

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:53.460
 shame

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:53.819
 wants you

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.180
 to think

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:54.640
 there's no

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.160
 hope

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.920
 shame

00:28:55.920 --> 00:29:05.620
 and

00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.060
 don't we

00:29:06.060 --> 00:29:06.880
 often think

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.800
 that Jesus

00:29:07.800 --> 00:29:08.200
 we know

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.700
 Jesus is

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.060
 forgiving

00:29:09.060 --> 00:29:09.700
 we know

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.160
 Jesus is

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.420
 loving

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:11.039
 but we

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.380
 think

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:11.800
 there's

00:29:11.800 --> 00:29:12.320
 this little

00:29:12.320 --> 00:29:12.940
 corner

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.640
 at the

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:13.840
 end

00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:14.140
 where his

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:14.480
 love and

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:14.600
 his

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:14.900
 forgiveness

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.380
 doesn't

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:15.680
 reach

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:15.980
 this kind

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.539
 of dark

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.180
 area in

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.600
 our hearts

00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:18.140
 it doesn't

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.720
 quite get

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.140
 there

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:21.700
 but this

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.759
 verse says

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.820
 Jesus

00:29:23.820 --> 00:29:25.720
 saves us

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.980
 to the

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:28.020
 uttermost

00:29:28.020 --> 00:29:29.840
 you know

00:29:29.840 --> 00:29:30.160
 do you know

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.420
 what that

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:30.759
 means

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:32.300
 our sin

00:29:32.300 --> 00:29:32.660
 may be

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:32.980
 to the

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.280
 ends

00:29:33.280 --> 00:29:33.580
 of the

00:29:33.580 --> 00:29:34.000
 earth

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:35.040
 his

00:29:35.040 --> 00:29:35.800
 grace

00:29:35.800 --> 00:29:36.120
 and

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.780
 forgiveness

00:29:36.780 --> 00:29:37.660
 is to

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:38.080
 the end

00:29:38.080 --> 00:29:38.360
 of the

00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:38.820
 universe

00:29:38.820 --> 00:29:41.460
 he saves

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:41.940
 to the

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.520
 uttermost

00:29:42.520 --> 00:29:42.940
 and he

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.440
 doesn't just

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.080
 say he

00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:44.920
 forgives

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.340
 to the

00:29:45.340 --> 00:29:45.780
 uttermost

00:29:45.780 --> 00:29:46.060
 and then

00:29:46.060 --> 00:29:46.520
 leaves us

00:29:46.520 --> 00:29:46.860
 to try

00:29:46.860 --> 00:29:47.640
 and sort

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:47.920
 it out

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.360
 ourselves

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:48.859
 and work

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.059
 on

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.519
 he says

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.339
 he saves

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:50.699
 to the

00:29:50.699 --> 00:29:51.339
 uttermost

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:53.099
 that

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.619
 means

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:55.719
 he can

00:29:55.719 --> 00:29:56.719
 save you

00:29:56.719 --> 00:29:57.319
 from your

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:57.619
 porn

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:57.959
 habit

00:29:57.959 --> 00:29:59.039
 that

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.259
 means

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.479
 he

00:29:59.479 --> 00:30:00.159
 died

00:30:00.159 --> 00:30:00.919
 to set

00:30:00.919 --> 00:30:01.119
 you

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:01.519
 free

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:01.939
 from the

00:30:01.939 --> 00:30:02.539
 fantasies

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:02.839
 that you

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.219
 have

00:30:03.219 --> 00:30:03.859
 that

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.159
 means

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:04.779
 he's

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.299
 given

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:06.139
 everything

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:07.059
 to enable

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:08.179
 even the

00:30:08.179 --> 00:30:08.740
 adultery

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.139
 in your

00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:09.899
 marriage

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:11.179
 for God

00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:11.819
 to work

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.159
 through

00:30:12.159 --> 00:30:12.519
 that

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.019
 and to

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.479
 save

00:30:13.479 --> 00:30:14.139
 you

00:30:14.139 --> 00:30:14.979
 in that

00:30:14.979 --> 00:30:16.819
 you see

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.219
 he's in

00:30:17.219 --> 00:30:17.359
 the

00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:17.959
 restoration

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.720
 business

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.759
 he's in

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.000
 the

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.799
 beautifying

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.480
 business

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.000
 the

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.480
 cleansing

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.319
 business

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:24.079
 because that's

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:24.380
 the kind

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:24.920
 of husband

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.620
 he is

00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:27.920
 you see

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.640
 some of you

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:28.880
 may have

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.420
 experienced

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:29.900
 the pain

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.539
 of adultery

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:31.380
 in the past

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:32.740
 and what's

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.299
 happened even

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.920
 in your marriage

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:34.240
 you're still

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.819
 together but

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.559
 actually you've

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.360
 you've kind of

00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:37.220
 settled for a

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.880
 second rate

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:39.380
 functional marriage

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:40.640
 for the sake

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.200
 of the kids

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.680
 or whatever

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:43.240
 Jesus didn't

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:44.160
 die for that

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:45.019
 Jesus died

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:46.200
 to even save

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:47.720
 your marriage

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.840
 in that area

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:49.960
 to bring beauty

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.960
 out of the ashes

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.799
 in that

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:53.640
 because that's

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.039
 the kind of

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:55.100
 husband he is

00:30:55.100 --> 00:30:57.620
 that's to those

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:58.080
 who have fallen

00:30:58.080 --> 00:30:58.580
 what about to

00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:59.160
 those who you

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.539
 know you're

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.000
 tempted

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:02.200
 you know maybe

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.799
 you started an

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.640
 emotional bond

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.860
 with a non-believer

00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:05.759
 or somebody else

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.220
 and you know

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.980
 it's not healthy

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:09.960
 like don't wait

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.660
 until you're

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.220
 exposed

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.960
 like Ashley

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.440
 Madison

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:15.240
 we need to

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.980
 be a community

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:17.240
 where we take

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.779
 this so

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.519
 seriously

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:19.039
 you know what

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.620
 Jesus says

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.019
 he says

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:21.580
 if your eye

00:31:21.580 --> 00:31:22.420
 causes you to

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:22.700
 sin

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:24.000
 just put some

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.500
 eye shadow

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:24.940
 on it

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.600
 is that what

00:31:25.600 --> 00:31:25.980
 he says

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:28.779
 no he says

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.340
 if your eye

00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:30.000
 causes you to

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.200
 sin

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:31.460
 like rip it

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.860
 out

00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.920
 like be

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.680
 merciless

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.140
 with that

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.519
 thing

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.880
 get ruthless

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.660
 with it

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:38.200
 you see

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:39.480
 we often go

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.019
 like yeah

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.400
 but it's only

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:40.920
 a coffee

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:41.920
 yeah but it's

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:42.680
 only a thought

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.320
 yeah but it's

00:31:43.320 --> 00:31:44.140
 only a movie

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:46.500
 but Jesus says

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:46.840
 no no no

00:31:46.840 --> 00:31:47.600
 you run

00:31:47.600 --> 00:31:48.740
 like cancel

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.340
 your Netflix

00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:49.840
 account

00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:51.560
 like delete

00:31:51.560 --> 00:31:52.180
 that phone

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.600
 number

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:54.220
 like text

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.759
 others when

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:55.259
 you're tempted

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:56.080
 do whatever

00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:56.900
 it takes

00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:57.920
 not even a

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.700
 hint of it

00:31:58.700 --> 00:32:00.320
 because you see

00:32:00.320 --> 00:32:01.080
 desire in the

00:32:01.080 --> 00:32:02.060
 heart looks

00:32:02.060 --> 00:32:02.740
 like a kitten

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.560
 to start with

00:32:03.560 --> 00:32:04.340
 but you will

00:32:04.340 --> 00:32:04.980
 keep feeding

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.539
 it it will

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:06.279
 become a lion

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.779
 and eat you

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.320
 alive

00:32:07.320 --> 00:32:09.700
 and what we

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.320
 need in this

00:32:10.320 --> 00:32:10.779
 church

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.599
 is groups

00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:12.240
 of guys

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.960
 and girls

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.720
 who don't

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.019
 just do

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.359
 these kind

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:14.639
 of vague

00:32:14.639 --> 00:32:15.139
 accountability

00:32:15.139 --> 00:32:15.799
 things where

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.079
 we go

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.519
 oh have you

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:16.839
 looked at

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.240
 porn this

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.559
 week

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.399
 any last

00:32:18.399 --> 00:32:18.980
 yes

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.519
 okay do

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:19.980
 better next

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.339
 week

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:23.339
 we don't

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:23.720
 need that

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:23.980
 we need

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.339
 people who

00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:24.500
 are willing

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.220
 to commit

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:26.160
 to each

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:26.559
 other

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.220
 to be

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.519
 there

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.180
 night and

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.639
 day for

00:32:28.639 --> 00:32:29.180
 each other

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:31.039
 to help

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.420
 each other

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:31.859
 to walk

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.139
 in the

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:32.539
 freedom

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:32.960
 that God

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.599
 Jesus

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.079
 has brought

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:34.859
 for us

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.859
 you know

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:37.339
 people who

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:37.680
 are going to

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.099
 help each

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:38.460
 other to

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:39.160
 stare down

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.839
 shame

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.339
 and to

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:40.679
 say I'm

00:32:40.679 --> 00:32:40.919
 not going

00:32:40.919 --> 00:32:41.240
 to live

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.659
 under you

00:32:41.659 --> 00:32:42.000
 shame

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.279
 Jesus

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.980
 has cleansed

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:43.259
 me

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:44.319
 people who

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:44.439
 are going

00:32:44.439 --> 00:32:44.899
 to walk

00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.359
 with each

00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:45.679
 other

00:32:45.679 --> 00:32:46.359
 and help

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:46.799
 each other

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.359
 to go

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:48.359
 when temptation

00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:49.459
 promises us

00:32:49.459 --> 00:32:50.359
 things we're

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:50.699
 going to go

00:32:50.699 --> 00:32:51.399
 no I'm not

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:51.879
 going to buy

00:32:51.879 --> 00:32:52.240
 from your

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.679
 promises

00:32:52.679 --> 00:32:53.480
 because your

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.099
 promises are

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.579
 fake

00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:55.639
 because in

00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:56.579
 Jesus I have

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:57.359
 my acceptance

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:58.639
 in Jesus there

00:32:58.639 --> 00:32:59.399
 is approval

00:32:59.399 --> 00:33:00.799
 my freedoms in

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.419
 him he's my

00:33:01.419 --> 00:33:02.339
 faithful lover

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:05.699
 and even if

00:33:05.699 --> 00:33:06.199
 I have to

00:33:06.199 --> 00:33:06.779
 wait maybe

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.439
 I feel lonely

00:33:07.439 --> 00:33:09.299
 maybe I feel

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:09.819
 bored

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:11.359
 my God

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:11.819
 says he

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.519
 will satisfy

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.259
 my desires

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:13.759
 with good

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:15.119
 things and

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:15.759
 I will

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.819
 trust him

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:18.059
 that's the

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:18.599
 kind of people

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:19.059
 we need to

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.619
 be for each

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:20.059
 other

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:23.399
 those who

00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:23.779
 fall and

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.059
 those who

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.459
 tempted

00:33:24.459 --> 00:33:25.419
 what about

00:33:25.419 --> 00:33:25.839
 for those

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:26.139
 who you

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:26.539
 know you've

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:26.980
 been really

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.759
 hurt in

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.339
 this area

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:31.299
 I want to

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:31.839
 just appeal

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:32.199
 to you

00:33:32.199 --> 00:33:32.699
 don't walk

00:33:32.699 --> 00:33:33.039
 alone

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.799
 I've said

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.240
 it before

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.740
 but I want

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.119
 to say it

00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:35.399
 again

00:33:35.399 --> 00:33:36.359
 don't walk

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:36.899
 alone in

00:33:36.899 --> 00:33:37.319
 this

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:39.059
 you see

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.720
 what shame

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.240
 does

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:41.199
 shame

00:33:41.199 --> 00:33:41.959
 wants you

00:33:41.959 --> 00:33:42.339
 to stay

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.959
 silent

00:33:42.959 --> 00:33:43.679
 or to live

00:33:43.679 --> 00:33:44.019
 with the

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:45.519
 what ifs

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.419
 bitterness

00:33:46.419 --> 00:33:47.579
 wants to

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:48.259
 wants to

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:48.779
 harden

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.679
 or numb

00:33:49.679 --> 00:33:50.279
 or make

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:50.899
 cynical

00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:51.879
 your heart

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:55.679
 pain

00:33:55.679 --> 00:33:56.139
 wants you

00:33:56.139 --> 00:33:56.519
 just to

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.019
 escape

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.299
 through

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:57.939
 busyness

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.240
 or all

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:58.580
 kinds of

00:33:58.580 --> 00:33:58.840
 other

00:33:58.840 --> 00:33:59.500
 relationships

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:01.840
 but Jesus

00:34:01.840 --> 00:34:02.680
 comes to

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.000
 you

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:04.880
 and he

00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:05.420
 weeps

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:06.039
 with you

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:07.860
 Jesus

00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:08.980
 suffers

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.800
 with you

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:11.539
 and he

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.179
 says this

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:12.659
 to you

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:14.720
 I know

00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:15.539
 what betrayal

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.220
 is like

00:34:16.220 --> 00:34:18.400
 it cost

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:18.760
 me my

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.360
 life

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:22.159
 it cost

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.539
 me my

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.019
 life

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:24.159
 I understand

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:26.480
 and so

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.340
 he says

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.740
 I will

00:34:27.740 --> 00:34:28.140
 never

00:34:28.140 --> 00:34:28.740
 forsake

00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:29.059
 you

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:30.380
 because

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:31.079
 I died

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.740
 to save

00:34:31.740 --> 00:34:32.079
 you

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.920
 to heal

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.260
 you

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:33.700
 to the

00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:34.400
 uttermost

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:39.780
 Ephesians

00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:40.440
 5

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:41.700
 says this

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:41.900
 and I'm

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:42.039
 going to

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.300
 close

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:42.740
 with this

00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:44.500
 husbands

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:46.079
 love your

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.740
 wives as

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.420
 Christ

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:48.340
 loved the

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:48.880
 church

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:50.240
 and gave

00:34:50.240 --> 00:34:51.160
 himself up

00:34:51.160 --> 00:34:51.740
 for her

00:34:51.740 --> 00:34:53.000
 that he

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.960
 might present

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.619
 the church

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:55.480
 to himself

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.980
 in splendor

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:58.519
 without spot

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.619
 or wrinkle

00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:00.579
 that she

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.079
 might be

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.500
 holy

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.500
 and without

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.260
 blemish

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:05.119
 that's the

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:05.460
 kind of

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:05.780
 people

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.179
 Jesus

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:06.780
 died

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:07.780
 to make

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.179
 us

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:09.679
 let's run

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:10.219
 to him

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:11.059
 let's be

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.719
 honest with

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:11.960
 him

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.659
 let's come

00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:13.039
 out into

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.619
 the light

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:15.139
 and let him

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:15.739
 just work

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:16.059
 in our

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:16.360
 hearts

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:16.820
 today

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:19.300
 I want

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:19.539
 to just

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:19.880
 take a

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.039
 minute

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.440
 to

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:22.139
 pray

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:24.300
 I'm

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:24.480
 going to

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:24.840
 ask the

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.039
 band

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:25.440
 to come

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:25.699
 up

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:32.659
 but you

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:32.980
 know where

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.359
 you are

00:35:33.359 --> 00:35:34.379
 right now

00:35:34.379 --> 00:35:40.460
 I'm going

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.739
 to ask

00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:41.079
 some of

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:41.379
 us

00:35:41.379 --> 00:35:43.759
 afterwards

00:35:43.759 --> 00:35:44.299
 to actually

00:35:44.299 --> 00:35:44.719
 come up

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.299
 for prayer

00:35:45.299 --> 00:35:46.079
 that's a

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.559
 big move

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:46.899
 because you

00:35:46.899 --> 00:35:47.519
 may feel

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:47.879
 the sense

00:35:47.879 --> 00:35:48.279
 of oh

00:35:48.279 --> 00:35:49.960
 what other

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.799
 people think

00:35:50.799 --> 00:35:52.359
 listen we

00:35:52.359 --> 00:35:52.879
 are all

00:35:52.879 --> 00:35:53.839
 sexual sinners

00:35:53.839 --> 00:35:54.199
 in this

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:54.439
 room

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:56.820
 Jesus

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:57.240
 wants to

00:35:57.240 --> 00:35:57.559
 bring us

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:57.880
 out into

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.320
 the light

00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:58.599
 and to

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.220
 bring healing

00:35:59.220 --> 00:36:01.659
 so I

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:01.840
 want you

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:02.079
 just to

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.519
 do business

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.039
 with God

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:04.679
 maybe you

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:04.960
 need to

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.380
 repent

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:05.920
 of where

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.159
 you've

00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:06.500
 actually

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.599
 just been

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:08.320
 minimizing

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:08.860
 areas of

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:09.380
 your life

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:11.200
 maybe you

00:36:11.200 --> 00:36:11.460
 need to

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.360
 just open

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:12.820
 your heart

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:13.119
 up to

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:14.260
 get healing

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:15.840
 for him

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.360
 to speak

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:16.760
 into your

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:17.059
 heart

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:22.579
 just take

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:22.820
 a minute

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:23.400
 now to

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:24.200
 allow him

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:24.619
 to just

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.000
 minister

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:26.579
 to you

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:29.960
 be real

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.439
 with him

00:36:30.440 --> 00:37:00.200
 father we

00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:00.659
 are broken

00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:01.159
 people

00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:03.559
 we desperately

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.199
 need you

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:07.079
 but thank

00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:07.639
 you that you

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:08.079
 are the one

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.759
 who satisfies

00:37:08.759 --> 00:37:09.519
 our desires

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:09.879
 with good

00:37:09.879 --> 00:37:10.319
 things

00:37:10.319 --> 00:37:12.699
 I pray for

00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:13.239
 those who

00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:13.919
 right now

00:37:13.919 --> 00:37:16.219
 really feel

00:37:16.219 --> 00:37:17.119
 this struggle

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.439
 and the

00:37:17.439 --> 00:37:17.759
 wrestle

00:37:17.759 --> 00:37:18.159
 Lord

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:20.239
 I pray

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:20.559
 would you

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.019
 come to

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.239
 them

00:37:21.239 --> 00:37:22.659
 I pray

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:22.939
 that they

00:37:22.939 --> 00:37:23.460
 wouldn't leave

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:23.879
 here today

00:37:23.879 --> 00:37:24.579
 without talking

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.019
 to someone

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.579
 about it

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:27.360
 I pray

00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:27.579
 Lord

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:27.860
 that we

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:28.079
 would be

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.539
 a church

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:28.880
 where it's

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:29.400
 the safest

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:30.019
 place to

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:30.519
 be sinners

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:31.400
 and sufferers

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:33.819
 but Lord

00:37:33.819 --> 00:37:34.259
 that in this

00:37:34.259 --> 00:37:34.920
 place you

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.239
 would just

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:35.900
 bring healing

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.519
 and restoration

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.699
 to us

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:42.279
 father just work

00:37:42.279 --> 00:37:42.980
 in our lives

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:44.079
 show us that

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:44.819
 you are more

00:37:44.819 --> 00:37:45.739
 satisfying than

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:46.439
 anything else we

00:37:46.439 --> 00:37:47.159
 chase after

00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:48.539
 because you're

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:49.179
 a better lover

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:51.679
 in Jesus name

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:53.579
 Amen

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:57.460
 you