WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:14.419 And open up your Bibles to Matthew chapter 5 and verse 27-30. Matthew chapter 5 is on page 810 if you've got a church Bible. 00:00:21.140 --> 00:00:21.580 ! 00:00:21.579 --> 00:00:25.820 I spoke at a conference a couple of years ago and there was a panel. I was the third guy on the panel. 00:00:26.539 --> 00:00:31.359 And the question was, what do you think is the biggest threat facing the church today? 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:36.119 What do you think is the biggest threat facing the church today? 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:39.980 First guy said, internet pornography. 00:00:41.980 --> 00:00:44.299 Second guy said, internet pornography. 00:00:47.359 --> 00:00:49.219 I said, sin and sin. 00:00:51.579 --> 00:00:57.619 And I do want you to hold that thought because I do think pornography is a huge problem. 00:00:57.759 --> 00:01:03.679 If you look at the statistics, it's quite terrifying amongst men and growing amongst women. 00:01:03.859 --> 00:01:10.980 If you look in the church, the statistics are terrifying equally amongst people who are in church. 00:01:11.060 --> 00:01:13.879 There will be people in this room this morning that are addicted to internet pornography. 00:01:14.739 --> 00:01:16.599 There will be people that are struggling with it. 00:01:16.599 --> 00:01:23.000 And yet I want to say to you, and I want to say to myself, that is not the big issue. 00:01:24.019 --> 00:01:27.379 It's not the big issue. Don't buy that it's the big issue. 00:01:28.859 --> 00:01:33.340 Because the big issue is, when you come to something like pornography, is pornography is never actually the problem. 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:36.439 And that's what we're going to see when we get there today. 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:45.539 And Jesus is explaining the law of God in all its richness, in all its fullness, in all its beauty. 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:53.819 And when he comes to the seventh commandment, he is showing you what does it mean to not commit adultery. 00:01:53.819 --> 00:02:03.519 And he's showing you and I, what does it look like to live a life where our righteousness goes beyond the most religious people of their day, the scribes and Pharisees. 00:02:04.979 --> 00:02:12.819 And so what Jesus is doing, Jesus is pointing you and I to the kind of obedience that will fulfil this command. 00:02:13.939 --> 00:02:15.759 He's not showing you how to become a Christian. 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:19.079 He's not telling you this is the way you get into the kingdom of God. 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:24.240 And he's saying, as somebody who is part of a follower of the Lord Jesus, this is how you ought to live. 00:02:24.460 --> 00:02:24.920 Two things. 00:02:25.920 --> 00:02:27.200 What sort of obedience is it? 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:29.900 Number one, it's a repentant obedience. 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:32.320 A repentant obedience. 00:02:32.700 --> 00:02:34.360 Look at verses 27 and 28. 00:02:34.880 --> 00:02:38.320 You've heard that it was said, you shall not commit adultery. 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:40.300 Verse 28. 00:02:40.300 --> 00:02:49.060 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:53.040 He's not countering the same commandments. 00:02:53.740 --> 00:02:55.040 He's not repealing it. 00:02:56.300 --> 00:02:59.380 He's saying there is more depth to it than you ever realised. 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:06.480 Judaism, at the time, it did recognise that there was a certain depth to the law. 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:10.560 But it wasn't just external obedience. 00:03:10.900 --> 00:03:12.480 There had to be an inner obedience. 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:15.420 There had to be a purity of mind. 00:03:15.500 --> 00:03:17.360 The religious leaders of the day, they recognised that. 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:23.480 It's not as if they were just centring on not committing the very act of adultery. 00:03:25.820 --> 00:03:34.360 But Jesus is saying to you, you need to be very careful in thinking that just because there's been an external obedience. 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:38.860 An external, outward kind of obedience. 00:03:39.940 --> 00:03:40.900 Be careful of that. 00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:45.340 Because Jesus says the commandment is much, much deeper than that. 00:03:45.740 --> 00:03:48.260 Jesus says, listen to me, verse 28. 00:03:48.259 --> 00:03:59.120 I tell you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 00:04:01.299 --> 00:04:02.719 We need to realise what Jesus is saying. 00:04:02.799 --> 00:04:03.979 First of all, there's his authority. 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:04.579 Can you see that? 00:04:05.219 --> 00:04:06.219 I say to you, 00:04:07.719 --> 00:04:11.319 that every single one of his followers is under his authority. 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:15.759 But notice he's not forbidding looking. 00:04:18.540 --> 00:04:21.779 He's not saying that it's forbidden for a man to look at a woman. 00:04:23.779 --> 00:04:31.199 God has created a world, a universe of beauty. 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:34.539 A lot of beauty, isn't he? 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:40.139 And a lot of beauty is found in those creatures called women. 00:04:42.060 --> 00:04:45.599 And I'm sure God does not want that beauty to be unappreciated. 00:04:47.699 --> 00:04:54.740 And Jesus is not saying here that you can look in a legitimate way. 00:04:54.740 --> 00:04:57.900 Especially in the area of sexual desire. 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:02.819 There is a legitimate God-given desire. 00:05:04.379 --> 00:05:05.600 To be fulfilled, isn't it? 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:06.220 The Bible says, 00:05:06.740 --> 00:05:09.900 The answer for sexual relationships, 00:05:10.060 --> 00:05:14.120 it is between a man and his wife. 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:18.220 In the covenant, lifelong covenant of marriage. 00:05:19.500 --> 00:05:20.720 So it's a bit like the second commandment. 00:05:20.780 --> 00:05:22.259 Do you remember we looked at that last week? 00:05:22.259 --> 00:05:22.819 And it said, 00:05:23.099 --> 00:05:25.980 Whoever is angry with his brother is liable to judgment. 00:05:26.099 --> 00:05:27.500 Does that mean you can never be angry? 00:05:28.779 --> 00:05:31.039 We know, don't we, that there is a legitimate anger. 00:05:31.379 --> 00:05:33.339 There's a time when you ought to be angry, 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:34.459 and it's right to be angry. 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:38.319 But we also know that our sinful nature is such that 00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:40.379 even legitimate anger, 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:42.099 even righteous anger, 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:44.099 it's so easy, isn't it, to go over that line. 00:05:45.300 --> 00:05:46.599 And it becomes illegitimate, 00:05:46.699 --> 00:05:47.399 and it becomes sinful, 00:05:47.539 --> 00:05:48.860 and it becomes an ungodly anger. 00:05:50.099 --> 00:05:51.019 And so it's very difficult. 00:05:51.019 --> 00:05:52.219 You can't always separate them. 00:05:52.259 --> 00:05:57.240 But Jesus is not supposing that all looking, 00:05:57.920 --> 00:06:00.779 not all of a man looking at a woman, 00:06:00.899 --> 00:06:02.420 or a woman looking at a man, 00:06:02.459 --> 00:06:03.319 is sinful. 00:06:04.699 --> 00:06:05.519 What is he doing? 00:06:05.620 --> 00:06:06.860 Well, the text helps us, doesn't it? 00:06:07.099 --> 00:06:07.399 He says, 00:06:07.480 --> 00:06:09.860 I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman 00:06:09.860 --> 00:06:11.279 with lustful intent, 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:14.039 looks at a woman in order to lust, 00:06:14.599 --> 00:06:16.560 with the purpose of lusting, 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:21.019 with the purpose of depersonalising that person, 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:23.019 and seeing them as an object. 00:06:25.639 --> 00:06:26.980 And notice he goes to the source of it. 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:27.259 He says, 00:06:27.379 --> 00:06:28.620 if you have a man or a woman, 00:06:29.220 --> 00:06:31.120 but he looks at a man or a woman, 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:32.040 a man or a woman, 00:06:32.139 --> 00:06:33.019 in order to lust, 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:33.800 to feed his lust, 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:35.840 to possess her when she's not his, 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:39.079 if he looks in order to lust, 00:06:39.139 --> 00:06:42.019 he's already committed adultery with her in his heart. 00:06:42.019 --> 00:06:45.839 And so there's the problem. 00:06:47.299 --> 00:06:49.259 And there is your problem. 00:06:50.060 --> 00:06:51.839 And there is my problem. 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:54.419 It's the heart, isn't it? 00:06:56.299 --> 00:06:57.060 It's a cliche, 00:06:57.199 --> 00:06:59.680 but the heart of the problem is the problem of the human heart. 00:07:01.379 --> 00:07:04.859 Do you remember Matthew chapter 19 and verse 20? 00:07:05.039 --> 00:07:06.939 Out of the heart comes what? 00:07:07.339 --> 00:07:08.000 Evil thoughts. 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:09.139 Got that? 00:07:10.099 --> 00:07:10.899 Evil thoughts. 00:07:10.979 --> 00:07:11.719 Then what does he mention? 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:12.640 He mentions murder, 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:13.320 adultery, 00:07:13.460 --> 00:07:13.920 immorality, 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:14.380 theft, 00:07:14.540 --> 00:07:15.120 false witnessing, 00:07:15.300 --> 00:07:15.620 slander, 00:07:15.780 --> 00:07:16.020 etc. 00:07:16.300 --> 00:07:18.140 These things defile a man. 00:07:19.060 --> 00:07:20.720 But it's out of the heart. 00:07:22.620 --> 00:07:23.380 And so do you see that? 00:07:23.540 --> 00:07:23.940 This morning, 00:07:23.940 --> 00:07:26.820 your issue is not so much with, 00:07:26.840 --> 00:07:27.100 maybe, 00:07:27.200 --> 00:07:27.900 internet pornography. 00:07:28.940 --> 00:07:30.380 It's with your heart and my heart. 00:07:32.200 --> 00:07:36.180 The centre of our being is awry and perverse. 00:07:36.380 --> 00:07:37.500 It's the sinful nature, 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:38.960 and it's from the heart 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:42.199 that these things come in other words. 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:45.000 And so you can take a commandment, 00:07:45.039 --> 00:07:45.979 like the seventh commandment, 00:07:46.039 --> 00:07:46.919 do not commit adultery. 00:07:47.019 --> 00:07:48.419 And you may keep it externally, 00:07:48.739 --> 00:07:50.199 and you may keep it literally, 00:07:50.199 --> 00:07:57.240 but you may have committed adultery because of the way that you feed your lust in your imagination, 00:07:58.539 --> 00:07:59.620 and in your thinking. 00:08:01.180 --> 00:08:04.839 And you dwell on the images that you've seen and watched, 00:08:04.939 --> 00:08:05.920 and you think on it, 00:08:05.980 --> 00:08:07.199 and you replay it. 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:09.959 You store it in your memory, 00:08:10.019 --> 00:08:12.339 and you commit adultery in your heart. 00:08:12.339 --> 00:08:15.599 Do you see how deeply Jesus goes? 00:08:18.019 --> 00:08:21.419 That's why when Jesus expounds God's law, 00:08:22.039 --> 00:08:24.060 and we see how deep it cuts, 00:08:24.139 --> 00:08:26.639 that we're driven back to the start of the Sermon on the Mount, 00:08:26.939 --> 00:08:31.379 because we realise that it can only be those who mourn. 00:08:31.379 --> 00:08:35.100 Who mourn over their sin. 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:37.240 Chapter 5 and verse 4. 00:08:39.019 --> 00:08:42.320 And as you understand this section on lust, 00:08:42.659 --> 00:08:43.700 and we're going to obey it, 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:47.059 it is always going to be a repentant obedience. 00:08:47.059 --> 00:08:53.439 And I think if we're honest this morning, 00:08:53.719 --> 00:08:56.739 and we look at this commandment as Jesus looks at it, 00:08:57.079 --> 00:08:59.639 and we go beneath the external, 00:09:00.059 --> 00:09:02.559 and the conformity, 00:09:02.759 --> 00:09:05.719 and we go to the depths of our imagination, 00:09:06.139 --> 00:09:07.799 and our hearts, and our desires, 00:09:08.719 --> 00:09:10.179 we have to confess, don't we, 00:09:10.199 --> 00:09:12.939 that we are a congregation of adulterers, 00:09:14.539 --> 00:09:15.559 and adulteresses. 00:09:17.059 --> 00:09:18.699 And fornicators. 00:09:23.139 --> 00:09:25.179 And so do you see what Jesus is driving at here? 00:09:27.899 --> 00:09:29.519 You can have, this morning, 00:09:29.599 --> 00:09:31.519 a great sense of external conformity. 00:09:32.979 --> 00:09:34.279 But what are the depths? 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:36.419 What are the depths? 00:09:38.839 --> 00:09:40.259 This fellow was a vegetarian. 00:09:41.659 --> 00:09:42.559 He was a teetotaler. 00:09:43.419 --> 00:09:44.799 And he was a non-smoker. 00:09:44.799 --> 00:09:49.819 And he actually gave people lectures on not smoking. 00:09:50.819 --> 00:09:52.299 Do you know who that vegetarian, 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:55.699 teetotaling, non-smoking man was? 00:09:56.699 --> 00:09:57.500 Adolf Hitler. 00:09:58.839 --> 00:10:01.519 You can't tell, can you, much from externals. 00:10:03.719 --> 00:10:06.079 You can't tell much about the depths 00:10:06.079 --> 00:10:07.339 from the outside. 00:10:07.340 --> 00:10:10.300 World War II in 1944. 00:10:11.220 --> 00:10:14.399 About 3,000 German soldiers got behind the American lines. 00:10:15.500 --> 00:10:17.340 They had American uniforms and American cheats. 00:10:17.879 --> 00:10:18.980 They had American ID. 00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:20.420 They spoke with American accents. 00:10:21.180 --> 00:10:22.500 They smoked American cigarettes. 00:10:23.160 --> 00:10:24.920 They used American swear words. 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:26.420 And what were they doing? 00:10:26.560 --> 00:10:28.420 They got behind the lines, 00:10:28.419 --> 00:10:30.699 and they stirred up trouble. 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:33.259 They changed road signs. 00:10:34.419 --> 00:10:37.199 And they took down warning signs off minefields. 00:10:37.439 --> 00:10:38.699 They watched and they plotted 00:10:38.699 --> 00:10:41.419 American troop reinforcements 00:10:41.419 --> 00:10:42.679 and movements and so on. 00:10:43.860 --> 00:10:45.479 And finally, when it got so bad, 00:10:45.620 --> 00:10:47.459 the kind of American counterintelligence corps 00:10:47.459 --> 00:10:48.219 had to crack down. 00:10:48.220 --> 00:10:50.120 There was chaos behind their lines. 00:10:51.080 --> 00:10:53.200 So any jeep that pulled up 00:10:53.200 --> 00:10:55.680 at checkpoint had a gun. 00:10:56.060 --> 00:10:57.340 The driver had a gun put in their ribs 00:10:57.340 --> 00:10:58.120 and he was grilled 00:10:58.120 --> 00:10:59.800 until he found out 00:10:59.800 --> 00:11:00.879 were they for real or not. 00:11:02.200 --> 00:11:03.160 You couldn't just ask them 00:11:03.160 --> 00:11:03.820 where they were from 00:11:03.820 --> 00:11:05.040 because they had a good amount of knowledge. 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:06.660 You had to sniff them out 00:11:06.660 --> 00:11:07.580 with questions 00:11:07.580 --> 00:11:10.060 that only a true American would know. 00:11:10.320 --> 00:11:10.379 Like, 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:16.879 where's the windy city 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:17.480 or something like that? 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:19.320 What is beet pan pizza 00:11:19.320 --> 00:11:20.000 or something like that? 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:22.360 And that would give you an idea 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:23.700 whether they were for real. 00:11:24.560 --> 00:11:25.159 On one occasion, 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:26.220 there was a group of lieutenants 00:11:26.220 --> 00:11:26.940 sitting in a jeep, 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:27.740 supposedly, 00:11:29.180 --> 00:11:29.779 and Americans 00:11:29.779 --> 00:11:31.480 watching a troop of reinforcements 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:31.980 rush by 00:11:31.980 --> 00:11:32.700 and someone went over 00:11:32.700 --> 00:11:33.420 to check them out. 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:34.980 They had legitimate dog tags. 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:36.220 Their papers were checked out. 00:11:37.139 --> 00:11:39.120 They even had army camp experiences, 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:39.800 they could tell. 00:11:40.920 --> 00:11:41.960 They said that they'd trade 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:42.700 at Camp Hood. 00:11:43.860 --> 00:11:44.940 And it looked so legitimate. 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:45.580 And finally, 00:11:45.659 --> 00:11:47.000 they were asked one more question 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:47.860 before they went on. 00:11:48.059 --> 00:11:48.960 Ever been to Texas? 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:51.539 Then said, 00:11:51.620 --> 00:11:51.919 no, 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:53.000 stick them up. 00:11:54.379 --> 00:11:55.460 Camp Hood is in Texas. 00:11:57.159 --> 00:11:57.500 See, 00:11:57.559 --> 00:11:58.500 they had to go really deep, 00:11:58.600 --> 00:11:59.059 didn't they, 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:00.879 to get beneath the surface. 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:01.059 on the surface. 00:12:03.139 --> 00:12:03.840 On the surface, 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:05.139 it looked so legitimate. 00:12:06.919 --> 00:12:08.320 And it took so much to see 00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:08.799 that underneath, 00:12:08.919 --> 00:12:09.120 actually, 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:09.820 they were a phony. 00:12:11.659 --> 00:12:12.539 And the law of God 00:12:12.539 --> 00:12:13.080 is like that. 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:16.259 We can conform to it 00:12:16.259 --> 00:12:17.259 and we can outwardly 00:12:17.259 --> 00:12:18.139 conform to it. 00:12:18.980 --> 00:12:20.000 But how deep 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:20.659 it cuts 00:12:20.659 --> 00:12:21.799 our imaginations. 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:25.879 and if you are a disciple, 00:12:26.079 --> 00:12:26.819 if you are a follower 00:12:26.819 --> 00:12:27.620 of the Lord Jesus, 00:12:28.339 --> 00:12:29.859 then you realise 00:12:29.859 --> 00:12:31.219 that even as a disciple 00:12:31.219 --> 00:12:32.740 and a follower of Christ, 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:33.779 how far 00:12:33.779 --> 00:12:34.899 my obedience 00:12:34.899 --> 00:12:36.779 comes from 00:12:36.779 --> 00:12:37.699 really conforming 00:12:37.699 --> 00:12:38.379 to God's law. 00:12:40.319 --> 00:12:41.199 And when I see 00:12:41.199 --> 00:12:42.319 the true intent 00:12:42.319 --> 00:12:43.459 of God's law, 00:12:43.599 --> 00:12:44.240 I realise 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:45.039 that I need 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:45.679 a saviour. 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:49.759 And as a Christian, 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:50.439 if you've been a Christian 00:12:50.439 --> 00:12:51.299 any length of time 00:12:51.299 --> 00:12:52.239 and you study God's law 00:12:52.239 --> 00:12:53.139 and you love God's law, 00:12:53.219 --> 00:12:54.639 you will realise that 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:55.659 again and again 00:12:55.659 --> 00:12:56.659 and again and again. 00:12:56.779 --> 00:12:57.899 I need saving. 00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:01.959 And if we are going to seek 00:13:01.959 --> 00:13:03.159 to obey this commandment, 00:13:03.259 --> 00:13:04.859 we must not be naive 00:13:04.859 --> 00:13:07.079 for every single one of us. 00:13:07.079 --> 00:13:09.059 It will be a repentant obedience. 00:13:11.779 --> 00:13:12.799 And I think one of the functions 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:13.559 that Jesus has 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:14.599 in the Sermon on the Mount 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:17.000 is that it brings 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:17.759 Christian people 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:18.560 to realise 00:13:18.560 --> 00:13:19.779 how deep the roots 00:13:19.779 --> 00:13:20.920 of sin are. 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:24.180 How deep 00:13:24.180 --> 00:13:25.820 the roots of sin are 00:13:25.820 --> 00:13:27.680 in our own imaginations 00:13:27.680 --> 00:13:28.440 and thoughts 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:29.779 and it ought to bring us 00:13:29.779 --> 00:13:30.639 to repentance. 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:34.580 And if we say 00:13:34.580 --> 00:13:35.180 we are going to obey 00:13:35.180 --> 00:13:35.779 this commandment, 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:36.320 it will be with 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:37.480 a repentant obedience. 00:13:39.100 --> 00:13:40.899 And if you have not learnt it yet, 00:13:42.100 --> 00:13:42.940 the Christian life 00:13:42.940 --> 00:13:44.220 is one of ongoing 00:13:44.220 --> 00:13:45.820 lifelong 00:13:45.820 --> 00:13:47.899 continual 00:13:47.899 --> 00:13:49.399 joyful 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:50.000 repentance. 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:53.300 And I use those words carefully. 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:55.800 The Christian life 00:13:55.800 --> 00:13:58.420 is one of ongoing 00:13:58.420 --> 00:13:59.560 lifelong 00:13:59.560 --> 00:14:00.779 continual 00:14:00.779 --> 00:14:02.040 joyful 00:14:02.040 --> 00:14:02.820 repentance 00:14:02.820 --> 00:14:05.700 of bringing your sin 00:14:05.700 --> 00:14:07.279 to a God 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:08.340 who knows about it already 00:14:08.340 --> 00:14:10.639 and who has dealt with it 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:11.139 in the person 00:14:11.139 --> 00:14:12.040 of his Son 00:14:12.040 --> 00:14:12.940 and offers you 00:14:12.940 --> 00:14:13.840 free and full 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:14.420 forgiveness. 00:14:17.280 --> 00:14:18.160 It will also secondly 00:14:18.160 --> 00:14:19.100 be a rigorous 00:14:19.100 --> 00:14:19.580 obedience. 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:20.080 Can you see that 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:21.160 in verse 29 to 30? 00:14:23.420 --> 00:14:24.100 Verse 29 00:14:24.100 --> 00:14:25.720 If your right eye 00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:26.519 causes you to sin 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:26.960 tear it out 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:27.519 and throw it away 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:28.019 for it's better 00:14:28.019 --> 00:14:28.659 that you lose 00:14:28.659 --> 00:14:29.360 one of your members 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:30.519 than let your whole body 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:31.399 be thrown into hell. 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:33.639 If your right eye 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:34.360 causes you to sin 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:34.800 cut it off 00:14:34.800 --> 00:14:35.340 and throw it away 00:14:35.340 --> 00:14:36.159 for it is better 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:36.620 that you lose 00:14:36.620 --> 00:14:37.340 one of your members 00:14:37.340 --> 00:14:38.639 than let your whole body 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:39.240 go into hell. 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:43.620 What Jesus is saying there 00:14:43.620 --> 00:14:43.940 is that 00:14:43.940 --> 00:14:45.120 here is a way 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:45.720 for you to begin 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:46.320 to obey 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:48.899 and deal with 00:14:48.899 --> 00:14:49.639 the seventh commandment 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:50.440 from the very roots 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:52.840 to deal not just 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:54.259 with external conformity 00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:55.659 but seeking to obey 00:14:55.659 --> 00:14:56.299 it from your heart 00:14:56.299 --> 00:14:57.120 and here's the pattern 00:14:57.120 --> 00:14:58.840 there's something 00:14:58.840 --> 00:14:59.460 you can do 00:14:59.460 --> 00:15:00.360 in order to begin 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:01.159 to get into 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:02.399 obedience on this 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:03.539 now what does he mean? 00:15:03.620 --> 00:15:03.980 He says 00:15:03.980 --> 00:15:05.720 if your right eye 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:07.240 and again 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:07.680 you need to 00:15:07.680 --> 00:15:08.740 connect 00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:10.120 verse 28 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:11.379 with verse 00:15:11.379 --> 00:15:12.980 verse 29 00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:14.379 and so he's just 00:15:14.379 --> 00:15:15.080 spoken about 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:16.299 looking at a woman 00:15:16.299 --> 00:15:17.120 lustfully 00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:18.100 in order to lust 00:15:18.100 --> 00:15:18.680 after her 00:15:18.680 --> 00:15:30.779 I knew that a page 00:15:30.779 --> 00:15:31.220 of my notes 00:15:31.220 --> 00:15:32.039 blew away this morning 00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:32.419 but I couldn't 00:15:32.419 --> 00:15:33.100 work out which one 00:15:33.100 --> 00:15:33.680 so 00:15:33.680 --> 00:15:36.460 page 8 00:15:36.460 --> 00:15:36.980 to page 10 00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:38.620 let me just see 00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:40.100 no 00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:40.740 it definitely 00:15:40.740 --> 00:15:41.299 blew away 00:15:41.299 --> 00:15:43.539 and so 00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:44.759 what we need to do 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:45.500 is we need to see 00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:46.100 the connection 00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:46.580 don't we 00:15:46.580 --> 00:15:47.960 but what does 00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:48.700 Jesus mean? 00:15:49.560 --> 00:15:50.580 does he mean this 00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:51.220 literally? 00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:54.019 does he mean it 00:15:54.019 --> 00:15:54.480 literally? 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:56.039 of course he can't 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:56.820 mean it 00:15:56.820 --> 00:15:57.440 literally 00:15:57.440 --> 00:15:59.279 the problem is 00:15:59.279 --> 00:15:59.840 we're so familiar 00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:00.519 with it aren't we 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:02.080 we think that 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:02.840 just because he can't 00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:03.680 mean it literally 00:16:03.680 --> 00:16:05.159 that it's 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:05.960 just one of those 00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:06.440 things Jesus 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:06.720 says 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:06.940 it's 00:16:06.940 --> 00:16:07.780 hyperbole 00:16:07.780 --> 00:16:10.160 but it's not 00:16:10.160 --> 00:16:10.420 that 00:16:10.420 --> 00:16:11.040 it is 00:16:11.040 --> 00:16:12.040 a figurative 00:16:12.040 --> 00:16:12.600 expression 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:15.160 and just because 00:16:15.160 --> 00:16:15.680 it doesn't mean 00:16:15.680 --> 00:16:16.139 literally 00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:16.780 that you have to 00:16:16.780 --> 00:16:17.639 self-harm your 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:17.920 eye 00:16:17.920 --> 00:16:18.500 or cut off 00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:19.400 your arm 00:16:19.400 --> 00:16:21.000 and the reason 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:21.580 why we know 00:16:21.580 --> 00:16:22.440 it can't mean 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:22.680 that 00:16:22.680 --> 00:16:23.060 isn't it 00:16:23.060 --> 00:16:23.740 the reason 00:16:23.740 --> 00:16:24.080 why we know 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:24.860 it can't mean 00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:26.720 it literally 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:27.460 because if you 00:16:27.460 --> 00:16:28.160 pluck out 00:16:28.160 --> 00:16:28.620 your 00:16:28.620 --> 00:16:30.300 right eye 00:16:30.300 --> 00:16:31.019 you're still 00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:31.540 back with your 00:16:31.540 --> 00:16:32.160 left eye 00:16:32.160 --> 00:16:32.720 aren't you? 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:34.120 and so that's 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:34.560 the reason why 00:16:34.560 --> 00:16:35.060 it can't be 00:16:35.060 --> 00:16:35.740 literal 00:16:35.740 --> 00:16:36.800 and actually 00:16:36.800 --> 00:16:37.379 if you pluck out 00:16:37.379 --> 00:16:38.220 both eyes 00:16:38.220 --> 00:16:39.220 the way lust 00:16:39.220 --> 00:16:40.660 works is that 00:16:40.660 --> 00:16:42.220 you'd still lust 00:16:42.220 --> 00:16:42.660 anyway wouldn't 00:16:42.660 --> 00:16:42.840 you? 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:44.300 and if you 00:16:44.300 --> 00:16:44.960 chop off your 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:46.700 right arm 00:16:46.700 --> 00:16:48.800 you're still 00:16:48.800 --> 00:16:50.060 left with your 00:16:50.060 --> 00:16:50.399 left arm 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:51.180 because the 00:16:51.180 --> 00:16:51.920 issue of lust 00:16:51.920 --> 00:16:52.700 is an issue 00:16:52.700 --> 00:16:53.660 of the heart 00:16:53.660 --> 00:16:54.019 alright 00:16:54.019 --> 00:16:55.399 and that was 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:55.840 page nine 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:58.960 now what does 00:16:58.960 --> 00:16:59.440 the figurative 00:16:59.440 --> 00:17:00.200 language mean? 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:02.720 Jesus 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:03.080 saying this 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:03.640 really clearly 00:17:03.640 --> 00:17:04.259 he's saying 00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:05.500 you should be 00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:06.200 willing to go 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:06.700 to nearly 00:17:06.700 --> 00:17:07.559 any extreme 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:09.900 and he's 00:17:09.900 --> 00:17:10.240 saying you 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:10.860 and I need 00:17:10.860 --> 00:17:11.200 to be willing 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:11.500 to take 00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:12.460 drastic measures 00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:12.940 and you need 00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:13.279 to be willing 00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:13.840 to take any 00:17:13.840 --> 00:17:14.500 sacrifice 00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.400 make any 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:15.940 sacrifice 00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:16.980 and you should 00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:17.299 be willing 00:17:17.299 --> 00:17:17.860 to endure 00:17:17.860 --> 00:17:19.259 severe hardship 00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:22.279 in order to 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:22.819 avoid 00:17:22.819 --> 00:17:23.799 illicit sexual 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.160 lust 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:24.779 or any 00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:24.980 sin 00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:27.519 and that 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:27.819 leaves me 00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:28.200 with a real 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:28.620 big problem 00:17:28.620 --> 00:17:28.900 and it 00:17:28.900 --> 00:17:29.440 humbles me 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:29.860 again 00:17:29.859 --> 00:17:31.279 because 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:31.659 do you know 00:17:31.659 --> 00:17:31.839 what 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:32.259 I don't 00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:32.719 really share 00:17:32.719 --> 00:17:33.079 that view 00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:33.579 of sin 00:17:33.579 --> 00:17:34.119 do I 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:35.179 and I 00:17:35.179 --> 00:17:35.419 suspect 00:17:35.419 --> 00:17:35.799 neither do 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:36.079 you 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:37.959 to have 00:17:37.959 --> 00:17:38.279 such an 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:38.839 animosity 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:39.159 to have 00:17:39.159 --> 00:17:39.479 such a 00:17:39.479 --> 00:17:39.819 hatred 00:17:39.819 --> 00:17:40.679 towards sin 00:17:40.679 --> 00:17:41.539 and particularly 00:17:41.539 --> 00:17:42.539 towards illicit 00:17:42.539 --> 00:17:43.500 sexual lust 00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:45.000 that Jesus 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:45.399 is speaking 00:17:45.399 --> 00:17:45.939 about here 00:17:45.939 --> 00:17:49.000 he's so 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:49.539 opposed to it 00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:49.799 and he's 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.240 saying his 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.719 followers should 00:17:50.719 --> 00:17:51.399 be so opposed 00:17:51.399 --> 00:17:51.659 to it that 00:17:51.659 --> 00:17:51.959 they're willing 00:17:51.959 --> 00:17:52.339 to go to 00:17:52.339 --> 00:17:52.899 almost any 00:17:52.899 --> 00:17:53.199 extreme 00:17:53.199 --> 00:17:53.619 to avoid 00:17:53.619 --> 00:17:53.899 it 00:17:53.900 --> 00:17:57.280 and Jesus 00:17:57.280 --> 00:17:57.759 has a view 00:17:57.759 --> 00:17:58.080 of sin 00:17:58.080 --> 00:17:58.420 that's far 00:17:58.420 --> 00:17:58.960 more extreme 00:17:58.960 --> 00:17:59.480 and accurate 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:00.080 and right 00:18:00.080 --> 00:18:00.780 and I 00:18:00.780 --> 00:18:01.180 don't begin 00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:01.519 to measure 00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.140 up to that 00:18:02.140 --> 00:18:05.200 and sometimes 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:05.620 I come 00:18:05.620 --> 00:18:06.200 every Sunday 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:07.080 and I confess 00:18:07.080 --> 00:18:07.900 and I say 00:18:07.900 --> 00:18:08.860 it is terrible 00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:10.279 but that 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:10.619 isn't always 00:18:10.619 --> 00:18:11.219 my practice 00:18:11.219 --> 00:18:11.579 in any 00:18:11.579 --> 00:18:12.219 given area 00:18:12.219 --> 00:18:13.759 and our 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.379 view is more 00:18:14.379 --> 00:18:14.979 flippant 00:18:14.979 --> 00:18:16.039 than Jesus 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:16.619 view and so 00:18:16.619 --> 00:18:17.059 it humbles 00:18:17.059 --> 00:18:17.419 us 00:18:17.419 --> 00:18:20.099 and what it 00:18:20.099 --> 00:18:20.659 does tell you 00:18:20.659 --> 00:18:21.259 is it tells 00:18:21.259 --> 00:18:21.699 you that the 00:18:21.699 --> 00:18:22.719 Christian life 00:18:22.719 --> 00:18:24.359 Christian 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:25.319 discipleship 00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:25.959 is one of 00:18:25.959 --> 00:18:26.819 ongoing 00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.579 struggle 00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:28.459 it is a 00:18:28.459 --> 00:18:29.019 war 00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:30.779 and it is 00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:31.479 a fight 00:18:31.479 --> 00:18:34.259 not just 00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:34.619 with this 00:18:34.619 --> 00:18:35.399 particular sin 00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:36.259 but with any 00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:36.519 sin 00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:36.859 that's what 00:18:36.859 --> 00:18:37.240 he's telling 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:37.599 you 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:39.619 and we 00:18:39.619 --> 00:18:39.919 need to 00:18:39.919 --> 00:18:40.459 take hold 00:18:40.459 --> 00:18:40.939 of that 00:18:40.939 --> 00:18:41.980 because there 00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:42.439 is a view 00:18:42.439 --> 00:18:42.699 of the 00:18:42.699 --> 00:18:43.359 Christian life 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:43.799 that's preached 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:44.480 in lots of 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:45.000 churches in 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:45.539 London today 00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:46.279 that's basically 00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:46.639 this 00:18:46.639 --> 00:18:47.579 it's let 00:18:47.579 --> 00:18:48.119 go 00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:49.819 and let 00:18:49.819 --> 00:18:50.359 God 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:51.819 do it 00:18:51.819 --> 00:18:54.319 Dr. Martyn 00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:54.639 O'Jones 00:18:54.639 --> 00:18:55.039 says there's 00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:55.279 a view 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:55.659 which goes 00:18:55.659 --> 00:18:56.079 like this 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:57.039 that when 00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:57.439 you get 00:18:57.439 --> 00:18:57.980 a particular 00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:58.699 kind of 00:18:58.699 --> 00:18:59.659 experience 00:18:59.659 --> 00:19:01.639 then you 00:19:01.639 --> 00:19:01.959 can kind 00:19:01.959 --> 00:19:02.480 of live 00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:02.899 off the 00:19:02.899 --> 00:19:03.639 fumes 00:19:03.639 --> 00:19:04.219 of that 00:19:04.219 --> 00:19:04.599 and your 00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.199 Christian life 00:19:05.199 --> 00:19:05.480 will go 00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:06.039 to a higher 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:06.599 plane 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:08.259 and you 00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:08.539 don't have 00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:09.059 to struggle 00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:09.459 with sin 00:19:09.459 --> 00:19:09.919 anymore 00:19:09.919 --> 00:19:13.319 I don't 00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:13.719 know a 00:19:13.719 --> 00:19:14.259 Christian life 00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:14.740 like that 00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:17.699 John White 00:19:17.699 --> 00:19:18.259 was right 00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:18.659 when he 00:19:18.659 --> 00:19:19.299 entitled his 00:19:19.299 --> 00:19:19.659 book on 00:19:19.659 --> 00:19:20.019 the Christian 00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:20.299 life 00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:20.500 and it 00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:20.819 is a 00:19:20.819 --> 00:19:21.240 brilliant 00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:21.819 brilliant 00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:22.259 book 00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:23.399 the fight 00:19:23.399 --> 00:19:23.879 he called 00:19:23.879 --> 00:19:24.419 it 00:19:24.419 --> 00:19:25.519 the fight 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:28.439 and what 00:19:28.439 --> 00:19:28.899 you have 00:19:28.899 --> 00:19:29.299 here 00:19:29.299 --> 00:19:30.819 is Jesus 00:19:30.819 --> 00:19:31.480 saying are 00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:31.799 you willing 00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:32.139 to go to 00:19:32.139 --> 00:19:32.879 any extreme 00:19:32.879 --> 00:19:33.639 are you willing 00:19:33.639 --> 00:19:34.179 to take any 00:19:34.179 --> 00:19:34.619 measure 00:19:34.619 --> 00:19:35.419 no matter 00:19:35.419 --> 00:19:35.699 however 00:19:35.699 --> 00:19:36.219 drastic 00:19:36.219 --> 00:19:36.759 in order 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:37.279 to avoid 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:37.779 sin 00:19:37.779 --> 00:19:39.899 and that 00:19:39.899 --> 00:19:40.159 is a 00:19:40.159 --> 00:19:40.500 passion 00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:41.139 with you 00:19:41.139 --> 00:19:44.699 he's not 00:19:44.699 --> 00:19:45.399 saying don't 00:19:45.399 --> 00:19:46.000 be passionate 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:48.359 Jesus 00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:49.039 saying be 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:49.599 passionate 00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:51.199 be passionate 00:19:51.199 --> 00:19:52.019 in your war 00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.519 against the 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:53.419 wrong type 00:19:53.419 --> 00:19:54.019 of lust 00:19:54.019 --> 00:19:57.119 what kind 00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:57.599 of motivation 00:19:57.599 --> 00:19:58.079 does Jesus 00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.779 use here 00:19:58.779 --> 00:20:01.500 how does 00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.239 Jesus try to 00:20:02.239 --> 00:20:03.039 stimulate you 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:03.879 to obedience 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:05.960 and evaluate 00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.600 the situation 00:20:06.600 --> 00:20:07.240 well he says 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:07.720 this he says 00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:09.920 get your eye 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:11.800 and scoop 00:20:11.800 --> 00:20:12.440 it out 00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:14.000 and throw 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:15.160 it from you 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:17.120 and take 00:20:17.120 --> 00:20:17.920 any measure 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:18.500 you can 00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:18.800 that you 00:20:18.800 --> 00:20:19.160 must 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:20.800 in order to 00:20:20.800 --> 00:20:21.360 avoid sin 00:20:21.360 --> 00:20:21.740 or any 00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:21.980 sin 00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:23.380 and the 00:20:23.380 --> 00:20:24.100 motivation 00:20:24.100 --> 00:20:24.660 he uses 00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:25.380 is this 00:20:25.380 --> 00:20:27.380 it's better 00:20:27.380 --> 00:20:27.780 for you to 00:20:27.780 --> 00:20:28.280 lose one of 00:20:28.280 --> 00:20:28.660 your members 00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:29.400 either an eye 00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:30.080 or an arm 00:20:30.080 --> 00:20:30.540 or a leg 00:20:30.540 --> 00:20:32.220 than that your 00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:32.660 whole body 00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:33.020 is thrown 00:20:33.020 --> 00:20:33.560 into hell 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:35.740 then he repeats 00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.599 it in verse 29 00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:37.079 for it's better 00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:37.659 for you to lose 00:20:37.659 --> 00:20:38.039 one of your 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:38.379 members 00:20:38.379 --> 00:20:38.960 than for your 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.379 whole body 00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:39.759 to go into 00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.059 hell 00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:43.259 so what's the 00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.700 motivation 00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:45.460 motivation is 00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:45.879 fear 00:20:45.879 --> 00:20:49.799 and we might 00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:50.200 be really 00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:50.720 disturbed 00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.859 by Jesus 00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:52.379 like this 00:20:52.379 --> 00:20:53.099 you might say 00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:53.619 you should 00:20:53.619 --> 00:20:54.519 never motivate 00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:55.279 anybody like 00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:55.440 that 00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:55.740 that is 00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.240 negative 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:57.879 we don't 00:20:57.879 --> 00:20:58.220 like that 00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:58.579 we particularly 00:20:58.579 --> 00:20:59.000 don't like that 00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.519 in our culture 00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:00.940 our church 00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:01.320 culture 00:21:01.320 --> 00:21:04.120 but I do 00:21:04.120 --> 00:21:04.440 want you to 00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:05.039 see that 00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.360 it is 00:21:05.360 --> 00:21:05.700 Jesus 00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:06.620 the gracious 00:21:06.620 --> 00:21:07.860 son of 00:21:07.860 --> 00:21:08.100 God 00:21:08.100 --> 00:21:08.480 who talks 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:08.680 about 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:09.100 hell 00:21:09.100 --> 00:21:13.440 and one 00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:13.580 of the 00:21:13.580 --> 00:21:13.940 reasons it 00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:14.460 doesn't disturb 00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:14.940 us very much 00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:15.240 is because 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.779 hell is just 00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.299 a four letter 00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:16.860 word for most 00:21:16.860 --> 00:21:17.460 people isn't it 00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:20.000 there's no 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.880 reality to it 00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:22.000 and it's 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.820 basically empty 00:21:22.820 --> 00:21:23.900 we use it 00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.539 all the time 00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:27.259 but do 00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:27.940 notice it is 00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:28.420 Jesus who 00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:28.840 talks about 00:21:28.840 --> 00:21:29.059 hell 00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:29.599 C.S. Lewis 00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:29.980 and Walter 00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.259 Hooper 00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:30.740 are sitting 00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.119 in Lewis' 00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:31.579 study 00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:32.599 reading one 00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.119 particular day 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:33.519 it's a sunny 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:33.919 day 00:21:33.919 --> 00:21:36.019 and Walter 00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.859 Cooper makes 00:21:36.859 --> 00:21:37.480 the comment 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.039 a little bit 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.460 too loud 00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.099 Lou it's 00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:39.619 as hot as 00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:40.059 hell in 00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.319 here 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:41.179 and Lewis 00:21:41.179 --> 00:21:41.559 says how 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:41.779 do you 00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.039 know 00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:45.960 and Jesus 00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:46.179 is really 00:21:46.179 --> 00:21:46.639 serious about 00:21:46.639 --> 00:21:46.960 this isn't 00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.279 he what is 00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:47.759 he saying 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:49.279 he's saying 00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:49.619 on any 00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:50.220 given sin 00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:51.179 but particularly 00:21:51.179 --> 00:21:51.539 in this 00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:51.819 case 00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.339 illicit 00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:52.859 sexual 00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.159 lust 00:21:53.159 --> 00:21:53.559 he is 00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:53.899 saying 00:21:53.899 --> 00:21:54.419 any 00:21:54.419 --> 00:21:54.919 given 00:21:54.919 --> 00:21:55.399 sin 00:21:55.399 --> 00:21:55.779 that's 00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.419 unattended 00:21:56.419 --> 00:21:57.240 unchecked 00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:57.740 unatoned 00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.059 for 00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:58.659 that is 00:21:58.659 --> 00:21:59.240 nursed 00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.639 that is 00:21:59.639 --> 00:22:00.119 kept 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:00.720 that is 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.179 cuddled 00:22:01.179 --> 00:22:01.639 will 00:22:01.639 --> 00:22:02.179 place you 00:22:02.179 --> 00:22:02.659 in hell 00:22:02.659 --> 00:22:05.039 and he 00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.399 says it's 00:22:05.399 --> 00:22:05.799 better that 00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.220 you take 00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:07.119 any measure 00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:09.500 any measure 00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:09.759 that you 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.179 must take 00:22:10.179 --> 00:22:10.619 to avoid 00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:10.940 sin 00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.839 any measure 00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:12.139 that you 00:22:12.139 --> 00:22:12.539 can to 00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:12.940 the utmost 00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.259 of your 00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.700 ability 00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:15.480 than to 00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:15.740 end up 00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.019 in hell 00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:16.359 with your 00:22:16.359 --> 00:22:16.639 sin 00:22:16.639 --> 00:22:19.200 John 5 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:19.619 there's a guy 00:22:19.619 --> 00:22:19.940 that's been 00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.539 paralysed for 00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.339 38 years 00:22:21.339 --> 00:22:23.019 and Jesus 00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.659 raises him up 00:22:23.659 --> 00:22:24.079 and he sees 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:24.619 him later on 00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:25.059 in the temple 00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.619 and he says 00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.539 don't go 00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:27.519 on sinning 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:30.099 lest 00:22:30.099 --> 00:22:30.440 something 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.859 worse 00:22:30.859 --> 00:22:31.299 happen to 00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:31.559 you 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:33.720 and I 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:33.960 don't know 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.539 exactly what 00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:34.980 Jesus was 00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.339 saying but 00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:35.700 did you hear 00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.059 what Jesus 00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:36.460 said he 00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:36.799 said there 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.200 is something 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.779 worse than 00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.579 38 years 00:22:38.579 --> 00:22:38.960 of utter 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.440 paralysis 00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:41.279 it's an 00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:41.579 amazing 00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:42.079 statement 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:44.639 and so we 00:22:44.639 --> 00:22:44.899 need to 00:22:44.899 --> 00:22:45.480 stick seriously 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:45.980 his word 00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.299 when he 00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:47.180 says sin 00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:48.119 unattended 00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:48.559 sin 00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.440 indulged 00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:49.819 sin 00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.259 left 00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.839 alone 00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:51.779 sin 00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.240 nursed 00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.240 00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.659 will place 00:22:52.659 --> 00:22:52.940 you in 00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.139 hell 00:22:53.139 --> 00:22:53.539 we might 00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:53.839 say that 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.000 he's 00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.399 motivating 00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:54.820 us by 00:22:54.820 --> 00:22:55.220 fear 00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.980 but there's 00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.820 nothing wrong 00:22:56.820 --> 00:22:57.300 with that 00:22:57.300 --> 00:23:00.160 as long as 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:00.540 it's a true 00:23:00.540 --> 00:23:00.820 fear 00:23:00.820 --> 00:23:03.640 you don't 00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:04.220 motivate people 00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.880 by untrue 00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.440 things 00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.560 do you 00:23:06.560 --> 00:23:11.840 but if it 00:23:11.840 --> 00:23:12.340 is someone 00:23:12.340 --> 00:23:14.440 and something 00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.140 that is true 00:23:15.140 --> 00:23:15.440 then it's 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.160 perfectly right 00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:18.500 what would 00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:18.820 we do 00:23:18.820 --> 00:23:19.560 if someone 00:23:19.560 --> 00:23:20.420 ran in here 00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:21.360 this morning 00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:22.859 and they 00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:23.899 screamed fire 00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:25.039 fire 00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:27.099 would we 00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:27.379 say oh 00:23:27.379 --> 00:23:27.639 will you 00:23:27.639 --> 00:23:28.179 stop being 00:23:28.179 --> 00:23:29.099 so negative 00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:32.019 come on 00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:33.819 you can't 00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.399 motivate us 00:23:34.399 --> 00:23:34.779 like that 00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.099 we ought to 00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:35.500 be motivated 00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.319 by grace 00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:39.699 well that 00:23:39.699 --> 00:23:40.099 warning is 00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:40.439 proper to 00:23:40.439 --> 00:23:40.779 take isn't 00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.000 it 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.579 a legitimate 00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:42.219 motivation 00:23:42.219 --> 00:23:45.419 and what 00:23:45.419 --> 00:23:45.959 Jesus' word 00:23:45.959 --> 00:23:46.799 requires is 00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.799 vigorous obedience 00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.539 if we're 00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.159 willing to do 00:23:49.159 --> 00:23:50.119 practically anything 00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:50.799 in order to 00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.159 obey his 00:23:51.159 --> 00:23:51.619 commandments 00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:53.519 in order to 00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.139 harness this 00:23:54.139 --> 00:23:54.899 matter of 00:23:54.899 --> 00:23:55.699 illicit lust 00:23:55.699 --> 00:23:56.279 and so on 00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:58.139 what does it 00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.679 require 00:23:58.679 --> 00:24:01.199 well it means 00:24:01.199 --> 00:24:01.719 that we'll take 00:24:01.719 --> 00:24:02.659 measures won't it 00:24:02.659 --> 00:24:03.199 so that our 00:24:03.199 --> 00:24:04.159 lust isn't fed 00:24:04.159 --> 00:24:07.839 we'll avoid 00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.459 situations that 00:24:08.459 --> 00:24:09.339 stimulate lust 00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:10.939 but again 00:24:10.939 --> 00:24:11.559 you've got to 00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:12.059 realise the 00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.500 problem is 00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.199 the heart 00:24:13.199 --> 00:24:15.139 you've got a 00:24:15.139 --> 00:24:15.819 betrayer within 00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.119 you 00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:18.079 the problem 00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.659 is with 00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:19.679 your sinful 00:24:19.679 --> 00:24:20.299 nature 00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:21.199 that remains 00:24:21.199 --> 00:24:23.139 it's true 00:24:23.139 --> 00:24:24.139 we deal with 00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:24.899 all the 00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:25.979 outside stimuli 00:24:25.979 --> 00:24:26.379 that we 00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:26.879 can 00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:32.859 we get 00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.239 internet 00:24:33.239 --> 00:24:33.779 accountability 00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:37.159 we meet 00:24:37.159 --> 00:24:37.599 with people 00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:38.359 and confess 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:38.859 our sins 00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.179 we get 00:24:39.179 --> 00:24:39.459 people to 00:24:39.459 --> 00:24:39.859 ask us 00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:40.159 the hard 00:24:40.159 --> 00:24:40.599 questions 00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.279 but we've 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:41.799 got to realise 00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:43.799 the problem 00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.139 with that 00:24:44.139 --> 00:24:44.359 is the 00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:44.559 problem 00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:44.779 with the 00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.199 heart 00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:46.240 isn't it 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:48.779 the primary 00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.220 problem 00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.740 the primary 00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.080 issue is 00:24:50.080 --> 00:24:50.400 evil 00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:50.660 nature 00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:50.980 within 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:52.240 so there's 00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.700 kind of 00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.160 craze 00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:53.720 we must 00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.200 have really 00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:54.559 close 00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:54.980 accountability 00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.420 groups 00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:55.720 but we 00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.380 all know 00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:57.059 really 00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.440 accountability 00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:58.039 groups don't 00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.500 work 00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.860 why don't 00:24:59.860 --> 00:25:00.200 accountability 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.860 groups work 00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:01.860 because if 00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.259 you're going to 00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.660 sleep with 00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.200 your brother's 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.640 wife 00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.240 you're going 00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.519 to lie 00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:04.759 to your 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.000 brother 00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.960 about it 00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.340 aren't you 00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:09.080 you'll keep 00:25:09.080 --> 00:25:09.500 yourself 00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.059 from that 00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:12.940 because the 00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.340 problem is 00:25:13.340 --> 00:25:13.759 it's my 00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.340 heart 00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:20.819 we 00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:21.179 automatically 00:25:21.179 --> 00:25:21.439 think 00:25:21.439 --> 00:25:21.599 don't 00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:21.679 we 00:25:21.679 --> 00:25:21.839 I've 00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:21.980 talked 00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.199 about it 00:25:22.199 --> 00:25:22.379 a number 00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:22.659 of times 00:25:22.659 --> 00:25:22.980 internet 00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.459 pornography 00:25:23.459 --> 00:25:24.099 but there's 00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.480 something much 00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.000 deeper going 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.459 on here 00:25:25.459 --> 00:25:28.000 and we need 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.379 to be aware 00:25:28.379 --> 00:25:28.699 don't we 00:25:28.699 --> 00:25:29.159 of the 00:25:29.159 --> 00:25:29.879 culture that 00:25:29.879 --> 00:25:30.199 we live 00:25:30.199 --> 00:25:30.459 in 00:25:30.459 --> 00:25:31.639 and our 00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:31.959 culture's 00:25:31.959 --> 00:25:32.500 approach to 00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.259 relationships 00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:35.339 and what 00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:36.259 is normal 00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.980 and what 00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.899 is allowable 00:25:37.899 --> 00:25:38.539 behaviour 00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:41.099 and to recognise 00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:42.019 that according 00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.599 to the bible 00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.839 the only 00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.959 place for 00:25:44.959 --> 00:25:45.480 sexual 00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.879 relations 00:25:46.879 --> 00:25:47.579 is within 00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:48.279 the context 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:49.099 of a marriage 00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:49.599 relationship 00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.759 lifelong 00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.159 between your 00:25:51.159 --> 00:25:51.500 husband and 00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:51.879 the wife 00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:54.299 and I know 00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:55.179 that you 00:25:55.179 --> 00:25:55.779 can't fly out 00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.079 of the world 00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:56.459 I know you've 00:25:56.459 --> 00:25:56.699 got to go to 00:25:56.699 --> 00:25:57.219 work tomorrow 00:25:57.219 --> 00:25:58.439 and you've 00:25:58.439 --> 00:25:58.699 got to go to 00:25:58.699 --> 00:25:59.079 school and 00:25:59.079 --> 00:25:59.379 you can't 00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:00.219 escape this 00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:02.660 but actually 00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.079 we have to 00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:04.200 change our 00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:04.900 thinking and 00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:05.940 our minds 00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:08.059 and we need 00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.819 to see 00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:10.019 sexual behaviour 00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.740 outside of 00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.420 marriage for 00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.380 what it is 00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:13.259 which is 00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.980 pathetic 00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:16.680 and I don't 00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.019 say that 00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.339 lightly 00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:24.480 we need to 00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:24.980 deal with 00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.720 the visual 00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.039 is it 00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.920 and the 00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:27.339 mind 00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:27.919 there's 00:26:27.919 --> 00:26:28.079 going to 00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.459 be different 00:26:28.459 --> 00:26:28.720 issues 00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.099 to different 00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.559 folks 00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:31.579 there'll 00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:31.919 be different 00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:32.659 temptations 00:26:32.659 --> 00:26:34.579 but it's 00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:34.799 the same 00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.220 answer for 00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.619 each one 00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.519 it really 00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:36.799 is 00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.679 it's 00:26:37.679 --> 00:26:38.799 simple 00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.220 it's not 00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.539 easy 00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:41.039 it's pluck 00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.299 out your 00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:41.779 right eye 00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.139 and cut 00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:42.439 off your 00:26:42.439 --> 00:26:43.099 right hand 00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:45.000 that may 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.220 mean you 00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.480 get out 00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:45.879 of your 00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.480 smartphone 00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:48.019 so I'd 00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.319 be seen 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.799 as a total 00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.279 dinosaur 00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.699 people will 00:26:49.699 --> 00:26:50.359 laugh at me 00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:52.220 well 00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:53.659 total 00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:54.720 dinosaurs 00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.099 and people 00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.279 who are 00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.639 laughed at 00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:55.939 will be in 00:26:55.939 --> 00:26:56.240 the kingdom 00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.619 of heaven 00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:59.439 the stakes 00:26:59.439 --> 00:26:59.959 are too 00:26:59.959 --> 00:27:00.239 high 00:27:00.239 --> 00:27:00.659 maybe that 00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:01.019 you just 00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:02.319 don't get 00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:02.779 into that 00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:05.099 I'm not 00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:05.399 a raving 00:27:05.399 --> 00:27:05.839 radical 00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:07.899 I just 00:27:07.899 --> 00:27:08.359 think if 00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:08.719 we take 00:27:08.719 --> 00:27:09.019 Jesus' 00:27:09.179 --> 00:27:09.479 words in 00:27:09.479 --> 00:27:09.939 verse 29 00:27:09.939 --> 00:27:10.339 and 30 00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:10.899 seriously 00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:12.719 then whatever 00:27:12.719 --> 00:27:13.219 makes you 00:27:13.219 --> 00:27:13.679 susceptible 00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:14.139 in this 00:27:14.139 --> 00:27:14.979 area of 00:27:14.979 --> 00:27:16.639 sin 00:27:16.639 --> 00:27:17.279 in so far 00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.500 as it 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:17.939 depends on 00:27:17.939 --> 00:27:18.059 you 00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.339 you'll 00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:18.839 want to 00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.099 get rid 00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:19.439 of it 00:27:19.439 --> 00:27:21.579 and you'll 00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:22.119 not expose 00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:22.399 yourself 00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:23.319 to it 00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:25.639 and that 00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:25.959 is going to 00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.740 look differently 00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.880 in different 00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:28.140 people 00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:28.440 isn't it 00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:28.960 there's no 00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.720 one 00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.759 straight rule 00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.160 I wish there 00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.539 was 00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:31.880 but there 00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:32.120 isn't 00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:35.779 but the 00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.400 principle is 00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:37.140 caring about 00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:37.660 following 00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.539 the Lord 00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:41.660 and so 00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:42.000 what does 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.799 Jesus require 00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.319 of us 00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.680 in the 00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:43.940 seventh 00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.539 commandment 00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:46.600 Charlie Brown 00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:47.039 and Lucy 00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.940 Charlie Brown 00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:49.579 cartoon character 00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:49.980 says 00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:51.220 beauty is 00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:52.120 only skin 00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:52.559 deep 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:54.519 Lucy 00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:54.960 says 00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.700 I deny 00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.099 that 00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:57.500 beauty 00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.159 goes down 00:27:58.159 --> 00:27:58.559 layer 00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:59.460 after layer 00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.419 after layer 00:28:00.419 --> 00:28:02.419 and she 00:28:02.419 --> 00:28:02.899 looked in her 00:28:02.899 --> 00:28:03.599 mirror again 00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.200 and said 00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.000 I have 00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:06.139 very thick 00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.759 beauty 00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:10.139 what's 00:28:10.139 --> 00:28:10.339 Jesus 00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.599 want 00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:10.799 of his 00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.259 disciples 00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:15.200 in obedience 00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.419 to the 00:28:15.419 --> 00:28:15.639 seventh 00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:16.099 commandment 00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.659 he wants 00:28:16.659 --> 00:28:17.740 very thick 00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.619 obedience 00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:21.119 obedience 00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:21.500 that goes 00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:21.719 down 00:28:21.719 --> 00:28:21.959 into the 00:28:21.959 --> 00:28:22.219 depths 00:28:22.219 --> 00:28:22.479 of our 00:28:22.479 --> 00:28:22.859 hearts 00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.139 and our 00:28:23.139 --> 00:28:23.859 imaginations 00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:27.439 and also 00:28:27.439 --> 00:28:27.879 that reaches 00:28:27.879 --> 00:28:28.259 up to the 00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.659 heights of 00:28:28.659 --> 00:28:29.119 being willing 00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.679 even to 00:28:29.679 --> 00:28:30.399 sacrifice 00:28:30.399 --> 00:28:33.079 sacrifice 00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.779 some good 00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.219 things 00:28:34.219 --> 00:28:36.839 good things 00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:37.219 which are 00:28:37.219 --> 00:28:37.819 not wrong 00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:39.759 but if in 00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.319 our case 00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.859 they lead 00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.879 us to sin 00:28:41.879 --> 00:28:42.819 we'll want 00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.319 rid of them 00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:46.859 and so he 00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.359 wants a very 00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:48.139 thick obedience 00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:49.280 don't think 00:28:49.280 --> 00:28:50.220 don't think 00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.460 people of 00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:51.700 God 00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:52.200 don't think 00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:52.620 that Jesus 00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:53.060 wants to 00:28:53.060 --> 00:28:53.600 squash your 00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:53.860 lust 00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:54.360 he doesn't 00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:57.080 Jesus 00:28:57.080 --> 00:28:57.520 wants you 00:28:57.520 --> 00:28:57.900 to lust 00:28:57.900 --> 00:29:00.440 he wants 00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.980 to stir 00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.300 up your 00:29:01.300 --> 00:29:01.640 lust 00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:03.420 he wants 00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:04.200 to inflame 00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.900 your lust 00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:07.240 he wants 00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.480 you to 00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.680 lust 00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.340 after purity 00:29:08.340 --> 00:29:12.480 and so 00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:12.759 it's so 00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.020 helpful 00:29:13.020 --> 00:29:13.320 isn't it 00:29:13.320 --> 00:29:13.560 that we 00:29:13.560 --> 00:29:13.880 come to 00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.300 the table 00:29:14.300 --> 00:29:16.600 we come 00:29:16.600 --> 00:29:17.120 to the table 00:29:17.120 --> 00:29:17.560 of the Lord 00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:18.299 for sinners 00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:21.819 for people 00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.339 that struggle 00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:22.819 with their 00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:23.079 sin 00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:25.240 that struggle 00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:25.599 to know 00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:25.899 that they 00:29:25.899 --> 00:29:26.919 are cleansed 00:29:26.919 --> 00:29:27.460 from their 00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:28.339 past sin 00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:30.539 and yet we 00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:30.779 know the 00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.059 blood of 00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:31.299 Jesus 00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:31.799 his son 00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.579 cleanses us 00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.099 from all 00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.359 sin 00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:33.659 as we 00:29:33.659 --> 00:29:34.039 heard earlier 00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.460 this morning 00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:37.160 and we 00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:37.980 ask that 00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:39.059 as we 00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.460 eat of 00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:39.920 the bread 00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.500 and drink 00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:40.779 of the 00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.160 wine 00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:43.120 that he 00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.840 would stir 00:29:43.840 --> 00:29:44.259 us up 00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:46.059 he would 00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:46.740 strengthen 00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:48.039 our desires 00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:49.819 for purity 00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:51.619 let's 00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:51.879 pray 00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:51.879 00:29:52.320 --> 00:29:52.320 00:29:52.320 --> 00:29:52.460 those 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.460 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.460 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.460 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.460 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.460 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.460 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.460 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.460 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.460 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.460 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.460 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.460 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.460 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.460 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.460 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.460 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.460 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.380 those 00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:53.720 those 00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.000 !