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Introduction Sex sells - but does its exploitation also destroy? The 7th Commandment “You shall not commit adultery. “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her…

INTRODUCTION A. The “I Am” Series 1. Jesus reveals Himself as the eternal Son of God 2. The “I AM” statements help us understand Him B. The Light of the World 1 Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, 2 but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down…

See yourself through the perspective of the three different characters in the account of the woman caught in adultery, found in John 8:1-11.

The Last Encounter The woman caught in adultery Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them. As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught…

The Lust Of The Flesh Galatians 5:17–21 (TPT) 17 For your self-life craves the things that offend the Holy Spirit and hinder him from living free within you ! And the Holy Spirit’s intense cravings hinder your old self-life from dominating you! So then, the two incompatible and conflicting forces within…

2 Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.…

The Setting Jesus had been in Galilee when challenged by brothers ( Jn7:1-4 ) Jesus went to Jerusalem during middle of feast, undercover not openly ( Jn7:10 , 14 ) Jesus taught in the temple ( Jn7:14 ); people were astonished, marveled at his knowledge Jesus taught about true doctrine (7:16-29) The Jews…

Grace Intro I love preaching verse by verse through the bible for a couple of reasons. I’m not smart enough or creative enough to come up with a different sermon series every few weeks. God’s word dictates what I will preach. This means that it will steer me away from pet peeves, hobby horses, and soap…

Intro Kids: How did you get the Bible in your hands today? Copying by hand originally multiple manuscripts/scrolls ( we have some only one generation away from the originals!) translation Then came books & printing When we compare old copies, we find spelling mistakes etc, but in some places we find…

22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been…

Today we are talking a bit about excuses to sin. Here is a couple of excuses for thing I thought were funny: When our new hire didn’t show up for work, I called her. She explained that her mother had passed away and that she would need a few days off for bereavement. “Of course,” I said. A week went…

Are You Really Doing What Jesus did? I had a friend recently tell me I was making an idle out of Jesus. I thought that was the best complement I could get. He then said you are not Jesus and you will not ever be Jesus. You are Jonathan. I took this to Father and asked Him about it and He gave me a mind…

Intro; In 1987, Michael Douglass starred with actress Glen Close and Anne Archer in a grammy nominated film where a married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family. She came into the house and killed the family pet [ boiled a rabbit ], and even…

Introduction: “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. I heard a story about…

Lust

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable…

Announcements Are there any announcements? Craig’s Celebration of Life Service is this Saturday October 15 at 10:30am. Priscilla will be baptized October 30, Potluck immediately following. Introduction Good morning and welcome to FCC where we worship God in Spirit and in Truth, one verse at a time, one…

Intro I think I am having a wife joke. Women are so precious and they ought to be precious to their husbands and to the congregation. For women are precious to God: So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Prayer He didn’t just create…

Intro Good morning, everyone! Sorry if you’re bummed that I’m by myself. If you were here last week, Dave Waller and I co-taught Matt 5:21-26 on anger and contempt, and we got really positive feedback from all of you. It was fun for us! And I found it very helpful, I hope you did, too. But I do want…

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness…

Today, as we continue making our way through the Gospel of John, we come now to chapter 8... And we come to a story that is very familiar within Christianity... So let’s go ahead and read through the text... 1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 Early in the morning he came again to the temple.…

Numbers 5:11-31 11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘If any man’s wife goes astray and acts unfaithfully to him, 13 and a man sleeps with her and ejaculates and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and she is concealed, although she is defiled, and there…

Leviticus 21:1-24:23 Review TORAH GPS We continue to use the Torah as our guide to do our portions So far we have come from Genesis to now Leviticus, and God has been at work We have talked about Vayikra in the last few weeks So far we can summarize the book of Leviticus/ Vayikra like this: Cumulative…

A Messy Reality We live in a broken world. We ourselves are born with a sin nature passed down to us by our father Adam. This nature is spiritually dead and unable to act, think, or even want the things of God. Holiness is beyond our reach. Jesus stepped into our mess and joined us. He became one of…