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Pluck your eye out Matt 5:27-30Was supposed to do a wedding in Texas in March- I cancelled- didn’t want to get sick or stuckIve seen a lot of people take a lot of precautions with covid over this past year. Distancing. Covering. Washing. Planning. Changing their plans. Doing everything they can to make sure they they don’t get infected and they don’t die. Wearing masks in cars. Not shopping, travel work etcPublic service announcements, tv, web, radio, announcements in parking lots. EVERYWHEREAnything and everything at whatever cost necessary to live and not die. Road signs- maskup!I wonder if we took that drastic of measure to stay away from sin. Just as much protectionIn these verses Jesus uses the example of lust to expose a heart condition and then uses hyperbole to describe the drastic measures we should take to keep ourselves from sinThe stakes couldn’t be higher. Hell is the destination for those who don’t take it seriously.
Jesus says sin Starts with Intent
Intent is shown in our first verse 27 “You have heard that it was said [i]to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.To Jesus this sin of lust starts with intent “to lust for her” it’s a plan to sin. Not just lust all sinJames 1:15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. DESIRE+ACTION = Sin = DeathThe desire to lust is a desire to sin and is equal with actually committing the sin of adulteryJesus is drawing attention to the fact that adultery is listed as the 7th commandment “thou shalt not commit adultery” which the jews were apparently using as an excuse to justify lustThe whole “I didn’t do it, just thought about it” defense, that in their minds they thought OKIt’s the moral equivalent of my brother not touching me in the back of the car as a kidWithout spending a ton of time going into every scenario lets make it simple- Sex is only for married people who are man and a woman and intimate thoughts are to be reserved for themPictures, moving or stationary. Random people etc. the sin of the eyes and the lust of the flesh
ANYTHING outside of that is sin according to Jesus. A longing look. An extended thought. Anything. Very very high bar. Many people probably have or do struggle with this. Not just guys. I was in the Army with females. They are just as bad. But I don’t want to spend our time together just limiting to the sin of lust- all sin is equally as grievous. The non-lusters are not off the hook this morning. You’re just as vile. Sin is sin. And it all starts with intent. And intent and desire are just as bad as action. Must be rooted outPeople have too long lived in a world where they think its ok to think something they don’t act on- Murderous thoughts, lust, greed, anger, envy, covetousness, sexual deviancy etcGod judges the intents of our hearts. He looks deep into our hearts and sees what we valuePsalm 44:21 Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.Man. This is scary. I need more time to work on my heart. Its far from perfect. Jeremiah 17:10 10 I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.Yikes- not just the heart- but the mind too- God looks at what I’m thinking about and what I desire and he wants it to be pure. Lord Jesus help us! Fill us with your Holy Spirit! Enable us to live for you! We need you father!We need the Holy spirit to help our hearts! We can’t meet this standard on our own strength!
How do we fix the intent of our hearts?
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Pluck your eye out Matt 5:27-30Was supposed to do a wedding in Texas in March- I cancelled- didn’t want to get sick or stuckIve seen a lot of people take a lot of precautions with covid over this past year. Distancing. Covering. Washing. Planning. Changing their plans. Doing everything they can to make sure they they don’t get infected and they don’t die. Wearing masks in cars. Not shopping, travel work etcPublic service announcements, tv, web, radio, announcements in parking lots. EVERYWHEREAnything and everything at whatever cost necessary to live and not die. Road signs- maskup!I wonder if we took that drastic of measure to stay away from sin. Just as much protectionIn these verses Jesus uses the example of lust to expose a heart condition and then uses hyperbole to describe the drastic measures we should take to keep ourselves from sinThe stakes couldn’t be higher. Hell is the destination for those who don’t take it seriously.
Jesus says sin Starts with Intent
Intent is shown in our first verse 27 “You have heard that it was said [i]to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.To Jesus this sin of lust starts with intent “to lust for her” it’s a plan to sin. Not just lust all sinJames 1:15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. DESIRE+ACTION = Sin = DeathThe desire to lust is a desire to sin and is equal with actually committing the sin of adulteryJesus is drawing attention to the fact that adultery is listed as the 7th commandment “thou shalt not commit adultery” which the jews were apparently using as an excuse to justify lustThe whole “I didn’t do it, just thought about it” defense, that in their minds they thought OKIt’s the moral equivalent of my brother not touching me in the back of the car as a kidWithout spending a ton of time going into every scenario lets make it simple- Sex is only for married people who are man and a woman and intimate thoughts are to be reserved for themPictures, moving or stationary. Random people etc. the sin of the eyes and the lust of the flesh
ANYTHING outside of that is sin according to Jesus. A longing look. An extended thought. Anything. Very very high bar. Many people probably have or do struggle with this. Not just guys. I was in the Army with females. They are just as bad. But I don’t want to spend our time together just limiting to the sin of lust- all sin is equally as grievous. The non-lusters are not off the hook this morning. You’re just as vile. Sin is sin. And it all starts with intent. And intent and desire are just as bad as action. Must be rooted outPeople have too long lived in a world where they think its ok to think something they don’t act on- Murderous thoughts, lust, greed, anger, envy, covetousness, sexual deviancy etcGod judges the intents of our hearts. He looks deep into our hearts and sees what we valuePsalm 44:21 Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.Man. This is scary. I need more time to work on my heart. Its far from perfect. Jeremiah 17:10 10 I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.Yikes- not just the heart- but the mind too- God looks at what I’m thinking about and what I desire and he wants it to be pure. Lord Jesus help us! Fill us with your Holy Spirit! Enable us to live for you! We need you father!We need the Holy spirit to help our hearts! We can’t meet this standard on our own strength!
How do we fix the intent of our hearts?