Message by Dr. David Drake
Series: “Inside / Out”
Living Today The Life Of Jesus
A study through The Sermon On The Mount
Matthew 5-7
If Looks Could Kill!
Matthew 5:27-30
Matthew 5:27-30 (NASB)
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY’;
28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
29 “If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
30 “If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell.
1. The Authentication Of The Old Law
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY’;
Respect the Word of God by:
Read the Bible
Memorize the Bible
Meditate on the Word of God
Study the Bible
Share the Bible
Live the Word of God
2. The Inauguration Of The New Law
28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her
has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Looking…Lusting…Losing
Lessons From King David
2 Samuel 11:1-4 (NASB)
2 Samuel 11:1-4 (NASB)
1 Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.
2 Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance.
3 So David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
4 David sent messengers and took her, and when she came to him, he lay with her; and when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.
David’s LAZINESS
began his downfall…vs 1
“The idle brain is the Devil’s workshop.”
David’s LOOKING and LONGING
in the wrong direction continued his downfall…vs 2
David’s LUSTING
for that which he knew was off limits to him concluded his downfall…vs 3
David’s LOSS
affected not only his life spiritually, emotionally, and personally,
but it affected the lives of the people closest to him…vs 4
3. An Application Of The New Law
29 “If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 “If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell.
We should willingly do away with anything that would cause us to sin.
Sin, and only sin, will condemn a person – here and for eternity.
We progress for the good by not giving in to sin.
We should passionately seek what prepares us for eternity…therefore look to God!