This was another heavy sermon from Pastor Mark about the devastating sin of adultery. God rightly compares marriage to a vine. You’ve got to invest a lot, and you’ve got to wait a long time. You will need to be patient and tend to it if you want it to grow and be fruitful. Adultery is like a weed eater that carelessly severs the vine’s base, killing it in an instant.
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“Do not commit adultery.” This is a very difficult sermon. But I pray God uses it to help a lot of people.
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God’s people are like a bride and Jesus is like a groom. Christian marriage is pointing to something much bigger.
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If you don’t get salvation covenant between Jesus and his church, you can’t get marriage covenant between a man and woman
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Don’t go to the Bible looking for what you want. Go to the Bible looking for what God wants.
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All sin is equally damning, but not all sin is equally devastating.
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Relieved you’ve never committed adultery with your hands? Don’t forget that you have with your heart. Matt 5:27–28
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Singles, sleeping around before you marry is not a way to prepare for fidelity in marriage.
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Men, your manhood is not best expressed by conquering ladies, but by conquering your lust.
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Married couples: fight for fidelity with freedom and frequency.
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Before you cheat on your spouse you have to cheat on God first.
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To conquer your biology, stop seeing people sexually and look at them as family. 1 Tim 5:1–2
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Sexual purity requires both a passionate want-to and plan for how-to. Where do you need to set boundaries in your life?
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Recommended resources
Real Marriage: The Truth about Sex, Friendship, and Life Together book and sermon series
This is not your average teaching on marriage. We won’t give you five steps to happiness. We won’t talk about sex in code. We won’t talk about how you can fix your marriage. No, this is a sermon series about Jesus—and what he has to say about marriage through the Bible.
The Hurst’s story of betrayal and redemption in marriage
Thomas and Angela were completely in love when they got married. But when the luster faded, marriage was hard. There was selfishness, betrayal, and unforgiveness, and the couple was at the point of divorce. Then Thomas, a photojournalist at the time, got assigned to photograph a young Pastor Mark for a newspaper feature.
Psalm 51: Cleanse Me Oh God
Psalm 51 records King David’s heartbroken prayer of contrition following his adultery with Bathsheba and his ensuing murder of Uriah her husband (2 Samuel 11). It gives insight on the nature of true repentance.
The Peasant Princess sermon series
How does a godly, poor young woman working long hours in the hot sun to help support her single mother and brothers become the wife of a king and one of the most renowned passionate, loving, and enjoyable women the world has ever celebrated? The answer is found in the biblical book, the Song of Songs, where we meet this glorious Peasant Princess. She speaks first, is spoken of last, and speaks most often.
The big blog post on adultery
Pastor Mark recently wrote a big blog post with adultery statistics and resources for those who are dealing with it.
