Sermon Notes

THE GRASS IS NOT GREENER (6)

EXODUS 20:12

INTRODUCTION:  

• The 10 words sometimes seem like ______________
• We are like sheep – fence jumpers, and leading everyone else to do the same (Isa 53:6)
• The 10 words define a fulfilling life ___________ the covenant.

✪ Life inside the ____________ relationship is always better than the life outside of it. 

1. Do not commit ___________________. (Ex 20:14; Dt 5:18)

ADULTERY 🡪 any __________________ with a married person who is not your spouse.

1. Adultery attempts to find the ________________ of covenant commitment outside of it. 
   1. Adultery never _______________ either relationship.
   2. Adultery _________ all other relationships.
2. Jesus exposed the greater __________ of the Law. (Mt 5:21-26)
   1. The difference between lustful thoughts and adultery is ______________.
   2. Adultery is a ____________ of another man’s marriage.

A powerful sheep parable (2Sam 12:1-7)

1. Physical adultery is ____________ to spiritual adultery. (Jer 3:9; Hos 4:12; Ps 51:3-4)
2. There is still _____________ for adulterers. (1Cor 6:9-11)

CONCLUSION:  A SUMMARY WORD: ________________________

especially for ___________