The Seventh Commandment

Exodus 20:14 – You shall not commit adultery

I. Modern America - A Society Obsessed with Sex

II. The Principles Behind the Commandment

Ex.. 21:7-11; 22:16-19
Lev. 18:1-30; 19:20, 29; 20:10-24
Numbers 5:11-31
Deut. 22:13-39, 24:1-4

1.  The Principle of Purity.

Hebrews 13:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8

2. The Principle of Sexual Distinctives

   3. The Principle of one Flesh

1 Corinthians 6:13b-20

4.  The Destructive Nature of Adultery
    Proverbs 5, 6, 7

III. New Testament Applications

1.  We must guard our thought life --  Matt. 5:27-28

2.  Modesty – 1 Timothy 2:9-10

IV. The Work of Christ and this Commandment

1.  For the Christian:  Hope -- 1Cor 6:9-11

2.  Teens and unmarried Adults

3.  To the Lost