Matt 5:27-30 - Purity Starts in the Heart Artwork

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There is a new little church in Quincy, California that is located in a Bowling Alley and we affectionately call it "The Alley." We meet at 10:45 am and we are publishing these for our children 's minister and those who are vacationing. They are raw but they are real, so we hope anyone that stumbles across this the Holy Spirit will bless you.

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Matt 5:27-30 - Purity Starts in the Heart

January 19, 2025

Matt 5:27-30 - Purity Starts in the Heart
Matt 5:27-30

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

First, I want to say Jesus doesn’t restrict anything or anyone from the letter of the Law. So when Jesus says anyone He means “anyone” who looks at a person lustfully commits adultery in his heart and breaks the commandment of God.

Jesus said that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
The Pharisees focused on the behavior, and believed they were keeping the Law.
Lust is an unquenched thirst towards desires, mostly sexual.
Our society is blatantly sensualistic.
Jesus says to gouge out your right eye if it causes you to stumble.
Jesus' death on the cross is the purifier of all sin.
Purity isn't about rules; it's about protecting what's sacred.
Jesus' teaching on purity isn't meant to shame us but to show us a better way.

JESUS’ DEATH ON THE CROSS IS THE PURIFIER OF ALL SIN!! No matter what your past is, what choices you have made, you can be forgiven and healed from your past sin because we know who we are in Christ. Our identity is “one in whom Christ dwells”. And we live everyday in repentance so that we don’t repeat past sins.

There is always the re-do with Jesus. Your sin, your shame, your adultery, your porn addiction, your facebook fantasies of other people’s lives. HE PAID THE PRICE FOR YOUR SIN! You are a new creation in Christ… the one in whom Christ dwells… so live like it. Purity isn’t about rules; it’s about protecting what’s sacred. Commit to living a life of purity, honoring God in your relationships and choices and above all your heart and your mind.