Ten Commandments (1972)_b.pdf - Herbert W. Armstrong
Ten Commandments (1972)_b.pdf - Herbert W. Armstrong
Ten Commandments (1972)_b.pdf - Herbert W. Armstrong
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The Seventh Commandment 109<br />
adultery such as divorce and remarriage - unfaithfulness<br />
to a marriage partner - or even lust which is the beginning<br />
of all adultery - is regarded as REBELLION against<br />
the Law of Almighty God who gives them every breath of<br />
air they breathe!<br />
The sin of lust is more fully understood when you<br />
realize how righteous and holy the proper use of sex in<br />
marriage is to Almighty God the Creator. The process of<br />
adultery, and the process of divorce and remarriage usually<br />
begins in the heart.<br />
Notice how Jesus Christ covered this point in magnifying<br />
the law of God and making it holy: "Ye have heard<br />
that it was said by them of old time, thou shalt not<br />
commit adultery: but I say unto you, that whosoever<br />
LOOKETH on a woman to lust after her hath committed<br />
adultery with her already in his heart" (Matt. 5:27-28).<br />
Jesus taught that you BREAK the seventh commandment<br />
when you even so much as entertain thoughts of<br />
sexual lust toward another person. Action follows thought.<br />
So it is part of the development of Christian character for<br />
every God-fearing person to learn to guide and to channel<br />
his thoughts A WAY from all lust and sensual desires.<br />
The CRIME of Modern Society<br />
More than most people even begin to realize, the<br />
sordid emphasis on SEX in our modern society is terribly<br />
wrong! Yet that sex emphasis is so deeply permeating<br />
every phase and facet of modern society that most people<br />
have become accustomed to it and do not even fully realize<br />
what is going on.<br />
The dress and clothing styles of modern women<br />
emphasize one thing - sex. Our newspaper headlines<br />
emphasize and exploit things having to do with sex. Most<br />
modern magazines emphasize sex continually - and often<br />
think that they will not be able to sell enough copies<br />
unless they can get the word "sex" in the title of some<br />
article appearing on the magazine cover!<br />
Throughout the newspapers, magazines, billboards<br />
and TV advertisements, SEX is emphasized over and over<br />
again in different and varying ways. More modern books
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