Our paragraph topic is: (The rich young man speaks to Jesus) Part 6.
Which commandments to follow, is the question the young man asked Christ. He wanted to know. He wanted to have the truth from the one who was claimed to be the Messiah. For the word had traveled throughout the land that Christ was the one. The word spread like the plague that Christ performed miracles like no other. The word spread that the time was come for the kingdom of heaven to appear. And this young man wanted to know what he must do to enter into the kingdom.
The commandments were already known. The commandments were handed to the people hundreds of years before the coming of Christ. But were they known? Were they accepted? Were they upheld by the people who professed to believe in God? Christ came that they would know. He came that they would believe. He came that they would see the truth of the words that were written in the testaments. His miracles were a testament to the power of the one true God. And his life was the sacrifice for the life of mankind. So he told the young man to keep the commandments. And Jesus said , "Thou shalt not commit adultery."
What is adultery? Adultery is the sexual intercourse of persons when either is married to a third. So Christ is telling this young man to not have sex with a married woman. And this message carries down to each of us today. The bond of marriage is sacred and should not be disregarded. To break that bond by committing this act allows a third party to enter into the flesh of the marriage bond. For two people cling to one another, male and female, and become one flesh in marriage. To allow another to enter into that bond creates an unholy union of male, female, male union or a female, female, male union.
Today we are given examples and reasons to create such unholy unions, fed by what we see in our entertainment, what we read, and what happens in our society. The passion and pleasure of sex is like an addiction. It will drive our every behavior and our every thought to find and to create the next high. It has no limits. It demands satisfaction. It is a demon unto itself. Once it is awaken with the first hit, the excitement and pleasure of an unholy union will seek to repeat itself. And at the root of the passion is lust, the demon that draws us into its web of entanglement. "Thou shalt not commit adultery."
Our Father has given us the pleasure of union with our partners in marriage. Close the door of entrapment that is fed by unholy unions. Close the door to what we see, read, and know from the world that is given to us on a daily basis. Laugh not at the trespass of others who cross the line of passion and seek to entice us to cross over. See not the acts of others through the entertainment of the media, for it seeks to lead us down the road of destruction through the enticements of lust and passion. Pay not the price of disillusionment that comes from ignoring the warning signs of trespass that we see along the road of seduction.
God is our Father. He is our passion. He is the pleasure beyond any pleasure that we can seek or know in the flesh. For the knowledge of Him will fulfill all passion, overcome all lust, and transform us into the light of the spirit that is within us. For the knowledge of who we are in Christ will open our eyes to the spirit that is within us. And the wisdom of the spirit will enlighten us to the true path that is before us. And the God of all creation will provide us with the love that is like no other love we have ever known. Seek the truth of who you are! Know the light of life within you! Be the spirit that is within you and lust and passion and pleasure will have no hold over you! For your passion will be in Christ and your love will be from the Father. And your knowledge will come from the Holy Spirit that will guide you all the days of your life here on earth.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
Which commandments to follow, is the question the young man asked Christ. He wanted to know. He wanted to have the truth from the one who was claimed to be the Messiah. For the word had traveled throughout the land that Christ was the one. The word spread like the plague that Christ performed miracles like no other. The word spread that the time was come for the kingdom of heaven to appear. And this young man wanted to know what he must do to enter into the kingdom.
The commandments were already known. The commandments were handed to the people hundreds of years before the coming of Christ. But were they known? Were they accepted? Were they upheld by the people who professed to believe in God? Christ came that they would know. He came that they would believe. He came that they would see the truth of the words that were written in the testaments. His miracles were a testament to the power of the one true God. And his life was the sacrifice for the life of mankind. So he told the young man to keep the commandments. And Jesus said , "Thou shalt not commit adultery."
What is adultery? Adultery is the sexual intercourse of persons when either is married to a third. So Christ is telling this young man to not have sex with a married woman. And this message carries down to each of us today. The bond of marriage is sacred and should not be disregarded. To break that bond by committing this act allows a third party to enter into the flesh of the marriage bond. For two people cling to one another, male and female, and become one flesh in marriage. To allow another to enter into that bond creates an unholy union of male, female, male union or a female, female, male union.
Today we are given examples and reasons to create such unholy unions, fed by what we see in our entertainment, what we read, and what happens in our society. The passion and pleasure of sex is like an addiction. It will drive our every behavior and our every thought to find and to create the next high. It has no limits. It demands satisfaction. It is a demon unto itself. Once it is awaken with the first hit, the excitement and pleasure of an unholy union will seek to repeat itself. And at the root of the passion is lust, the demon that draws us into its web of entanglement. "Thou shalt not commit adultery."
Our Father has given us the pleasure of union with our partners in marriage. Close the door of entrapment that is fed by unholy unions. Close the door to what we see, read, and know from the world that is given to us on a daily basis. Laugh not at the trespass of others who cross the line of passion and seek to entice us to cross over. See not the acts of others through the entertainment of the media, for it seeks to lead us down the road of destruction through the enticements of lust and passion. Pay not the price of disillusionment that comes from ignoring the warning signs of trespass that we see along the road of seduction.
God is our Father. He is our passion. He is the pleasure beyond any pleasure that we can seek or know in the flesh. For the knowledge of Him will fulfill all passion, overcome all lust, and transform us into the light of the spirit that is within us. For the knowledge of who we are in Christ will open our eyes to the spirit that is within us. And the wisdom of the spirit will enlighten us to the true path that is before us. And the God of all creation will provide us with the love that is like no other love we have ever known. Seek the truth of who you are! Know the light of life within you! Be the spirit that is within you and lust and passion and pleasure will have no hold over you! For your passion will be in Christ and your love will be from the Father. And your knowledge will come from the Holy Spirit that will guide you all the days of your life here on earth.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
