6/14/2009 The Ten Commandments 7 - Eden's Tree: DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY
Sermon Scripture References:
The 7th Commandment: Deuteronomy 5:17
New Testament stance towards sexuality:
Hebrews 13:1-5
Woman Caught in Adultery: John 8
Jesus and the 7th command: Matthew 5:27-28
POSSIBLE
QUESTIONS: (Not in any particular order ! Choose and Arrange to make
a flow that makes sense to you!)
1. Was there anything in our
time together this Sunday - a song we sang, a point from the sermon, a prayer, a
station activity - that really stuck out to you? If so, why?
2. Share with us someone in your life that has been really loyalty to you ?
3. How does it make us feel when someone is loyal to us ? Why is it so important to us?
4. If you had to name the things that people most often make into an idol, other than God, what would they be ? These would be things that people either a. focus their life around, or, b. refuse to give up even for the sake of Jesus ?
4. Do you buy the idea that each of us has a garden of Eden in our Heart (i.e. that all of us have something that we have to choose between it and Jesus ?)
5. If you are comfortable sharing it, what would that Tree be for you ?
6. In what ways do you think our culture has a healthier or less healthy view of sex than other cultures ? Upon what foundation do you base your opinion ?
7. What is your reaction to Hebrews 13:4? Do you think it makes sense for today ?
8. What is lost by trying to live by the idea of keeping sex soley within the marriage bed ?
9. What is gained by doing so ?
10. What are some practical ways of keeping ourselves sexually pure ?
