Family Talk 8/19/2020

• By -David

Family Talk 8/19/2020

• Posted on August 19, 2020
• Posted in August 2020

Kingdom Living pt 4

Scripture Readings:

Matthew 5: 27-30 NASB

²⁷ “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’; ²⁸ but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. ²⁹ If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. ³⁰ If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell.

Additional Readings:

Exodus 20:14

Romans 13:8-10                                                            

Digging Questions:

1. What is Jesus referring to when he says the ancients were told?
2. What sin does Jesus say lust is guilty of already?
3. Does this raise the bar or lower the bar or keep it the same in terms of what the law requires?
4. What is the consequence of this sin?

Reflection Questions:

1. What do you think Jesus is trying to get his audience and us to understand?
2. Does it seem like Jesus care about our outside actions or inside heart or both?
3. What about if you aren’t married?
4. How serious do you think all this is to God?

Challenge for the week

Take the bar that Jesus is setting seriously.