Fireproof Your Marriage 2 Part 4

Hello Everyone,

If you've been unfaithful to your mate there is still hope. You can come to Jesus Christ for cleansing. Adultery does not have to kill a marriage.

Three steps:
1. Acknowledge the sin.
Ps. 51, is David's prayer when he committed adultery. Stop rationalizing it and call it what it is. It's wrong. It's sin.
It's not an affair. It's adultery, that's what the Bible calls it.

God has never changed His standard and He never will.
Premarital sex is unacceptable to God; it always has been it always will be. Living together without being married is unacceptable to God; it always has been it always will be.

Adultery is unacceptable to God; it always has been it always will be.

Homosexuality is unacceptable to God; it always has been it always will be.

Pornography is unacceptable to God; it always has been it always will be. God does not compromise.

One day you will stand before Him and give your puny excuse why you did what He said don't do. If you're guilty of any of these sins, Anderson 1st is the church for you. This is a family of forgiven sinners.

There are no perfect people in this church and it is not a place for self-righteousness. It is a place to come and get your act together and a place to come to find forgiveness and healing and a new life and break the power of temptations that you don't think you can break on your own because you can't without God's help.

Confess and receive forgiveness from God and then you can forgive yourself. Even if there were no heaven it's worth it -- get rid of the shame.
2. End the relationship immediately.
Do it now. "Today if you hear God's voice don't harden your heart" the Bible says. Take action immediately. Don't delay.
3. Avoid all contact with that person from now on.
You can't be friends end the relationship cold turkey. Do whatever it takes to avoid that situation. If it means changing jobs, do it. Better that than lose your soul.

God thought up sex. It's His idea. In marriage it is wonderful and fantastic and a beautiful expression of Christ's love for the church.

But used improperly it destroys marriages, damages families and lives, damages self esteem, creates misery and guilt, shame and regret, depression, not to mention all the kinds of diseases that are out there today.

God says I've established these rules for your benefit.
Make a commitment to be morally pure the rest of your life forward.
That means you're going to have sex only to the person you're married to.

You need to say, "God, help me change my thought life."

Maybe you've been involved in an emotional attachment and think there's no sex involved so it's OK. Nip it in the bud. Maybe you've had the heartbreak of an affair in your marriage. There is hope.

Exodus 20:14 "You shall not commit adultery."

"Husbands and wives must be faithful to each other. God will judge those who are immoral and commit adultery."

All For Jesus
Phil