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169 Matthew 5
Q UESTIONS & OBJECTIONS
Q5:28
“What should I say if someone asks,
‘Have you ever lusted?’”
An individual may challenge you on this issue while you’re going
through the Ten Commandments with him. Take care when answering.
There is such a thing as being too candid. A U.S. president became
synonymous with the word “lust” because he lacked discretion
in answering this question. Soften your answer with, “I have broken
all of the Ten Commandments in spirit, if not in letter.” That will not only defuse the issue, but
will give you opportunity to explain that we all have a sin nature and need God’s forgiveness.
29 And if your right eye offend you,
pluck it out, and cast it from you: for it
is profitable for you that one of your
members should perish, and not that
your whole body should be cast into
hell.
30 And if your right hand offend you,
cut if off, and cast it from you: for it is
profitable for you that one of your members
should perish, and not that your
whole body should be cast into hell.
31 It has been said, Whosoever shall put
away his wife, let him give her a writing
of divorcement:
32 But I say to you, That whosoever shall
put away his wife, saving for the cause of
fornication, causes her to commit adultery:
and whosoever shall marry her that
is divorced commits adultery.
33 Again, you have heard that it has been
said by them of old time, You shall not
forswear yourself, but shall perform to
the Lord your oaths:
34 But I say to you, Swear not at all;
neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool:
neither by Jerusalem; for it is the
city of the great King.
36 Neither shall you swear by your head,
because you can not make one hair white
or black.
37 But let your communication be, Yea,
yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than
these comes of evil.
38 You have heard that it has been said,
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39 But I say to you, That you resist not
evil: but whosoever shall smite you on
your right cheek, turn to him the other
also.
40 And if any man will sue you at the
law, and take away your coat, let him have
your cloak also.
41 And whosoever shall compel you to
go a mile, go with him two.
42 Give to him that asks you, and from
him that would borrow of you turn not
away.
43 You have heard that it has been said,
You shall love your neighbour, and hate
your enemy.
44 But I say to you, Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you, do good to
them that hate you, and pray for them
which despitefully use you, and persecute
you;
45 That you may be the children of your
Father which is in heaven: for he makes
his sun to rise on the evil and on the good,
and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if you love them which love you,
5:28 Men will often try to justify lust by saying that there’s nothing wrong with looking at a pretty
girl. True, the Bible doesn’t condemn looking at a pretty girl; it condemns “lust.” The conscience
knows the difference.
5:29,30 Hell: For verses warning of its reality, see Matthew 10:28.