Transforming Hearts: Jesus' Teachings on Marriage and Purity
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "If there is one area that we need Jesus's wisdom and God's insight for our lives today, is it not the area of intimate relationships, intimate close relationships? That's what our topic is today." [04:45]
2. "Think of the Sermon on the Mount as something like that. This is the GPS that God has given us, that Jesus is giving us, to live our lives in this kingdom in which he has come. To establish. This GPS is up to date. This navigation system will take us to this life that he promises us. A life full of fullness and joy. But we have to listen to that navigation system. We have to follow it." [11:09]
3. "Jesus raises the bar. And he says, no, he's saying marriage is far more important than you think. He goes back to Genesis 2. Back to God's intentions. And he essentially says, in fact, the way that you are practicing divorce, basically, you're practicing adultery. You're encouraging adultery. You're encouraging and condoning unfaithfulness." [17:45]
4. "Jesus is not demanding perfection in the sense of not making any mistakes. What he's doing is he's setting up a standard for us to live by. And my experience is that as we live in obedience with him, that standard becomes achievable in the sense that we become more and more aligned with what he wants." [30:03]
5. "I want to just end by saying that there is hope. There's hope for every situation. If you've strayed down a wrong path that you know you shouldn't have, there is hope. There's no time better than today to get back on the path and come back to the Lord. Humble yourself and come to him. Receive forgiveness." [36:54]
### Quotes for Members
1. "So, let me begin with a story. And to show you that not all my stories and illustrations come from the world of badminton or hockey or the Canucks. This story is approved and endorsed by my wife, Grace, who happens to be sick today, so she's not here. But I think she's listening online, keeping an eye on me. Grace is a big fan of K-dramas. A couple of chairs out there. Korean dramas. Recently, she's got me watching a movie. I'm watching a movie. I'm watching a movie. I'm watching a one that she's watched already. A Korean drama on Netflix. It's called The Queen of Tears." [01:36]
2. "So, I want to look at that first. Second, we're going to look at the question of divorce and marriage. That second half of our text, which Claire read to us today. And thirdly, I'll save the best for last. We'll talk about adultery and lust. Okay, the question of adultery and lust. So, let's move into that first section. Relationship between the Sermon on the Mount and the gospel. Let's do a little bit of review." [06:24]
3. "I think the lesson that Jesus wants us to learn is to not simply give in to the attitude of lowering the bar for our marriage, for marriages, and for divorce. Jesus, what he wants us to do is to go back and remember what our intentions originally are, what God's intentions for marriage originally are. To remember what our intentions in marriage, the best intentions of them are, what our partner's best intentions for our marriage originally are. Even in our worst moments, to continue to remember those things." [21:17]
4. "So by connecting lust and adultery together, what Jesus wants to do is actually protect us. Protect us from that kind of attitude. The best place for physical intimacy is actually this protected bond that we have together in marriage. Because real love and true love is not just about feelings, not just about desires and passions, but it's also about that sacrifice. It's also about that commitment. It's also about those promises that we make to each other in marriage." [28:22]
5. "I used to think that our story was kind of like a Romeo and Juliet story and this is not the time or place to tell all the details of our story, but more and more I'm realizing that our marriage is more like a Korean drama. If I could go back in time, mature, experienced, past middle-aged person sit down and talk with young idealistic naive me, what would I say? I would say it's here in the area of intimate relationships that God most wants to work in our lives because that is where we are most true and honest with ourselves and this is the place where the enemy can also do the most harm in our lives as well as in our churches." [34:48]
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1. "If there is one area that we need Jesus's wisdom and God's insight for our lives today, is it not the area of intimate relationships, intimate close relationships? That's what our topic is today." [04:45]
2. "Think of the Sermon on the Mount as something like that. This is the GPS that God has given us, that Jesus is giving us, to live our lives in this kingdom in which he has come. To establish. This GPS is up to date. This navigation system will take us to this life that he promises us. A life full of fullness and joy. But we have to listen to that navigation system. We have to follow it." [11:09]
3. "Jesus raises the bar. And he says, no, he's saying marriage is far more important than you think. He goes back to Genesis 2. Back to God's intentions. And he essentially says, in fact, the way that you are practicing divorce, basically, you're practicing adultery. You're encouraging adultery. You're encouraging and condoning unfaithfulness." [17:45]
4. "Jesus is not demanding perfection in the sense of not making any mistakes. What he's doing is he's setting up a standard for us to live by. And my experience is that as we live in obedience with him, that standard becomes achievable in the sense that we become more and more aligned with what he wants." [30:03]
5. "I want to just end by saying that there is hope. There's hope for every situation. If you've strayed down a wrong path that you know you shouldn't have, there is hope. There's no time better than today to get back on the path and come back to the Lord. Humble yourself and come to him. Receive forgiveness." [36:54]
### Quotes for Members
1. "So, let me begin with a story. And to show you that not all my stories and illustrations come from the world of badminton or hockey or the Canucks. This story is approved and endorsed by my wife, Grace, who happens to be sick today, so she's not here. But I think she's listening online, keeping an eye on me. Grace is a big fan of K-dramas. A couple of chairs out there. Korean dramas. Recently, she's got me watching a movie. I'm watching a movie. I'm watching a movie. I'm watching a one that she's watched already. A Korean drama on Netflix. It's called The Queen of Tears." [01:36]
2. "So, I want to look at that first. Second, we're going to look at the question of divorce and marriage. That second half of our text, which Claire read to us today. And thirdly, I'll save the best for last. We'll talk about adultery and lust. Okay, the question of adultery and lust. So, let's move into that first section. Relationship between the Sermon on the Mount and the gospel. Let's do a little bit of review." [06:24]
3. "I think the lesson that Jesus wants us to learn is to not simply give in to the attitude of lowering the bar for our marriage, for marriages, and for divorce. Jesus, what he wants us to do is to go back and remember what our intentions originally are, what God's intentions for marriage originally are. To remember what our intentions in marriage, the best intentions of them are, what our partner's best intentions for our marriage originally are. Even in our worst moments, to continue to remember those things." [21:17]
4. "So by connecting lust and adultery together, what Jesus wants to do is actually protect us. Protect us from that kind of attitude. The best place for physical intimacy is actually this protected bond that we have together in marriage. Because real love and true love is not just about feelings, not just about desires and passions, but it's also about that sacrifice. It's also about that commitment. It's also about those promises that we make to each other in marriage." [28:22]
5. "I used to think that our story was kind of like a Romeo and Juliet story and this is not the time or place to tell all the details of our story, but more and more I'm realizing that our marriage is more like a Korean drama. If I could go back in time, mature, experienced, past middle-aged person sit down and talk with young idealistic naive me, what would I say? I would say it's here in the area of intimate relationships that God most wants to work in our lives because that is where we are most true and honest with ourselves and this is the place where the enemy can also do the most harm in our lives as well as in our churches." [34:48]
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