Don't Commit Adultery (Exodus 20:14) | True North High School Ministry | Pastor John Fabarez

Main message: The sermon explains the seventh commandment ("You shall not commit adultery") by affirming God's good design for sex within marriage, warning of the spiritual and relational harms of sexual sin, and urging self-control and holiness now to protect future marriages.

Key points:

• Sex is created good and designed for marriage; sexual desire itself is not sinful but must be rightly expressed.
• Adultery breaks the marriage covenant, harms families (especially children), and is treated seriously throughout Scripture.
• The Bible condemns a range of sexual sins beyond adultery (fornication, prostitution, rape, incest, homosexuality, bestiality, and lust).
• Theological reason: Christians’ bodies belong to Christ (1 Corinthians 6:15–20); sexual sin is therefore a sin against your own body and against God.
• Practical application: practice self-control now, don’t assume marriage will solve ongoing sexual sin, avoid relationships that enable immorality, and repent if needed.

Scriptures mentioned: Exodus 20:14, Genesis 1:27–28, Proverbs 5:18–20, Proverbs 6, Song of Solomon (allusion), 1 Corinthians 7 (esp. 1,5,9), 1 Corinthians 6:15–20, 1 Corinthians 6:9, Matthew 5:27–28, Matthew 19:9, Malachi 2:14–15, Leviticus 18, Leviticus 20:10, Leviticus 20:13, Exodus 22:16–17 (as referenced), Genesis 20, Judges 19, Romans 1:26–27, 1 Timothy 1:10, Jude 7, 1 Thessalonians 4.