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You Shall Not Commit Adultery
Readers Theater - Matthew 5:27-30
by Dr. Ralph F. WilsonPart of a study on the Sermon on the Mount
A creative reading from Matthew 5:27-30; Genesis 39:6-7; Exodus 20:17; 2 Samuel 11:2-4; Job 31:1; Jeremiah 17:9-10; Matthew 5:27-30; Mark 7:21-23; 2 Peter 2:14; James 1:14-15; and 1 John 2:16-17.
READER 1 | You shall not commit adultery. |
READER 2 | Adultery. |
READER 3 | Adultery. |
READER 1 | You shall not commit adultery |
READER 2 | One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful.... |
READER 3 | Desire! |
READER 1 | Lust! |
READER 3 | David sent messengers to get her. |
READER 2 | She came to him, and he slept with her. |
READER 1 | Each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, |
READER 2 | By his own evil desire, |
READER 1 | By his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. |
READER 3 | Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. |
READER 1 | "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' But I tell you |
READER 2 | But I tell you |
READER 3 | But I tell you |
READER 1 | that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. |
READER 2 | Lustfully. |
READER 3 | With impure intention. |
READER 2 | With carnal desire. |
READER 1 | That anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. |
READER 2 | How about a woman? |
READER 3 | Can she sin with lust, too? |
READER 1 | Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, and after a while his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said, "Come to bed with me!" |
READER 2 | With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning.... |
READER 3 | But it can't be a sin just to look, can it? |
READER 2 | Can it? |
READER 1 | From within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, |
READER 2 | Greed, malice, deceit, |
READER 3 | Lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. |
READER 2 | All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean.' |
READER 1 | The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? |
READER 2 | I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, |
READER 3 | To reward a man according to his conduct, |
READER 2 | and according to the fruit of his doings. |
READER 1 | "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' |
READER 2 | But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully |
READER 3 | has already committed adultery with her in his heart. |
READER 1 | "I made a covenant with my eyes," said Job, "not to look lustfully at a girl." |
READER 2 | If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. |
READER 3 | It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. |
READER 1 | And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. |
READER 3 | It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell. |
READER 1 | You shall not covet your neighbor's house. |
READER 2 | You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, |
READER 3 | Or his manservant |
READER 1 | Or his maidservant, |
READER 2 | His ox or donkey, |
READER 3 | Or anything that belongs to your neighbor. |
READER 1 | You shall not commit adultery |
READER 2 | With your body |
READER 3 | Or your eyes |
READER 2 | Or your heart |
READER 3 | No, not at all. |
READER 1 | For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does--comes not from the Father but from the world. |
READER 2 | The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. |
READER 1 | Purify my looking, Lord. |
READER 2 | Purify my desires, Father. |
READER 3 | Purify my heart, Jesus. |
READER 1 | That I might please You. |
ALL | That WE might please You. |
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Old Testament
- Abraham, Faith of
- Jacob, Life of
- Moses the Reluctant Leader
- Joshua
- Gideon
- David, Life of
- Elijah
- Psalms
- Solomon
- Songs of Ascent (Psalms 120-134)
- Isaiah
- 28 Advent Scriptures (Messianic)
- Daniel
- Rebuild & Renew: Post-Exilic Books
Gospels
- Christmas Incarnation (Mt, Lk)
- Sermon on the Mount (Mt 5-7)
- Luke's Gospel
- John's Gospel
- Seven Last Words of Christ
- Parables
- Jesus and the Kingdom of God
- Resurrection and Easter Faith
Acts
Pauline Epistles
- Romans 5-8 (Christ-Powered Life)
- 1 Corinthians
- 2 Corinthians
- Galatians
- Ephesians
- Philippians
- Colossians, Philemon
- 1 & 2 Thessalonians
- 1 &2 Timothy, Titus
General Epistles
Revelation
Topical