Read Genesis 1:26-27 and Genesis 2:24-25. What guidelines does God give for marriage?
How is marriage described?
How does this apply to your marriage or life?
Why is oneness so important to God to be held in the marriage relationship?
Over the next six days (Monday through Saturday) your Personal GPS will continue to examine this week's commandment:
"You shall not commit adultery." - Exodus 20:14 (NIV 1984)
You can dig deeper on this topic by examining the following resources:
Read Romans 12:18-21. What principles from the 5th Commandment do you see in this passage?
According to this passage, where do anger and vengeance lead us?
The opposite of anger and vengeance is peace. Where do you find God’s peace?
Read Ephesians 2: 4-10. This passage tells us that God is “rich in mercy.”
How would you explain to someone who did not know Jesus HOW God is rich in mercy and WHY He is rich in mercy?
For what reason did God have mercy on us? See Verse 10.
Read Psalm 8. How does this Psalm communicate that God has made human beings in a special way, giving them special status?
How do you see our modern culture tearing away at the thoughts of this Psalm?
What in your life tears away at how you perceive your value?
Read Proverbs 31:8-9. This reminds us that we are to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves.
This includes the young, the old, the foreigner and the poor. Who in our society needs others to speak on their behalf?
Read Genesis 9:6 and Romans 13:4. Does the government have the right to put criminals to death?
Can you think of any safeguards on life that God created for Israel? See Joshua 20.
Read Romans 9:20-21. It may be tempting to think that the value of a life depends on the quality of that life or by the value that is added to the world by that life. Yet God creates all of us differently.
What does this passage say about our value as God creates us?
Read Ephesians 6:2-3 and Romans 12:10. What lessons of honor in family help us to deal with other authorities God places in our lives?
How can you at this point in your life live in a way that honors others?
You can Go Deeper by reading The Gift of Honor by John Smalley and Gary Trent.
Read Exodus 20:12. What are some of the blessings children receive when they honor and obey their parents?
What are the blessings we receive as adults who honor our parents?
Why do you think God chose to attach a promise to this commandment?
You can Go Deeper by reading The Gift of Honor by John Smalley and Gary Trent.