Introduction

• Exodus 23:2

“Marriages end and kids misbehave.”

• Esther 1:10-12, 19-21 – The king’s wife made him mad, so he got rid of her.
• Temporary marriage license
  • Professor and author Stephanie Coontz put it this way: “In modern society, people are reluctant to enter marriages unless they know they can get out … That’s probably solved already by the availability of no-fault divorce.”

“The culture so quickly says, oh it’s over, it’s not going to work. We live in a consumer society. If something doesn’t work, you chunk it away and get a new one. And that has been translated into relationships … It’s a very pervasive myth today, that a marriage only works if you’re compatible. And couples come up against difficulties, disagreements, conflict, and they think, ‘We’re not compatible’ and so they separate. But actually, with a few very simple tools, they can work through these disagreements.”

• Matthew 19:3-9
• Ephesians 5:22-6:4
• God’s standard has not changed!

“It doesn’t hurt to look.”

• Matthew 5:27-28
• Job 31:1
• What is so dangerous about pornography is that so many people don’t think it’s wrong.
• Galatians 5:16-26
• I Thessalonians 4:1-8

“Just do what’s best for you.”

• Genesis 3:6 – The first sin was all about what Eve thought was good for her.
• II Peter 2:3
• The first thing society does to make sin acceptable is change how things are worded.
  • “Strong woman finds unlikely advisor, learns to stand up for herself.”
• The New Moral Code (Source: Bama OmniPoll, August 2015, Good Faith, p.58)

• Titus 2:11-15
• Luke 9:23

Conclusion

• We must live by the Word of God, not the immoral ideas people have … even if everybody’s doing it.