Sermon: The Gift and the Bridegroom
Can a single look break one of God’s Ten Commandments? Jesus says it can (Matthew 5:27–28), and that truth reaches every one of us: married, single, widowed, or divorced.
In this Lutheran sermon on the Sixth Commandment from Peace Lutheran Church in Plainfield, Illinois, Pastor David Balla begins in the Garden of Eden, where God gave marriage as a good gift. Then Jesus leads us into the Sermon on the Mount and shows that purity is a matter of the heart. On our own, no one is fit for the Kingdom of Heaven.
But the story does not end in guilt. Christ is the faithful Bridegroom who gave Himself…
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