Introduction: We are called to live in the New Covenant and not to commit spiritual adultery with the Old Covenant. The New Covenant has supplanted the Old Covenant.
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SPIRITUAL ADULTERY IN THE OLD COVENANT
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| Jeremiah 31:32 |
My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them. |
| Hosea 1:2 | For the land has committed great harlotry by departing from the Lord. |
| SPIRITUAL ADULTERY IN THE NEW COVENANT | |
| 2 Corinthians 11:1-5 | But I fear, lest somehow as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness so your minds may be corrupted. |
| Galatians1:6-8 | I marvel that you are turning away so soon. |
| 1 Timothy 4:1-3 | Now the Spirit expressly says that in the latter times some will depart from the faith. |
| Galatians 5:4 | You have become estranged from Christ you who attempt to be justified by law. |
| PAULINE APPLICATION AGAINST SPIRITUAL ADULTERY | |
| Romans 7:1-4 |
Therefore my brethren you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ that you may be married to another. |
| I Corinthians 15:14-19 |
And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. |
| II Corinthians 5:16 |
Therefore from now on we regard no one according to the flesh even though we have known Christ according to the flesh yet now we know him thus no longer. |
| Hebrews 6:1 |
Therefore leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ. |
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FINAL
NOTES
Marriage is a
reflection of the union between Christ and his church.
Ephesians 5:28-32
John taught
that we should know Jesus in the days of his flesh- I John 2:6
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