Exodus 20:14
You shall not commit adultery.
Genesis 2:18-25
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,
“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man.”
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
In marriage as God intended it, there is
.
And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said,
“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man.” —Genesis 2:22-23
In marriage as God intended it, there is
.
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife —Genesis 2:24a
In marriage as God intended it, there is
.
and they shall become one flesh. —Genesis 2:24b
In marriage as God intended it, there is
.
And the man and his wife were both naked —Genesis 2:25a
In marriage as God intended it, there is
.
And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. —Genesis 2:25
Romance.
Exclusivity.
Oneness.
Vulnerability.
Safety.
The call of the Seventh Commandment:
You are to
the romantic use of your physical body and
the romantic use of your physical body to your spouse and your spouse alone.
Matthew 5:27-30
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.
The call of the Sermon on the Mount:
You are to
your romantic desires and your romantic passions for your spouse and your spouse alone.
your spouse.
Let your fountain be blessed,
and rejoice in the wife of your youth,
a lovely deer, a graceful doe. —Proverbs 5:18-19a
Make the most of your
.
I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. —1 Corinthians 7:32