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Pastor Jason West
September 17, 2023
Exodus 20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your
neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or
anything that is your neighbor’s” (cf. Deuteronomy 5:21).
Romans 13:9 “For the commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,’ and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”
I. A Look at the Heart
• Definition: To desire, wish, long for, or crave something to a fault or detrimentally,especially the property of another person (The Lexham Analytical Lexicon of the Hebrew Bible)
II. The Seriousness of the Sin
A. It Shouldn’t Be a Part of Your Life
(Ephesians 5:3-4a)
B. It May Start
(James 1:14-15)
C. It Will Keep You From
(Ephesians 5:5; 1 Timothy 6:9-10; Genesis 3:6; 1 John 2:16-17)
• Example: Adam and Eve – Coveting What Belonged to God
D. It Can Lead to
(James 4:1-2a)
E. It Can Destroy Your
(2 Samuel 11:2)
• Example: David – Coveting His Neighbor’s Wife
F. It Can Lead to
1. Achan – Coveting the Treasure That Was Dedicated to God
(Joshua 7:21)
2. Ahab – Coveting His Neighbor’s Land
(1 Kings 21:1-2a; Ecclesiastes 5:10)
G. It Can Lead to Debt
(Ecclesiastes 5:11a)
H. It Can Lead to
(Ecclesiastes 5:12)
III. The Cure for Coveting
A. Put On Christ
(Romans 13:14)
B. Walk in the
(Galatians 5:16, 26)
C. Wage War Against the
(Colossians 3:5; Luke 12:15)
D. Be
(Ephesians 5:3-4)
1. Praise God
(Hebrews 13:15)
2. In All Circumstances
(1 Thessalonians 5:18)
3. For Everything
(Ephesians 5:19-21)
4. Beware of
5. Take Inventory of Your
E. Be
1. With the
(Philipppians 4:11-13)
2. With What God Has
(Hebrews 13:5)
3. With the
(Jeremiah 5:8)
F. Watch God Change Your
(Romans 7:7-8; Psalm 73:3,16-17, 25-26)