1. Right, Wrong, or Irrelevant
Right, Wrong, or Irrelevant? A Survey of Biblical Christian Morality BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
Exodus 20:17 Pew Bible p. 74

2. Truth to Take with You
With God’s help, I can curb desires that are wrong and hurtful; I can cultivate desires that are good and right in my heart.

3. Exodus 20:17 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife,
or his male or female servant,
his ox or donkey,
or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

4. Exodus 20:17
Do not want anything that belongs to someone else. Don’t want anyone’s house, wife or husband, slaves, oxen, donkeys or anything else. CEV Do not desire another man's house; do not desire his wife, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns. GNB

5. Exodus 20:17
You must not be envious of your neighbor’s house, or want to sleep with his wife, or want to own his slaves, oxen, donkeys, or anything else he has. LB No lusting after your neighbor’s house— or wife or servant or maid or ox or donkey. Don’t set your heart on anything that is your neighbor’s. MSG

6. To want, to desire, or to crave
To Covet
To want, to desire, or to crave

7. Exodus 20:17
Do not want anything that belongs to someone else. Don’t want anyone’s house, wife or husband, slaves, oxen, donkeys or anything else. CEV Do not desire another man's house; do not desire his wife, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns. GNB

8. Exodus 20:17
You must not be envious of your neighbor’s house, or want to sleep with his wife, or want to own his slaves, oxen, donkeys, or anything else he has. LB No lusting after your neighbor’s house— or wife or servant or maid or ox or donkey. Don’t set your heart on anything that is your neighbor’s. MSG

9. The 10th Commandment throughout Scripture
Old Testament Law—Exod. 20:17, Deut. 5:21
OT examples—
Achan covets spoils of war Josh. 7
Ahab covets Naboth’s vineyard 1 Kings 21
Wisdom Literature and Prophets—
Prov. 21:1-5, Micah 2:1-2

10. The 10th Commandment throughout Scripture
Jesus—Matt. 5:27-28, Luke 12:15
New Testament Letters—Rom. 7:7-8, 13:9, 1 Cor. 6:9-10, Eph. 5:5, Col. 3:5, James 4:1-3

11. Ephesians 5:5
For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

12. Matthew 5:21-22
You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder’… But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment.

13. Matthew 5:27-28
You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.‘ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

14. Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

19. Ephesians 5:5
For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

20. Colossians 3:5
Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

21. Matthew 5:29-30
If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

22. Matthew 5:29-30
And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

23. How Do We Gain Control of Desires?
Believe that control of desire is possible.
2. Surrender your desires to the Lord.
3. Discipline yourself for godliness.

24. Romans 12:2
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

25. How Do We Gain Control of Desires?
1. Believe that control of desire is possible.
2. Surrender your desires to the Lord.
3. Discipline yourself for godliness.
4. Seek the assistance of the Holy Spirit. Gal. 5:22-23
5. Nip sin in the bud by dealing with temptation as soon as it starts.
6. Enlist the help of others.

26. Truth to Take with You
With God’s help, I can curb desires that are wrong and hurtful; I can cultivate desires that are good and right in my heart.

27. With God’s help, control your desires; don’t let them control you.
Challenge
With God’s help, control your desires; don’t let them control you.