What makes marriage worth protecting? In Exodus 20:14, God commands His people not to commit adultery, but this command is about far more than avoiding sexual sin. Marriage is God’s covenant, established at creation to reflect His covenant love for His people. Throughout Scripture, God uses marriage to reveal His faithfulness, making adultery not merely a private failure but a distortion of one of His clearest pictures of the gospel. This sermon explores why marriage is sacred, why God created it, and why it is worth protecting. We also see that Jesus deepens the command by exposing adultery as a heart issue, leaving every one of us in need of grace. The good news is that while we have broken covenant, Jesus remained the perfect Bridegroom, faithfully keeping God’s covenant and giving His life for His bride so that all who repent may find forgiveness, restoration, and hope.

Sermon synopsis: What does it really mean to honor your father and mother? In Exodus 20:12, God gives a command that is often reduced to “kids, obey your parents,” but the command is much deeper. This sermon explores how honoring parents teaches us to honor God’s authority, how honor changes through every stage of life, and how Jesus perfectly fulfilled this command. We also consider what honor looks like when parents are not honorable, using David’s response to Saul as an example of honoring authority without remaining in danger or obeying sin. Finally, we turn the command toward parents and ask what it means to live as parents worth honoring, remembering that our hope is not in perfect parenting or perfect obedience, but in Jesus Christ, who perfectly honored His earthly parents and His heavenly Father.