Christ Intensifies the Seventh Commandment (Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 41)

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺, 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳, 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘚𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵—𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘰𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘮𝘣 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 (𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺) 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥. – Dr. Reuben Bredenhof Zion Covenant Reformed Church 41st Lord’s Day 2024 • Vesper Service Sermon Title: “Christ Intensifies the Seventh Commandment” Sermon by Dr. Reuben Bredenhof Delivered by Elder Justin Vicedo Sermon Text/s: Psalm 1:1,2,3 and Matthew 5:27-32; Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day 41 Sermon Points: 1. The serious threats to this gift 2. The drastic defense of this gift 3. The beautiful setting for this gift Access our church resources: ⁠https://linktr.ee/zcrcimus