God's Image - Matthew 5:27-32

 In this section of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tackles two uncomfortable topics. He addresses lust and divorce. In every culture, in every place, throughout all human history men have dehumanized women through lust and misuse of power. The example and teachings of Jesus draw us back to the Garden of Eden, back to God's creative design - male and female God created us in his own likeness and image. When we learn to see and treat one another as God's image, children of the same Father, and kingdom siblings, we live out the ethical vision of Jesus' upside down kingdom.