This Sunday at Anchor Church, we continued our series Ten Commandments: Law That Leads to Life, returning to the seventh commandment: “You shall not commit adultery.” Today we asked: What happens when God’s design is rejected? Romans 1 shows us the painful pattern—idolatry, disordered desires, dishonored bodies, and the fallout of sin. This is not just a problem “out there.” It’s the story of every human heart apart from grace.

This week at Anchor Church, we continued our series Ten Commandments: Law that Leads to Life with the seventh commandment — “You shall not commit adultery” (Exodus 20:14). More than avoiding one act, this command calls us to honor God’s design for our bodies, relationships, and covenant commitments. From creation, God made us male and female in His image, gave marriage as a lifelong covenant, and blessed sexuality as a sacred gift to be protected, not distorted. In a culture that redefines and dismisses His vision, we are called to reflect His faithfulness in our purity, our promises, and our worship. Jesus not only forgives where we’ve failed — He transforms our hearts to walk in His way.

Over the last few Sundays at Anchor Church, we’ve been sitting with one command from God: “You shall not murder.” And what we’ve discovered is that this commandment is so much more than a line we shouldn’t cross—it’s an invitation to become a people who reflect the Author of Life in a world marked by death, division, and despair.

This weekend at Anchor Church, we continued our journey through the Ten Commandments by going deeper into the sixth: “You shall not murder.” Last week, we looked at the sanctity of life—that every human being bears God’s image, and to take life unjustly is to attack God Himself. But this week, Jesus takes us even further. In Matthew 5:21–26, Jesus doesn’t just warn against murder—He exposes the seeds of it. He tells us the sin starts long before blood is spilled. It begins in our hearts.

This weekend at Anchor Church, we opened the weighty command, “You shall not murder.” In just two Hebrew words—lo ratsach—God draws a divine boundary around human life. In a world where life is too often dismissed, devalued, or reshaped by our preferences, this command calls us to a higher vision: to see every person as sacred, made by and for the Giver of life. It isn’t merely a prohibition against violence—it’s a call to worship, to honor God by honoring His image in others, and to live under His authority from the heart outward.