“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?“I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?
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… Seventh commandment. Job chapter 31 verse 1 this is awesome you know Job was an old man I wish I had the time I can't believe this clock it's wrong I'm going to identify as that clock being wrong Job 31 verse 1 says I've made a covenant with my eyes why then should I look upon a young woman Job said that he's an old man let me tell you young guys listen up really let's pretend no girls are in here right now young guys listen up If you're having lustful thoughts in your mind and you get those images in your head and you're thinking, man, I can't wait to be as old as Pastor Jack. All that stuff will be gone because he's dead. Nope. It doesn't go away. The attacks do not stop. They don't, young guys, listen up. They don't stop. You fight. You fight against them. You stand against them. But Satan will never give up. Just know that. I had a 94-year-old man come into my office crying. …
Look at the examples. I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze at a virgin? There's been no lust. Verse 3, is it not calamity to the unjust and disaster to those who work iniquity? Does he not see my ways and number all my steps? There's been no lying. Verse 5, if I have walked with falsehood, my foot has hastened after deceit. let him weigh me with accurate scales let God know my integrity there have been no lies I've told no lies there has not been adultery verse 9 if my heart has been enticed by a woman I have or I have lurked at my neighbor's doorway it's not true I've not done that verse 11 for that would be a lustful crime says Job moreover it would be an iniquity perishable punishable by judges there's no there's no uh guilt there there's no oppression verse 13 if i have despised the claim of my male or female servants my slaves when they filed a complaint against me what then could i do when god arises and when he calls me to to account what will i answer him did not he who made me in the womb make him meaning the servant and the same one fashion us both in the womb if i've kept the poor from their desire or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail or have eaten my morsel alone and the orphan has not shared it. All the way through this, I have circled the word if, if, …
… I will not behave this way. THE BIBLE SAYS IN JOB CHAPTER 31 AND VERSE 1, JOB SPEAKING, AND HE SAID, I HAVE MADE A COVENANT WITH MINE EYES. WHY THEN SHOULD I LOOK UPON A MAID? WHAT JOB DID WAS THIS, HE SAID, I HAVE DETERMINED, I MADE A COVENANT WITH MY EYES. I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT. I WANT TO TELL YOU, I TRAVEL A LOT. I GO INTO HOTEL ROOMS AND MOTEL ROOMS. I DON'T HAVE TO KEEP ON MAKING UP MY MIND WHETHER OR NOT I'M GOING TO WATCH PORNOGRAPHY ON TELEVISION. I DON'T HAVE TO KEEP MAKING UP MY MIND. I MADE A COVENANT WITH WITH MY EYES, I'VE DETERMINED I WILL NOT DO IT. WITH MY WHOLE HEART I HAVE DETERMINED I WILL NOT DO IT. MY DEAR FRIEND, YOU HAVE TO COME TO THAT PLACE. IF YOU DON'T COME TO THAT PLACE, YOU'RE GOING TO GO DOWN. YOU CANNOT BE HALF-HEARTED ABOUT THIS THING. YOU AND YOU ALONE MUST MAKE A DECISION, AND NOBODY ELSE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION FOR YOU. I AM TELLING YOU, MY DEAR FRIEND, YOU MUST ADMIT YOUR PROBLEM AND GET CLEAN. AND SECONDLY, LISTEN, LISTEN, YOU MUST, DEAR FRIEND, affirm your purpose to stay clean. It must be a matter of your whole heart. I read some years ago about the little ermine. Now, ladies have these ermine coats. The fur of the ermine is snow white. And years ago, uh, before they would raise ermine on, uh, ranches and so forth, uh, they …