Why Jesus Makes Us So Big a Deal

"It's the most saddest degradation of our own image-bearing humanity in the view of the Scriptures," she says. "Our consciousness go out the window, everything that we say we believe goes totally out the window and we just act in these impulsive often destructive and abusive ways towards each other." In verse 28 Jesus tells his disciples anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has committed adultery with her in his heart. He challenges them to let him work on this area of their heart so that the kingdom is a place that is safe for women.