COMMANDMENT #7
You shall not commit adultery. Exodus 20: 14 (NIV)
The definition of adultery according to thefreedictionary.com is "voluntary sexual intercourse between a married man or woman and a partner other than the legal spouse".
There are so many ramifications connected to adultery. One is that you lie and steal when you commit adultery. You lie to the same one you promised to cherish and love forever. You lie to your children. You lie to family and friends to cover your sin. You steal happiness, trust, and security from your spouse and your children. You brand yourself as one who is not to be trusted, so you loose respect from anyone who knows about your adultery.
The Bible has so much more to say about sexual sins, but adultery made it to the top of the list:
If a man commits adultery with another man's wife--with the wife of his neighbor--both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
If a man sleeps with his father's wife, he has dishonored his father. Both the man and the woman must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. What they have done is a perversion; their blood will be on their own heads.
If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads. Leviticus 20: 10-13 (NIV)
The list in Leviticus goes on.............God wants the best for us and He knows that sexual sin may shatter the lives of His children.
In today's society, you also put your spouse at risk of contracting diseases which can be debilitating and even fatal. If your spouse is pregnant when you choose to commit adultery, you are also putting your pre-born child at risk of contracting a fatal disease. That is labeled as murder.
So, you bear false witness, steal, and commit murder as well as committing adultery. I would say this one is a commandment you would want to steer clear of. How do you ask for forgiveness for adultery when you failed to observe so many of the commandments all wrapped up in one?
Since I am no longer "politically correct", I never call adultery by any of the acceptable terms such as "an affair" or "an indiscretion" or whatever we are told to smooth it over with in today's society. I call a duck a duck.
What are your thoughts? Do you know Jesus? Please visit the "Path to Salvation" page to learn how to be saved from the sins you have committed.
You are also invited to visit Oma at http://omaspolitics.blogspot.com and http://omaslife.blogspot.com.
There are so many ramifications connected to adultery. One is that you lie and steal when you commit adultery. You lie to the same one you promised to cherish and love forever. You lie to your children. You lie to family and friends to cover your sin. You steal happiness, trust, and security from your spouse and your children. You brand yourself as one who is not to be trusted, so you loose respect from anyone who knows about your adultery.
The Bible has so much more to say about sexual sins, but adultery made it to the top of the list:
If a man commits adultery with another man's wife--with the wife of his neighbor--both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
If a man sleeps with his father's wife, he has dishonored his father. Both the man and the woman must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. What they have done is a perversion; their blood will be on their own heads.
If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads. Leviticus 20: 10-13 (NIV)
The list in Leviticus goes on.............God wants the best for us and He knows that sexual sin may shatter the lives of His children.
In today's society, you also put your spouse at risk of contracting diseases which can be debilitating and even fatal. If your spouse is pregnant when you choose to commit adultery, you are also putting your pre-born child at risk of contracting a fatal disease. That is labeled as murder.
So, you bear false witness, steal, and commit murder as well as committing adultery. I would say this one is a commandment you would want to steer clear of. How do you ask for forgiveness for adultery when you failed to observe so many of the commandments all wrapped up in one?
Since I am no longer "politically correct", I never call adultery by any of the acceptable terms such as "an affair" or "an indiscretion" or whatever we are told to smooth it over with in today's society. I call a duck a duck.
What are your thoughts? Do you know Jesus? Please visit the "Path to Salvation" page to learn how to be saved from the sins you have committed.
You are also invited to visit Oma at http://omaspolitics.blogspot.com and http://omaslife.blogspot.com.
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