Adultery
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· 6 viewsSexual relations involving at least one partner who is married to someone else. Such relations break the marriage covenant and are condemned in Scripture. Jesus Christ extended the understanding of adultery to include inner lust.
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Adultery is condemned by God
Adultery is condemned by God
God’s law forbids it
God’s law forbids it
“You shall not commit adultery.
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It is listed with other evil practices
It is listed with other evil practices
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The lure of adultery
The lure of adultery
It begins with lust
It begins with lust
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It is seductive
It is seductive
“I have peace offerings with me;
Today I have paid my vows.
So I came out to meet you,
Diligently to seek your face,
And I have found you.
I have spread my bed with tapestry,
Colored coverings of Egyptian linen.
I have perfumed my bed
With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Come, let us take our fill of love until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with love.
For my husband is not at home;
He has gone on a long journey;
He has taken a bag of money with him,
And will come home on the appointed day.”
With her enticing speech she caused him to yield,
With her flattering lips she seduced him.
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It is secretive
It is secretive
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It is a snare to the unwary
It is a snare to the unwary
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It is resisted by the wise
It is resisted by the wise
To deliver you from the immoral woman,
From the seductress who flatters with her words,
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Adultery breaks the marriage covenant
Adultery breaks the marriage covenant
Who forsakes the companion of her youth,
And forgets the covenant of her God.
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The consequences of adultery
The consequences of adultery
It destroys individuals and society
It destroys individuals and society
Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding;
He who does so destroys his own soul.
Wounds and dishonor he will get,
And his reproach will not be wiped away.
For jealousy is a husband’s fury;
Therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
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It was punishable by death under OT law
It was punishable by death under OT law
‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress, shall surely be put to death.
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Adulterers face God’s judgment
Adulterers face God’s judgment
Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
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Remarriage after divorce may be adultery
Remarriage after divorce may be adultery
And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.”
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Hypocrisy in relation to adultery
Hypocrisy in relation to adultery
You who say, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
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Examples of adultery
Examples of adultery
It happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold. So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her, for she was cleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house.
See also the people of Jerusalem; the exiles in Babylon; Hosea’s wife, Gomer; the woman caught in adultery; false teachers in the church
Children born of adultery
Children born of adultery
“offspring of adulterers” was a term of abuse.
See also David and Bathsheba’s child died when he was seven days old; ;