“You shall not commit adultery” is the 7th commandment.\u00a0 We all know what that means.\u00a0 When you are having an intimate relationship with someone to whom you are not married, you are breaking this command.\u00a0 It is sad to realize that adultery has been an issue for people almost since time began.\u00a0 Each era deals with it a different way and some choose to simply ignore it altogether.<\/p>\n
In bible times the offenders were stoned to death.\u00a0 Now days adultery is a way of life for so many that it goes un-noticed.\u00a0 Look at all the couples who choose just to live together instead of getting married.\u00a0 They are all guilty of adultery.\u00a0 Many marriages are broken apart because of another\u00a0sexual partner coming into the picture.\u00a0 It is so common place in America that we have accepted it as normal and turn the other way while these\u00a0men and women ruin their lives and destroy their families.<\/p>\n
The Old Testament commandment says you shouldn’t commit the act of adultery.\u00a0 Jesus, in Matthew 5:28 says, “But I say unto to you, that whosoever looks at a woman to lust after her hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.”\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 That changes things a bit for us.<\/p>\n
You have heard people say, “I can look as long as I don”t touch.”\u00a0 That isn’t what Jesus says.\u00a0 We all can recognize a beautiful woman or a handsome man, but when we choose to dwell on that person we get in trouble.\u00a0 Our minds can imagine all kinds of things between us and that other person.\u00a0 Be careful where you look and what you allow yourself to think about.<\/p>\n
Some people also think it’s okay to hug and kiss and ‘mess around’, as long as they don’t complete the act.\u00a0 That simply is not true.\u00a0 Any move toward adultery is wrong.\u00a0 We can become emotionally involved with someone and it can be every bit as devastating as the real thing.\u00a0 We really need to guard our hearts and minds against this evil notion.<\/p>\n
Adultery, by Jesus’\u00a0 definition, can creep up and take hold of us very easily if we don’t protect ourselves from the temptation when it first comes.\u00a0 We can appreciate beauty without partaking of it.\u00a0 Don’t let your mind wander to the wrong place.\u00a0 Don’t try to play around the edges of this sin.\u00a0 Keep your heart, mind, and body pure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“You shall not commit adultery” is the 7th commandment.\u00a0 We all know what that means.\u00a0 When you are having an intimate relationship with someone to whom you are not married, you are breaking this command.\u00a0 It is sad to realize that adultery has been an issue for people almost since time began.\u00a0 Each era deals…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":420,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,3],"tags":[96,67],"class_list":["post-1250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","category-encouragement","tag-bible","tag-commandments"],"yoast_head":"\n