ADULTERY

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ADULTERY
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INTRODUCTION

• What the Bible says about adultery stands in
  stark contrast to todays casual view of sexual
  encounters.
• The issues of adultery relate to sex, but much
  more profoundly they relate to vows and
  faithfulness.
• Marriage vows concern faithful commitment to one
  person, just as our vows to God concern our
  faithfulness to him.
• God insists on being the one divine love in our
  lives, that we will not elevate any other person,
  object, or deity to his level.
• The marriage union is symbolic of that
  commitment.
• As we remain faithful to our mate, we understand
  more of what it means to be faithful to God.

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INTRODUCTION

• This faithfulness allows us to share an intimacy
  and a common purpose that is not possible in
  casual relationships and is, in fact, destroyed
  by adulterous relationships.
• The vow starts with Gods commitment to us. He
  will never leave us or forsake us.
• So he expects that same kind and degree of
  commitment from us.
• Marital vows and commitment are symbolic of our
  greater commitment to one God and one only.
• The sexual dimensions of human love are Gods
  provision for marital commitment to find
  expression in a most unique, rich, rewarding way
  that reflects our love relationship with God.
• That is why God guards the marriage relationship
  as something special and pure.

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DOES GOD SPECIFICALLY FORBID ADULTERY OR IS IT
MERELY IMPLIED IN SCRIPTURE?

• Exodus 2014 . . . Do not commit adultery.
• The command of God is about as specific as a
  command can get-you must not commit adultery.
• He does not simply suggest to us that we should
  not do it he demands it.
• God is clear concerning what he expects.

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WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO AVOID ADULTERY?

• Matthew 1519 . . . From the heart come evil
  thoughts, murder, adultery, all other sexual
  immorality, theft, lying, and slander.
• The seeds of adultery are planted in the garden
  of the heart.
• Guard what is planted in your heart-through what
  you read, watch, or think about-to avoid growing
  the fruit of adultery.

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THE CONSEQUENCES OF ADULTERY ARE SEVERE AND
LASTING.

• Proverbs 632 . . . The man who commits adultery
  is an utter fool, for he destroys his own soul.
• Like most sin, adultery is a momentary act of
  pleasure that has dire consequences.
• Leviticus 2010 . . . If a man commits adultery
  with another mans wife, both the man and the
  woman must be put to death.
• In Bible times adultery was considered so evil
  that it demanded the death penalty. Imagine how
  many would be executed if this law were to be
  enforced today.

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WHAT IS GODS DEFINITION OF ADULTERY?

• Adultery is being unfaithful to your mate.
  Hebrews 134
• Normally, this involves forming a sexual
  relationship with someone other than your spouse.
  
• But even an intimate emotional relationship with
  another can become adulterous if it takes us away
  from our first love.
• Similarly, in the spiritual realm, we commit
  adultery against God when we are unfaithful to
  him by worshiping anything except him.

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PROMISES FROM GOD

• Proverbs 624 . . . These commands and this
  teaching will keep you from the immoral woman,
  from the smooth tongue of an adulterous woman.
• Matthew 58 . . . God blesses those whose hearts
  are pure, for they will see God.