Adultery is a hard thing to address in a blog during a day when so many have fallen into it's trap. What most people don't understand is that whatever you decide not to overcome will ultimately overcome you.
What is it? Adultery is voluntary sexual intercourse between a married man and someone other than his wife or between a married woman and someone other than her husband. God commands in Exodus 20:14 "Thou shall not commit adultery." Furthermore the scriptures tell us what will happen in the event of adultery.
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul." Proverbs 6:32
The word soul means "the seat of one's emotions." To engage in adultery, the end results is to ruin your emotional life not to mention the emotional life of others who are hurt in the process.
Marriage is hourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulters God will judge. If you have comitted adultery, the goodnews is that God will forgive the truly repentant person. Godly sorrow leads to repentance but Guilt and shame lead to destruction. Truly being sorry for your wrong actions gets you back on track with God.
"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's."
The secret is found in this verse in disowning yourself. Making sure that you do not own yourself. Finding the true master in your life will cause you to be faithful. Those who do not know who owns them think they own themselves. But the truth is that you are not your own. You were bought and the true meaning of happiness in life is to know how to daily glorify God in your body.
I am steadfastly for monogamy. Adultery is almost certainly going to make a dent in trust and intimacy, and in many cases, it has destroyed them altogether. A woman who is conducting a secret affair has to become deliberately deceitful...like a CIA agent or spy. She can't just come home and spill forth the events of her day. She's got to think, What can I safely talk about, and what have I got to keep to myself? So even when the infidelity isn't discovered, it changes who you are. A person goes from being a candid, open human being to a secretive, hidden one. Bernie Zilbergeld, Homemade, November, 1989
The lifestyle of adultery is shrouded in secrecy. Secrecy covers truth and brings down trust. Although men and women might be unfaithful, God is faithful and sets us a wonderful example for us.
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