The Seventh Commandment- Don't Commit Adultery

The Seventh Commandment is "You shall not commit adultery." (Exo 20:14)

The word 'adulterate' means to make impure, or to pollute by adding improper ingredients or extraneous elements. Thus, to adulterate a relationship is to make it impure, or to pollute it by adding improper ingredients or outside elements into the mix.

The word 'adultery' refers to the act of adulterating a covenant marital relationship by having sex with someone that is not your lawful spouse. It also has a figurative meaning in the Bible where it is used to describe the nations of Israel and Judah when they were unfaithful to their covenant relationship with God. (see Jeremiah 3:8-9)

Following the rules of our Chemistry book and Chemistry teacher may have seemed restricting at times. It might have been much more exciting and fun to ignore the Chemistry lab rules and mix all sorts of colorful and potentially dangerous chemicals together to see what kind of a concoction we could make. But could we have put ourselves, and even those around us at risk?
Following God's rules may seem restricting at times, but when we throw off God's restraints we put ourselves and others in harm's way, and the end result can be pain, suffering, and even death.

Hear the word of the LORD, You children of Israel, For the LORD brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "There is no truth or mercy Or knowledge of God in the land. By swearing and lying, Killing and stealing and committing adultery, They break all restraint, With bloodshed upon bloodshed. (Hos 4:1-2)But worse than physical death, is spiritual death.Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; He who does so destroys his own soul. (Pro 6:32)

I'm not saying this to condemn anyone that has sinned in the past. There is no condemnation to those who have repented, are presently in Christ and walking according to the Spirit (Romans 8:1).

I am saying this to warn everyone in the present. Don't mess with anything that could put you in a position where you might be tempted to take that plunge off that very steep cliff called adultery.

Be faithful to your Lord and to your spouse.

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.