Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery

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October 7th, 2009
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The Ten Commandments

First Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Have Any Gods Before Me
Second Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Make Graven Images
Third Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Take the Name of the Lord in Vain
Fourth Commandment: Remember the Sabbath, Keep It Holy
Sixth Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Kill
Fifth Commandment: Honor Thy Father and Mother
Seventh Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
Eighth Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Steal
Ninth Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness
Tenth Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Covet

Seventh Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery


What does the word “adultery” mean?

People today tend define it as any act of sexual intercourse outside of marriage or,
perhaps a bit more narrowly, any act of sexual intercourse
between a married person and someone who is not their spouse.
That is appropriate in today but it isn’t not how the word has always been defined.
The institution of marriage was established at Creation.
“And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field,
and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them:
and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air,
and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him”
(Gen. 2:19-20). Adam was not complete before the creation of Eve.
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam,
and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman,
and brought her unto the man.
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh:
she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother,
and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh (Gen. 2:21-24).
Marriage is a divine institution. God, the Author of marriage, made it a holy union.
Jesus expounded this truth when He said, “. . . Have ye not read, that he which made them
at the beginning made them male and female,
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife:
and they twain shall be one flesh?
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh.
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder” (Matt. 19:4-6).
The seventh commandment prohibits the rending apart of the marriage union-the basis of a stable society.
Because the word “uncleanness” is extremely vague in Deuteronomy 24:1,
this example can serve as a description of fraud. Going back to Matthew,
chapter nineteen, the reader should be aware of the difference between adultery and fornication.
“And I say unto you,
Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication,
and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth
her which is put away doth commit adultery” (Matt. 19:9).
The Church and Christ respond one to the other.
Marriage is an institution that should teach us to follow that example.
Those who treat marriage lightly and seek to divorce their mates are failing to learn a valuable purpose for marriage.
It is a type of the relationship between Christ and the Church.
Those who refuse to pay heed to the Bible teaching on marriage will have much for which to answer (1 Cor. 6:9, Heb. 13:4).
Parents who fail in this task often suffer dearly.
Running the home properly is a serious responsibility
on the part of both parents.
Older women should be able to “. . . teach the young women to be sober,
to love their husbands, to love their children,
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands,
that the word of God be not blasphemed” (Titus 2:4-5).

Who are the real victims when the home falls apart?
The children, of course!
The family is the cornerstone of the society.
When families fall apart, the nation is at risk.
Marriage is an awesome responsibility before God and should never be taken lightly.

For This Commandment Father Help Us To Be Obedient.

May He Bless You and Keep You Today!
With Great Love
IN HIS SERVICE
Connie
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