Exodus 20: 14: “Thou shalt not commit adultery.”
Adultery is an activity that destroys the person who acts in this way (Prove 6: 32, “But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.”) When two people come together in marriage their souls are joined together (Gen 2: 24, “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”) This means that an adulterer damages his or her own soul. This also affects that person ability to form relationships in the future and it affects their ability to form a rich a full relationship with the Lord God. Adultery is also seen as symbolic of worshipping other gods as well. This occurs when a person gives the loyalty and honour that God deserves to an idol or another kind of god (like Mammon). There are many passages in the Old Testament that talk about this kind of adultery (see, for example, Jer 3: 8-11, “And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD. And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.”)
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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