The Seventh Commandment
Exodus 20.14
“You shall not commit adultery.”
Deuteronomy 5.18
“‘You shall not commit adultery.’”
Ephesians 5.3-13; 1 Thessalonians 4.3-8
Essentially, adultery is any unlawful sexual activity. It ranges from simple voyeurism to fornication, homosexuality, and bestiality. God is especially severe against sins of adultery, and for very good reasons.
Adultery is proscribed as contrary to the divine plan for a holy and just society. Adultery denies the divine order for human sexuality, undermines marriage as the foundational social institution, makes a mockery of the procreative privilege in our calling to fill the earth, and encourages unbridled passion as a guide to behavior. It is not to be tolerated among the people of God
T. M. Moore
The Law of God is the soil which, fertilized by the rest of God’s Word and watered by His Spirit, brings forth the fruit of Christian life. If you’d like to understand this process better, and how to make best use of the Law in your walk with and work for the Lord, order the book, The Ground for Christian Ethics, from our online store.
Except as indicated, Scripture taken from the New King James Version. © Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
