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response to Adultery -
08-11-08, 11:20 AM
Seeing that the original topic is Adultery, this I would comment on, though at the same time it is linked to divorce.
As Christ tells us, “That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart”.
Solution; (Job.31:1), “I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?”
As for divorce, an abused woman asked me concerning abuse and divorce, in light of what our Lord says, and I answered this way: that the fundamental meaning of adultery is unfaithfulness to the marriage, and if we look at this as unfaithfulness, and immoral behavior (fornication), we must not make it a matter exclusively to the bed. Because it is unfaithful and immoral to strike your spouse, as well as to verbally abuse, causing mental anguish. For me, that spouse has departed from the marriage, from the sanctity of it, and that spouse is guilty of immorality and unfaithfulness, which for me qualifies the case as adultery by the exception of fornication, which our Lord prescribed.
In this delicate subject, I’m not at all attempting too stretch any meaning, but only looking toward the heart of the Lord, which is mercy; because we know very well that abuse of a weaker vessel would not be acceptable with Christ.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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