Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery

494 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from: 2Sa 11:2,3, “Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold. 3 So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, "Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?" (2 Sam 11:2,3) Odds are that our modern day trysts aren't going to be triggered by a night time walk on a roof. We have our own set of triggers, our own sets of circumstances and conditions that make for the powder keg of sexual sin. Whatever those circumstances may be, let us heed the advice of the Holy Spirit as given to us in Scripture. This is God talking to us about sexual sin! Hear what He has to say! 1Co 6:18 says, “Flee sexual immorality.” The word flee means to run away! Don't walk, don't saunter....run! Get far away from this sin quickly! In Job 31:1, He encourages us with these words, "I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman?” And Jesus tells us in Mt 5:28 "But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Adultery! That's what's going on with David and Bathsheba, and it's a double dose of adultery, both are married, and God can't speak much plainer against adultery than He does in the Commandment, “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” Now, one might say, but Jesus didn't condemn the woman who was caught in the act of adultery. Yes that's true. Jesus forgives adultery, as He forgives all sins, but He certainly doesn't condone it. His parting words to the woman were, “Go and sin no more.” “Don't commit adultery. Father, help us to take your words about sexual sin to heart. Give us a new appreciation of Your passion for the sanctity of marriage. In Jesus Name, Amen.