Love Affair

Preaching on adultery isn't my favorite topic, but seeing families fall apart isn't my favorite thing to see. It would be so nice to think that everyone who comes to church doesn't have to worry about breaking the seventh commandment, but that's just not the case.

God loves us too much not to warn us about the pain involved in adultery...

[Proverbs 5:3-6] “For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil; but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave. She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths are crooked, but she knows it not. [Proverbs 5:8] Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house, [Proverbs 5:15-22] Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well. Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares? Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers. May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer— may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love. Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife? For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all his paths. The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him; the cords of his sin hold him fast.”

2 Samuel Chapter 11:1-4, “In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king's men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem. One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, "Isn't this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite? Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her.”...

“…the thing David had done displeased the Lord.” 2nd Samuel 11:27...
“Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.” 2nd Samuel 12:10

Exodus 20:14 "You shall not commit adultery.