A friend called my attention to a thread about what adultery is (and isn’t) in a Christian forum. I found it interesting that people droned on regarding the subject for 11+ pages and came to no real consensus. There are many opinions regarding adultery.
One person quoted Jesus and said, “If you look at someone lustfully…you’ve committed the sin.”
Another person said, “Adultery is sex. If there’s no sex, there’s no adultery.”
Yet another said, “Suppose spanking occurred…but no sex… that would not be adultery.”
WHAT?
As I pondered this, the Holy Spirit reminded me (again) that asking the “is this sin” question is the wrong question. When we ask, “Is this sin?” we tend to be asking from the motive of, “Can I do it?” (or…” is it a small enough sin that I can get away with it?” and “is there a loophole?”)
Instead we should ask,
“What is holiness?”
“What pleases You, Lord?”
and say,
“I want to walk in deeper and deeper levels of intimacy with You.”
When our heart is for Him … and not for “what can I do?” … the “what can I do”‘s tend to not become issues.
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http://www.stevenbrady.org Steven Brady
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Ichabod (aka FUD)
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http://www.carlthomas.net Carl Thomas
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Cat
