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No Adulterers go to heaven |
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"Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the
kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor
adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor
drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God" (1
Corinthians 6:9-10).
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Looking on men and women lustfully
is adultery |
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"You have heard that it was said, Do not commit
adultery. But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already
committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it
out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your
whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off
and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole
body to go into hell" (Matthew 5:27:30).
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Beware of seductive men and women |
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"My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep to
my ways, for a prostitute is a deep pit and a wayward wife is a narrow well. Like a bandit
she lies in wait, and multiplies the unfaithful among men" (Proverbs 23:26-28).
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Marries a wrongfully divorced person
commits adultery |
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"It has been said, Anyone who divorces his wife
must give her a certificate of divorce. But I tell you that anyone who divorces his
wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone
who marries the divorced woman commits adultery" (Matthew 5:31-32).
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Divorces and marries again commits
adultery |
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"I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except
for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery" (Matthew
19:9).
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Adultery can be avoided
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"Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the
wellspring of life" (Proverbs 4:23).
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God can forgive adultery |
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"And that is what some of you were (adulterers, etc).
But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ and by the Spirit of our God" (1 Corinthians 6:11).
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David confessed his adultery, and God
graciously forgave him (Psalm 32 & 51).
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