2009-10-08T15:10:12-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/adultery http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2019:8-9&version=NIV 2009-10-08T15:10:12-05:00 Jesus says that anyone who divorces his wife for anything except being unfaithful commits adultery. This contrasted the typical custom of divorcing a woman over pettier circumstances. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%205:3-4&version=NIV 2009-09-18T13:18:44-05:00 Adultery might look alluring at first glance, but like any sin, it only destroys us in the end. It's not worth it. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/girl-watching-god-is-watching-5906 2009-09-11T12:53:52-05:00 Both men and women have fallen for a casualness about sex that robs it of its God-given beauty. Like snow, it's beautiful when it's fresh and clean but it's ugly when it's trampled and soiled. Godly men, make that covenant with your eyes not to look lustfully at a girl. Godly women, dress for respect, not attention like the temple of God that you are. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt.5.28&version=NIV 2009-07-14T10:47:30-05:00 Is it enough to just "do the right things"? Will that make us right with God? Not according to Jesus' famous teaching about lust and adultery, which state that God requires purity of heart as well as of body. That's bad news to anyone who thinks they're righteous before God just because of their perfect outward behavior! http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt.5.27-30&version=NIV 2009-07-13T16:48:56-05:00 One of Jesus' most revolutionary teachings was that righteousness isn't just defined by your outward actions--it also matters what's in your heart. It's not enough to just "do the right thing" if your heart isn't in the right place. In this famous passage, Jesus teaches that from a spiritual perspective, lust is as dangerous as full-blown adultery. http://delveintojesus.com/Devotionals/34/Temptation.aspx 2009-03-01T16:26:48-05:00 Too many marriages are failing today and when they do, temptation often plays a significant part. The consequences are enormous. How can we protect ourselves? This devotional examines the nature of these temptations and explores some strategies for dealing with temptation before it happens. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/Uncontrolled-Fire-4103 2008-08-18T16:18:43-05:00 A man let a fire start to help meet a personal need he had. It raged out of control and did more damage than he could have imagined in his worst nightmares. Well, that is a mistake many a man has made - and even some women - with a deadly fire that the Bible calls lust. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/Blindness-That-Makes-You-Crash-4135 2008-08-18T15:50:06-05:00 Fog can make you temporarily blind. So can rain or snow. And so can your hormones. It happened even to King David, who God called "a man after God's own heart." David's hormonal blindness - which led to so many devastating crashes - is described in one of the saddest chapters in the Bible. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/The-Skunk-Approach-4888 2008-08-13T15:36:37-05:00 Don't let sex too soon, or adulterous sex lure you to get so close to something that it will cost you more than you ever intended to pay, and take you where you never intended to go. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/Hugging-the-Wrong-Thing-4090 2008-08-01T15:08:09-05:00 When little Cindy felt as if she couldn't have her Daddy's hugs, she resorted to something that just couldn't be as good as a Daddy. Sadly, many grownups make that same kind of mistake - married grownups. We feel like we're not getting the love we need from the person that is our husband or wife - so we start hugging something else.