Six Reasons to Not Commit Adultery

1. You do incredible damage to your spouse.

   The apostle Paul declared that you have violated your oneness with your mate by entering into this bond with another person, “Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For ‘the two,’ He says, ‘shall become one flesh'” (1 Corinthians 6:16).

   The factor of trust has been destroyed. The seriousness of this offense is why Jesus gave a release clause from marriage for it.

2. You do incredible damage to yourself.

   Adultery is a byproduct of a backslidden state. You have been rationalizing for so long that you have forgotten which way is up.

   When you commit adultery, a vulnerability is created and the enemy will continue to attack you in this area. It’s much easier to commit the sin the second time around. Radical measures must be taken to prevent this from happening again.

   There is also the risk of contracting the AIDS virus or some other venereal disease as a result of committing adultery. King Solomon wrote, “For a prostitute will bring you to poverty, and sleeping with another man’s wife may cost you your very life. Can a man scoop fire into his lap and not be burned? Can he walk on hot coals and not blister his feet? So it is with the man who sleeps with another man’s wife. He who embraces her will not go unpunished…But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool, for he destroys his own soul. Wounds and constant disgrace are his lot. His shame will never be erased” (Proverbs 6:26–29, 32–33 NLT).

3. You do incredible damage to your children.

   When you commit adultery, your position as spiritual leader in the home is undermined. No longer are you providing a godly example for your children to follow but rather setting the stage for them to repeat your sin.

   Remember that King David’s children repeated his sins. Amnon raped his half-sister Tamar; another son, Absalom, killed Amnon.

4. You do damage to the church.

   We are all interconnected as believers. When we experience victories and defeats as an individual it affects the entire body of believers. “When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it” (1 Corinthians 12:26).

   It was for this very reason that Paul exhorted the believers in Corinth to remove the immoral man from their midst, because “A little leaven leavens the whole lump” (1 Corinthians 5:6).

5. You do great damage to your witness and the cause of Christ.

   We need only to cite the damage that has been done by so called “televangelists.”

   Nathan said to David, “By this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme” (2 Samuel 12:14).

6. You sin against the Lord.

   This should be the primary reason why we want to avoid sin. Joseph’s motive was correct when he said, “How can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?” (Genesis 39:9). Sadly, this is usually the last reason we think of when trying to resist sin.