Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun; for this is your reward in life and in your toil in which you have labored under the sun. Ecclesiastes 9:9 PrayerSongsOfferingSong Lord’s Supper Bible Study PrayerAnnouncementsPrayer

Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun; for this is your reward in life and in your toil in which you have labored under the sun. Ecclesiastes 9:9

Please do not let my lord pay attention to this worthless man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name and folly is with him; 1 Sam. 25:25 An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones. Prov. 12:4

Dangers facing homes and marriages

Marital infidelity (adultery)

God’s attitude toward adultery

If there is a man who commits adultery with another man's wife, one who commits adultery with his friend's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. Lev. 20:10

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,…will inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Cor. 6:9

What causes men and women to commit adultery?

everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart Matt. 5:27

having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin 2 Pet. 2:14

David sent messengers and took her, and when she came to him, he lay with her 2 Sam. 11:4

It came about, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out through a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was caressing his wife Rebekah. Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Behold, certainly she is your wife! Gen. 26:8-9

What are the consequences of adultery?

Sin against God Ps. 51:4; 2 Sam. 12:13 Possible divorce & no remarriage Matt. 19:9 Forgiven but not forgotten Ps. 51:3 Long-term consequences 2 Sam. 12:10

Drink water from your own cistern and fresh water from your own well. Should your springs be dispersed abroad, streams of water in the streets? Let them be yours alone and not for strangers with you. Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth. As a loving hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy you at all times; be exhilarated always with her love. For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress and embrace the bosom of a foreigner? For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the Lord, and He watches all his paths. His own iniquities will capture the wicked, and he will be held with the cords of his sin. He will die for lack of instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he will go astray. Prov. 5:15-23

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