“You shall not commit adultery” (Ex 20:14).
Few professing Christians would make the case that physical adultery is acceptable in the eyes of YHWH but the majority commit spiritual fornication on a daily basis.
The Seventh Commandment “You shall not commit adultery”, leads us into the regulations on sexual morality which are expanded in the latter part of Leviticus chapter 20. The beginning of this chapter talks of the abdominal pagan practice of offering child sacrifice to Molech and idolatry, which YHWH considers to be spiritual prostitution. So we find a duality between the physical behavior of a nation and its spiritual state.
Y’HoWShUA expanded even further on these laws when He stated that whoever looks at a woman with lust in his heart has committed adultery. Doing so He fulfilled the law by moving it from an external piece of legislation to an internal way of behaving. He then went further to reinforce the sanctity of marriage and forbid divorce for all reasons except sexual immorality.
YHWH divorced the house of Israel because of their spiritual fornication and then watched as the House of Judah went on to commit even greater spiritual fornication. This ultimately resulted in His wrath, as a scorned husband, being poured out on the people, firstly on Israel with the Assyrian captivity and then on Judah with the Babylonian exile.
As we look at our society today, we see the outward physical manifestation of our sexual promiscuity – pornography, hyper-sexualization of our children, pedophilia, teenage pregnancy, divorce and broken homes. This is mirrored internally with our spiritual decay and the failure of our churches to take a stand on moral grounds and the acceptance of ecumenism and syncretism which is overwhelming true Christianity.
As the prophet Hosea tells us, YHWH will trample this people. Our nations will be destroyed and only a small remnant will be taken in to captivity. It may be too late for national repentance but individually it is never too late to repent, be baptized and obey the Commandments.
Please watch the full message because it is all too easy for us to fall into spiritual fornication.
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