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1 | Mat 5:27-28. Adultery. | Prov 5:1 | KumKum | 178150 | ||
Mat 5:27 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.' Mat 5:28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. I have a question for these two verses. Is it possible that Jesus is saying that you shouldnt even look at your own wife lustfully? Becouse he just says a "woman". Cant that mean any woman? Im not married but i have a "friend" and if i cant look at her lustfully, im afraid i can never be in a relationship, ever. |
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2 | Mat 5:27-28. Adultery. | Prov 5:1 | MWLaine | 178151 | ||
A little reading may be required on your part to start with...Examine Proverbs 5:1-23 and then Song of Songs. Proverbs 5 is a warning against adultery and then Song of Songs is how you are to love your wife or husband. In Song of Songs it is described as being good that you long for your wife/husband. So it WOULD NOT be inappropriate to have a deep desire for your own wife/husband. It is appropriate, though, to warn about IDOL WORSHIP, in that, if your lust is simply for her/his flesh in the belief that you can satisfy some urge or spiritual connection then IDOL WORSHIP might be the problem. Only Jesus can satisfy your true spiritual needs. In dissecting your statement concerning the idea that without being able to look upon someone with lust would prevent your having a relationship sounds to me you have a selfish motive to consume upon your lusts the flesh of the "friend" you speak of. The second greatest commandment comes from Jesus and is to "Love one another as you would desire to be loved". This might include a spirit of giving, caring, compassion, helpfulness, kindness, tender words, respect, love, etceteras. All of these should be aimed at your intended spouse which is what a successful marriage is made of. If a marriage is simply about satisfying ones desires through sexual intercourse then it would be destined for failure because beauty fades and visual lust supposes that the object of your affection continues to hold your attention through its continued beauty. I assure you that lithe young beauty fades as children and age come into the picture so you need to examine your motives to determine where you truly stand when it comes to marriage. Unfortunately in your statement "be in a relationship" does not say to me...marriage it says to me... can't I just use this friend like a Kleenex and then throw her away. Don't sully a woman that might someday get married to a man who wants her for his wife and would desire Gods blessing with a pure undefiled woman. | ||||||
3 | Mat 5:27-28. Adultery. | Prov 5:1 | KumKum | 178154 | ||
Selfish motive ? God made the woman to be mans partner, right ? And if only Jesus can satisfy my true spiritual needs, why would i need a partner ? In ecclesiastes 7:26 And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her. Im a sinner trying to please God. But the reason i try to "get to know" a woman is first and foremost friendship, not lust. But the lust seems inevetable and then it feels like she takes Gods place. |
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4 | Mat 5:27-28. Adultery. | Prov 5:1 | MWLaine | 178175 | ||
I want to ask you a simple question? In trying to please God do you believe that you are working for, or being a participant in, your salvation? Jesus did all the work for us when he died for us on that cross. He took upon himself the sins of the world so that if we believe in him our sins are forgiven and we attain salvation. Afterwards Jesus comes into our temple(body/heart/mind) and knits a scourge of cords and proceeds to clean Gods house, our temple, of all unrighteousness. All we have to offer in this process is sitting patiently at the door and acknowledge, with repentence and sorrow, all the filthy sin that Jesus expels from the temple. This is a revelation from God, to my mind, that helped me in stopping my foolish attempts at sexual fasts, and the such, as a means to offer up to God something more for my salvation. I found that nothing more was needed other than my telling others that "I believe in Jesus Christ and that he alone is responsible for having given me the gift of salvation, through grace". I know what I am made of and have found I need a woman to help keep the flames of lust from over-whelming me. I had let God down in the past with a promise to him concerning a fast from the flesh of my wife for forty-days. Guess what I was a miserable failure and felt really bad for having failed God so I kept trying and the more I tried the harder I fell. Finally God gave me the revelation I wrote to you above. Jesus did all the work. You should simply be thankful and accept the gift, in faith. Since I have stopped striving and now look to Jesus to help me in my daily walk I find I am getting along much better as a Christian. Do not assume you are something more than what you are. For God says in Paslm 46:10 "Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth". If you want to please God speak of his son Jesus to anyone who will listen. |
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