Subject: Can a woman divorce man: Ongoing porn? |
Bible Note: Dear bandaid, Well there you go. Apparently you’ve had the answer all along, so why the hubbub? Although to claim that viewing pornography equates to adultery is a bit of a stretch, and although I’ll disagree with that thought process, others may not. May as well already convict me of murder then if this is your thought process because to my shame I have hated people in my life time. You see where this leads us, we would be putting a bunch of innocent people in prison should we begin to try and judge them on their thoughts. Did you read the scripture I posted? Pornography is sinful yes, I will not debate that, it falls into the category of sexually immoral but it is not adultery. It will entice your lusts and potentially lead to adultery, but it is not. “This command forbids not only the acts of fornication and adultery, but, (1.) All appetites to them, all lusting after the forbidden object; this is the beginning of the sin, lust conceiving (Jam_1:15); it is a bad step towards the sin; and where the lust is dwelt upon and approved, and the wanton desire is rolled under the tongue as a sweet morsel, it is the commission of sin, as far as the heart can do it; there wants nothing but convenient opportunity for the sin itself. Adultera mens est - The mind is debauched. Ovid. Lust is conscience baffled or biassed: biassed, if it say nothing against the sin; baffled, if it prevail not in what is says. (2.) All approaches toward them; feeding the eye with the sight of the forbidden fruit; not only looking for that end, that I may lust; but looking till I do lust, or looking to gratify the lust, where further satisfaction cannot be obtained.” – Matthew Henry “saving for the cause of fornication; which must not be taken strictly for what is called fornication, but as including adultery, incest, or any unlawful copulation; and is opposed to the sense and practices of the Pharisees, who were on the side of Hillell: who admitted of divorce, upon the most foolish and frivolous pretences whatever; when Shammai and his followers insisted on it, that a man ought only to put away his wife for uncleanness; in which they agreed with Christ. For so it is written (i),” – John Gill You see, this is exactly what Jesus was explaining. We invent so many ways don’t we? We don’t like the command or the truth so we rationalize our way around it. Marital unfaithfulness, adultery, this includes the act of doing. It starts with a thought. That is why you must know that cleanliness has to start on the inside, with our heart. Do yourself a favor, look up the word adultery in a reliable dictionary. Stand in His grace, WOS |