Subject: Adultery always involves married woman? |
Bible Note: Hi doc, First, thank you for the time and effort you put in. First, let me give some of the passages that pertain to the issue at hand, as that may clarify some of the issues that we need to look at that pertain to the main issues at hand. Gen. 1:22, 28, 2:24, Gen. 3:16, 6:1, Chapter 8, Ex. 20:14, 21:10, Deu. 5:19, 17:17, 25:5-10, Lev. 18, 20:10, 2 Sam. 12:7-8, Psa. 127:3-5, Prov. 6:32, Jer. 3:8-9, 5:7, 7:9, 23:14, 29:23, Eze. 16:32, 23:37, Hos. 4:2, 13-14 , Mat. 5:27-28, 32, 19:9, 18, 22:24-28, Mar. 10:11-12, 19, Luke 16:18, 18:20, John 8:3-4, Rom. 2:22, 7:7, 13:9, 1 Cor. 6:15-7, 9, 10:6, 23, Gal. 5:16, 19, Eph. 5:31, 1 Thes. 4:3-9, 1 Ti. 3:1-2, 12, 2 Ti. 2:22, James 1:14-15, 2:11, 4:2, 2 Pet. 1:4, 2:10, 14, 1 Jn. 2:16-17, Rev. 2:22 I understand that often not seeing the meaning in one passage may result in us forming an unfounded or distorted opinion based on our incomplete data set. If you find any I have missed, let me know. To say that adultery is a form of stealing because of Deu. 5:18 being in proximity would mean that we could continue the pattern throughout: Deu 5:16 'Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well with you on the land which the LORD your God gives you. Deu 5:17 'You shall not murder. Deu 5:18 'You shall not commit adultery. Deu 5:19 'You shall not steal. Deu 5:20 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. … Adultery is a form of dishonoring your mother and your father Adultery is a form of Murder Adultery is a form of Stealing Adultery is a way of bearing false witness against your neighbor, .. … I am quite sure that you are not attempting to do such a linking, but that you have other passages that discuss this in greater detail, and that you just forgot to include those in your example. The description of “Making an honest man / woman” of someone by marrying them does cover the concept of fornication. When fornication occurred, the man gained a(nother) wife, and the woman a husband, with no possibility of divorce. In the case of adultery, the stoning of both individuals left no need for future decisions as to what they should do, or could do. They were dead. The point that they were not honest in the first place, might better be, they were in disobedience to God’s commands in the first place, if we, and they, are “honest” about God’s commands. Dishonesty and either a failure to understand or obey scriptures, seem to be different concepts to me, but perhaps after rereading your note I will understand your meaning clearer. Dishonesty is when I know something other than what I say, or lead others to believe is true, is really true, and I know it. Deception is when I honestly believe something is true, but I am mistaken. Ignorance is when I do not know the truth at all, and simply do what I believe without any real foundation one way or the other. To state that all people who commit the specific form of fornication known as premarital sex are dishonest doesn’t seem to specifically apply to me. That said, perhaps you can offer me a clarification so I can understand what you mean as the definition of dishonest, and how it applies. |