ADULTERY 2: IT DESERVING DEATH IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Adultery
a) These are depressing statistics in America, to say the least:
i) 57% of American men and 54% of American women admit to committing infidelity in any relationship they have been in.
ii) 53% of American marriages end in divorce and that 74% of men and 68% of women says they would have an affair if they knew they would never be caught.
b) What does the Bible say about Adultery?
2. Adultery Deserving Death In The Old Testament
a) When God set apart a nation to be His special people, He gave them a set of basic guidelines for living. They were the basis for every other law He would give them. These laws were a written record of the way God expects His people to behave. The seventh commandment God gave His people was, “You shall not commit adultery” (Exodus 20:14). God knew that the heart of humankind would naturally seek to fulfill every desire it experienced. God gave these laws to make His holy standards clear.
b) God viewed adultery as being a sin so terrible that it was punishable by death. “If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death” (Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22). If we ever think that God takes adultery, or any other sin, lightly, we should remember what penalties and punishments He assigned to them.
The End ...
1. Adultery a) These are depressing statistics in America, to say the least:
i) 57% of American men and 54% of American women admit to committing infidelity in any relationship they have been in.
ii) 53% of American marriages end in divorce and that 74% of men and 68% of women says they would have an affair if they knew they would never be caught.
b) What does the Bible say about Adultery?
2. Adultery Deserving Death In The Old Testament
a) When God set apart a nation to be His special people, He gave them a set of basic guidelines for living. They were the basis for every other law He would give them. These laws were a written record of the way God expects His people to behave. The seventh commandment God gave His people was, “You shall not commit adultery” (Exodus 20:14). God knew that the heart of humankind would naturally seek to fulfill every desire it experienced. God gave these laws to make His holy standards clear.
b) God viewed adultery as being a sin so terrible that it was punishable by death. “If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death” (Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22). If we ever think that God takes adultery, or any other sin, lightly, we should remember what penalties and punishments He assigned to them.
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