Adultery What it is and Why it Matters

Adultery is the physical or spiritual betrayal of a covenant, it's not just a sexual act outside of marriage. While sex outside of marriage is a physical representation of adultery, spiritual adultery goes much deeper than sexual acts.

Spiritual adultery is about a person or group of people that have entered into a covenant relationship, violating the sacred trust and unity of that covenant. The person or group willingly pursue or choose idols, compromise, or sin over obedience and devotion. It happens when the person or group seeks to satisfy self through false teachings, worldly systems and carnal desires.

The turning away for worldly systems is the lust of the eyes desiring a system never meant for you because it looks good or appears to be better than what you have. The turning away for carnal desires is the lust of the flesh and turning away having itching ears is the pride of life. The person turns away for what they desire to hear, see, feel or experience outside the will of the Most High.

This is why sex outside of marriage is not just a sinful act, but it corrupts the person entirely (body, soul, and spirit 1 Cor.6:18). Scripture teaches that the Most High is our husband Isaiah 54:5. Thus sex outside of marriage (fornication) is both physical and spiritual adultery. Sex is a high act of worship, it involves body, soul and spirit, be sure to check out my blog on Sex: a High Act of Worship coming next week Most High willing.

When we accept Christ as Lord of our lives we are accepting His plans, call, gifts, and desires over our own. Scripture tells us not to follow Him lightly but to pick up our cross and follow Him daily. We have to kill off the flesh daily, we have to walk away from the lust of eyes daily letting go of our own desires and thoughts that we may live out the kingdom agenda for our lives. (Luke 9:23 & Matthew 7:21)

Anything that breaks the covenant is spiritual adultery. So, how does all this spiritual adultery happen in our lives? When we accept Christ and go back to the world or become prideful and arrogant we commit adultery.

Spiritual adultery usually takes place because a person returns to worldly systems or has become prideful and arrogant thinking more highly of themselves than they ought to. Desiring their own ways over the ways of the Most High (Proverbs 14:12). Pride is the beginning of sin, it happens when one's heart is turned away from its creator. (Sirach 10:13-14)

So, what does this look like in a real life scenario? One word hypocrisy professing to be or do something and then living the complete opposite of that profession. Going to service each week but having sex with a leader when you know their married. Someone claiming to be a Christian witch, emotional or sexual connection outside of covenant. Entertaining lustful thoughts. Secret communications with romantic intent. Placing trust or identity in the world’s systems (money, career, beauty, politics, self-help idols). Ignoring conviction or twisting scripture for comfort, loving pleasure or the praise of people more than truth or practicing witchcraft. Adultery is about a person or group trying to have dual allegiance.

We are called to do what we are instructed (John 6:40) to do not what we desire to do for it is written I love them that love me(Proverbs 8:17), if ye love me keep my commandments(John 14:15). It's important to honor the covenant we entered into because not keeping it leads to destruction while here on earth and hell afterward. We will give answer to tearing down the Kingdom of the Most High and working against His will, desires, plans, and purposes for His creation.

All of this leads to consequences. What are the consequences of not living out what you are called to live? Others suffer because of it, there are people you never meet that you were supposed to meet and help, their blood will be on your hands because you did your own will and not that of the Father the agreement that you agreed to fulfill when you accepted Christ you said I agree to Your will Lord God Almighty and not my own, I have chosen to walk away from my own desires being fulfilled and to live out the mission You reveal to me.

What is the purpose He has chosen you for, many don't pursue Him to find out they get renewed with baptism and never purge themselves of their own darkness let alone fulfill or find out what the instructions are for their own lives. We never stop to ask can this person(I'm entertaining marrying) handle the anointing or call on my life or will they fold and walk away after a couple of years? We don't stop and ask God is this the person You have for me. We tend to go with oh there is resistance it must be from God, BUT what happens when that resistance is from God trying to get you to self correct? In what ways if any have you committed spiritual adultery against the covenant you entered with the Most High? And how can you realign yourself with His desires, plans, and will for your life?