Morning Moments

Thou shalt not commit ADULTERY
Exodus 20:14

In my Biblical library I have found almost 8,000 references to adultery and not a single one presents it as a good thing. The Bible says there is pleasure in sin for a season. When the season ends, trouble begins.

A two year old child said to his mother, “Mom, I have a problem down there”. “What is the problem?” the mother asks. “My pee pee is hard and I like for it to lay down,” the child replies. The illustration just goes to show that we are all conscious of our body parts, and it is the responsibility of parents, not educators, not friends to explain to young children about body and parts and the reason God made us this way.

We have already stated that there should be a normal and natural bonding between parent and child, and it really has to be by both sexes. A husband should show love and affection for wife for his wife and vice versa, but with a bit of restraint in the presence of children. But above affection should be respect. Respect is seen by how a parent dresses in front of a child, how and where a spouse touches the other spouse. These are common sense things. There is just an absence of common sense today. But let’s move on for now –

In Gen 3:7-8 we find these words:

7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

The Problem - Barriers

Barriers always jeopardize relationships. It is the nature of sin to build barriers. Barriers simply say, “I will be safe if I am not so open.” Openness and transparency is critical for a healthy relationship, but we must understand that this openness and transparency is designed and essential only in a marital relationship. In other words, your spouse should be your BEST friend with whom you can share anything. That does NOT happen where there is fear of loss or rejection. In our text, it is apparent that Adam, who was not deceived, made a knowledgeable but foolish choice to participate in Eve’s transgression for fear of losing her and or being rejected by her. Men lie for the same reasons and/or transfer blame as he did before God.

Confusion "they saw"

Satan said to them, “How are you going to know the difference between right and wrong if you don’t do wrong.” Precious friends, right there is why children get involved with pre-marital sex and adults with fornication and adultery. They believed the lie: “You can only know if…” How many times have we seen men being influenced by others with those same words, “don’t knock it till you have tried it”? How many times do immoral young girls seek to lead others into sin by describing how “good” it was. If we think for a moment that seeing or sensing something that appears “beautiful and good” means that it is not dangerous and will only bring hurt, we are being deceived, which is what happened to Eve.
God willing, we shall continue this tomorrow.

BLESSINGS!