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You shall not commit adultery. Exodus 20:14

Commit Adultery: “to corrupt, debase, or make impure.”

But a man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself. Proverbs 6:32

1. Without God, it’s not Marriage.

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Genesis 2:24

“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” Matthew 19:4-5

God’s definition of marriage: One man and One woman, united together for life.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. Ephesians 5:25

1. Adultery starts in your heart.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Matthew 5:28

• 64% of Christian men admit to watching porn once a month
• 15% of Christian women admit to watching porn once a month
• The average age someone is exposed to porn: 11 years old.
• Spouses that look at porn are 300% more likely to cheat and 200% more likely to get divorced.
• 75% of teenagers have viewed porn by the age of 17
• 41% of teenagers say they have seen images of nudity or sexual acts online during the school day (bypassing existing WiFi filtering.)
• 58% say they came across porn by accident while surfing the web or on social media.
• Porn sites get more visitors each month than Netflix, Amazon, and Twitter combined.
• You can’t manage lust, kill it.

Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. Colossians 3:5-6

Temptation often comes through a door that’s been deliberately left open.

Flee from sexual immorality. 1 Corinthians 6:18

1. Guard your eyes.

The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. Matthew 6:22-23

I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman. Job 31:1

1. Get Help.

Resources for a Stronger Marriage & Recovery from Adultery

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. James 5:16

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9

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