VII Thou shalt not commit adultery
Christians basically only have one top ten list, the top ten commandments. The famous Jewish comedian Moses made the top ten part of his act at a show on Mount Sinai. For years pretty much the only people who knew about the top ten commandments were Jews. Christians hardly paid any attention to them. Finally, once there were people called Christians, they embraced the top ten and made them part of their decor, adorning their houses, churches, and public buildings just to make people mad.
You would think that as many places the top ten commandments can be found that Christians would know all of them by heart and never be guilty of breaking any of them, but sadly, that does not seem to be the case. Take for example, the seventh commandment: Thou shalt not commit adultery.
In case you cannot read ancient Hebrew, I will translate the text. It reads in English: Don't wink, wink, nudge, nudge, with any one's husband or wife besides your own. That should be clear enough. That's as literal a translation as I can do.
The numbers are all over the place. I'm not going to bother providing statistics. What's clear is there are a certain number of people who claim to be Christians who move the mattress with spouses that aren't their own.
Is that the key? "Claim" to be Christians. One could argue, and he often does, that if you commit adultery, then you aren't a Christian.
What's a Christian to do? After all, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Joseph had a chance to commit adultery with Potipher's wife, but he ran away. I guess that's the only advice I have-flee from temptation. Note: when you commit adultery, you're most likely breaking two commandments, the seventh and the tenth, which says, "Thou shalt not covet." You're most likely also breaking your marriage vows, which constitutes lying, and that is frowned upon if not openly banned by the Bible. Thou shalt not bear false witness comes to mind.
Doth Facebook maketh thou sin? Get thee behind me, Facebook! That's what one pastor is declaring. He's even encouraging his parishioners to delete their Facebook accounts. Read here. If Facebook causeth thou to sin, cut it off! I suppose that's good advice if you just can't resist talking naughty with that Friend who isn't your spouse.
If you get caught committing adultery, please tell everyone you are definitely not a Christian. It'll be better for the rest of us and will make our faith seem more legitimate.
They say if you want to garner more comments on your blog you should end with a question. Here is mine: Have you ever committed adultery?
Christians basically only have one top ten list, the top ten commandments. The famous Jewish comedian Moses made the top ten part of his act at a show on Mount Sinai. For years pretty much the only people who knew about the top ten commandments were Jews. Christians hardly paid any attention to them. Finally, once there were people called Christians, they embraced the top ten and made them part of their decor, adorning their houses, churches, and public buildings just to make people mad.
You would think that as many places the top ten commandments can be found that Christians would know all of them by heart and never be guilty of breaking any of them, but sadly, that does not seem to be the case. Take for example, the seventh commandment: Thou shalt not commit adultery.
In case you cannot read ancient Hebrew, I will translate the text. It reads in English: Don't wink, wink, nudge, nudge, with any one's husband or wife besides your own. That should be clear enough. That's as literal a translation as I can do.
The numbers are all over the place. I'm not going to bother providing statistics. What's clear is there are a certain number of people who claim to be Christians who move the mattress with spouses that aren't their own.
Is that the key? "Claim" to be Christians. One could argue, and he often does, that if you commit adultery, then you aren't a Christian.
What's a Christian to do? After all, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Joseph had a chance to commit adultery with Potipher's wife, but he ran away. I guess that's the only advice I have-flee from temptation. Note: when you commit adultery, you're most likely breaking two commandments, the seventh and the tenth, which says, "Thou shalt not covet." You're most likely also breaking your marriage vows, which constitutes lying, and that is frowned upon if not openly banned by the Bible. Thou shalt not bear false witness comes to mind.
Doth Facebook maketh thou sin? Get thee behind me, Facebook! That's what one pastor is declaring. He's even encouraging his parishioners to delete their Facebook accounts. Read here. If Facebook causeth thou to sin, cut it off! I suppose that's good advice if you just can't resist talking naughty with that Friend who isn't your spouse.
If you get caught committing adultery, please tell everyone you are definitely not a Christian. It'll be better for the rest of us and will make our faith seem more legitimate.
They say if you want to garner more comments on your blog you should end with a question. Here is mine: Have you ever committed adultery?
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