This is an heinous crime

Bible Reading: Job 29-31 Job 31:9-11 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. Job in his parable discussed his integrity. He talked of his way of life and his desire to live life in a righteous way. As he did he discussed his covenant that he had made with his eyes. Job 31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? Job here is telling us that adultery is a heinous crime. It is so terrible that he said it would be justice for his wife to become a slave and a concubine to others if he ever committed adultery. Wow! Our culture takes sin like adultery and speaks of it by calling it 'an affair'. But God is his Word has instructed us that adultery is forbidden. It is listed right alongside murder in the Ten Commandments. Job also realized that his commitment to his covenant with his wife must be enforced all the way back to his eyes. Not only could he not ever break his marriage covenant, but he could not even look upon a 'maid' or beautiful young woman. He knew that all sin begins in the heart with lust and then manifests itself when a person follows through and acts upon their thoughts. This is what Jesus teaches us: Mark 7:21-22 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: Job's covenant with his eyes is something that all Christians should study and put in place in their own lives. We also must view adultery as the heinous sin that the Bible says it is. Adultery is breaking a covenant with your spouse. Adultery is a sin before Almighty God. Adultery is a misrepresentation of the gospel because the relationship of a husband and wife is a picture of Christ and his church (Ephesians 5:22-33). Adultery is a work of the flesh (Galatians 5:19). Jesus' promise to his church is that he will never leave us or forsake us (brews 13:5), a covenant between a man and his wife should be the same until death parts them. Make a covenant with your eyes! In Christ, Rody