Adultery's Grave Consequence

Good morning. Good morning. Welcome to coffee and devotions this morning. We're at Deuteronomy chapter 22 verse 22 just one single little verse It's on adultery. I'm gonna have some coffee. We'll pray. We'll get to God's Word It's too hot. Okay. Well, I'll drink it then Mmm Went down the wrong pipe dude, you ready to pray you wanna pray for us you want me to pray Lord, we thank you so much for this day. Thank you for your word. Thank you for the blessing it is to get to read your Bible together. Lord, we pray that your Holy Spirit would please help us to understand and to live in Jesus name.
Amen. All right. Deuteronomy, chapter 22, verse 22. All right. I bet you can read a whole bunch of this. Ready? Right here. If a man is found lying with a woman, married to a husband, then the boss, not boss, but both, them shall die. And that way is the woman, and the woman so do you. Put away the evil for life. Good job reading, man. That was a great job. All right. So we got to ask ourselves our three questions.
A, what is this about? B, what is the... And C, what are we called to do? So what do you think this passage was about? Yeah, don't commit adultery, right? So if there's a man and he's found lying with a woman and she's already married to a husband, what should happen? Yeah. To the woman or to the man? Both. That's right. Both of them, right? Because adultery is a very, very, very serious issue, isn't it? Yeah. How do you think mommy would feel if daddy said, you know what? I want to go have another girl. I'm going to have a girlfriend. I want to go have another wife.
Yeah. Yeah. Right. No, no bueno. Absolutely not. No, no, no. Right. So God is, again, constraining their sin. Telling them that, hey, when you guys do this stuff, this is wrong and it's going to hurt society. It's going to hurt families. It's not good.
Right. Why do you think it goes out? Why do you think God goes out of his way to say that it's not just the man who has to be put to death, but it's the man and the woman? Well, why not just the woman and leave the man alone? Yeah, right. So they're both committing adultery.
Well, here's an interesting thing, by the way. What do you think is the best verse to summarize this whole thing? Because it's it's one verse. But I'm going to move this towards Christ here just for a moment. And there's a famous story. And it's some people dispute it, but I think it's a true story. Jesus. As a woman who's brought to him.
The elders drag this woman in front of Jesus and they say, we caught this woman in the act of adultery. And the law says that we should stone her to death. What do you say? What do you think Jesus said? The Bible says that Jesus bent down on the ground and he wrote something in the ground. The Bible doesn't tell us what he wrote. But then after he had written on the ground, he said to the people standing around, he said. Let him who has no sin cast the first stone. And one by one. From the oldest. To the least. They dropped their stones and walked away.
And then the women, it was just Jesus and the woman left standing there. And he looked at the woman, he said, ma'am, where are your accusers? And she had no more accusers. And Jesus told her, no longer do I condemn you, but go and sin no more. Why do you think Jesus didn't stone her? I didn't think you say, guys, you're right, you know your Bible, she should be put to death. Where was the guy? They said they caught her in the act. Where's the guy? Were they keeping the law? Did she deserve death if she was truly caught in adultery? Yeah. What would Jesus do within a matter of just a short matter of a few years? What would he do possibly for that lady? Jesus would die on the cross for her. See, he took her guilt and her sin upon himself. Even people who have been caught in horrible sins like adultery, do you think they're without hope? Beyond redemption?
No, Jesus came, did he come for the healthy or for the sick? For the sick, that's right. That's how much I think Jesus loved that woman. But he came for the healthy and the sick. Yeah, well, he did come for the healthy, too. You're right. Well, he says, I did not come for the healthy, but for the sick. Says the healthy don't need a doctor, but the sick do. He came for us. He came to forgive us of our sins and to cleanse us of our transgressions. But all of us are sick. Yeah. Except Jesus. Yeah, except Jesus. He's the great physician, isn't he? Yeah.
What do you think this calls you to do in your life? Well, should you look at women as something to be used? No. If God gives you someday a wife, should you love her? Should you love her and want to sleep with other women? No. If the Lord gives you a wife, then you should love her alone. Be committed to her. Take vows. Be a man. Have eyes for your wife only.
Do you think, well, so, but if it's Deborah, right, she doesn't have to listen to this passage, right? What about Ellie? She doesn't have to listen to this passage. What about mommy? She doesn't have to listen to this passage. Yeah, right. The point is that there were to be those who are committed, committed to walking before God in cleanliness and purity. You done with this? Can you pray for us? Amen. May the Lord bless you knowing that he has loved you with a perfect covenant love. that he will always love you if you are part of his bride, the church. We'll see you next time. You wanna say bye? Bye.