“Thou shalt not commit adultery.” Exodus 20:14
The greatest gift God has given to us is Jesus. He is the most precious blessing we could ever have. Having Him means receiving so many other blessings and gifts but, even without them, He is far greater than all the universe.
The greatest gift in this world I think is God’s word written down in the Bible. It is the greatest book ever written because it shows us who God is and how we can find Him. It helps show us how to find Jesus.
The Second greatest gift given to a person is their spouse. God is entrusting an eternal soul to another person when two people marry. Each person is to help and encourage the other in this life. God has given them someone to share the good times and the bad. Someone to help when one is sick. Someone to lift up the other when the world seems to be falling apart.
Your spouse is a gift from God, and you are a gift to your spouse. Believers have no rights to their own lives because they have given their lives to Christ. Christ in turn gives some of that responsibility and ownership to your spouse. You do not belong to yourself, but you belong to God and your spouse.
When we start to think about others, in a way that should only be reserved for our spouse, we commit adultery in our hearts. Our hearts look for someone else to satisfy our desires outside of our marriage. Doing this, we are telling God that He made a mistake. “God, this woman (or man) is a better choice for me then the person you gave to me. She/he can fulfill my desires, and I have decided to do this my way and not yours.”
If you want a relationship with God, where He answers your prayers, then you better be one with your spouse.
“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.” 1 Peter 3:7
You cannot expect to have a close relationship with God while telling Him that one of the greatest gifts ever given to you was the wrong gift. If you are not right with your spouse, you are breaking your relationship with Christ as well.
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