PAT'S
PERSPECTIVE
Adultery
& Fornication
By
Pat Robertson
The 700 Club
CBN.com
-- Sexual intercourse between a married
person and someone who is not his or her mate is adultery. The
Ten Commandments contain the prohibition against adultery: "You shall not commit
adultery" (Exodus 20:14). The reason is simple: Marriage is the foundation of
society, and with it comes the responsibility of child rearing. Casual sex outside
marriage not only imperils marriage but also destroys the paternal or maternal
feeling for the children of the marriage, and blurs the lines of inheritance and
family, clan and tribal relationships. Fornication
is sex between two unmarried people. The apostle Paul said this is a sin against
the body. He commands Christians to flee fornication as a sin against self and
God, for the believer's body is the temple of the Holy Spirit (see I Corinthians
6:18-19). Paul says that if a believer takes his body and joins it to a harlot
(or someone who is immoral), he is joining Jesus Christ to that person (see I
Corinthians 6:15-16). It is very
important to understand that neither fornicators nor adulterers will enter the
kingdom of heaven (see I Corinthians 6:9-10). In today's world, the term fornication
is rarely used and immorality between unmarried people is commonly accepted as
a lifestyle. But immorality, however commonplace, is a sin that will keep millions
of people out of heaven, unless they repent.
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