Re:Verse passage – Exodus 20:14 (day six)
“You shall not commit adultery.”
This commandment points to two truths, the sacredness of marriage and the wholeness of sexual intimacy, and neither are mutually exclusive. Marriage is sacred in the same fashion as life is sacred (#6), or as the family is sacred (#5); each serve a valuable role in God filling the earth with his glory. Marriage is first and foremost God’s; he made it in his image, therefore it is sacred.
Sexual intimacy, (not just sex) by design is the very consummation of wholeness, or oneness between a husband and wife. It is a physical picture of a mutual reality. God is very serious when he says, “The two shall become one flesh.” Or “what God puts together, let no man separate.” This commandment is God’s way of saying, “stay whole; stay as one!”
Why? Because oneness in marriage is the heart of its sacredness, and if a marriage loses its sacredness it can no longer fulfill God’s purpose.
Is it any wonder than that the enemy would aim to destroy sex and marriage?
I’ve seen way too many married couples split up just because of sex..which is a shame..so glad you have proved what the Word teaches..marriage is way more than sex…it’s a total relationship, 1st with God as our leader, designer & then oneness with the one the ONE led us to for lives shared until one passes away & then our Eternity with our Maker.. It’s just that simple.
Thanks, Danny,
Pam Brenner
Thanks for the clarification about this commandment.