Different Life: 6th CommandmentНамуна

One of the most incredible stories in the Bible is the prophet Hosea. He’s commanded by God to marry a woman who is unfaithful to him. She may even be a prostitute. It’s a living symbol of his love for his unfaithful people. It’s a living reminder that God loves adulterers.

God-honoring sexuality is hard. Really hard! In a day and age when we marry much later, there can be years of patient endurance and waiting until a wedding day. Add to that widespread immodesty, easy access to pornography, and all the trappings of a hyper-sexualized culture, the constant allure of someone else is always around us.

Many people have broken the sixth commandment in one way or another. Maybe you. With it can come regret. Even a sense of loss with actions that can’t be taken back. Maybe thoughts that God is finished with you. That you are defiled. That there is no hope for redemption or forgiveness – from God or your spouse, present or future.

Jesus died for your sin. That includes your sexual sins. Even adultery. In him is grace and redemption and restoration. In him, the unclean become clean, and the defiled, pure again. Whatever your struggle and whatever your past, bring it to Jesus. Repent. Thank him for dying for you. Ask him for grace. Embrace his forgiveness. You are made new in him.