The high cost of Adultery

Read Proverbs 5.

Television and movies constantly present sex outside of marriage.  Their presumption often is that adultery is inevitable, everyone does it, and it won't hurt anyone.  Such thinking is based upon multiple lies.

1. Not everyone physically violates their vows.
2. The marriage vow states that both parties will be faithful to the other, regardless of circumstances, until their death.
3. No one gets away with it.  The couple involved and everyone around them suffers long-term consequences.

Solomon held nothing back in this chapter.  He tells it like it really is.  Do not miss all his descriptions what does and can happen.

It is foolish and shows a lack of wise behavior.  It reveals a gap in one’s personal character and discipline.  The results will be bitter.  It will cut the insides like a sword.  The adulterer is playing on the path to hell and not life.  Both parties will lose honor and respect.  Strangers may take everything away without mercy.  In addition, there is the risk STDs that can lead to death.  So much for the glamour of the movies.  This is the real story.

How do people get into such sin?
"How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!  I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors." (v.12)

What is the solution?
"Drink water from your own cistern." (v.15)  In other words, enjoy who God has provided for you at home.  Don't share yourself with anyone else. (v.17)
"Be intoxicated always with her love." (v.19)
Remember, God sees and holds us accountable for our actions. (v.21)