3      And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? (2 Sam.chapter 11)

David’s sin with Bathsheba lead to him also killing her husband as well.  David spoke his own punishment when the prophet Nathan confronted him concerning his sin. Nathan used a story about a wealthy man that stole a poor man’s lamb, while he had many sheep of his own.  David said this man should suffer fourfold. David lost 4 sons!  David and Bathsheba lost their illegitimate son, Amnon raped Tamar his sister, Absolom avenged his sister by killing Amnon, and David’s general Joab for trying to overthrow his father’s throne killed Absolom.  David’s eldest son Adonijah was killed by order of Solomon because he sought to overthrow the chosen king (Solomon).  All of this because David couldn’t control his libido. It was no accident David was standing on a rooftop at the time Bathsheba was cleansing herself ritually.  He knew who Bathsheba was.  His closest advisor was her grandfather, and her husband was one of his military leaders.  The seed of lust was already there; Satan just put some water on it.

32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

32     A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.  (Prov. Chapter 6)

18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

19 the way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

20 such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

21     For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: (Proverbs chapter 30)

Adultery is very devastating because in affects not only the individuals involved, but also the innocent children, the church family if the adulterer’s are believers.  If Satan can weaken the family structure in the home, then the church is also weakened.

26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbors, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.

27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.

28  Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.

28     Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in thelandofCanaanuntoChaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith. (Ezekiel chapter 16)

The children ofIsraelwere lured away from their relationship with the Lord by sexual sin.  God constantly warnedIsraelnot to intermarry and fornicate with the heathen nations around them.  Sexual intercourse unites the parties involved emotionally; this is called a SOUL TIE.  This is why married couples are not truly married until they have sexual intercourse; it is the consummation of the marriage.  When sex takes place between unmarried people they are still emotionally tied to one another, this is whyIsraelbackslid and followed the god’s of other nations.

16       Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. (I Cor. Chapter 6)

Chaplain mark H. Stevens, M.Min