"Potiphar's wife soon began to look at him lustfully. 'Come and sleep with me,' she demanded'. 8 But Joseph refused. 'Look', he told her, 'my master trusts me with everything in his entire household. 9 No one here has more authority than I do.... It would be a great sin against God." Genesis 39:7-9 NLT
Joseph was a very faithful young man and even though he had been wrongly treated by his brothers, he was serving God in a strange country. Potiphar, the captain of the guard, selected him to serve in his house and, pretty soon, promoted him to the highest position within his home. Joseph was a very handsome man and well-built and it wasn't long before Potiphar's wife was lusting after him. However, Joseph refused every demand and after being turned down several times, she accused him of attempted rape.
Potiphar, had him thrown into prison. Why didn't he have him executed? It was a chargeable offence against a high ranking officer's wife, especially captain of the guard. He could easily have given him the death sentence. But was Potiphar aware of his wife's promiscuous ways and deep down believed Joseph? It's food for thought. But, like a good husband, he took his wife's side, even though, he had entrusted Joseph with all the tasks in his house and Joseph had shown excellent integrity.
Adultery is one of the main reasons that marriages are crumbling today. Many people believe that it is ok to commit it, believing it to be fun and a way of bringing some excitement into what may have turned into a boring relationship. But what starts out as excitement soon changes a pure flowing river into a sewer or sweetness into poison. It wrecks lives and it demoralises marriage and everything the vows stand for. It is a deceitful practice, often done behind the other partner's back and causes humiliation to them.
When a person is married to someone, that relationship in God's eyes, is sacred, a joining of two people with God in the middle blessing each partner. It is a Godly institution. But when another person enters that sacred relationship in a sexual manner, it brings total desecration into the marriage. One adulterer and one innocent person. God is not pleased. Even if the marriage was between two unbelievers, they still made the same vows in God's eyes and He is unhappy with the outcome.
If this has spoken to you, then do something about it, End the adulterous way that you are living and repent before it is too late. God's a loving God but, He will not fail to punish this adulterous act. You need to put this right with God and your partner before it is too late and the rumour has spread all over the place, and it will.
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