Saturday August 09th, 2025
« For your Maker is your husband, The LORD of hosts is His name; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the whole earth. »
2 “Bring charges against your mother, bring charges; for she is not My wife, nor am I her Husband! Let her put away her harlotry from her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
3 Lest I strip her naked and expose her, as in the day she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
4 “I will not have mercy on her children, for they are the children of harlotry.
5 For their mother has played the harlot; she who conceived them has behaved shamefully. For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my linen, my oil and my drink.’
The relationship between God and man can be likened to that of a husband and his wife.
Paul confirms this when he enjoined husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the Church (Ephesians 5:25).
This is why God punishes anyone caught in spiritual adultery.
For example, He punished the Israelites in Judges 2:11, 13-14 NKJV:
« And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim: And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. »
Just like a man could be jealous over the relationship of his wife with another man, when we serve other gods besides Him, God becomes very jealous (Exodus 20:5).
The spiritual adultery committed by the children of Israel can be likened to the relationship between Hosea and Gomer – a professional harlot-turned-wife.
The patience of Hosea with Gomer (who was always going back to her whoredom like a dog that goes back to its vomit) also illustrates God’s patience with His people who court the friendship of the world. 1 John 2:15 CEV says:
« Don’t love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you cannot love the Father »
Our love cannot be shared between God and the temporary things of this world.
Jesus confirms this in Luke 16:13 NIV, where He said:
« No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money »
Attempting to love God and the world at the same time will lead to rejection and shame (Revelation 3:15-16).
Beloved, beware of spiritual adultery; as it would only lead to eternal damnation. Stick to Jesus Christ, the lover of your soul.
Prayer focus – Father, please forgive me of any spiritual adultery I might have committed against You. I promise to remain faithful to You until the very end.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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