Adultery Essay

When I was working in the oil and gas industry in Aberdeen I remember hearing about a husband who was caught cheating on his wife and 8 months old with a co-worker. According to the news they had a one-night stand in a hotel, which the man filmed on his cell phone. His wife later found the videos and posted them on the internet and sent them to all her husband 's contacts, friends, and co-workers. The affair, however brief, resulted in them losing their jobs. The clips went viral online and the scandal was all over the news and spoken about with the local community.
Although I do not condone their actions, when I heard about it the first thing that sprung to my mind was a comparison between this and the gospel story about the woman who was caught committing adultery.
Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd …show more content…
I often wonder, at what point did she weigh up the pros and cons and decide, “You know what. Adultery seems like a good idea.”
Maybe she was cajoled into it by the man. Maybe he was the love of her life that she never got to be with and the opportunity became available so she took it. Maybe the lure of forbidden love was too much for her. Or she suffered from some deeper temptation that she struggled unsuccessfully to control. Perhaps it was her first time. Maybe her friend down the street had been committing adultery with the milkman for years and they had never been caught. Yet she did it once and was caught. Who knows her reasons? But the fact is she knew she should not do it and she knew the penalty yet she went ahead with it. This shows us that at many levels our carnal fleshly nature is inclined to act contrary to how God wants us to act even in the face of just