Digging Deeper Day 33

Barrier: Fornication/Adultery

Fornication and Adultery are best described as unfaithfulness. They are to the physical what idolatry is to the spiritual. Just as God is a jealous God and will not share us with anyone or anything, just as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit are one so is a husband and wife. Marriage is the one human institution that reflects the unity of the Godhead. Sexual intimacy is meant for one person and one person only and that is our mate. Sex is to marriage what worship is to God. We have so distorted the true meaning of sex in our society that many Christians think the last statement is potentially blasphemous. It was God who created sex between a man and his wife, period. Just as God alone is to be worshipped, not other gods like money, sexual impurity, entertainment, leisure, sports, etc…
Proof of this is the constant description of Israel’s unfaithfulness to God as adultery. Jesus raised the bar in the Sermon on the Mount when he made us aware that the fact that adultery can also be committed in your heart. Therefore, our faithfulness to God must be in our mind and action. Our faithfulness to our mates must also be in mind and action. The below scriptures are not even to close to comprehensive on the subject but they do make the point about how God feels about this type unfaithfulness.
Why does God feel this way? Why is He so hard on unfaithfulness? Because “He is always faithful.” In contrast to man, who is fickle in and generally faithful in “fair weather.” God is Always Faithful to us even when we don’t deserve it, which is all the time! Thanks be to God for His Faithfulness, that He will not give us up even when we deny Him and are unfaithful. There is no one like OUR GOD!

Old Testament Meaning
Definition
to commit fornication, be a harlot, play the harlot
to be a harlot, act as a harlot, commit fornication
to commit adultery
to be a cult prostitute
to be unfaithful (to God) (fig.)
to play the harlot
to cause to commit adultery
to force into prostitution
to commit fornication
With another wife
Idolatrous worship
Word Usage - Total: 124
adulterous 1, become a harlot 1, commit adultery 1, commits flagrant harlotry 1, fall to harlotry 1, harlot 22, harlot continually 1, harlot's 2, harlot's* 2, harlot* 3, harlotry 3, harlots 5, making her a harlot 1, play the harlot 18, play the harlot continually 1, played the harlot 24, playing the harlot 3, plays the harlot 1, prostitute 1, unfaithful 1adulterer 3, adulterers 5, adulteress 3, adulteresses 2, adulteries 1, adulterous 1, adultery 1, commit adultery 6, commits adultery 3, committed adultery 5, committing of adultery 1

Numbers 15:39
"And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, so as to do them and not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot,
Numbers 25:1
While Israel remained at Shittim, the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab.
Deuteronomy 31:16
And the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers; and this people will arise and play the harlot with the strange gods of the land, into the midst of which they are going, and will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them.
Judges 2:17
And yet they did not listen to their judges, for they played the harlot after other gods and bowed themselves down to them. They turned aside quickly from the way in which their fathers had walked in obeying the commandments of the Lord; they did not do as their fathers.
Judges 8:27
And Gideon made it into an ephod, and placed it in his city, Ophrah, and all Israel played the harlot with it there, so that it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
Judges 8:33
Then it came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the sons of Israel again played the harlot with the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god.
1Chronicles 5:25
But they acted treacherously against the God of their fathers, and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
Psalm 73:27
For, behold, those who are far from Thee will perish; Thou hast destroyed all those who are unfaithful to Thee.
Psalm 106:39
Thus they became unclean in their practices, And played the harlot in their deeds.
Proverbs 23:27
For a harlot is a deep pit, And an adulterous woman is a narrow well.
Proverbs 29:3
A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad, But he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth.
Ezekiel 6:9
"Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations to which they will be carried captive, how I have been hurt by their adulterous hearts which turned away from Me, and by their eyes, which played the harlot after their idols; and they will loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed, for all their abominations.
Ezekiel 16:15
"But you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot because of your fame, and you poured out your harlotries on every passer-by who might be willing.
Ezekiel 16:16
"And you took some of your clothes, made for yourself high places of various colors, and played the harlot on them, which should never come about nor happen.
Exodus 20:14
"You shall not commit adultery.
Leviticus 20:10
'If there is a man who commits adultery with another man's wife, one who commits adultery with his friend's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Job 24:15
"And the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, 'No eye will see me.' And he disguises his face.
Proverbs 6:32
The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense; He who would destroy himself does it.
Proverbs 30:20
This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, "I have done no wrong."
Jeremiah 3:8
"And I saw that for all the adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and given her a writ of divorce, yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear; but she went and was a harlot also.
Ezekiel 16:32
"You adulteress wife, who takes strangers instead of her husband!
Ezekiel 16:38
"Thus I shall judge you, like women who commit adultery or shed blood are judged; and I shall bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
Ezekiel 23:37
"For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. Thus they have committed adultery with their idols and even caused their sons, whom they bore to Me, to pass through the fire to them as food.
Ezekiel 23:45
"But they, righteous men, will judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

New Testament Meaning
Definition
an adulteress
as the intimate alliance of God with the people of Israel was likened to a marriage, those who relapse into idolatry are said to commit adultery or play the harlot
fig. equiv. to faithless to God, unclean, apostate
Word Usage - Total: 26
adulteress 2, adulteresses 1, adulterous 3, adultery 3, adulteries 2, commit adultery 11, commits adultery 2, committing 1

Matthew 12:39
But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign shall be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet;
Matthew 16:4
"An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and a sign will not be given it, except the sign of Jonah." And He left them, and went away.
Mark 8:38
"For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels."
James 4:4
You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
2 Peter 2:14
having eyes full of adultery and that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children;
Matthew 15:19
"For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.
Mark 7:21
"For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
Mark 7:22
deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness
Matthew 5:27
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery';
Matthew 5:28
but I say to you, that everyone who looks on a woman to lust for her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Matthew 5:32
but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the cause of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Matthew 19:18
He said to Him, "Which ones?" And Jesus said, "You shall not commit murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness;
Romans 2:22
You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
Romans 13:9
For this, "You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Revelation 2:22
'Behold, I will cast her upon a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds.

Definition--FORNICATION
illicit sexual intercourse
adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse with animals etc.
sexual intercourse with close relatives; Lev. 18
sexual intercourse with a divorced man or woman; Mk. 10:11,
metaph. the worship of idols
of the defilement of idolatry, as incurred by eating the sacrifices offered to idols
NAS Word Usage - Total: 25
fornication 4, fornications 2, immoralities 1, immorality 16, sexual immorality 1, unchastity

John 8:41
"You are doing the deeds of your father." They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God."
1 Corinthians 5:1
It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father's wife.
1Corinthians 6:13
Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food; but God will do away with both of them. Yet the body is not for immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord is for the body.
1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body.
1 Corinthians 7:2
But because of immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
2 Corinthians 12:21
I am afraid that when I come again my God may humiliate me before you, and I may mourn over many of those who have sinned in the past and not repented of the impurity, immorality and sensuality which they have practiced.
Galatians 5:19
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,
Ephesians 5:3
But do not let immorality or any impurity or greed even be named among you, as is proper among saints;
Colossians 3:5
Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.
1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;
Revelation 2:21
'And I gave her time to repent; and she does not want to repent of her immorality.
Revelation 9:21
and they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts.
Revelation 14:8
And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion of her immorality."
Revelation 17:2
with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality."
Revelation 17:4
And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality,
Revelation 18:3
"For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the passion of her immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth of her sensuality."
Revelation 19:2
because His JUDGMENTS ARE TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and He has AVENGED THE BLOOD OF His bond-servants ON HER."

Breakthrough: Faithfulness

Old Testament Meaning
Definition
firmness, fidelity, steadfastness, steadiness firmness, faithfulness, truth
sureness, reliability
stability, continuance
faithfulness, reliableness
truth
as spoken
of testimony and judgment
Word Usage - Total: 175
faith 2, faithful 5, faithfully 14, faithfulness 35, honestly 1, responsibility 1, stability 1, steady 1, trust 2, lasting 1, truth 85, true 18, truthful 2

Deuteronomy 32:4
"The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He.
Psalm 33:4
For the word of the Lord is upright; And all His work is done in faithfulness.
Psalm 36:5
Thy lovingkindness, O Lord, extends to the heavens, Thy faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Psalm 89:2
For I have said, "Lovingkindness will be built up forever; In the heavens Thou wilt establish Thy faithfulness."
Psalm 89:5
And the heavens will praise Thy wonders, O Lord; Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
Psalm 89:8
O Lord God of hosts, who is like Thee, O mighty Lord? Thy faithfulness also surrounds Thee.
Psalm 100:5
For the Lord is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting, And His faithfulness to all generations.
Psalm 119:90
Thy faithfulness continues throughout all generations; Thou didst establish the earth, and it stands.
Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man will abound with blessings, But he who makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished.
Isaiah 25:1
O Lord, Thou art my God; I will exalt Thee, I will give thanks to Thy name; For Thou hast worked wonders, Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.
Jeremiah 5:1
"Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And look now, and take note. And seek in her open squares, If you can find a man, If there is one who does justice, who seeks truth, Then I will pardon her.
Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, do not Thine eyes look for truth? Thou hast smitten them, But they did not weaken; Thou hast consumed them, But they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to repent.
Jeremiah 7:28
"And you shall say to them, 'This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God or accept correction; truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.
Jeremiah 9:3
"And they bend their tongue like their bow; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me," declares the Lord.
Lamentations 3:23
They are new every morning; Great is Thy faithfulness.
Hosea 2:20
And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know the Lord.
Psalm 91:4
He will cover you with His pinions, And under His wings you may seek refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.
Psalm 108:4
For Thy lovingkindness is great above the heavens; And Thy truth reaches to the skies.
Psalm 111:7
The works of His hands are truth and justice; All His precepts are sure.
Psalm 111:8
They are upheld forever and ever; They are performed in truth and uprightness.
Psalm 115:1
Not to us, O Lord, not to us, But to Thy name give glory Because of Thy lovingkindness, because of Thy truth.
Psalm 117:2
For His lovingkindness is great toward us, And the truth of the Lord is everlasting. Praise the Lord!
Psalm 119:43
And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, For I wait for Thine ordinances.
Psalm 119:142
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Thy law is truth.
Psalm 119:151
Thou art near, O Lord, And all Thy commandments are truth.
Psalm 119:160
The sum of Thy word is truth, And every one of Thy righteous ordinances is everlasting.
Jeremiah 32:41
"And I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
Jeremiah 33:6
'Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth.
Jeremiah 42:5
Then they said to Jeremiah, "May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us, if we do not act in accordance with the whole message with which the Lord your God will send you to us.

New Testament Meaning
Definition
trusty, faithful
of persons who show themselves faithful in the transaction of business, the execution of commands, or the discharge of official duties
one who kept his plighted faith, worthy of trust
that can be relied on
easily persuaded
believing, confiding, trusting
in the NT one who trusts in God's promises
one who is convinced that Jesus has been raised from the dead
one who has become convinced that Jesus is the Messiah and author of salvation
Word Usage - Total: 67
believe 2, believer 4, believers 5, believing 1, faithful 44, faithful one 1, faithfully 1, sure 1, trustworthy 7, who believe 1

1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, that you may be able to endure it.
1Thessalonians 5:24
Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass.
2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.
1Timothy 1:12
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service;
1 Timothy 3:11
Women must likewise be dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things.
2 Timothy 2:13
If we are faithless, He remains faithful; for He cannot deny Himself.
1 Peter 4:19
Therefore, let those also who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing what is right.
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Revelation 2:10
'Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.