“If You Look At A Woman With Lust....”

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The single one in that consensual intercourse with the married person is not committing adultery.
They're a Skank,male or female, a THOT, or a Slut. However, by definition,they are not committing adultery
You're crazy. Yes they are committing adultery.
 
Jesus says, “If you look at a woman with lust in your heart you have commited adultery with her in your heart.” (Matthew 5:28).

This verse has become a bastion for teachers against pornography, soft porn, pin ups, and etc. But is it meant for that? The context of who and what Jesus is discussing is adulterey which cannot be committed unless you are married. Jesus was raising the stakes for married men whom he was talking to, but can this be used in broad way for singles too?

I lean towards using is broadly, because the message is adultery in the heart, but can you have adulterey in heart if the woman is an anime character, video game character, and etc?

What are your thoughts?

Do we use Jesus’ statement as catch all for every kind of thing even having a crush on celebrities or is it specifically for married people or in a very niche context of marriage and adultery that he was addressing then?
In the ten commandments we are told we must not commit adultery. Jesus says look at a women with lust in heart it is adultery. He was emphasizing it was a sin. Not to just a couple or a single.person. We are all made in the image of God to. When we mock others a lot of Christians say you are mocking your Creator. And it's belittling women and vice versa when done to us men when treated like walking meat.
 
The difference - when you cross the line - is this - when you desire to have what is not yours to have (sexually speaking) - you have crossed the line.


Is she married?

Since anime characters, video game characters, etc. are not real women - this may move the concern from "adulterous lust" to 'lust of the eyes' if anything.

What has not been said is that - if you become too preoccupied in/with looking at images/pictures/etc. of women as a source of satisfaction for what you need, it has the psychological propensity of keeping you from going out and finding a real woman.
I agree, and would add a little more. A single man looking to make an unbetrothed virgin his wife would not be a sin - even for the purpose of making her the mother of his children. It would become a sin if he were he to pursue or plan a sexual relationship with her prior to marrying her. In other words, are his intentions honourable?
 
Wise men say
Only fools rush in.....
But I can't help
Falling in love with you
Shall I stay
Would it be a sin?
If I can't help
Falling in love with you

This is the other side of the coin. Self control? Or...as the saying goes, Marry in haste - Repent at leisure!
Also, what about women, can a woman look at a man? Ok if they are already married, they should only look at their own husband. And obvs, vice versa, otherwise would it be coveting because the man/woman is already taken.

You can't have what isn't yours.

Dunno about falling in love with an amine character. That's just kind of .... weird.
And also, prostitution is the oldest profession. But thing is, at least the woman gets paid. It's just by the hour. Those that want someone who is free and not willing to marry them are probably just being cheap. They don't want to give their whole life to them.

Marriage, as traditional vows proclaim, is exclusive. You forsake all others to be with your beloved. There are no 'three in the marriage, so it was a bit crowded' kind of thing. It's between two.
 
Jesus says, “If you look at a woman with lust in your heart you have commited adultery with her in your heart.” (Matthew 5:28).

This verse has become a bastion for teachers against pornography, soft porn, pin ups, and etc. But is it meant for that? The context of who and what Jesus is discussing is adulterey which cannot be committed unless you are married. Jesus was raising the stakes for married men whom he was talking to, but can this be used in broad way for singles too?

I lean towards using is broadly, because the message is adultery in the heart, but can you have adulterey in heart if the woman is an anime character, video game character, and etc?

What are your thoughts?

Do we use Jesus’ statement as catch all for every kind of thing even having a crush on celebrities or is it specifically for married people or in a very niche context of marriage and adultery that he was addressing then?
Ok. My pastor said he looks at his wife with lust in his heart and he believes it's a sin. The word doesn't say whether you're married or not. They make god-awful toon p***. Yeah that's lust. The word doesn't waver it says if you look at a woman with less in your heart you already committed adultery. So married or not or any image that you feel attracted to and unless away I'd say yeah you're sinning.. period
 
Ok. My pastor said he looks at his wife with lust in his heart and he believes it's a sin. The word doesn't say whether you're married or not. They make god-awful toon p***. Yeah that's lust. The word doesn't waver it says if you look at a woman with less in your heart you already committed adultery. So married or not or any image that you feel attracted to and unless away I'd say yeah you're sinning.. period
Lol. Does your pastor look like this guy? :p

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Be careful not to confuse or conflate 'lust' and 'adultery' - lust is what is in the heart and adultery is the sin committed.

One does not have "adultery in the heart"; rather:

James 1:

15 Then
when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.


In the context of this current discussion, adultery is the result of lust.
No. You are twisting. Jesus exact words are if you look at a woman with lust you already committed adultery in your heart. So yes it is adultery even if it's not physical. Don't twist it to justifying
ha move over Reverend Lovejoy

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Ok jokes over
 
Reminds me when I was forced to go to the Catholic church when I was younger!! I can't stand the smell of that incense. The taste of wine. Getting a workout kneeling standing and sitting the whole service. I don't mess it at all.
He was presbylutheran

They don't have incense as far as I know, and serve grape juice. They might have hard wooden pews though, at least thats what they had in The Simpsons.
 
I don't understand why some ministers wear dog collars, but it's probably better than a suit and tie that some baptist ministers wear. Or jeans and sneakers.
 
He was presbylutheran

They don't have incense as far as I know, and serve grape juice. They might have hard wooden pews though, at least thats what they had in The Simpsons.
In my hometown they do I guess we're weird in Amarillo Texas!!!
 
You not in Austin, where they keep things weird?
Man I wouldn't lie to you St Mary's in Amarillo Texas they drink wine they swing around a thing of incense when they're walking up from the aisle to the front of the church when Church begins I'm telling you man I wouldn't lie to you I was raised in that church man before I converted