Luke 16:18

Luke 16:18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Mark 10:18-21 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good — except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’” “Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.” Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Romans 13:9 The commandments, “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Covenant breaking is not allowed in the kingdom of God, yet we break covenant with man and God all the time. The flesh is a covenant breaker. That is why we are not allowed into the kingdom of God without becoming new creatures, for we are covenant breakers. If we were allowed to enter without a born again experience in Christ, we would promise with our whole hearts to be good, but as covenant breakers, we would break our vows. We are a contaminated race; we are humans. Jesus said our souls are so contaminated that even if we don't break our covenant outwardly, inwardly we think about doing so. He says, if our spirits are so contaminated, we might as well have done the deed, for God reads the heart. Nothing escapes his presence, and He will not allow any covenant breaking spirit into his kingdom. We who think about breaking covenant are just as guilty as those who actually do so physically.

Jesus placed all men in the same category: covenant breakers. Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good — except God alone. All men have failed to live up to God's image, to fulfill their responsibility of not only loving God but each other. We are to love God with our whole heart, soul, and strength; we are to love others as we love ourselves. As his creation, these are the tacit promises understood by man and God. Nevertheless, Cain questioned God, "Am I my brother's keeper?" And the implied answer was, "Yes, you are, and his blood cries out to me from the soil of the earth, and you will be judged harshly for breaking your covenant with me." From the very beginning, we humans have had this responsibility of loving each other. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” (Mark 12:32-33) We have broken our covenant with God and man. We commit adultery with each other, and we also commit adultery with other gods. We not only chase after other human partners, we chase after other gods of our own making. When we reject God and follow after false gods, we are definitely covenant breakers.

When we marry, we make vows to each other of faithfulness as we promise a life together until death. This is also what we promised God, but we have broken our covenant with each other and with God. We are basically unfaithful, and everyone who is involved with us is contaminated by that unfaithfulness. The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. In the above parable, the rich man who desires to follow Jesus said, "I have kept these covenants you list since I was a boy." Then Jesus says, "You lack one thing, your covenant with your fellowman: go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” Jesus asks us to commit to our fellowman first and then follow him. Anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. (1 John 4:20) The rich man did not want to fulfill his responsibility to God and his fellow man, for he was rich and self-sustaining and did not want to commit fully to anyone else.

Listen, my friends, we are ALL ADULTERERS: we have all committed the sin of breaking our covenants and going our own way. Whether we are physical or spiritual adulterers, we are still in the same boat, a sinner's craft. In our failure, we need God's grace and mercy. We need his forgiveness, his redemption, and his resurrection life. Should we divorce, should we sin, should we fail God? Of course not, but if we do, we need God's mercy and grace. We need him to straighten out our sinful lives and to make us conformable to his image and will. We need him to heal our relationships. WE JUST NEED HIM. So if you find yourself in the sinking ship of sin, do not look back, but seek him. Do not castigate yourself, but seek him. He will restore you, forgive you, and make your life whole and complete in him.