Dictionary of Bible Themes In Scripture there is a close link between sexual sin and spiritual corruption and immorality as promoted by false teachers. Scripture frequently uses the language of sexual sin to expose the infidelity of God's people. Numbers 25:1-3The link between sexual sin and spiritual adultery See also In practice Exodus 34:15Hosea 4:14 Revelation 2:20-25 See also In false teaching Numbers 31:15-162 Timothy 3:6 2 Peter 2:13-15 Jude 1:4,8 Revelation 2:14-16 Ezekiel 16:8 Spiritual adultery and God's covenant relationship with his people God as a husband to his people See also Isaiah 54:5The spiritual relationship between God and his people is defined in terms of the intimate and exclusive bond of marriage. Jeremiah 3:14; 31:32Ephesians 5:31-32 Exodus 34:14 God is jealous for his people's affections See also Exodus 20:4-5Just as husband and wife are jealous for their relationship in love, so God is jealous for the affections of his people. Deuteronomy 4:23-24; 6:13-15Deuteronomy 31:16 The history of spiritual adultery among God's people See also Before Israel's kings Leviticus 17:7-9; 20:4-6Judges 2:16-17; 8:27,33-34 Hosea 1:2 See also In the northern kingdom of Israel 1 Chronicles 5:25Ezekiel 23:1-8 Hosea 2:2-3; 4:10-12; 5:3-4 Jeremiah 3:1-3 See also In the southern kingdom of Judah 2 Chronicles 21:10-11Isaiah 57:3-8 Jeremiah 2:20; 5:7-8; 23:13-14 Ezekiel 16:15-22; 23:11-21 Matthew 12:38-39 See also In Jesus Christ's generation Matthew 16:4Jeremiah 19:3-5 God's judgment on spiritual adultery See also Jeremiah 3:6-10; 16:10-13Ezekiel 23:36-49 1 John 2:15-17 Believers are not to be drawn into spiritual adultery See also 1 Corinthians 10:6-11Colossians 3:5 Hebrews 3:12-14; 10:26-31 James 4:4-5 1 John 5:21 See also 1345 covenant5714 men 7215 exile, the 8207 commitment 8459 perseverance 8704 apostasy 8773 jealousy 8840 unfaithfulness to God 9210 judgment, God's |
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