THE 5 CURSES OF ADULTERY

1. Corruption of the Soul

“But he who commits adultery lacks understanding; he who does so destroys his own soul,” (Proverbs 6:32).

The person who commits adultery finds pleasure in it, and this is due to a soul contaminated by evil; their thoughts are unhealthy and wrong, and within them there is a turmoil of emotions that control them.

“Corrupting the soul” has to do with rotting, destroying, damaging, attacking, disturbing; the person whose soul is corrupted never acts in the right way, but rather the evil that has taken root within them is what leads them to sin.

2. Spiritual Blindness

“Why, my son, be blinded by an adulteress, why embrace the bosom of a stranger?” (Proverbs 5:20).

Adultery always begins as an affair; during the initial stage, everything seems rosy, and the spouse comes to believe they have found what will truly satisfy them. However, this sin blinds them and prevents them from seeing the grave error they are committing.

The adulterous person always ends up losing. In a simple case, being discovered leads to the loss of trust, and in an extreme case, even the family itself is lost. What begins as a simple "slip" or "release," as many call it, ends up taking them too far, to the point of entangling them in their own sin.

3. The Loss of Blessings for the Family

"Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares? Let them be for yourself alone, never to be shared with strangers." (Proverbs 5:15-17)

When a man or woman commits adultery, marital dysfunction arises. The time that should be spent between spouses and family is lost, and that's when blessings, both financial and spiritual, begin to slip away.

In many cases, people end up raising children who aren't their own and abandoning their responsibilities to their own families, thus forgetting the precious treasure that the family unit represents to God.

4. God Will Use Your Adultery as Punishment

“The kisses of an adulterous woman are a bottomless snare; God does not leave unpunished those who are entangled with her” (Proverbs 22:14).

Infidelity ends up becoming pain and bitterness; what began as pleasure ends up bringing terrible emotional consequences. Many people who have experienced adultery know that it results in a terrible sense of shame, in addition to causing irreparable damage to the family.

"What starts badly, ends badly," and any relationship that begins based on lies and deceit will not have a good ending, for God will never bless such a relationship; on the contrary, He will use it to demonstrate the folly of those who commit adultery.

The lover becomes the very punishment for those who practice adultery, and things they may not have accepted in their marriage will now have to be dealt with.

5. Losing Everything

"No one leaves a spouse for something better, but for something easier." From the beginning, infidelity starts with a desire to fill a "void" that, according to the person, their own spouse is incapable of filling. However, one of the saddest scenarios is when, after losing everything because of infidelity, the spouse realizes too late all the damage their actions caused.

There is irreparable damage in marriages, even within the Christian community.  Relationships that once broke down due to infidelity and ended in divorce. A good piece of advice: "Don't throw away what was once the best decision of your life." "Don't ruin your marriage; instead, nurture that garden every day, and you'll see that you'll reap the best years alongside the person you once chose to love."