We are living in a sin-loving world where people have no regard for biblical consequences. The Bible is full of warnings about the dangers of cheating, but many people still do it anyway. This post will discuss biblical consequences that include not just divorce, but also physical harm and death.
Many people think that the biblical consequences of cheating are just for married couples. That is far from the truth, biblical consequences of cheating are for all relationships.
Scripture has a lot to say about the sinful nature of adultery and its biblical consequences which we will discuss in this post.
What is the punishment for cheating in Bible?
The punishment for cheating in marriage is the same as it is for other crimes in Scripture, namely death by stoning.
In Deuteronomy 22:22-24, we are told that if a man has sex with his wife’s sister, he can be stoned to death. The law applies to both men and women, so long as the sex involved is consensual.
In Leviticus 20:13-15, we are told that if a man commits adultery with another man’s wife, his punishment is death by stoning; if he has sex with an animal (or even if he just looks at it), then he must be put to death by burning him alive. This law applies equally to both men and women.
What is the punishment for cheating according to the New Testament?
There are several verses in the New Testament that discuss cheating and its consequences.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 says, “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals…will inherit the kingdom of God.” This verse is a warning to Christians that God will judge those who commit sins against him.
Hebrews 10:26-27 warns that those who do not keep their promises to God will be punished. It reads: “For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, then there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a terrifying expectation of judgment.” The verse is saying that if you continue to sin after knowing about God’s law and his judgment for sinning against him, then you will be punished by being excluded from heaven.
Finally, 1 John 4:20 says, “If anyone says ‘I love God yet hates his brother he is a liar.” This verse makes it clear that if we love God but hate our brother or sister, then we are not truly following Christ’s example
The Biblical Consequences of Cheating.
Being deceitful or unjustly treated to advance one’s interests is cheating. To achieve individual achievement, cheating ignores produced guidelines. Cheating can develop a lure whenever a spiritual dedication to honesty and justice is outweighed by a self-centered drive for success or achievement.
However, as 2 Corinthians 5:17 states, we have the option to resist destructive temptations because we are new creatures in Jesus.
We ought to strive to aid people equitably and reasonably as Christians while upholding our ethical principles and a virtuous image.
1. Cheating is a Sin and The Wages of Sin is Death (Physically and Spiritually)
In Leviticus 20:10-12, Adultery was punishable by death under the Old Covenant law. In the New Testament, Jesus established new law. Although eternal death is still the penalty for sin (Romans 6:23), civilly, adultery no longer carries the death penalty. Modern Christians are not subject to the old theocracy, and they are not required to harm those who sin.
Cheating can result in both physical and spiritual death, as in Proverbs 6:32-35, where the man’s peril is not only spiritual but also physical, including the possibility of death as a result of the vengeance sought against him by the woman’s betrayed husband as a result of being a party to her adultery.
That isn’t even taking into account the more recent dangers or consequences, such as the risk of death from disease contracted due to sexual intercourse with a promiscuous partner.
2. Loss of Honor and Strength.
“lest you give your honor to others and your years to the merciless, lest strangers take their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of a foreigner, and at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed,”
~ Proverbs 5:9–11 (ESV)
Loss of honor is stated in Proverbs 5:9-11 because adultery is seen as “giving your honor to others.” A person’s reputation suffers when he succumbs to the desire to commit adultery.
It’s important to note that, even in this day and age of promiscuity and casual sex, violating a marriage is still considered a sin. Adultery can be associated with social stigmas of weakness, cruelty, or both. This results in physical separation from other people.
The next biblical consequence of cheating is loss of strength. This can either be physical or mental but it’s all devastating to the individual committing adultery. People are taking away your energy, and life force and you feel like a prisoner in your own body because they have stripped you from everything inside that makes you happy.
Adulterers risk spending the rest of their lives with such people: seducers and their associates, all of whom are vicious. The world is just interested in abusing the individual who has been seduced. “Mercy” implies nothing in that plan.
3. Adultery can lead to divorce, poverty, and death.
Adultery is defined as engaging in sexual relations with someone other than your spouse or partner. Adultery is considered a serious crime in many countries and cultures around the world. It’s also illegal in many countries.
In the United States and Canada, for example, adultery is not illegal — but it can lead to a divorce if one partner files for divorce based on adultery.
In other words, if your partner cheats on you, it’s not against the law — but you could use this as grounds for divorce if you choose to do so.
Adultery can affect more than just your marriage relationship. If an employee at work has an affair with a coworker or employee outside of work hours, it can affect their job performance and possibly their career opportunities at work.
Adultery can also affect children who see their parents having affairs or divorcing due to infidelity issues between their parents.
Children have been known to experience emotional difficulties such as low self-esteem and depression when they learn that they are the product of an affair or divorce caused by infidelity issues between
4. Sapphira and Ananias’ dishonest wealth.
Dishonesty is among the most severe religious ailment that has plagued even the past and contemporary church.
Ananias and Sapphira died because of lying and cheating as punishment for their wrongdoing.
Religious adherents in the early Christian community in Israel were so concerned about hunger that many traded any spare ownership of the goods and donated the money. The group did not have a contractual responsibility to share its wealth. However, those who did so were treated equitably.
Their generosity was evidence of their genuineness. One of the foremost charitable leaders of the early Christians was Barnabas. Ananias and his wife Sapphira kept a part of the profits from the sale of a property for their use, while the residue was given to the religious community and laid at the leaders’ tables.
5. Bathsheba and David’s adultery and Uriah’s killing.
The Consequences Of David’s Adultery with Bethsheba In The Bible was punished by having their child killed, which caused both of them to grieve. In 2 Samuel 12, we learn that The infant passed away on the seventh day. David’s workers were reluctant to break the news that the infant had died unexpectedly.
General Joab led Israel’s army into combat in the springtime, when conflicts were most frequent. However, David remained in Jerusalem. The following morning, the King was exploring the rooftop of his palace when he came across Bathsheba having a bath.
The monarch may have turned his attention elsewhere, but he was drawn to another person’s wife. Desire-driven, David used his position to persuade her to move into his house, where he ended up having a child with her. As per the Bible, David tried to hide his adultery but was unsuccessful and instructed Uriah to be placed around the first battle ranks so he’d be killed.
6. Betrayal by Judas Iscariot.
The biblical Consequences Of Cheating In Judas Iscariot’s Life, according to Matthew 27, was that as he lost, he forfeited his wealth and died by suicide. It is recorded that Judas dropped the cash into the sanctuary before departing. After that, he left and strangled himself.
The Bible teaches that satan entered Judas Iscariot and led him toward the high priest, who was desperately trying to find a way to kill Jesus. The priest and his men could not accomplish that in the past out of concern that they’d be held accountable for any ensuing bloodshed if they were to apprehend Jesus in the middle of His(Jesus’) large followers.
The chief priest would, however, be glad if somebody might help them quietly inflict harm on Jesus when The crowds of people do not surround him. Judas Iscariot’s fundamental objective for betraying Jesus was greed because he only did it for money. He thus turned on Jesus.
7. Jacob lies to his dad.
Isaac wanted to give his blessing to Esau, his oldest son before he passed away when he was old and practically blind. A child conceived first earned two fundamental rights: inheritance and singing.
In addition to asking his brother to forego the inheritance in exchange for a pot of soup and later, through the help of his mum Rebecca, Jacob tricked his father into receiving the blessing.
Jacob commonly deployed cheating, scheming, and persuasion in conjunction with misrepresenting facts to accomplish his objectives.
Jacob was cut off from his community because of cheating on his dad in the Bible. As a result, he missed out on several years with his parents, as seen in Genesis 25.
8. Rachel usurped the family deities from her father.
Rachel perished due to the unforeseen effects and issues of being flawed as a function of sin.
Rachel was married to Jacob. The history of Jacob and Laban was filled with deceit and adversity. Rachel grabbed her father’s household goods and hurried back to her husband’s home.
Because Rachel kept her activities a secret from Jacob, when Laban accused him of stealing them, Jacob ruled that anybody found to be guilty of them must be put to death.
Laban invaded Rachel’s tent and began looking for his family gods, but he was unsuccessful.
Rachel lay on them and informed him that she was sick and couldn’t rise.
8. The serpent’s trickery against Eve.
According to the Bible, the serpent was condemned by Lord God to crawl on its stomach and consume sand as retribution for its role in Eve’s downfall.
Adam and Eve constituted the earliest people. The Lord God gave Adam control of the Garden of Eden and forbade him from eating the apple from the “Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.”
The serpent deceived Eve into rejecting God’s instructions. Eve tried resisting the serpent’s temptation to tempt her to feed off the tree and instead informed the serpent of everything God had warned her and the consequences.
Eve is told by the serpent that she won’t perish and that if she consumes the forbidden tree, her eyes will be awakened, making her as wise as gods who can distinguish between “good and evil.” Similarly, Adam ended up eating the fruit his wife Eve gave him after eating part. Eve was lured into sin by the wicked demon device’s trickery.
Conclusion
God always intended marriage to be a lifelong commitment between one man and one woman. Both parties to this covenant are equally responsible for upholding their end of the deal.
When any person commits adultery, it destroys his or her integrity and gives the devil an open door into that relationship.
The Bible tells us that when people reap the consequences of their sins, they will eventually turn back to God. (Proverbs 28:13) Let’s hope that if more people would live according to God’s standards, then society would begin to heal from the devastating effects of cheating.
