Would I be committing Adultery?

Without having lust is no problem. Yeshua meant: thinking and doing is one and the same thing (Hebrew: dabar). So you think: ´I want her´, but you do not make a move you´re still guilty at adultery.

But if you are married, you see another woman and you think she is very nice (WITHOUT thinking you want ´something´ of her), it will not be an adultery thinking. Otherwise, you are not allowed to have friends beside your wife.

Baruch Yeshua HaAdon!

So the Bible says that if Im a virgin, and I look at a woman with lust, thats adultery. Does that make me as much a sinner as someone that is not a virgin and not married?

Originally posted by nowamfound
. Does that make me as much a sinner as someone that is not a virgin and not married?

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Sin is sin is sin is sin.

 

no levels, no I'm better than you, all sin is the same in God's eyes.  you can convince yourself that your not as bad if it makes you feel better, but to God it's all the same.

Originally posted by nowamfound
So the Bible says that if Im a virgin, and I look at a woman with lust, thats adultery. Does that make me as much a sinner as someone that is not a virgin and not married?

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According to Christ's own words, yes.

"But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. " Matthew 5:28

Having admiration for a person's spiritualness is not sin. Fantasizing about having sex with that person is. See the difference?

When you admire her, you don't undress her and make love with her in your mind but you do when you lust after her.

If your admiration includes kissing her and making love to her, it's lust, a sin.

The sin is not adultery if you are not married. The sin is immorality.

Well, let's split hairs here. Lust is a sin whether you are married or not.

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A sinner is a sinner.

You aren't a "worse sinner" or a "better sinner."

Before Christ, we're all filthy sinners and our "best" works are "filthy rags" to God.

Lusting after a married woman is sin, but not otherwise. If it were, it would mean that we couldn't have any girlfriends before mariage, because sure you lust after your girlfriend.

And avoiding lust is practicly impossible these days, naked and nearly naked ladies are everywhere. How can you not lust witout locking yourself in a cave.

Originally posted by Homie
Lusting after a married woman is sin, but not otherwise. If it were, it would mean that we couldn't have any girlfriends before mariage, because sure you lust after your girlfriend.

And avoiding lust is practicly impossible these days, naked and nearly naked ladies are everywhere. How can you not lust witout locking yourself in a cave.

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Be careful not to confuse lust with sexual desire. Sexual desire is given to us from God and is not sinful. Lust distorts sexual desire by reducing others from persons to objects for pleasure. If one is careful and seeks God's help, lust can be avoided (for the most part).

As its been said, sin is sin.

We should all make efforts not to sin. Does it feel wrong to look at inappropriate content? Sure it does. Does it feel wrong to be sexually attracted to a girl you know in school (or whatever) of the same age? No.

fragmentsofdreams pointed out the difference between lust and sexual desire perfectly. If I see a girl, and only want to know her just to have sex, or all I want to do with her is have sex, that is lust. Instead, we should want to know that person, to long to have a relationship with them. Get married, have kids.

And despite all this, don't worry yourself to death over sin. As God said:

"I, even I, am he who blots out
your transgressions, for my own sake,
and remembers your sins no more." Isaiah 43:25

As you can see, God doesn't want to remember your sins. Imagine suddenly remembering every bad thing your best friend or your brother had done to you. You would hate them. God, all knowing, doesn't want to remember your sins for his own sake. He loves us.