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Like murder, adultery is committed in the heart and mind before it ever becomes a physical act. Here’s how Jesus put it: “Don’t think you’ve preserved your virtue simply by staying out of bed [with someone else’s spouse]. Your heart can be corrupted by lust even quicker than your body. Those ogling looks you think nobody notices—they also corrupt” (Matthew 5:27-28 MSG). He goes on to say, “If you want to live a morally pure life…You have to blind your right eye the moment you catch it in a lustful leer. You have to choose to live one-eyed or else be dumped on a moral trash pile” (Matthew 5:29 MSG).
“Create in me a pure heart, O God.”
— Psalm 51:10 (NIV 1984)
Have mercy on us O God…blot out our transgressions…and cleanse us from our sins. Amen.