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JESUS ON MEN LOOKING AT WOMEN -THE ANSWER
A MATTER OF THE HEART
It helps to better understand this statement by Jesus, “…But I say unto you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” (Math 5:27,28)
I was at a youth prayer meeting years ago, and somebody asked a Minister who was present for a comment on this verse. My ears pricked up because I was struggling with this issue myself. He replied, “some friends of mine and I discussed this and we came to agreement that the first look is OK and the second look is lust.” Is that really the answer? Is that the best God has for us? I We need to face the fact that we are wired to look and that the ladies are made to cause us to look! How will I know who I am attracted too and who is a potential marriage partner if I don’t look? God put sexual attraction in us. It’s not going away.
Assuming it was not God’s intention to give us the urge so that He could delight in catching us in adultery, or cause us to be tormented all our lives, there must be a better solution.
The key to Jesus’ meaning are in the phrases, ‘to lust after her’ (Amplified says, with evil desire for her) and ‘in his heart ‘.
To paraphrase we could say — he looks at her and would sleep with her if he could because of the evil condition of his heart…
