The Ten Commandments Commandment 6 Do not commit adultery March 21 st, 2004

15-20 percent are repeat offenders. -Statistics.com

50-75 percent of extramarital affairs take place with someone from the workplace. -Statistics.com

50 percent of extramarital affairs take place under cover of darkness or in the shadow of the night. -Statistics.com

More than one-third of men and one-quarter of women admit having had at least one extramarital sexual experience. -"Samuel Janus and Cynthia Janus, The Janus Report on Sexual Behavior (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1993), 169.

A survey by the National Opinion Research Center (University of Chicago) found lower percentages: 25 percent of men had been unfaithful and 17 percent of women. -Joannie Schrof, "Adultery in America," U.S. News and World Report, 31 Aug. 1998, 31.

1-5 percent of adulterers are pastors or clergy. -Statistics.com

Leadership magazine found that 12 percent admitted to sexual intercourse outside of marriage, and that 23 percent had done something sexually inappropriate with someone other than their spouse. -"How Common Is Pastoral Indiscretion?" Leadership (Winter 1988), 12.

30 percent of male Protestant ministers have had sexual relationships with women other than their wives. -Kenneth Woodward, "Sex, Morality and the Protestant Minister," Newsweek (28 July 1997), 62.

90 percent of clergy divide churches and cause spiritual upheaval within their sphere of influence. Many congregants become skeptical, bitter and resentful. -Statistics.com

The researchers interviewed nearly 1000 subscribers to Christianity Today who were not pastors. 45 percent indicated having done something sexually inappropriate, and 23 percent having extramarital intercourse - “How Common Is Pastoral Indiscretion?" Leadership (Winter 1988), 12.

Only about 35 percent of couples remain together after the discovery of an adulterous affair; the other 65 percent divorce. -Statistics.com

70-80 percent who willingly confess to infidelity recovery and enjoy a stronger marriage in time. -Statistics.com

10-15 percent of marriages survive affairs after professional or non- professional (clergy) counseling where the act of forgiveness occurs. -Statistics.com

Psalm 51:4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.

Genesis 39:9 No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?"

One in 10 respondents said they are addicted to sex and the Internet, according to an online survey of 38,000 Internet users. -MSNBC.com and Dr. Alvin Cooper

Only 46% of men believe that online affairs are adultery. -DivorceMag

75% thinks it's ok to visit an adult site. -"Monogamy Myth", Therapist Peggy Vaughn

Statistics show more than 72,000 sexually explicit sites on the web and an estimated 266 new porn sites being added each day. These sites alone generate a revenue of $1 billion dollars each year. -Harding Institute

10-20 percent of spouse's cheating begins as Internet affairs in chat rooms or at game websites. -Statistics.com

One-third of divorce litigation is caused by online affairs. -"This Is An Internet E-Mergency", The Fortino Group

Luke 15:30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!'

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves…

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.